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February 9, 2001
Abel J. Mattos
Chief, Court Administration Policy Staff
Court Administration Building, Suite 4-560
Administrative Office of the United States Courts
One Columbus Circle, N.E.
Washington, DC 20544
Dear Mr. Mattos:
I am pleased to enclose the comments of the Department of Justice in response to the federal judiciary’s request for comments regarding the privacy and security implications of public access to electronic case files. The issue of privacy and public access to electronic case files is very important to the Department of Justice, as we know it is to the judiciary. We welcome the opportunity to continue the productive dialogue regarding these issues on an ongoing basis.
I would like to take this opportunity again to thank the Judicial Conference for allowing the Department an extension of time to produce these comments. As you know this has been, and remains, a period of transition for the Department. However, these comments represent the joint efforts of a working group of attorneys from a variety of components of the Department of Justice, including the Executive Office for United States Attorneys, the United States Trustee Program, the Office of Information and Privacy, the Fraud and Computer Crimes and Intellectual Property Sections of the Criminal Division, the Commercial Litigation, Federal Programs, and Torts Branches of the Civil Division, the Tax Division, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Environment and Natural Resources Division, the Justice Management Division, and the Office of Policy Development. With the appointment of the new Attorney General, the Department will be returning to full force at the leadership levels. We look forward to providing further thoughts and input, whether in the form of continued communication between our staffs or more formal testimony.
If you have any questions regarding this document, please do not hesitate to call Jonathan Meyer, Deputy Assistant Attorney General in the Office of Policy Development (202-307-3024), or Jeanette Plante, Special Assistant United States Attorney (202-616-6459). Thank you again for the opportunity to comment.
Sincerely,
/S/
Kevin R. Jones
Deputy Assistant Attorney General
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