Indeed, I've been asked to coordinate the four priority projects, each of which is directed by one person. Simply to give you some background, I'll say that these projects concern respectively technology, developments in genetics, developments in national security policy and identity management.
To answer your question, then, I'm going to tell you about what we're doing specifically with regard to technology. As you'll no doubt understand—the Commissioner moreover said this in her opening remarks— we must be at the forefront of technology and we must very carefully monitor developments with respect to privacy.
What we're doing can be divided into four major components. The first consists in forming the greatest understanding and the greatest possible expertise in technology so that we can truly understand the scope, extent and impact of the various technologies. So we're working on research and training projects on identity systems, technologies such as RFID and on biometrics, for example.
We're also taking part in international work in order to genuinely take advantage of information sharing. In our audits, we're focusing particularly on certain types of communications such as wireless communications. We're also starting an audit at six departments that were selected on the basis of our analytical work to see how wireless communications are managed.
In short, the purpose of our activities is, on the one hand, to develop and broaden our expertise and, on the other hand, to see how federal institutions manage the information retained through technology in order to protect privacy. In this area, I am responsible for the Privacy Act.