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[…] Act of 1974 (2010), at Definitions, E System of Records, http://www.justice.gov/opcl/1974definitions.htm#system. 42 P RIVACY PROTECTION STUDY COMMISSION , THE PRIVACY ACT OF 1974: AN ASSESSMENT 6-7 (1974); OMB Guidelines to Privacy Act, 4 0 Fed. Reg. 28,948, 28,952 (July 9, 1975). 43 P RIVACY PROTECTION STUDY COMMISSION , PERSONAL PRIVACY IN AN INFORMATION SOCIETY […]

[…] in the U.S. Office of Management and Budget, as the only person to date to have government-wide responsibility for privacy issues. Among his other activities when at OMB, Swire was the White House coordinator for the HIPAA Medical Privacy Rule, and chaired a White House working group on how to update wiretap laws for […]

[…] individual values. 5 Structures and processes for sound benefit analysis are already well established. For example, in 1992, the White House Office of Management and Budget ( OMB) issued guidelines for cost-benefit analysis of federal government programs and projects. 6 The OMB stressed that the criterion for deciding whether a government program can be […]

[…] REPORT TO CONGRESS ON THE BENEFITS AND COSTS OF FEDERAL REGULATIONS AND UNFUNDED MANDATES ON STATE , LOCAL , AND TRIBAL ENTITIES 22 (2011), available at http://www.whitehouse.gov/sites/default/files/ omb/inf oreg/2011_cb/2011_cba_ report.pdf (noting that of the 66 major regulations passed in fiscal year 2010, only 18 fully quantified and monetized both benefits and costs). 22 See […]

[…] (2006)) (requiring agencies to conduct a PIA before “devel oping or procuring information technology that collects, maintains, or disseminates information that is in an identifiable form “); OMB Guidance for Implementing the Privacy Provisions of the E – Government Act of 2002, OMB (Sept. 26, 2003), http://www.whiteh ouse.gov/omb/memoranda/m03-22.html. For a discussion of the PIA […]

[…] that we don’t yet have a draft cookie policy to react to, but today we have a more formal request for comment that lays out the framework OMB is looking at and guidance on the more specific input OMB is seeking.   See  Open Government Blog. Here are the details: Under the framework we’re looking […]

[…] In a blog post and in a comment at the White House Open Government, site they make some sensible points about transparency and the use of first party domains.  The ideas echo some of the proposals we and CDT have previously made and underscore the opportunity to update the current OMB cookie policy in a progressive manner.

[…] persistence technologies.  Enable agencies to harness capabilities of cookies by streamlining approval process. Our sources tell us that the current cookie policy is indeed under review at OMB and a number of agencies and that staff will be looking closely at the input, so now is your chance to engage to ensure policymakers have […]

[…] Obama Administration stimulus plan that passed in February, contain significant new privacy rules for health data.  Agency staff are also working on a re-write of the out dated OMB Cookie Policy, and the Office of Science and Technology Policy is innovatively collecting public input on how to handle privacy, among other issues, in carrying out the Open […]

[…] is not an option. But also unacceptable would be simply using the tools that are available on the market today, without enhanced responsible data use rules. The OMB and the E-Government Administrator should establish baseline principles for cookies, social media tools and other information use by commercial vendors for government. In doing so, they […]