Former Census Chief Proposes Privacy Protection
Kenneth Prewitt, the former director of the Census Bureau, has urged the Office of Management and Budget to withhold data that links responses to small geographic areas. The Census Bureau is required by law not to release data that can be "re-identified" by others. Recent developments in profiling and statistical programs, however, can link individual citizens to their Census data.Ex-Census chief proposes new privacy protection, Government Executive, July 10, 2001.
