Federal Privacy Czar Assigned to Supervise Surveillance Activities

Eager to head off criticism from privacy advocates and users over the expanded surveillance provisions in its forthcoming National Strategy for Securing Cyberspace, the Bush administration is expected to recommend appointing a federal "privacy czar" to act as watchdog. Chief among . . . Eager to head off criticism from privacy advocates and users over the expanded surveillance provisions in its forthcoming National Strategy for Securing Cyberspace, the Bush administration is expected to recommend appointing a federal "privacy czar" to act as watchdog. Chief among the czar's duties would be to vet all government data gathering and security initiatives for potential privacy problems, according to a draft of the plan.

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