29-625 O FEDERAL INFORMATION SYSTEMS AND PLANS— IMPLICATIONS AND ISSUES (PART 3) HEARINGS BEFORE A SUBCOMMITTEE OF THE COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS NINETY-THIRD CONGRESS SECOND SESSION JANUARY 29, 31; AND FEBRUARY 5, 1974 Printed for the use of the Committee on Government Operations U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE WASHINGTON: 1974 For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS JACK BROOKS, Texas CHET HOLIFIELD, California, Chairman L. H. FOUNTAIN, North Carolina JOHN E. MOSS, California TORBERT H. MACDONALD, Massachusetts BENJAMIN S. ROSENTHAL, New York FERNAND J. ST GERMAIN, Rhode Island FLOYD V. HICKS, Washington JOHN CONYERS, JR., Michigan BELLA S. ABZUG, New York HAROLD D. DONOHUE, Massachusetts FRANK HORTON, New York PAUL N. MCCLOSKEY, JR., California JOEL PRITCHARD, Washington HERBERT ROBACK, Staff Director J. P. CARLSON, Minority Counsel WARREN B. BUHLER, Minority Professional Staff FOREIGN OPERATIONS AND GOVERNMENT INFORMATION SUBCOMMITTEE WILLIAM S. MOORHEAD, Pennsylvania, Chairman JOHN E. MOSS, California JOHN N. ERLENBORN, Illinois TORBERT H. MACDONALD, Massachusetts PAUL N. MCCLOSKEY, JR., California JIM WRIGHT, Texas BILL ALEXANDER, Arkansas BELLA S. ABZUG, New York JAMES V. STANTON, Ohio CHET HOLIFIELD, California GILBERT GUDE, Maryland CHARLES THONE, Nebraska RALPH S. REGULA, Ohio EX OFFICIO FRANK HORTON, Kew York WILLIAM G. PHILLIPS, Staff Director NORMAN G. CORNISH, Deputy Staff Director HAROLD F. WHITTINGTON, Professional Staff Member MARTHA M. DOTY, Clerk Branscomb, Dr. Lewis M., vice president and chief scientist, Inter- national Business Machines Corp.. Carvey, David, vice president, Leasco Information Products, Inc.--- Fain, Tyrus G., president, National Congressional Analysis Corp. -- Garfield, Dr. Eugene, president, Institute for Scientific Information.. Horowitz, Andrew, the Network Project, Columbia University, New York City; accompanied by Marsha Kroll__ McCloskey, Peter F., president, Computer & Business Equipment Oettinger, Dr. Anthony G... Thompson, William P., stated clerk, United Presbyterian Church of Zurkowski, Paul G., president, Information Industry Association_ Adler, James B., publisher, Congressional Information Service: State- Recommendations made by the panel on legal aspects of informa- 948 998 904 835 870-880 Statement__. 1042-1048 Garfield, Dr. Eugene, president, Institute for Scientific Information: 884-891 Horowitz, Andrew, the Network Project, Columbia University, New 980-983 McCloskey, Peter F., president, Computer Business Equipment Moorhead, Hon. William S., a Representative in Congress from the State of Pennsylvania, and chairman, Foreign Operations and Gov- ernment Information Subcommittee: Article from the New York Times of November 25, 1972, by Letters, statements, etc., submitted for the record by-Continued Oettinger, Dr. Anthony G.: Harvard University publications relative to the hearings. Page 1004-1036 Thompson, William P., stated clerk, United Presbyterian Church of the United States of America: Publication entitled "The Preservation of Privacy," and other material relative to the hearings____ 909-9 Zurkowski, Paul G., president, Information Industry Association: Excerpts from Business Week issue of January 26, 1974.__ Statement and other material relative to the hearings.. APPENDIXES 39 894-897 836-863 Appendix 1.-Copy of the Swedish Data Act and accompanying explana- 1095 1103 1130 1175 1178 1184 FEDERAL INFORMATION SYSTEMS AND PLANS IMPLICATIONS AND ISSUES (Part 3) TUESDAY, JANUARY 29, 1974 HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, FOREIGN OPERATIONS AND GOVERNMENT INFORMATION SUBCOMMITTEE OF THE COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS, Washington, D.C. The subcommittee met, pursuant to notice, at 10 a.m., in room 2203, Rayburn House Office Building, Hon. William S. Moorhead (chairman of the subcommittee) presiding. Present: Representatives William S. Moorhead, Bill Alexander, James V. Stanton, and Gilbert Gude. Also present: William G. Phillips, staff director; Norman G. Cornish, deputy staff director; and Stephen M. Daniels, minority professional staff, Committee on Government Operations. Mr. MOORHEAD. The Subcommittee on Foreign Operations and Government Information will please come to order. The subcommittee today begins a third and final series of hearings on Federal use of advanced information and communications technology. Today, and on January 31 and February 5 we expect to conclude this investigation which was initiated 1 year ago. During the course of hearings held in April, June, and July of 1973, the subcommittee's inquiries turned up a large number of problems and questions regarding advanced information and communications technology-some might say too many. We learned, I think, that the general questions of how well, and how much, the Federal Government is making good use of these technologies will not easily be resolved. It became apparent that, as a practical matter, the subcommittee could not attempt to investigate and analyze all aspects of this complex matter at this time. Instead, we determined that it would be most useful to select a number of issues and invite a final group of witnesses to address those issues that are considered to be the most important and most in need of resolution. The issues selected as the focus of these hearings cover five key areas: (1) the degree of sophistication of information technology used by Federal agencies; (2) the effectiveness of Federal research and development efforts in this area; (3) safeguards for private information in Federal systems; (4) public access to information in Federal systems; and, (5) Federal structures for planning, designing, and regulating the use of this technology by the Government itself. |