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TSP plans RFP to improve data center security by year's end
The contract includes "very stringent" IT security requirements. The announcement follows a data breach that affected 123,000 TSP participants in 2011.
Tags: technology , cybersecurity , TSP , Greg Long , Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs , Daniel Akaka , Greg Wilshusen , Privacy Act , DHS , GAO , Ruben Gomez
DHS chief privacy officer steps down
Mary Ellen Callahan plans to move back to the private sector to practice law after three years of service to the federal government. Callahan made rigorous privacy safeguards the norm during her time at DHS.
Tags: Jonathan Cantor , Keith BieryGolick , people , Daniel Akaka , DHS , privacy
DHS defends social media monitoring program
DHS officials said they're only monitoring Twitter and Facebook to get situational awareness of the homeland security situation. Congress seems unconvinced. Privacy group wants lawmakers to take action to stop DHS.
Tags: Privacy Act , privacy , civil liberties , DHS , Congress , social media , information sharing , Patrick Meehan , Jackie Speier , Electronic Privacy Information Center , Jared Serbu , Web 2.0
DHS streamlining redress process for citizens
The Department of Homeland Security gets more Freedom of Information Act requests than any other agency. It's now assembling a new set of processes that will centralize requests by individuals who want to know what data the agency is storing about them.
Tags: technology , management , DHS , The Constitution Project , data mining , Privacy Act , Jared Serbu
Department of Homeland Security
Mary Ellen Callahan
Chief Privacy Officer and
Chief Freedom of Information Act Officer
June 25, 2009
Tags: privacy , DHS , FOIA , mngt , Agency of the Month , IT , oversight , tech
