Chief Privacy Officer, Department of Homeland Security is an appointed position within the

United States Department of Homeland Security The United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is the U.S. federal executive department responsible for public security, roughly comparable to the interior or home ministries of other countries. Its stated missions involve anti-terr ...

, which is part of the

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. The chief privacy officer also serves as the chief Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) officer at the

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Purpose of position

Pursuant to Section 222 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002, The chief privacy officer has primary responsibility for privacy policy at the Department of Homeland Security. Their responsibilities include: * Assuring that the technologies used by the department to protect the United States sustain, and do not erode privacy protections relating to the use, collection, and disclosure of personal information * Assuring that the department complies with fair information practices as set out in the

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* Conducting privacy impact assessments of proposed rules at the department * Evaluating legislative and regulatory proposals involving collection, use, and disclosure of personal information by the federal government * Preparing an annual report to Congress on the activities of the department that affect privacy. The chief privacy officer oversees the Privacy Office, an agency staffed by over fifty privacy and data security professionals including a deputy chief privacy officer, a chief counsel, and advisors who maintain liaison with the DHS Data Privacy and Integrity Advisory Committee. The chief privacy officer is a position mandated by statute and appointed by the

United States Secretary of Homeland Security The United States secretary of homeland security is the head of the United States Department of Homeland Security, the federal department tasked with ensuring public safety in the United States. The secretary is a member of the Cabinet of the U ...

. In 2003, Secretary

Tom Ridge Thomas Joseph Ridge (born August 26, 1945) is an American politician and author who served as the Assistant to the President for Homeland Security from 2001 to 2003, and the first United States Secretary of Homeland Security from 2003 to 2005. ...

appointed the department's first chief privacy officer, Nuala O'Connor Kelly, who held a similar post at the Department of Commerce. Hugo Teufel, III, former associate general counsel and chief counsel for privacy at DHS, was appointed as its second chief privacy officer in 2006 by Secretary

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. In 2009, Secretary Janet Napalitano appointed Mary Ellen Callahan to the post.

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* * United States Department of Homeland Security officials Disaster preparedness in the United States {{gov-job-stub

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