ISRI Seminar Series

The Engineering & Public Policy Department and the PhD Program in
Computation, Organizations & Society present:

Jerry Berman
Center For Democracy and Technology (CDT) President

What Does the Election Mean for Privacy, Civil Liberties, and the Internet?

Thursday, 11 November 2004, 12 pm NSH 1507
lunch will be provided

ABSTRACT

The Patriot Act is up for re-authorization. Intelligence Reform
Proposals call for more sharing of personal information about citizens
to detect terrorism. Some proposals call for the creation of a civil
liberties board to protect our rights. Leading members of Congress are
expected to call for legislation to protect consumer privacy on the
Internet.. What's up and what's likely to happen? A front line
perspective on defending our liberties in the post 9/11 environment.
  
BIO

Jerry Berman is the founder and President of the Center for Democracy
and Technology (CDT), a Washington, DC based Internet public policy
organization. CDT plays a leading role in free speech, privacy,
Internet Governance and architecture issues affecting democracy and
civil liberties on the global Internet. Mr. Berman has led legislative
efforts to enact such landmark legislation as Electronic
Communications Privacy Act of 1986, the Video and Cable subscriber
privacy statutes, the Electronic Freedom of Information Act Amendments
of 1996 and amendments opening the Internet to commercial traffic. In
1996 Mr. Berman coordinated the Citizens Internet Empowerment
Coalition first amendment challenge to the Communications Decency
Act. Mr. Berman is also a recognized expert on national security and
civil liberties issues. He worked to enact the Foreign Intelligence
Surveillance Act (1978) and worked on the development of FBI Domestic
Security Guidelines. This year, he served on the Markle Foundation
Task Force which has published recommendations on Protecting America's
Freedom in the Information Age to strengthen national security as well
as protect open society values of privacy and free speech. Prior to
founding the Center for Democracy and Technology, Mr. Berman was a
Director of the Electronic Frontier Foundation. From 1978-1988, Mr
Berman was Chief Legislative Counsel at the ACLU and founder and
director of ACLU Projects on Privacy and Information Technology.