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Sunshine Week is in full swing across the federal government, and the National Security Agency (NSA) is taking the time to recognize and reaffirm Agency values of transparency and accountability.

A time to acknowledge and celebrate transparency in the federal government, Sunshine Week was created 18 years ago by the American Society of News Editors, now known as the News Leaders Association. Freedom of Information Day was also celebrated this weekon 16 March. Speaking at the Agencys Privacy Day event last year, GEN Paul M. Nakasone, Commander, U.S. Cyber Command, Director, NSA/Chief, CSS, explained that transparency is always a work in progress: NSA has had a history of strength, civil liberties, and privacy protections in daily operationsand has made great strides in being more transparent about what we do.

NSAs Civil Liberties, Privacy, and Transparency (CLPT) Office is key to the Agencyspromotion and integrationof civil liberties and privacy protections into everything NSA does: policies, plans, procedures, technology, programs, and activities.

At the head of the CLPT Office isActing Director Thomas D. T.D. Stuck, who said hes always asking, How can we be more effective in our transparency? Its more than just providing information, too: Its giving the context of what were doing so that the public can have a sense of how information fits into the broader sense of why there is a National Security Agency, Stuck said.

Transparency and accountability go hand in hand. Ultimately, Stuck underlined, Were accountable to the American people.

Learn more about the CLPT Office bywatching a videoor exploringtheir webpage.

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