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Brennan Center Submits Comments on DHS Plan to Collect and Store Biometric Information for Immigration Database
The Brennan Center, together with the American Civil Liberties Union, submitted comments to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) on the agency’s proposal to create a new system of records that would collect and store sensitive biometric and biographic information about individuals seeking immigration benefits and other residents of the United States, including U.S. citizens.

August 31, 2018
Liberty & National Security
Privacy & Profiling
Transparency & Accountability
Brennan Center Joins Coalition Letter to New York City’s Automated Decision Systems Task Force
On August 17, the Brennan Center joined a coalition letter to New York City’s Automated Decision Systems Task Force, recommending policies and procedures to govern the use of algorithmic systems in city government.

August 20, 2018
Liberty & National Security
Transparency & Accountability
NASED Election Security Grants Update
NASED presentation on 2018 HAVA Election Security Grants.

July 16, 2018
Securing American Elections From Foreign Interference
Letter to Senate Leaders on FIRST STEP Act
The prison reform bill being considered by Congress includes several important improvements, but in a letter to Senate leadership the Brennan Center notes that any true reform effort must take steps to reduce the number of people entering prison in the first place.

July 10, 2018
Justice for All
Reducing Mass Incarceration
Closing the Justice Gap
Racial Justice
Testimony to the New York City Charter Revision Commission on Strengthening Public Financing
Ian Vandewalker
The Brennan Center submitted testimony in advance of a public hearing of the New York City Charter Revision Commission devoted to campaign finance. The statement proposes reforms to strengthen the City’s successful public financing system in the face of increasing independent expenditures.

June 14, 2018
Money in Politics
Public Financing
Testimony Supporting Risk Limiting Audits in Ohio
Liz Howard
The Brennan Center submitted testimony before the Ohio Senate Government Oversight and Reform Committee in support of Senate Bill 256, which would mandate Risk Limiting Audits throughout the state by 2020.

June 6, 2018
Securing American Elections From Foreign Interference
Brennan Center Urges State Department to Abandon the Collection of Social Media and Other Data from Visa Applicants
The Brennan Center, joined by 56 other civil and human rights organizations, today submitted comments to the U.S. Department of State on its plan to collect additional information, such as social media identifiers, telephone numbers, and email addresses used in the past five years from U.S. visa applicants

May 30, 2018
Liberty & National Security
Privacy & Profiling
Transparency & Accountability
Comment to FEC on Internet Communications Disclaimers
Ian Vandewalker
The Brennan Center submitted a comment to the Federal Elections Commission urging the Commission to improve transparency in election advertisement spending by strengthening the rules for disclaimers on political ads online.

May 29, 2018
Money in Politics
Election Spending
Disclosure
Testimony Supporting Secure Election Systems in New Jersey
Edgardo Cortés
The Brennan Center submitted testimony before the New Jersey Assembly's State and Local Government Committee in support of replacing the state's paperless voting equipment, implementing secure paper-based systems, and instituting post-election audits.

May 23, 2018
Voting Machines & Ballot Design
Letter to Congress on the FIRST STEP Act
The new prison reform bill being considered by the House Judiciary Committee, the FIRST STEP Act, includes several important reforms and improves on prior legislation. But any true reform effort must take steps to reduce the number of people entering prison in the first place, which this bill does not do.

May 8, 2018
Justice for All
Reducing Mass Incarceration
Closing the Justice Gap
Racial Justice

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Brennan Center Submits Comments on DHS Plan to Collect and Store Biometric Information for Immigration Database

Brennan Center Joins Coalition Letter to New York City’s Automated Decision Systems Task Force

NASED Election Security Grants Update

Letter to Senate Leaders on FIRST STEP Act

Testimony to the New York City Charter Revision Commission on Strengthening Public Financing

Testimony Supporting Risk Limiting Audits in Ohio

Brennan Center Urges State Department to Abandon the Collection of Social Media and Other Data from Visa Applicants

Comment to FEC on Internet Communications Disclaimers

Testimony Supporting Secure Election Systems in New Jersey

Letter to Congress on the FIRST STEP Act

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