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June 26, 2005

New Bill Seeks to Strengthen Role of DHS Privacy Officer

[FreedomSight] CDT reports that today Representative Bennie Thompson (D-MS) introduced HR. 3041, the "Privacy Officer With Enhanced Rights Act of 2005"..

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Posted at June 26, 2005 10:20 AM

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