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Report from Privacy & Confidentiality Roundtable Chair
Tim Pyatt, August 7, 2004 at the Boston annual business meeting
With much help from the roundtable leadership, we had a
very productive year with several sessions created and
accepted for the Boston program. These include:
- Executive Order 13292: The Progress and Pitfalls of
Government Records Declassification; session #57, Saturday
1-2:30 pm
- From the Great Depression to the Great Society: A Look
at Personal Information in 20th Century Presidential
Records; not selected for main program, but being
delivered today as our roundtable program
The Roundtable also endorsed the following sessions
accepted for the 2004 program:
- The Impact of the USA Patriot Act on Archives and
Archivists (submitted by the Manuscript Repositories
section); session #2, Thursday 1:45-3:15 pm
- Literary Manuscripts: An Introduction; session #37,
Friday 4-5:30 pm
- Scandal in the Exhibit Hall: Gay/Lesbian/Bisexual
History Exhibits and the People who Love Them (submitted
by Gay and Lesbian Archives RT); session #60, Saturday,
1-2:30 pm
Special thanks goes to Tim Murray, Menzi Behrnd-Klodt,
Connie Gallagher, and Deborah Richards for their assistance
with program planning in addition to the steering committee
members.
The Roundtable supplied SAA Council with several
statements to help inform their decision making process.
Together with the Manuscripts Repositories Section, and the
Reference, Access, and Outreach Section, we drafted a
statement for Council expressing concerns about the USA
Patriot Act. The statement helped shape the annual
conference from the Keynote speaker to session # 2 to SAA's
website statement.
We also wrote a response paper for SAA President Tim
Ericson concerning access to the records of state eugenics
programs. A scholar approached Tim as President of SAA
wanting SAA to take a stand on opening access to these
records. We took the opposite stand citing HIPAA and a
patient's right to privacy. We also stated that while these
records should not be open to research, they are important
legal and health care records and should not be destroyed.
SAA Council also requested a revision to last year's
Survivor Privacy statement issued by the Roundtable. No
public action was taken.
Jill Katte has done a terrific job creating and
maintaining the Roundtable’s website, which includes
leadership contacts, program information, and a
bibliography. Suggestions and contributions for content are
welcome.
The Roundtable extends thanks to outgoing steering
committee members:
- Anita Weber
- Julie Herrada
- Aimee Felker (past-chair)
Continuing leadership includes:
- Incoming Chair Diane Winham Shaw
- Steering committee members Jackie Dean and Susan
McElrath (2003-2005)
- Jill Katte, web liaison
- Tim Pyatt, immediate past chair, nominating committee
At the business meeting, the following individuals were
elected to office:
- Julie Herrada, Vice Chair/Chair-elect
- 2004-2006 steering committee members Connell Gallagher
and Arlene Schmuland
Last updated October 4, 2007
For corrections and additions, please contact Heather Dean: heather.dean@yale.edu
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