LETTER TO DAVID GRIES FROM WILLIAM S. COHEN

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• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 10, 2011
• Sequence Number: 16
• Publication Date: September 10, 1986
• Content Type: LETTER

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TED STC/ENS ALASKA THOMAS F. EAGLETON. MISSOURI -..~ WILLIAM S COHEN. MANE. CNMRMAN
CHARLES MCC MATHIAS. JR. MARYLAND LAWTON CHILES. FLORIDA WARRENS RUDMAN. NEW HAMPSHIRE CARL LEVIN. MICHIGAN
WILLIAM S COHEN. MARIE SAM NUNN. GEORGIA v E/ -.? ~VE DUIIENSERGE0. MINNESOTA LAW TON CHN.ES. FLORIDA
DAVE DURENSERGER. MINNESOTA JOHN GLENN. OHIO
WARREN S RUDMAN NEW HAMPSHIRE CARL LEVIN. MICHIGAN SUSAN M COLLINS. STAFF DIRECTOR
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ALBERT GORE. .Is.. TENNESSEE i nitc gitates senate
PRAN%LM G POLE. CHIEF COUNSEL AND STAR DIRECTOR
MARGARET P. CRENSHAW. MINORRY STAR DIRECTOR
COMMITTEE ON
GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS
SUBCOMMITTEE ON
OVERSIGHT OF GOVERNMENT MANAGEMENT
WASHINGTON, DC 20510
September 10, 1986
Mr. David Gries
Director of Congressional Affairs
Room 7 B 24
Central Intelligence Agency
Headquarters
Washington, D.C. 20505
On September 16, the Subcommittee on Oversight of
Government Management will hold a hearing on S. 2756, the
Computer Matching and Privacy Protection Act of 1986. This bill,
which I introduced with Senator Levin last month, would require
federal agencies to institute procedures to safeguard the
confidentiality and security of records disclosed, as well as the
privacy and due process rights of individuals whose records are
exchanged, when conducting computer matching programs. I am
enclosing a copy of the text of S. 2756.
The objective of S. 2756 is to strike the proper balance
between the legitimate needs of federal and state agencies to
share information to ensure the integrity of government programs
and the privacy and due process rights of individuals. In order
to achieve the appropriate balance of these interests, the
Subcommittee is soliciting the comments of several federal
agencies that have been involved in computer matching programs.
I am, of course, particularly attuned to the special needs
of your agency involving cases that may affect our national
security and want to ensure that this bill adequately addresses
these needs. I am willing to work with your agency to
accommodate these functions. Accordingly, I ask that you provide
the Subcommittee with your written comments on S. 2756. Your
comments will be most helpful to the Subcommittee in its
consideration of S. 2756 and will be included in the printed
hearing record.
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Mr. David Gries
September 10, 1986
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I would appreciate your providing me with your comments on
S. 2756 by Wednesday, September 24. Please have your comments
delivered to the Subcommittee on Oversight of Government
Management, Committee on Governmental Affairs, 326 Dirksen Senate
Office Building, Washington, D.C.
I look forward to receiving your views on this
legislation. If you have any questions, please have your staff
contact Mary Gerwin of the Subcommittee staff at 224-5538.
With best wishes, I am
Sincerely,
WSC:mbg
Enclosure
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