Surveillance

documents

ICE Response to Sen. Wyden Inquiry about Facial Recognition Technology Emails from Amazon Employee to ICE about Rekognition Amicus Brief in Support of Affirmance of Robert MacLean TSA Quiet Skies Checklist 2 TSA Quiet Skies "Need to Know" Bulletin

letters

Letter to U.S. Customs and Border Protection on Body-Worn Camera Program POGO Calls on IRS to Halt Planned Face Recognition Requirements Letter to January 6 Committee Supporting Careful Use of Subpoena Authority Civil Society Groups Call for Investigations and Reform In Response to Surveillance of Congress POGO Calls on Justice Department to Enact Safeguards Against Surveillance POGO Calls on Customs and Border Protection to Halt Its Face Recognition Program Letter in Support of Face Recognition Safeguards 45 Civil Liberties Groups Endorse the Safeguarding Americans’ Private Records Act Broad Coalition Opposes PATRIOT Act Extension Absent Major Reforms POGO Comment on DNA Collection from Immigration Detainees POGO Endorses No Biometric Barriers to Housing Act POGO Joins Coalition Opposing Surveillance of Activists, Lawyers, and Journalists Broad Coalition Calls for PATRIOT Act Surveillance Reform POGO Urges Hearing on Privacy & Civil Liberties Oversight Board Nominees POGO Urges DHS to Abandon Problematic Social Media Collection Plan Civil Society Urges Congress to Rein in Surveillance Authorization POGO Joins Civil Society in Opposing Expanded Government Surveillance Civil Society Demands Open Surveillance Markup POGO Joins Groups in Urging Quick Passage of USA FREEDOM Act POGO Joins Group Letter to Voice Concerns over EO 12333 POGO Supports Amendment to End Warrantless Searches of Emails POGO and Partners to Oppose USA FREEDOM Act If Not Amended Groups Urge Administration Against Renewing Domestic Surveillance Program Advocates Endorse Bipartisan NSA Internal Watchdog Bill POGO and Partners Call for Changes to USA Freedom Act Draft Groups Urge Congress to Restore Transparency Requirements to USA FREEDOM Act POGO Supports a Strong USA Freedom Act Over 50 Groups Oppose Bill to Legalize and Extend NSA Surveillance Accountability Groups Call for Confirmation Vote on Privacy and Civil Liberties Board Nominee Broad Coalition of Companies and Nonprofits Support USA FREEDOM Act Groups Ask for Transparency Around Possible Trade Policy Surveillance Groups Ask President Obama to Support Open Government Commitments on Secret Law POGO and Partners Ask Senate Committee to Make NSA Surveillance Proposal Public POGO and Partners Submit Recommendations on Improving Electronic Surveillance Laws

resources

POGO Proposes Strong Limits on Face Recognition to White House Office of Science and Technology Policy Issue Brief: The Cell-Site Simulator Warrant Act

Latest

The Bridge: Government in the Group Chat

analysis | March 30, 2023

Latest

The Bridge: FOIA’s Our Flashlight in the Dark

analysis | March 16, 2023

No, Clearview AI's creepy plan to spy on us is not 'free speech'

analysis | February 14, 2020
What to Expect for the PATRIOT Act Reauthorization

analysis | February 11, 2020
How Companies Can Help Make Police Facial Recognition Systems More Transparent

analysis | September 26, 2019
How Are States Responding to Facial Recognition Surveillance?

analysis | August 15, 2019
The Supreme Court in 2019: Review and Preview

analysis | August 9, 2019
Facial Recognition Surveillance Doesn't Necessarily Make You Safer

analysis | July 22, 2019
The History and Future of Mass Metadata Surveillance

analysis | June 11, 2019
Facial Recognition Surveillance in Congress's Crosshairs

analysis | June 4, 2019