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January 24, 2006

Testimony of Leslie Harris [pdf] before the Senate Commerce Committee, on "Broadcast Flag."

September 17, 2003

Testimony of Alan Davidson before the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation on "Consumer Privacy and Government Technology Mandates in the Digital Media Marketplace."

May 15, 2003

Testimony of Alan Davidson before the full House Government Reform Committee, on "Peer-to-Peer File Sharing Privacy and Security."

Domain Name Management

July 31, 2003

Testimony of Alan Davidson [html] [pdf] before the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee, Subcommittee on Communications on "Domain Name Management in the Public Interest."

June 12, 2002

Testimony of Alan Davidson before the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee Subcommittee on Science, Technology and Space on Limited Powers, Improved Accountability: Saving the ICANN Experiment.

February 8, 2001

Testimony of Jerry Berman and Alan Davidson before the House Committee on Energy and Commerce, Subcommittee on Telecommunications on the "ICANN: Towards Domain Name Administration in the Public Interest."

E-Government

December 11, 2007

Testimony of Ari Schwartz before the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs on E-Government

May 11, 2005

Testimony of Ari Schwartz before the House Government Reform Subcommittee on Government Management, Finance, and Accountability on the "Freedom of Information Act "

July 11, 2001

Statement of CDT before the Senate Government Affairs Committee on "E-government."

Data Privacy

July 10, 2008

Testimony of Alissa Cooper before the House Committee on Energy and Commerce on "What Your Broadband Provider Knows About Your Web Use: Deep Packet Inspection and Communications Laws and Policies"

July 10, 2008

Testimony of Ari Schwartz before the Senate Judiciary Committee on "Passport Files: Privacy Protection Needed For All Americans"

July 9, 2008

Testimony of Leslie Harris before the Senate Commerce, Science & Transportation Committee on the "Privacy Implications of Online Advertising"

June 18, 2008

Testimony of Ari Schwartz before the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs on "Protecting Personal Information: Is the Federal Government Doing Enough?"

June 12, 2008

Testimony of David Sohn before the House Committee on Small Business on "Electronic Payments Tax Reporting: Another Tax Burden for Small Businesses"

April 29, 2008

Written testimony [pdf] and prepared oral statement [pdf] of Sophia Cope before the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, Subcommittee on Oversight of Government Management, the Federal Workforce, and the District of Columbia on “The Impact of Implementation: A Review of the REAL ID Act and the Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative"

March 11, 2008

Testimony of Ari Schwartz [pdf] before the House Committee on Oversight and Government Affairs Subcommittee on Information Policy, Census, and National Archives on The Use of Commercial Information Resellers by Federal Agencies

September 12, 2007

Testimony of Ari Schwartz [pdf] before the Senate Commerce Committee's Subcommittee on Interstate Commerce Trade and Tourism.

March 15, 2007

Testimony of Ari Schwartz [pdf] and Appendix to Testimony [pdf] before the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade, and Consumer Protection on "Combating Spyware: H.R. 964, the Spy Act."

February 28, 2007

Testimony of Ari Schwartz before the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government on "Consumer Protection Issues."

March 16, 2006

Testimony of Ari Schwartz [pdf] before the House Committee on Small Business, Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform and Oversight on "The State of Small Business Security in the Cyber Economy."

June 29, 2005

Testimony of Jim Dempsey before the House Committee on Homeland Security, Subcommittee on Economic Security, Infrastructure Protection, and Cybersecurity on "Improving Pre-Screening of Aviation Passengers against Terrorist and Other Watch Lists"

May 11, 2005

Testimony of Ari Schwartz [pdf] before the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation on "Spyware."

