Re: Corruption in Ada9x office - suppression of Ada survey results

[tjm@hrlib.brooks.af.mil (SrA Tim Miller)]

On Sun, 6 Nov 1994 18:04:34 GMT, srctran@world.std.com (Gregory Aharonian) said:

G>     I recently received the following complaint by a startup Ada
G> vendor who has been DENIED access to the non-confidential, publicly
G> funded data that has been collected as part of the Ada Dual Use
G> campaign.  DENIED access. If this is not corruption plaguing Ada9X, I
G> give up:

G>     " [...]
G>     Even worse is that while we could live without that data (though
G> it would be nice) what we really want is sales leads, in particular
G> names and addresses of people calling the 1-800 number in response to
G> the ads.  

G>     [...] "

G> What the hell is going on inside the Ada9X office?  If all of this is
G> true, it is just one more piece of evidence of the gross mismangement
G> of Ada policies by DISA.  Why isn't this data being released, and why
G> isn't anyone talking about this betrayal of the taxpayer's trust?

	Have you *ever*, even *once*, heard of the 1974 Privacy Act?
You might care to look it up.  The US Government, as well as contractors
working under government hire, are prevented from releasing certain
information outlined in the 1974 Privacy Act.  

	This *certainly* covers names and addresses of respondants to
government or government contractor surveys.  It also covers other
personal information such as Social Security numbers, et.al.  I can get
a copy from the secretary and transcribe it for you if you can't be
bothered to look it up yourself.  

	We have conducted surveys and collected data in similar fashion
to the AJPO for research conducted in this office.  I myself have
participated in its collection.  I know *for a fact* that the names and
addresses of the participants are *confidential information protected by
the 1974 Privacy Act.*

	In other words, Mr. Aharonian, you are grossly, grieviously, and
obviously *wrong*.  Now go away.

-- Cerebus <tjm@hrlib.brooks.af.mil>
"You get really familiar with the 1974 Privacy Act in the military.
 It's most of the forms you fill out, and you fill out a lot of forms."

SrA Timothy J. Miller, AL/HRTI, Brooks AFB, TX.
Disclaimer:  This posting in no way constitutes an official statement
             by the USAF, DoD, or US Government.