Engineering Colloquium

Who: David Sobel, general counsel of the Electronic Privacy Information Center in Washington, DC. Mr. Sobel will discuss the of topic "Government Surveillance and Electronic Privacy After 9/11." Within weeks of 9/11, Congress hastily enacted the USA PATRIOT Act, legislation that substantially revised the laws governing electronic surveillance and other methods of data collection. In the face of growing concerns, Congress has moved to prohibit further development of an information awareness program that uses data-mining techniques that might somehow predict future terrorist activities and funds for the program that would conduct background checks on all airline passengers have been withheld until its privacy implication are fully examined.

When/Where: Monday, October 20 in the bldg. 3 Goett auditorium at 3:30 p.m.

For more information, visit: http://ecolloq.gsfc.nasa.gov/announce.sobel.html