Along those same lines. this bill advances the committees authorization process by improving DHS and making it the first Federal agency to have statutorily created privacy officers in its component agencies. Hopefully. this will put the Department at the forefront of individual privacy protection. Under the current structure. the Chief Privacy Officer has to rely on component agenciessuch as TSA. Customs and Border Protection and FEMAfor information concerning programs and policy that impact privacy rights. Sometimes this information is shared. sometimes its not. When Its not. the risk includes spending valuable taxpayer funds on programs that may become stalled or cancelled due to privacy concerns or missteps.
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