April 13, 2005

Testimony of Jim Dempsey before the Senate Committee on the Judiciary on Securing Electronic Personal Data: Striking a Balance Between Privacy and Commercial and Governmental Use

January 26, 2005

Testimony of Ari Schwartz before The House Committee on Energy and Commerce on "Combating Spyware: H.R. 29, the SPY ACT"

July 14, 2004

Testimony of Paula Bruening [pdf] before the House Committee On Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade, and Consumer Protection on "Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) Technology"

April 29, 2004

Testimony of Ari Schwartz before the House Committee on Energy andCommerce Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade, and Consumer Protection hearing on "Spyware"

March 23, 2004

Testimony of Jerry Berman [html] [pdf] before the Senate Communications Subcommittee on "The SPY BLOCK Act."

September 17, 2003

Testimony of Ari Schwartz before the Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade, and Consumer Protection House Committee on Energy and Commerce on "the International Consumer Protection Act of 2003."

July 22, 2003

Testimony of Jim Dempsey [html] [pdf] before the Subcommittee on Commercial and Administrative Law and the Subcommittee on the Constitution of the House Judiciary Committee on "The Defense of Privacy Act and Privacy in the Hands of the Government."

June 11, 2003

Testimony of Ari Schwartz before the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, Subcommittee on Consumer Affairs, Foreign Commerce and Tourism on "Reauthorization of the Federal Trade Commission."

September 5, 2002

Testimony of Ari Schwartz before the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Subcommittee on Highways and Transit on "Driver's License Security Issues."

July 17, 2002

Testimony of Ari Schwartz before the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, Subcommittee on Consumer Affairs, Foreign Commerce and Tourism on "Reauthorization of the Federal Trade Commission."

March 13, 2001

Testimony of Paula Bruening before the Federal Trade Commisison on "Consumer Data."

March 13, 2001

Testimony of Ari Schwartz before the Federal Trade Commisison on "Utilizing Privacy Controls in Data Transfer Technologies."

October 3, 2000

Testimony of Jerry Berman before the Senate Commerce Committee on "Privacy."

May 25, 2000

Testimony of Jerry Berman before the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation on "The Federal Trade Commission's Report to Congress -- "Privacy Online: Fair Information Practices in the Electronic Marketplace" ."

May 18, 2000

Testimony of Deirdre Mulligan before the House Subcommittee on Courts and Intellectual Property on "Privacy and Electronic Communications."

April 12, 2000

Testimony of Ari Schwartz before the House Committee on Government Reform Subcommittee on Government Management, Information and Technology on "HR 4049, the Privacy Commission Act."

February 8, 2000

Testimony of Deirdre Mulligan before the Senate Committee On Commerce, Science, And Transportation; Subcommittee on Consumer Affairs, Foreign Commerce, and Tourism on "privacy in the online environment and the Federal Trade Commission's role in developing privacy policy."

November 30, 1999

Testimony of Deirdre Mulligan before the Federal Trade Commission about "Privacy in the online environment."

November 8, 1999

Testimony of Deirdre Mulligan before the Federal Trade Commission Workshop on "Online Profiling."

July 27, 1999

Testimony of Deirdre Mulligan before the Senate Committee On Commerce, Science, and Transportation Subcommittee on Communications about "privacy in the online environment."

July 13, 1999

Testimony of Deirdre Mulligan before the House Commerce Committee Subcommittee on Telecommunications, Trade and Consumer Protection on "The Federal Trade Commission's report on legislation concerning online privacy."

May 27, 1999

Testimony of Jerry Berman before the House Judiciary Committee Subcommittee on Courts and Intellectual Property.

April 21, 1999

Testimony of Jerry Berman before the full Senate Judiciary Committee as it begins the first hearings in the 106th Congress on Internet privacy issues. An overview of the privacy issues facing the Internet today and outlines the steps needed to achieve more comprehensive privacy protection suitable for the unique medium of the Internet.

September 23, 1998

Testimony of Deirdre Mulligan before the Senate Commerce Science and Transportation Subcommittee on Communications on "Child Online Privacy Protection Act (S. 2326)" Summary of testimony

July 21, 1998

Testimony of Deirdre Mulligan before the House Commerce Subcommittee on Telecommunications, Trade, and Consumer Protection on "Federal Trade Commission jurisdiction to set baseline privacy standards for the Internet." summary

March 24, 1998

Testimony of Deirdre Mulligan before the House Committee on the Judiciary Subcommittee on Courts and Intellectual Property on "privacy legislation for electronic communications."

