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The following publications are available:
Wisconsin’s Electronic Government
This report consolidates the following four reports. It also contains model standards of fair information practices for personal information and health information as well as privacy statutes enacted in Wisconsin to date.
date of publication: 2001
price: $20
Data Surveillance: A Citizen’s Guide to Wisconsin Government Registries and Reporting
This report identifies over 100 registries and reporting systems maintained by Wisconsin state agencies. They cover a wide range of topics including health outcomes, professional conduct and select private activities. This compilation also identifies the primary records custodian and clarifies whether the record is public or confidential.
date of publication: 2001
price: $10
Demand for Data: Information Gathering in the Public and Private Sectors
This exhaustive studyattempts to understand the nature and scope of government data collection. The report clarifies whether personal information becomes a public record or is protected by confidentiality statutes. It also explores the extent to which this information is linked byt the Social Security Number and is subsequently used for secondary purposes.
date of publication: 2000
price:($10)
In the Balance: State Government and Medical Records Privacy
This report tracks the collection and use of patient data by Wisconsin state agencies. Although confidentiality laws offer significant privacy protections from outside access, the research found that increasingly health-related information is being shared and integrated with other state. local and federal agencies and sometimes with outside parties.
date of publication: 1998
price:($10)
Computer Matching and Merging Programs in Wisconsin State Government
This report examines the use of information technology to share and exchange data for a growing number of purposes. The research identifies over 150 data matching programs that were being conducted in the late 1990s in Wisconsin. Many of these programs involved welfare eligibility, child support, tax delinquency and other law enforcement activities.
date of publication: 1997 revised in 200
price:($10)
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