A large group of privacy advocacy groups and individuals sent a letter to the leadership of the House Homeland Security Committee today, suggesting that the role of Chief Privacy Officer at the Department of Homeland Security should be scrapped. The DHS CPO has shown an extraordinary disregard for the statutory obligations of her office and [...]
The Department of Homeland Security’s Privacy Office sez: On his first full day in office, President Obama directed his administration to seek an “unprecedented level of openness in government.” In the spirit of openness and transparency consistent with the directives of the administration and with her personal philosophy, the Chief Privacy Officer of the Department [...]