Legal and Policy Issues

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Channel: WoodrowWilsonCenter · 2012 · Science & Technology

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Moderated by John Crowley, Public Policy Scholar for the Science, Technology and Innovation Program, Woodrow Wilson Center; and Research Coordinator for the Crisis Dynamics Program, Harvard Humanitarian

Panelists:
• David Kaufman, Director, Office of Policy and Program Analysis, DHS Federal Emergency Management Agency
• Stephanie Grosser, Communications Specialist, Presidential Management Fellows Program, United States Agency for International Development 
• Ed Robson, Esq., Robson & Robson, LLC, Tort Liability for Digital Volunteers
• Robert Gellman, Esq., Privacy Consultant, Missing Persons Privacy Project  

Social media, crowdsourcing, and other open innovations challenge current policies around procurement, privacy, liability, data access and retention, intellectual property, data quality, and even the Paperwork Reduction Act. What are the major administrative hurdles that must be addressed? How have agencies dealt with the policies and issues related to the management of personally identifiable information (PII)? What federal policy issues need further analysis? What are potential pathways forward?

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