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DoD Inspector General Audit Report on Terrorism Information Awareness Program
From: Dave Farber <dave () farber net>
Date: Thu, 01 Jan 2004 07:17:11 -0500
Delivered-To: dfarber+ () ux13 sp cs cmu edu Date: Tue, 30 Dec 2003 17:22:11 -0800 From: Jason Schultz <jason () eff org> http://www.bespacific.com/mt/archives/004631.html DoD Inspector General Audit Report on Terrorism Information Awareness ProgramInformation Technology Management, Terrorism Information Awareness Program, December 12, 2003, Deparment of Defense, Office of the Inspector General. "This report completes our response addressing concerns of Senators Grassley, Nelson, and Hagel and discusses whether development of the DARPA TIA program included safeguards to ensure the technology was properly managed and controlled in an operational environment...DARPA could have better addressed the sensitivity of the technology to minimize the possibility of any Governmental abuse of power....[Link to the full text report, 42 pages, pdf]
From the accompanying summary: "The Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics (USD (AT&L)) should appoint a Privacy Ombudsman or equivalent official specifically for the development of Terrorism Information Awareness type technology who will ensure that individual Terrorism Information Awareness type technology are scrutinized from a privacy perspective as a means of safeguarding individual privacy."
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