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Public Briefing on National Academies report on terrorism and privacy- October 7, 2008, Washington DC
From: David Farber <dave () farber net>
Date: Wed, 1 Oct 2008 10:48:09 -0400
Begin forwarded message: From: "Eisenberg, Jon" <JEisenbe () nas edu> Date: October 1, 2008 10:26:50 AM EDT To: "David Farber" <dave () farber net>Subject: Public Briefing on National Academies report on terrorism and privacy- October 7, 2008, Washington DC
Dave, IPers may be interested in this upcoming event. On October 7, 2008, the National Research Council will release a new report entitled PROTECTING INDIVIDUAL PRIVACY IN THE STRUGGLE AGAINST TERRORISM: A FRAMEWORK FOR PROGRAM ASSESSMENT. Sponsored by the Department of Homeland Security and the National Science Foundation, this report examines data mining and behavioral surveillance and the privacy issues that these technologies raise, and provides policy makers with a systematic framework for assessing any information-based government program according to its utility, its compliance with existing law and American values, and its impact on privacy. The report will be released at a one-hour public briefing starting at 12:30 p.m. in the Lecture Room of the National Academy of Sciences building, 2100 C St., N.W.; a light lunch will be served beforehand starting at 11:30 a.m. PARTICIPATING FROM THE COMMITTEE THAT WROTE THE REPORT: -- William Perry (co-chair), former U.S. secretary of defense and Michael and Barbara Berberian Professor, Stanford University, Stanford, Calif. -- Charles Vest (co-chair), president, National Academy of Engineering, Washington, D.C. -- Fred Cate, distinguished professor of law, adjunct professor of informatics, and director, Center for Applied Cybersecurity Research, Indiana University, Bloomington Those who cannot attend can listen to a live audio webcast and submit questions using an e-mail form at http://national-academies.org. If you are planning to attend, please pre-register with Jacqui Sovde, at jsovde () nas edu, so that we know how many lunches to have available. ================ Jon Eisenberg, Ph.D. Director Computer Science and Telecommunications Board, The National Academies jeisenbe () nas edu 202-664-1235 (find-me-anywhere) 202-334-2605 (backup--main office) 500 Fifth Street NW, Keck 959, Washington, DC 20001 cstb.org - Where the nation turns for independent, expert assessments of computing, communications, and public policy ------------------------------------------- Archives: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/247/=now RSS Feed: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/247/ Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com
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