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Jim Harper
PolicyCounsel.com
privacilla.org
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Jim Harper is the operator of a
comprehensive Web resource on privacy as a public policy issue. Jim is also
an Adjunct Fellow with the Progress & Freedom Foundation. Previously, Jim served as counsel to the U.S. House
Judiciary Committee and the Senate Governmental Affairs Committee. He is a
California lawyer and former Editor-in-Chief of the Hastings Constitutional
Law Quarterly.
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J. Bradley Jansen
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Jansen is an adjunct scholar at the Competitive Enterprise Institute. Previously, he worked as the Deputy Director of the Center for Technology
Policy at the Free Congress Foundation. He focuses on technology, privacy
and financial issues and is widely quoted on these issues in many
prominent publications including the Financial Times, Wall Street Journal
and Wired News Online. He is one of the leading advocates of the privacy
implications of many financial issues including money laundering,
Government Sponsored Enterprises, Equal Credit Opportunity Act, database
exchange and other issues.
Previously, Jansen worked for U.S.
Rep. Ron Paul the Cato Institute and Forbes for President. He is a
former editor of the International Currency Report and the Asia/Pacific
Currency Report.
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James Plummer
Consumer Alert
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James Plummer is a policy analyst for Consumer Alert over a range of issues from energy/environment to privacy/technology. In the privacy arena, Plummer particularly focuses on government surveillance and Internet taxes. His work has appeared in such newspapers as the Washington Times, the Detroit News, the Las Vegas Review-Journal. He has also discussed these issues for Fox News Channel, NBC, and the Renaissance Network.
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Mark Schmidt
National Taxpayers' Union
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Mark Schmidt is Director of Programs for NTU and NTU Foundation. His responsibilities include membership outreach and communication, policy analysis, and coordination of national events.
Schmidt is the author of several National Taxpayers Union Foundation policy papers as well as numerous opinion pieces that have appeared in newspapers across the country. He is a frequent guest on talk-radio programs. His recent works have focused on topics such as antitrust, taxpayer-funded litigation, and the influence of labor unions on fiscal policy. Schmidt previously worked for New York State Senator Tom Libous, the National Right to Work Committee and America's Voice Television.
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Frances B. Smith
Consumer Alert
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Frances Smith is the Executive Director on Consumer Alert and founder of the National Consumer Coalition, the auspices under which this Privacy Working Group convenes. Among Smith's areas of policy expertise is consumer finance, financial privacy, and credit.
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