People

Ashcroft: No central database for citizen tips

Amid growing concern over Operation TIPS the attorney general said that reports of suspicious activity would not be retained in a central database

People

Privacy still a priority, officials say

High-tech identification systems won't be allowed to undercut civil liberties, the CIO at the Office of Homeland Security said

People

Ashcroft offers TIPS assurances

Attorney general says reports of suspicious activity will not be retained in a central database

People

Official: Security won't hurt privacy

Office of Homeland Security CIO says high-tech identification systems won't be allowed to undercut civil liberties

People

Strategy sets off privacy alerts

Some worry that data collection and automated analysis will enable the government to intrude into private lives

People

Web audit pings Army

DOD inspector general found operational plans, personal information on Army sites

Digital Government

Privacy law experts for hire

An abundance of privacy legislation is spawning contract privacy practitioners

People

Carnivore bites off too much

The Internet spyware intercepted so much unrelated e-mail that the FBI stopped using it and might have destroyed information it collected related to the terrorists

People

Carnivore bites off too much

FBI aimed spyware at terrorists' e-mail, but intercepted nontargeted transmissions

Digital Government

Will privacy be protected?

A Legal View: Some exceptions to the Privacy Act are big enough to drive a truck through

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Forman: E-gov good for privacy

E-government chief continues push to eliminate duplicate services and data collection

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Group sues for access to security documents

EPIC files suit stemming from concern that the Office of Homeland Security may be secretly developing elements of a national ID system

Digital Government

Policy briefs

NIST draft security guides out; Poll: Surveillance still OK

People

Privacy group sues Homeland office

EPIC seeks records related to activities that could lead to the creation of national ID systems

People

Privacy, security sides clash

Will more data and better technology achieve greater security? Experts sound off at security vs. privacy forum

Digital Government

VA still struggling with security

Despite strides toward strengthening IT, the VA still has serious information security weaknesses, GAO finds

Digital Government

The new face of security

Understanding the promises and pitfalls of facial-recognition technology

People

Moran pushes 'smart' license

Rep. James Moran wants states to adopt high-tech licenses to make license counterfeiting and fraudulent applications much harder.

People

ID card plan assailed

A plan to integrate state driver's license databases could decrease privacy, EPIC warns

Digital Government

ID card plan criticized

Proposal to make driver's licenses more reliable and secure would create 'de facto national ID card,' privacy advocates warn