Representatives of civil society groups such as the...

Representatives of civil society groups such as the Center for Digital Democracy, American Civil Liberties Union and Electronic Privacy Information Center will attend a Monday meeting on big data with Counselor to the President John Podesta, said an organization attending the meeting. Podesta is leading the administration’s big data review to determine whether the current U.S. policy framework addresses the challenges and privacy concerns raised by the proliferation of commercial data collection (CD Jan 24 p9). President Barack Obama directed Podesta to launch the study during his speech on changes to the government’s surveillance programs (CD Jan 21 p1). Podesta said he expects the working group to deliver its findings within the next two and a half months.