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1 online resource |
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Federal Laws and Guidance Govern Use of Personal Information inFederal AgenciesThe Fair Information Practices Are Widely Agreed to Be KeyPrinciples for Privacy Protection; AGENCIES USED GOVERNMENTWIDE CONTRACTSTO OBTAIN PERSONAL INFORMATION FROM INFORMATIONRESELLERS FOR A VARIETY OF PURPOSES; DOJ and DHS Used Information Resellers Primarily for LawEnforcement and Counterterrorism; SSA and State Used Information Resellers Primarily for FraudPrevention and Detection; AGENCIES LACKED POLICIES ON USE OF RESELLER DATA, AND PRACTICES DO NOT CONSISTENTLY REFLECTTHE FAIR INFORMATION PRACTICES |
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Limitations in the Applicability of the Privacy Act and Ambiguitiesin OMB Guidance Contributed to an Uneven Adherence to thePurpose Specification, Openness, and Individual ParticipationPrinciplesPrivacy Impact Assessments Could Address Openness and PurposeSpecification Principles but Often Were Not Conducted; Agencies Often Did Not Have Practices in Place to EnsureAccountability for Proper Handling of Information Reseller Data; Not All Agencies Have Taken Steps to Address ourRecommendations |
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Privacy Provisions of the Proposed Federal Agency Data ProtectionAct are Consistent with Our RecommendationsREFERENCES; ENHANCING PROTECTION OF PERSONALLYIDENTIFIABLE INFORMATION; WHAT GAO FOUND; WHY GAO DID THIS STUDY; WHAT GAO RECOMMENDS; ABBREVIATIONS; RESULTS IN BRIEF; BACKGROUND; Federal Laws and Guidance Govern Use of Personal Informationin Federal Agencies; OMB Has Primary Responsibility for Oversight of the Privacy, E-Government, and Paperwork Reduction Acts; Previous Studies Have Raised Concerns about the Sufficiency ofPrivacy Laws |
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Includes bibliographical references and index |
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English |
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Description based on print version record |
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Identity theft -- United States -- Prevention
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Affairs & Administration.
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Identity theft -- Prevention
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United States -- Officials and employees -- Crimes against -- Prevention
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United States -- Officials and employees -- Protection -- Technological innovations
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| Subject |
United States
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2020688713 |
| ISBN |
9781614705673 |
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1614705674 |
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