June 11, 1997

Testimony of Jerry Berman and Deirdre Mulligan before the Federal Trade Commission, Consumer Online Privacy Session, "Implementing Privacy Policy in the Digital Age".

June 10, 1997

Testimony of Jerry Berman and Deirdre Mulligan before the Federal Trade Commission, "Database Study."

June 14, 1996

Testimony of Janlori Goldman before the House Committee on Government Reform and Oversight Subcommittee on "Government Management, Information and Technology on Medical Records Confidentiality."

June 4-5, 1996

Testimony of Jerry Berman, Janlori Goldman, Daniel Weitzner, and Deirdre Mulligan before the Federal Trade Commission Workshop on "Consumer Privacy on the Global Information Infrastructure."

November 14, 1995

Testimony of Janlori Goldman Senate Committee on Labor and Human Resources on "S.1360 The Medical Records Confidentiality Act of 1995."

Free Speech

May 20, 2008

Testimony of Leslie Harris [pdf] before the Senate Judiciary Committee, Subcommittee on Human Rights and the Law on Global Internet Freedom: Corporate Responsibility and the Rule of Law"

June 28, 2005

Testimony of John Morris [pdf] before the Federal Election Commission concerning Notice of Proposed Rulemaking 2005-10 The Internet: Definitions of "Public Communication" and "Generic Campaign Activity" and Disclaimers

March 4, 2003

Testimony of John Morris before the Judiciary Committee, Maryland House Of Delegates, on "House Bill 661." [html] [pdf]

January 27, 2000

Testimony of Lusan Chua before the Council of the City of New York Committee on Youth Services on "Educating and Empowering Families on the Internet."

March 4, 1999

Testimony of Jerry Berman before the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science & Transportation on "S. 97, Mandatory Filtering of Internet Access in Schools and Libraries." (Summary of Testimony)

October 7, 1998

Presentation of James Dempsey on Protecting the Human Right to Freedom of Expression on the Global Internet, made at the conference on the Public Voice in the Development of Internet Policy, Ottawa, Canada.

September 28, 1998

Testimony of Deirdre Mulligan before the House Committee on Commerce Subcommittee on Telecommunications, Trade, and Consumer Protection on "Unsolicited Commerical Email."

September 11, 1998

Testimony of Jerry Berman before the House Subcommittee on Telecommunications Trade and Consumer Protection on "the Child Online Protection Act (HR 3783) and other Internet censorship bills." (Summary of Testimony)

June 17, 1998

Testimony of Deirdre Mulligan before the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation Subcommittee on Communications on "Unsolicited Commercial Email."

July 24, 1995

Testimony of Jerry Berman before the Senate Judiciary Committee on the "Protection of Children from Computer Pornography Act of 1995."

May 11, 1995

Testimony of Jerry Berman before the Senate Judiciary Committee Subcommittee on "Terrorism, Technology and Government Information on availability of bomb-making materials on the Internet."

Government Surveillance | Wiretaps | Digital Telephony | 4th Amendment

April 23, 2008

Testimony of Greg Nojeim [pdf] before the Senate Judiciary Committee on National Security Letters

September 25, 2007

Testimony of Jim Dempsey [pdf] before the Senate Judiciary Committee on FISA and the Protect America Act

September 18, 2007

Testimony of Jim Dempsey [pdf] before the House Intelligence Committee on FISA and the Protect America Act

March 28, 2007

Testimony of Jim Dempsey before the House Intelligence Committee on National Security Letters

January 10, 2007

Testimony of Leslie Harris [pdf] before the Senate Judiciary Committee on "Data Mining."

December 5, 2006

Testimony of Jim Dempsey [pdf] before the President's Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board on "Privacy and Information Sharing for Counterterrorism."

September 6, 2006

Testimony of Jim Dempsey [pdf] before the House Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security on "Updating FISA."

