[IP] DoD Inspector General Audit Report on Terrorism Information Awareness Program
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Date: Tue, 30 Dec 2003 17:22:11 -0800
From: Jason Schultz <jason@xxxxxxx>
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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@xxxxxxx
Electronic Frontier Foundation www.eff.org
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