CDR: FW: House Republicans consider Census database, from NY Times

The last time they did this, tens of thousands of law abiding American citizens were placed in prison camps, for no reason other than their ethnicity. Peter Trei

---------- From: Declan McCullagh[SMTP:declan@well.com] Reply To: declan@well.com Sent: Tuesday, October 24, 2000 2:29 PM To: politech@politechbot.com Subject: FC: House Republicans consider Census database, from NY Times

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From: Steve Hutto To: "'declan@well.com'" Subject: politech submission Date: Tue, 24 Oct 2000 12:21:36 -0600

Hi Declan, love the list. Apologies if you're already tracking this...

Op-Ed from the NY Times 10/23/2000 "My Data, Mine to Keep Private" by Linda R. Monk http://www.nytimes.com/2000/10/23/opinion/23MONK.html

Scary opinion about House Republicans looking at creating a "linked data set" between Census Bureau files and the IRS and SSA. Any meat to this one?

Excerpt: "Under current law, census data on individuals can be used only to benefit the Census Bureau, which has balked at turning over files to the budget office without greater assurances of individual privacy. However, the Congressional number crunchers are not taking no for an answer. Republicans may tack an amendment allowing Congress access to census data onto an appropriations bill before Congress adjourns for the elections."

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