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.

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Jon Eisenberg, Ph.D.
Director
Computer Science and Telecommunications Board, The National Academies
jeisenbe@nas.edu
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