Privacy Act of 1974 Letter to the Speaker of the House and the President of the Senate Transmitting a Report.
Dear Mr. Speaker: (Dear Mr. President:)
This letter forwards the Third Annual Report of executive branch activities to comply with the Privacy Act of 1974.
The report includes a summary description and assessment of agency activities during calendar year 1977, and a list of agency personal data systems subject to the Act.
The protection of personal privacy is an important priority of the Administration. Accordingly, I am sending copies of this report to the heads of each executive department and agency with instructions that they continue to review and improve the management of personal data within their agency.
Sincerely,
JIMMY CARTER
Note: This is the text of identical letters addressed to Thomas P. O'Neill, Jr., Speaker of the House of Representatives, and Walter F. Mondale, President of the Senate.
The report is entitled "Federal Personal Data Systems Subject to the Privacy Act of 1974—Third Annual Report of the President, Calendar Year 1977" (39 pages plus appendices).
Jimmy Carter, Privacy Act of 1974 Letter to the Speaker of the House and the President of the Senate Transmitting a Report. Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/247992