White House Announces New Privacy Officer

Last week, the Office of Management and Budget created a new dedicated position for privacy within the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs ("OIRA"). The privacy position will streamline the United States Government's privacy practices, including:

• Leading efforts to develop and implement consistent, comprehensive and forward-looking Federal privacy policies, strategies and practices across agencies;
• Collaborating with the Federal Privacy Council to identify government-wide trends and issues related to privacy that require government-wide solutions; and
• Overseeing and evaluating agency regulatory initiatives, privacy policies, information collection and related policies, and other policy initiatives that impact the privacy of information about people.