The platform advanced during by President Obama in the 2008 election included proposals for consumer protection, a renewed focus on civil liberties including an examination of the USA PATRIOT Act, and a ?privacy policy for the modern economy.? Panelists will discuss what steps the new administration has taken to advance privacy and civil liberties since the Inauguration and will talk about what we can expect to see from the new administration and Congress concerning privacy, the USA PATRIOT Act , and consumer protection. Speakers: Mary Ellen Callahan, Chief Privacy Officer for the U.S. Department of Homeland Security; David Sobel, Senior Counsel at the Electronic Frontier Foundation; and Craig Wacker, program officer for the MacArthur Foundation's Digital Media & Learning initiative.
