From our lips to the Senate's ears…Cass Sunstein receives confirmation
On Wednesday, we wrote on our blog that Congress could help ensure that privacy issues are given the utmost priority by confirming Cass Sunstein as the new administrator for the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs. OIRA is the office at OMB that helps oversee government agency privacy issues. As luck would have it, we learned late yesterday that the Senate has confirmed Sunstein’s nomination. FPF believes this is a very important move in the Administration’s goal of protecting American’s privacy interests. As Peter Orszag, the Director of OMB, said on his blog, “Cass is the type of data-driven, creative thinker that we need in public life.” FPF congratulates him on this new position and we look forward to working with him in the days ahead on emerging privacy issues.
