access to information and privacy

• Privacy Act of 1974; System of Records

Pursuant to the Privacy Act of 1974 (5 U.S.C. 552a), the United States Department of Justice (``Department'') proposes to modify the system of records entitled, ``Freedom of Information Act, Privacy Act, and Mandatory Declassification Review Requests and Administrative Appeals for the Department of Justice (DOJ-004),'' 66 FR 29994 (June 4, 2001), and rename it ``Freedom of Information Act, Privacy Act, and Mandatory Declassification Review Records (DOJ-004).'' In addition to the name change, modifications to the notice include updates to and additions of several routine uses to reflect new uses, as well as to conform with Department-wide model routine use language; additions of the Security Classification and Disclosure to Consumer Reporting Agencies sections; additions throughout the n...

... Act (FOIA); updates to the Record Access Procedures section to reflect the Office of Privac...

• Federal Register Nbr. 77 FR 16066, March 19, 2012
• Notices
• Justice Department

• Privacy Act of 1974; Report of an Altered System of Records

In accordance with the requirements of the Privacy Act of 1974 (5 U.S.C. 552a), as amended, the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) is publishing a notice to alter the system of records for the National Practitioner Data Bank for Adverse Information on Physicians and Other Health Care Practitioners, HHS/HRSA/BHPR. The System of Records Notice (SORN) 09-15-0054 was last published on October 1, 2010 (75 FR 60763). The Health Care Quality Improvement Act of 1986, as amended, title IV of Public Law 99-660 (42 U.S.C. 11101 et seq.) authorized the Secretary to establish a National Practitioner Data Bank (NPDB) to collect and release certain information relating to the professional competence and conduct of physicians, dentists, and other health care practitioners. By law, the ...

... which entitles law enforcement agencies to access NPDB information and which therefore requires a si...

• Federal Register Nbr. 77 FR 19295, March 30, 2012
• Notices
• Health Resources and Services Administration

• Health providers carefully weigh patient access to online medical data: privacy and security of personal information are still big concerns.

[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] According to a recent survey conducted by Jackson & Coker, a Georgia-based physician recruitment firm, 46 percent of 1,000 ph...

• San Diego Business Journal
• July 21, 2008

• Sharp HealthCare Provides Secure Access to Patient Information with Courion's Enterprise Provisioning Suite; Achieves Transparent Compliance for HIPAA Privacy and Security Requirements.

FRAMINGHAM, Mass. -- Courion(R) Corporation, a leading provider of enterprise provisioning solutions, today announced that Sharp HealthCare, an integr...

• Business Wire
• November 28, 2005

• Views of State Courts Leaders and Key Stakeholders On Issues and Trends Affecting State Courts*

To the extent that social scientists studying state courts wish to make their work relevant to a wider authence, it is worthwhile to learn about the components and implications of broad issues and trends that are most important to such state court leaders as chief justices, trial judges, and state and trial court administrators, as well as such key stakeholders as general counsel for large corporations and other lawyers. [...] it is critically important that those who represent or serve the state courts help social-science scholars learn and gain access to court data and other information about court proceedings that would not compromise the rights or privacy of individual citizens.

• Justice System Journal
• Vol. 30 Nbr. 3, September 2009

• Aetna Recommends Guidelines for Access to Genetic Testing; Company Advocates Education and Information Privacy.

Business Editors & Medical Writers HARTFORD, Conn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 17, 2002 Aetna (NYSE:AET) Chairman and CEO John W. Rowe, M.D., has recom...

• Business Wire
• June 17, 2002

• How to Conduct Your First Privacy Risk Assessment

I'm the internal auditor at a large global company, and I've just been charged with conducting our first privacy-risk assessment. I'm sure we have access to sensitive personal information, and we do business in Europe and North America, but I don't have true, complete knowledge of the enterprise. Any advice on where to start? How should I structure my assessment so that when I start looking, I know I'm not missing or forgetting anything?

• Compliance Week
• Vol. 6 Nbr. 71, December 2009

• Deciding Which Trade-Offs Are Acceptable

Balas claims that there are no perfect answers for the questions on intellectual freedom versus filtering or security versus privacy, since every solution involves a trade-off. She says that in every automation and technology advancement project, there are always gains and losses; thus, librarians need to find workable compromises as they struggle with concerns regarding security versus privacy, and free access to information versus the need to shield from inappropriate materials.

• Computers in Libraries
• Vol. 24 Nbr. 4, April 2004

• Campaign Disclosure, Privacy and Transparency

A powerful example of this is the release of publicly available information about Justice Scalia by Fordham law students.15 The new landscape of information accessibility and flow calls into question whether the common good requires new principles, controls, and regulation.16 Most of the debate and writing that addresses the conflict between privacy and public records has centered on the issue of court records17 and the issue of community notification laws for sex offenders, also called Megan's Laws.18 Dan Solove notes that courts can seal court records if the importance of confidentiality in a particular context outweighs the need for public access;19 a trial court can permit a plaintiff to proceed with the use of a pseudonym;20 and courts can permit anonymous juries.21 However, mo...

• The William and Mary Bill of Rights Journal

• An Open Community Forum On Dna Testing As Los Angeles Gears Up to Celebrate National Dna Day

The community will have an opportunity to engage in an interactive dialogue regarding the implications of genome research on personal healthcare and its effects on society. Dr. Perry Payne, MD and JD from the National Human Genome Institute at Howard University, for social legal issues, Dr. John Carpten, PhD from Translational Genomics Research Institute (TGEN) on prostate cancer research in African American males, join the panel via teleconference and take live questions from the crowd. Dr. David Penson, M.D, Associate Professor of Urology, USC will be present to field additional questions on prostate cancer. Protecting family privacy, ownership and access to genetic information, Blacks and research and how genetics may be used in the legal system are questions attendees are likely to ...

• Sentinel; Los Angeles, Calif.
• August 06, 2009