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Delivered-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Fri, 7 Oct 2005 13:05:10 -0400 To: Philodox Clips List <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> From: "R.A. Hettinga" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [Clips] Homeland Security privacy chief quits Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sender: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <http://www.boston.com/news/nation/washington/articles/2005/09/30/homeland_security_privacy_chief_quits?mode=PF> The Boston Globe Homeland Security privacy chief quits By Sara Kehaulani Goo and Spencer S. Hsu, Washington Post | September 30, 2005 WASHINGTON -- Nuala O'Connor Kelly, who won praise for protecting Americans' privacy rights at the Department of Homeland Security but drew criticism for her office's lack of independence, stepped down yesterday after two years as the department's first chief privacy officer. The ombudsman-like job was created by Congress in 2002 to uphold the Privacy Act within a department that launched a series of ambitious security programs that affect millions of people, including airline travelers, truck drivers, and foreign visitors. Many groups that advocate greater privacy protections feared the chief privacy officer could have become a rubber stamp for the administration's homeland security agenda, but they credited O'Connor Kelly with establishing an office that won respect within and outside the administration. Former and current colleagues said O'Connor Kelly used a combination of her forceful personality and support of Tom Ridge, the department's first secretary, to ensure that her staff of 400 employees held its own inside the department. ''O'Connor Kelly has done a commendable job as Homeland Security's first chief privacy officer considering the limited independence of the job as it was created by Congress," said Barry Steinhardt, director of the American Civil Liberties Union's Technology and Liberty Project said in a statement. ''But even as strong a privacy officer as O'Connor Kelly could only do so much with the powers that she was given." O'Connor Kelly has accepted a position as head of privacy issues for General Electric Co. Maureen Cooney, her chief of staff, has been named acting chief privacy officer. -- ----------------- R. A. Hettinga <mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED]> The Internet Bearer Underwriting Corporation <http://www.ibuc.com/> 44 Farquhar Street, Boston, MA 02131 USA "... however it may deserve respect for its usefulness and antiquity, [predicting the end of the world] has not been found agreeable to experience." -- Edward Gibbon, 'Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire' _______________________________________________ Clips mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.philodox.com/mailman/listinfo/clips --- end forwarded text -- ----------------- R. A. Hettinga <mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED]> The Internet Bearer Underwriting Corporation <http://www.ibuc.com/> 44 Farquhar Street, Boston, MA 02131 USA "... however it may deserve respect for its usefulness and antiquity, [predicting the end of the world] has not been found agreeable to experience." -- Edward Gibbon, 'Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire' --------------------------------------------------------------------- The Cryptography Mailing List Unsubscribe by sending "unsubscribe cryptography" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]