Entries tagged with: fusion centers
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Supreme Court Upholds Residents-Only Provision in Virginia Open Records Law
The Supreme Court ruled today that Virginia's freedom of information law, which allows only Virginia residents to pursue open government requests, does not violate the U.S. Constitution. Petitioners argued that the law impermissibly burdened out-of-state residents ability to provide open...
Senate Report Finds Fusion Centers "Wasteful," Likely Violate Federal Privacy Laws
A Senate Investigations Committee has released a new report on "State and Local Fusion Centers", government data warehouses that store an enormous amount of information on Americans. The Senate report found that Fusion Centers, operated by the Department of Homeland...
White House Budget Funds Surveillance, Ignores Public Concerns
The White House Office of Management and Budget has released the federal budget for fiscal year 2012. The stated goal of the budget is to reduce the national deficit by eliminating wasteful programs. However, the budget proposal includes funding for...
EPIC Reminds DHS that "Fusion Centers" are Subject to the Federal Privacy Act
EPIC has submitted comments [1], [2] to two departments in the Department of Homeland Security concerning the establishment of federal "fusion centers" that would contained detailed personal information on US citizens. The Department of Homeland Security is seeking to exempt...
Public Comments Sought on Federal "Fusion Centers"
The National Protection and Programs Directorate (NPPD) [1] [2] and the Office of Operations [1] [2] at the Department of Homeland Security are seeking comments on Fusion centers, intelligence databases that have raised substantial privacy concerns. Information in fusion centers...
DHS Privacy Office Releases 2010 Annual Report
The Department of Homeland Security has released the Privacy Office 2010 Annual Report. The Agency's Chief Privacy Officer must prepare an annual report to Congress that details activities of the Department that affect privacy, including complaints of privacy violations, and...
Congressional Committee Investigating Privacy Office at Homeland Security, Acknowledges Privacy Coalition Letter
House Homeland Security Committee Chairman Bennie Thompson has responded to the Privacy Coalition letter regarding the Chief Privacy Officer of the Department of Homeland Security. Chairman Thompson said that "the Committee is in the process of reviewing the programs outlined"...
Department of Homeland Security Chief Privacy Office and Privacy
Background | Chief Privacy Officers | Statutory Authority | Related Resources | Problems with the Chief Privacy Office | News Reports Latest News : () EPIC joined the Privacy Coalition letter sent to the House Committee on Homeland Security...
Privacy Coalition Seeks Investigation of DHS Chief Privacy Office
EPIC joined the Privacy Coalition letter sent to the House Committee on Homeland Security urging them to investigate the Department of Homeland Security's (DHS) Chief Privacy Office. DHS is unrivaled in its authority to develop and deploy new systems of...
