White House Internet privacy committee puts out charter

Cecilia Kang reports:

The White House’s inter-agency committee on Internet privacy will come up with a white paper and policy and legislative guidelines in its two-year term, according to a charter statement (pdf).

White House Chief Technology Officer Aneesh Chopra, Chief Information Officer Vivek Kundra and Senior Adviser on Technology Philip Wiser said the group would draw members from more than a dozen agencies to look at privacy issues that stem from electronic health records, smart electricity grids and cloud computing.

Read more in the Washington Post.