July 26, 2006

Testimony of Jim Dempsey [pdf] before the Senate Judiciary Committee on "Modernization of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act"

July 19, 2006

Testimony of Jim Dempsey [pdf] before the House Intelligence Committee on "Modernization of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA)"

June 15, 2005

Testimony of Ari Schwartz [pdf] to the Data Privacy and Integrity Advisory Committee Department of Homeland Security on Recommended Policies for Use of Private Sector Data

May 24, 2005

Testimony of Jim Dempsey before the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence on USA PATRIOT Act

May 11, 2005

Testimony of Jim Dempsey before the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence on "the PATRIOT Act."

May 10, 2005

Testimony of Jim Dempsey before the Senate Committee on the Judiciary on the "PATRIOT Act."

May 5, 2005

Testimony of Jim Dempsey before the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security on "Oversight Hearing on Implementation of the USA PATRIOT Act: Section 212"

April 21, 2005

Testimony of Jim Dempsey before the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security on Implementation of the USA PATRIOT Act: Sections of the Act that Address Crime, Terrorism, and the Age of Technology

April 19, 2005

Testimony of Jim Dempsey before the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence on USA PATRIOT Act

October 6, 2004

The Patriot Act, Civil Liberties and the War on Terrorism: Have the PATRIOT Act and other counter-terrorism measures gone too far? Jim Dempsey examines the US fight against terrorism and its impact on privacy, free speech and other civil liberties, at LocationOne, in New York City, October 6, 2004 [Video - Quicktime]

September 8, 2004

Testimony of Jim Dempsey before the Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet House Committee on Energy and Commerce on Law Enforcement Access to Communications Systems in a Digital Age

August 3, 2004

Testimony of Jim Dempsey before the House Committee on Government Reform on "Moving from 'Need to Know' to 'Need to Share:' A Review of the 9-11 Commission's Recommendations"

June 16, 2004

Testimony of Jim Dempsey before the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation on "S. 2281, The VOIP Regulatory Freedom Act of 2004."

March 25, 2004

Testimony of Jerry Berman [html] [pdf] before the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism and Homeland Security of the House Judiciary Committeeand the Subcommittee on Intelligence and Counterterrorism of the House Select Committee on Homeland Security "Progress in Consolidating Terrorist Watchlists - The Terrorist Screening Center (TSC)."

February 10, 2004

Testimony of Jim Dempsey before the House Committee on the Judiciary
Subcommittee on Commercial and Administrative Law on "Privacy in the Hands of the Government: The Privacy Officer for the Department of Homeland Security."

November 18, 2003

Testimony of Jim Dempsey [pdf] before the Senate Committee on the Judiciary on "America after 9/11: Freedom Preserved or Freedom Lost?"

July 22, 2003

Testimony of Jerry Berman [html] [pdf] before the House Judiciary and Homeland Security Committee on "Terrorist Threat Analysis" C-SPAN Video of House Judiciary and Homeland Security Committee Hearing [RealPlayer]

July 22, 2003

Testimony of Jim Dempsey [html] [pdf] before the Subcommittee on Commercial and Administrative Law and the Subcommittee on the Constitution of the House Judiciary Committee on "The Defense of Privacy Act and Privacy in the Hands of the Government."

May 20, 2003

Testimony of Jim Dempsey before the House Committee on the Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution on "Anti-Terrorism Investigations and the Fourth Amendment After September 11: Where and When Can the Government Go to Prevent Terrorist Attacks?"

July 31, 2002

Testimony of Jerry Berman before the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence on "Amending FISA: The National Security and Privacy Concerns Raised by S.2659 and S. 2586."

June 6, 2002

Testimony of Jerry Berman before the Senate Judiciary Committee on "New FBI guidelines and the Need for Congressional Oversight."

