White said Davis favors repealing the language, but would be satisfied with modifying the provision to say that the chief privacy officer “shall assist the CIO” on privacy issues. D
uring the debate over the Omnibus bill earlier this week, Davis said the privacy provision is redundant in light of existing laws and policy.
“I strenuously oppose section 522 of the Transportation, Treasury Appropriations Act of 2005, requiring that each federal agency have a privacy officer to carry out duties relating to the privacy and protection of personally identifiable information,” Davis said. “These federal information security functions are an intrinsic part of existing federal information policy. They are the responsibility of the agency CIO. Therefore, privacy officers are unnecessary.”
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