DoD Inspector General Audit Report on Terrorism Information Awareness Program

[Dave Farber <dave () farber net>]

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Date: Tue, 30 Dec 2003 17:22:11 -0800
From: Jason Schultz <jason () eff org>

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DoD Inspector General Audit Report on Terrorism Information Awareness Program

Information 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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Jason M. Schultz                        (415) 436-9333 x 112
Staff Attorney                          jason () eff org
Electronic Frontier Foundation  www.eff.org

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