May 2, 2002

Testimony of Jim Dempsey before the Subcommittee on Government Efficiency, Financial Management and Intergovernmental Relations and the Subcommittee for Technology and Procurement Policy of the House Committee on Government Reform on H.R. 3844, the 'Federal Information Security Reform Act of 2002'

February 12, 2002

Testimony of Alan Davidson before the House Subcommittee on Crime of the Committee on Judiciary on H.R. 3482, "The Cyber Security Enhancement Act of 2001."

January 24, 2002

Testimony of Jim Dempsey before the House Committee on the Judiciary Forum on National Security and the Constitution on the "nation's counter-terrorism programs and their implications for civil liberties."

October 3, 2001

Testimony of Jerry Berman before the Senate Senate Judiciary Committee Subcommittee on Constitution, Federalism, and Property Rights on "Protecting Constitutional Freedoms in the Face of Terrorism"

September 24, 2001

Testimony of Jerry Berman before the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence on "Legislative Measures to Improve America's Counter-Terrorism Programs."

September 24, 2001

Testimony of James Dempsey before the House Committee on the Judiciary on "Legislative Measures to Improve America's Counter-Terrorism Programs."

June 12, 2001

Testimony of Alan Davidson before the Subcommitee on Crime of the House Judiciary Committee

September 6, 2000

Testimony of James Dempsey before the House Subcommittee on the Constitution on "privacy legislation."

September 6, 2000

Testimony of James Dempsey before the Senate Judiciary Committee on "Carnivore."

July 24, 2000

Testimony of Alan Davidson before the House Subcommittee on the Constitution on "Privacy and Carnivore."

May 25, 2000

Testimony of James Dempsey before the Senate Judiciary Committee on "Internet security and privacy."

April 6, 2000

Testimony of James Dempsey before the House Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution on "The Fourth Amendment and the Internet."

February 29, 2000

Testimony of Jim Dempsey before the Subcommittee on Crime of the House Judiciary Committee and the Subcommittee on Criminal Justice Oversight of the Senate Judiciary Committee on Internet Denial of Service Attacks.

February 3, 1999

Testimony of James Dempsey before the Commerce Committee on the "Wireless Privacy Enhancement Act of 1999 and the Wireless Communications and Public Safety Enhancement Act of 1999."

October 23, 1997

Testimony of James Dempsey before the House Committee on the Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime on "CALEA implementation"

February 5, 1997

Testimony of Jerry Berman before the House Commerce Committee Subcommittee on Telecommunications, Trade, and Consumer Protection on "wireless phone privacy."

Broadband

May 17, 2007

Speech by Jim Dempsey to the EDUCAUSE Policy Conference on "Why Higher Education Advocacy Matters on IT Policy" [podcast]

March 2, 2000

Testimony of Jerry Berman and John Morris before the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation Subcommittee on Communications on the "AmericaOnLine-Time Warner merger."

Encryption

June 9, 1999

Testimony of Alan Davidson before the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence.

May 19, 1999

Testimony of Alan Davidson before the House Committee on International Relations Subcommittee on International Economic Policy and Trade.

March 4, 1999

Testimony of Alan Davidson before the House Committee on the Judiciary Subcommittee on Courts and Intellectual Property on "the Security and Freedom through Encryption (SAFE) Act (H.R. 850)."

March 20, 1997

Testimony of Jerry Berman before the House Committee on the Judiciary Subcommittee on Courts and Intellectual Property on "the Security and Freedom through Encryption (SAFE) Act (H.R. 695)"

September 7, 1995

Testimony of Daniel Weitzner before National Institute of Standards and Technology on "Privacy and Security Policy Issues Raised by Commercial Key Escrow Systems"

September 5, 1995

Testimony of Daniel J. Weitzner before National Institute of Standards and Technology on "NIST's Proposed Key Escrow Export Criteria and the Search for a National Cryptography Policy"

May 3, 1994

Testimony of Jerry Berman before the House Committee on Science, Space and Technology Subcommittee on "Technology, Environment and Aviation on Clipper Chip"

Health Privacy

June 4, 2008

Testimony of Deven McGraw before the House Energy and Commerce Committee on the Discussion Draft of Health Information Technology and Privacy Legislation .

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