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                    PRIVACY  PROTECTION AND TECHNOLOGY


                           Robert  G. McKenzie
                               Audit Manager
                  Logistics  and Communications Division
                      U.S. General  Accounting Office



             Information, while  intangible, represents one of our

        Nation's most  important and valuable assets.  For without

        information, National. goals cannot be established or pro-

        grams created or  administered.  The Federal Government --

        indeed governments  al: all levels function on the basis of

        information.   It is precisely because of the criticality

        of informationto   the governmental process, that agencies

        have over  the years requested -- no demanded -- more and

        more information  from the public and have pressed into

        use the most advanced  technology for its processing and

        storage.  The use of  computer technology and the concen-

        tration of  information has given rise to a growing public

        and private concern  over the potential for misuse and the

        invasion of privacy  of the individual citizen


            he   capability  of computers to store vast amounts of

        readily-usable  information has given the privacy issue new

        dimensions   For example,  Dr. Grosch stated in June 1974

        the  following:




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