Washington, Feb. 17 -- Congresswoman Lori Trahan issued the following press release:
Today, Congresswoman Lori Trahan (MA-03) released a new staff report (https://trahan.house.gov/uploadedfiles/2026.02_trahan_privacy_act_report.pdf) titled Privacy, Trust, and Effective Government: A Bipartisan Blueprint for Modernizing the Privacy Act. The report was developed following extensive stakeholder input submitted in response to a Request for Information (RFI) Trahan circulated in 2025 examining potential updates to the Privacy Act of 1974.
The report comes amid growing concerns about the federal government's handling of Americans' sensitive personal data, including recent incidents that have exposed weaknesses in existing privacy protections an...