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Activity Number:
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398
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Type:
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Invited
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Date/Time:
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Wednesday, August 6, 2003 : 2:00 PM to 3:50 PM
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Sponsor:
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Cmte on Privacy and Confidentiality
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Title:
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Confidentiality, Data Sharing, and the Congress
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Author(s):
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Benjamin Chevat*+ and David McMillen
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Companies:
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Chief of Staff/Rep Carolyn Maloney and House of Representatives
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Address:
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Room 2331 Longworth HOB, Washington, DC, 20515,
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Keywords:
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data sharing ; confidentiality ; Congressional Budget Office ; legislation
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Abstract:
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Government organizations that collect information from the public are faced with the conundrum of protecting the confidentiality of that information while at the same time maximizing the utility of the information. Statistical agencies, which promise more stringent protection than regulatory agencies, struggle routinely with this problem. Agencies have developed a number of creative ways to circumvent the promised confidentiality from data centers to social contracts, all of which rely on the agency defining the recipient as a trusted agent. Data-sharing legislation passed in the last Congress codifies many of these arrangements by establishing a procedure for agencies to develop interagency agreements to exchange confidential data, and by providing a broad definition of both the term "agent" and "statistical purpose." Data sharing with Congress is a more complicated issue. This paper, after reviewing the content and structure of the data-sharing legislation, reviews the discussions that led to a provision for data sharing with the Congressional Budget Office.
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