• September 28, 2005
• June 15, 2005
• April 6, 2005

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September 28, 2005

• Official Meeting Invitation  (PDF, 1 page – 60 KB)
• Federal Register Notice, September 13, 2005  (PDF, 2 pages – 58 KB)
• Final Agenda (PDF, 2 pages – 217 KB) - At the meeting, there were presentations on international perspectives on privacy and homeland security, the Secure Flight program, RFID technology at DHS, and risk-based analysis and privacy, as well as reports from the subcommittees.
• Briefing Book
• Meeting Minutes
  Morning Session  (PDF, 72 pages – 621 KB)
  Closed Session, Summary (PDF, 1 page – 150 KB)
  Afternoon Session  (PDF, 47 pages – 429 KB)

Testimony (as submitted by speaker)

• Trevor Shaw
  Director General, Audit and Review Branch
  Office of the Privacy Commissioner, Canada
  Background Materials:
  Privacy and the USA Patriot Act: Implications For British Columbia Public Sector Outsourcing  (PDF, 152 pages – 1.4 MB)
  Questions to Transport Canada on No Fly  (PDF, 3 pages – 110 KB)
  Jennifer Stoddart’s testimony on Anti-terrorism Act in Canada  (PDF, 6 pages – 91 KB)
• Anna Slomovic
  Secure Flight Working Group
  "Written Testimony" (PDF, 6 pages - 91 KB)
  Donna A. Bucella, Terrorist Screening Center
  Supplement to the record  (PDF, 3 pages – 173 KB) related to the “Report of the Secure Flight working group of the Aviation Security Advisory Committee dated September, 19 2005”
• James P. Harrison
  “TSA contracts to test commercial[sic] data for Secure Flight”  (PDF, 4 pages – 116 KB)
  “Alaskans’ records requests (PDF, 3 pages – 88 KB) pursuant to the Privacy Act of 1974 for their data contained in the System of Records used to test Secure Flight”  

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June 15, 2005

• Official Meeting Invitation  (PDF, 1 page – 60KB)
• Federal Register Notice, May 23, 2005 (PDF, 1 page – 54KB)
• Final Agenda  (PDF, 4 pages – 586KB) - At the meeting, the Chairperson and Vice-Chairperson of the Committee will announce the Committee’s goals, and the formation of Subcommittees.  There will be panel presentations from DHS Officials on screening and from privacy and technology experts on screening, data mining, and technology issues.  
• Briefing Book
• Meeting Transcripts
  • Morning Session (PDF, 62 pages – 576 KB)
  • Closed Session (Summary), (PDF, 1 page – 65 KB)
  • Afternoon Session (PDF, 43 pages – 455 KB)

Submitted Responses to Questions from Committee

To obtain an electronic copy of the following Responses, please email privacycommittee@dhs.gov  and indicate which of the Responses you would like to receive.

• LexisNexis
  Response to Written Committee Questions
• Patricia F.S. Cogswell
  Chief Strategist US-VISIT DHS
  Response to Written Committee Questions
• Justin Oberman
  Assistant Administrator
  Secure Flight/Register Traveler
  Transportation Security Administration
  Response to Written Committee Questions
• Donna A. Bucella
  Director
  Terrorist Screening Center
  Response to Written Committee Questions

Testimony (as submitted by speaker)

• Ari Schwartz, Associate Director
  Center for Democracy and Technology
  ”Written Supplement to Oral Testimony” (PDF, 6 pages – 32 KB)
• Latanya Sweeney, PhD, Associate Professor of Computer Science
  Technology and Policy, Director, Data Privacy Laboratory
  Carnegie Mellon University
  ”Privacy Technologies for Homeland Security” (PDF, 5 pages – 23 KB)
  Supporting Materials:
  ”Privacy-Preserving Bio-terrorism Surveillance” (PDF, 1 page – 155 KB)
  Report, Carnegie Mellon Data Privacy Lab
  ”Face Deidentification” (PDF, 1 page – 185 KB) Presentation, Carnegie Mellon Data Privacy Lab
  ”AI Technologies to Defeat Identity Theft Vulnerabilities” (PDF, 1 page – 159 KB) Report, Carnegie Mellon Data Privacy Lab
  ”Mining Images in Publicly-Available Cameras for Homeland Security” (PDF, 1 page – 149 KB) Report, Carnegie Mellon Data Privacy Lab
  ”Towards a Privacy-Preserving Watchlist Solution” (PDF, 1 page – 115 KB) Report, Carnegie Mellon Data Privacy Lab

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April 6, 2005

• Official meeting invitation  (PDF, 1 page - 61 KB)
• Final Agenda  (PDF, 4  pages - 587 KB)
• Federal Register Notice, March 22, 2005 (PDF, 2  pages - 60 KB)
• Meeting Transcripts
  • Morning Session (PDF, 49 pages – 232 KB)
  • Closed Session (Summary), (PDF, 1 page – 65 KB)
  • Afternoon Session (PDF, 53 pages – 242 KB)

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