United States Government Publishing Office publisher pbl distributor dst United States Government Accountability Office author aut Government Organization text government publication eng GAOREPORTS Legislative Agency Publications gao legislative 2010-08-12 U.S. Government Printing Office 2005-08-15 monographic deposited born digital 82 p. GA 1.13:GAO-05-866 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-05-866 P0b002ee18037610a f:d05866 DGPO 2010-08-12 2011-03-24 GAOREPORTS-GAO-05-866 machine generated eng fdlp REPORT GAOREPORTS-GAO-05-866 GAO-05-866 Data mining Federal agencies Information security Information security management Information systems Privacy law Privacy policies Privacy policy violation Private sector Right of privacy Noncompliance Data collection Personal information Federal Crop Insurance Program Foreign Terrorist Tracking Task Force Government Purchase Card Program IRS Reveal System SBA Loan Monitoring System Other Written Product A33097 Data mining--a technique for extracting knowledge from large volumes of data--is being used increasingly by the government and by the private sector. Many federal data mining efforts involve the use of personal information, which can originate from government sources as well as private sector organizations. The federal government's increased use of data mining since the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, has raised public and congressional concerns. As a result, GAO was asked to describe the characteristics of five federal data mining efforts and to determine whether agencies are providing adequate privacy and security protection for the information systems used in the efforts and for individuals potentially affected by these data mining efforts. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-05-866/html/GAOREPORTS-GAO-05-866.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-05-866/pdf/GAOREPORTS-GAO-05-866.pdf GAO-05-866 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-05-866 Other Written Product GAO-05-866; Data Mining: Agencies Have Taken Key Steps to Protect Privacy in Selected Efforts, but Significant Compliance Issues Remain; Data mining Federal agencies Information security Information security management Information systems Privacy law Privacy policies Privacy policy violation Private sector Right of privacy Noncompliance Data collection Personal information Federal Crop Insurance Program Foreign Terrorist Tracking Task Force Government Purchase Card Program IRS Reveal System SBA Loan Monitoring System Public Law 107-347