Okay, now here’s a Congressional oversight review I can really get behind. Alan Fram of the Associated Press reports: A House committee has asked the Homeland Security Department to provide documents about an agency policy that required political appointees to review many Freedom of Information Act requests, according to a letter obtained Jan. 16 by…
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DHS 2010 Annual Freedom of Information Act Report to the Attorney General
The Department of Homeland Security has uploaded its annual FOIA report to the Attorney General to its web site I haven’t had time to read through it yet, but I note that there were 17 cases where FOIA requests concerning wiretaps were denied because they were considered exempt due to another federal law. Lots to…
NSW: Information and Privacy Commission launched
A January 10th press release from the Information and Privacy Commission of New South Wales: Information and privacy rights in New South Wales have been strengthened with the launch of a new independent government agency this month. The new Information and Privacy Commission (IPC) brings together the existing Office of the Information Commissioner and Privacy…
DHS Privacy Office – 2010 Data Mining Report to Congress
Excerpt from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) 2010 report that provides some background: This is the DHS Privacy Office’s fifth comprehensive report to Congress on DHS activities that involve data mining, and the third report pursuant to the Data Mining Reporting Act. The Homeland Security Act expressly authorizes the Department to use data mining,…