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  • EPIC, Coalition Urge the White House Office of Management and Budget to Halt DHS’s Harmful AI Systems

    November 27, 2024

    EPIC joined a coalition of over 140 organizations led by Just Futures Law to push The Office of Management and Budget to use its authority to stop the Department of Homeland Security’s use of non-conforming artificial intelligence systems to inform or make decisions regarding surveillance, deportation, and detention.

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  • EPIC Calls on the National Institute of Justice to Center Harm Prevention and Agency Oversight in Forthcoming Criminal Justice AI Report

    May 28, 2024

    Today, EPIC submitted comments to the Department of Justice’s National Institute of Justice (NIJ), urging the agency to rein in the harmful biases, inaccuracies, and abuses at the core of criminal justice AI systems.

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  • Senators Call on DHS to Investigate Federal Funding of ShotSpotter

    May 15, 2024

    In a May 14 letter, Senators Ed Markey, Ron Wyden, Elizabeth Warren, and Representative Ayanna Pressley, called on Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Inspector General Joseph V. Cuffari to investigate DHS’s funding of ShotSpotter, including potential violations of Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.

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  • EPIC Commends FTC’s GTL Data Breach Settlement, Urges Tailored Remedies

    December 22, 2023

    EPIC commended the FTC for taking enforcement action against prison communications company Global Tel*Link (GTL, now known as ViaPath) for unfair and deceptive trade practices related to a 2020 data breach exposing the personal information of hundreds of thousands of incarcerated persons and their families, friends, lawyers, and other contacts, as well as to the company's subsequent further misconduct.

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  • GAO Report: Federal Agencies Are Not Complying with AI Requirements

    December 12, 2023

    The Government Accountability Office (GAO) released a report reviewing federal agencies’ compliance with AI requirements, such as use case inventories. The report found that of the 20 federal agencies that reported planned and current uses of AI, 15 agencies’ use case inventories contained inaccurate and incomplete information.

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  • EPIC Files Petition Urging Attorney General Garland to Investigate ShotSpotter for Civil Rights Violations

    September 28, 2023

    EPIC has filed a petition urging Attorney General Merrick Garland to investigate whether federal funding of acoustic gunshot detection tools, particularly ShotSpotter, complies with Title VI of the Civil Rights Act. 

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  • EPIC Recommends Focusing on Harms and Regulation in National AI Strategy

    July 7, 2023

    EPIC called on the administration "to center risks, rights, and responsibilities in its approach to AI rather than prioritizing aggressive adoption of automated decision-making technologies."

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  • EU Parliament Approves AI Act, Urges Rejection of Transatlantic Data Framework

    May 12, 2023

    uropean Parliament held a series of meetings, resulting in adopting both the text of the AI Act and a resolution outlining risks and proposals for change in the currently-proposed EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework.

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  • Key U.S. Enforcement Agencies Commit to Enforcement of Existing Laws on Entities Using AI

    April 25, 2023

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  • EPIC Recommends ACUS Consider Administrative Burdens Exacerbated By Scoring and Screening Tools, Recommend Transparency

    April 17, 2023

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