Government Documents, Laws, Testimonies or Reports; Federal Privacy Law; and HIPAA

This Congressional Research Service report analyzes the Privacy Act, the Federal Information Security
Management Act, Office of Management and Budget Guidance, the Veterans Affairs Information Security Act, the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, and the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act. This report will be updated.

The President directed top officials at the Departments of Education, Justice, and Health and Human Services to participate in a federal review of the broad questions raised by the shooting tragedy at Virginia Tech.

This report is a review of their findings and includes recommended actions the federal government can take to support state and local communities and ensure that the federal government and federal law are not obstacles to achieving these goals.