Open Government Legislation

There are a number of more specific regulations, often attached to more extensive laws, that play a role in privacy protection in the U.S. Government. The Federal Agency Data Mining Reporting Act of 2007, The Federal Advisory Committee Act and the Government in the Sunshine Act all protect privacy by promoting public access to records dealing with Government [...]

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Privacy and Civil Liberties Officers

The Implementing Recommendations of the 9/11 Commission Act of 2007 passed a large number of regulations to increase national security. Increasing security protection, often, unfortunately decreases privacy protection, so the act also included a number of regulations restricting the use of personally identifiable information by the Federal Government. Among these regulations is Section 803, which amended the National Security Intelligence Reform Act. This policy created new positions called privacy and civil liberties officers to oversee the protection of such rights in government agencies and [...]

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