Category: Advocacy and Comment Letters

November 11, 2009 President Barack ObamaThe White HouseWashington, DC Dear Mr. President: The undersigned organizations write to express our growing concern over the lack of nominations to the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board....

COALITION FOR PATIENT PRIVACY October 23, 2009 Georgina Verdugo, DirectorOffice for Civil RightsU. S. Department of Health and Human ServicesAttention: HITECH Breach NotificationHubert H. Humphrey Building, Room 509F200 Independent Avenue, SWWashington, DC 20201 Re:...

September 22, 2009 Dear Senator, We, the undersigned organizations representing millions of Americans, encourage you to cosponsor S 604, “The Federal Reserve Sunshine Act of 2009.” This legislation would eliminate the restrictions on the...

COALITION FOR PATIENT PRIVACY August 3, 2009 Dr. David BlumenthalOffice of the National Coordinator for Health Information TechnologyDepartment of Health and Human Services200 Independence Ave, SWSuite 729DWashington, DC 20201 Re: Comments to the HIT...

May 31, 2009 Secretary Janet NapolitanoDepartment of Homeland SecurityU.S. Department of Homeland SecurityWashington, DC 20528 Dear Secretary Napolitano, We the undersigned privacy, consumer rights, religious, and civil rights organizations are writing to you regarding...

May 18, 2009 Dr. Beth Noveck Office of Science and Technology Policy Executive Office of the President725 17th Street Room 5228Washington, DC 20502 Dear Dr. Noveck, On behalf of the undersigned organizations concerned with...

05/07/2009 Dear Representative, We, the undersigned organizations representing millions of Americans, encourage you to cosponsor H.R. 1207, “The Federal Reserve Transparency Act,” which would eliminate the restrictions on U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) audits...

An Open Letter Urging Immigration Reform for the Stepchildren of US Citizens April 23, 2009   There are so many big things wrong with US immigration policy that it can be easy to overlook...

April 18, 2009     David Blumenthal, MD, MPP National CoordinatorOffice of National Coordinator for Health Information TechnologyU. S. Department of Health and Human Services200 Independence Avenue, SWWashington, DC 20201   Dear Dr. Blumenthal:...

March 18, 2009 Hon. Eric H. Holder Jr.Attorney GeneralU.S. Department of Justice950 Pennsylvania Avenue, NWWashington, D.C. 20530-0001 Hon. Hillary Rodham ClintonSecretary of StateU.S. Department of State2201 C Street, N.W.Washington, D.C. 20520 Hon. Janet NapolitanoSecretary...