11 June 2003 Source: http://www.access.gpo.gov/su_docs/aces/fr-cont.html ----------------------------------------------------------------------- [Federal Register: June 11, 2003 (Volume 68, Number 112)] [Notices] [Page 34909] From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov] [DOCID:fr11jn03-55] [[Page 34909]] ======================================================================= ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE Office of the Secretary of Defense Meeting of the Technology and Privacy Advisory Committee (TAPAC) AGENCY: DoD. ACTION: Notice of meeting. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given of a forthcoming open meeting of the Technology and Privacy Advisory Committee. The purpose of the meeting is for presentations of interest and discussion concerning the legal and policy considerations implicated by the application of advanced information technologies to counter-terrorism and counter-intelligence missions. Due to administrative error, this notice is given less than 15 days before the meeting date. DATES: Thursday, June 19, 2003, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. ADDRESSES: Hyatt Arlington, 1325 Wilson Blvd., Arlington, VA, 22209. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Lisa Davis, TAPAC Executive Driector, The Pentagon, Room 3E1045, Washington, DC 20301-3330, Telephone 703-695-0903. Dated: June 4, 2003. Patricia L. Toppings, Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison Officer, Department of Defense. [FR Doc. 03-14811 Filed 6-6-03; 3:24 pm] BILLING CODE 5001-08-M ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Background on TAPAC: http://www.law.northwestern.edu/depts/alumdev/cf/public/ClassNotes_display.cfm?lowyear=1950&highyear=1959 Secretary Donald Rumsfeld appointed Newton Minow Chairman of the new Department of Defense Technology and Privacy Advisory Committee in 2003. ----- http://www.techlawjournal.com/alert/2003/03/11.asp DOD Establishes Technology and Privacy Advisory Committee 3/10. The Department of Defense (DOD) published a notice in the Federal Register stating that it is establishing a Technology and Privacy Advisory Committee (TAPAC). The DOD stated that "The TAPAC will advise the Secretary of Defense concerning the legal and policy considerations implicated by the application of pattern queries/data correlation technology to counter-terrorism and counter-intelligence missions." The notice also states that "The Panel will consist of up to 14 members selected on the basis of their preeminence in the fields of constitutional law and public policy relating to communication and information management." On February 7, 2003, the DOD announced in a release that it "will establish two boards to provide oversight of the Total Information Awareness Project, the program designed to develop tools to track terrorists. The two boards, an internal oversight board and an outside advisory committee, will work with the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), as it continues its research. These boards will help ensure that TIA develops and disseminates its products to track terrorists in a manner consistent with U.S. constitutional law, U.S. statutory law, and American values related to privacy." The DARPA web site has described the TIA as a project that "will imagine, develop, apply, integrate, demonstrate and transition information technologies, components and prototype, closed-loop, information systems that will counter asymmetric threats by achieving total information awareness useful for preemption; national security warning; and national security decision making." The DOD stated in February that the members of the outside advisory committee will include Newton Minow (Northwestern University), Floyd Abrams (Cahill Gordon & Reindel), Zoe Baird (President of the Markle Foundation), Griffin Bell (King & Spalding), Gerhard Casper (Stanford University Law School), William Coleman (Chief Customer Advocate of BEA), and Lloyd Cutler (Wilmer Cutler & Pickering). For more information, contact Lisa Davis, Office of the Under Secretary of Defense (Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics), at 703 697-0051. See, Federal Register, March 10, 2003, Vol. 68, No. 46, at Page 11384. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- [Federal Register: March 10, 2003 (Volume 68, Number 46)] [Notices] [Page 11384] From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov] [DOCID:fr10mr03-36] [[Page 11384]] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE Office of the Secretary of Defense Establishment of the Technology and Privacy Advisory Committee AGENCY: Department of Defense. ACTION: Notice of establishment. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY: The Technology and Privacy Advisory Committee (TAPAC) is being established in consonance with public interest and in accordance with the provisions of Pub. L. 92-463, the ``Federal Advisory Committee Act,'' title 5 U.S.C., Appendix 2. The TAPAC will advise the Secretary of Defense concerning the legal and policy considerations implicated by the application of pattern queries/data correlation technology to counter-terrorism and counter-intelligence missions. The Panel will consist of up to 14 members selected on the basis of their preeminence in the fields of constitutional law and public policy relating to communication and information management. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Lisa Davis, Office of the Under Secretary of Defense (Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics), on 703- 697-0051. Dated: March 3, 2003. Patricia L. Toppings, Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison Officer, Department of Defense. [FR Doc. 03-5532 Filed 3-7-03; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 5001-08-M ----------------------------------------------------------------------