ADVISORY/Experts Available to Discuss Poll on Rights vs. Security.Business Editors ADVISORY... --(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 11, 2002 TOPIC: A telephone study, conducted in March by The Gallop Organization, of 934 Americans across the nation found that four in five people would give up some freedoms to increase security, according to an article by The Associated Press. One-third of the participants were in favor of allowing authorities easy access to private phone conversations and email. Also, more than 70 percent of people polled supported the idea of requiring U.S. citizens to carry identification cards, including fingerprints, the article says. The University of Oklahoma psychiatry department co-sponsored the study via a grant from the Oklahoma City National Memorial Institute for the Prevention of Terrorism. EXPERTS: ExpertSource can offer several highly qualified experts to comment on this story: Ms. Amy B. Zegart is an assistant professor for the School of Public Policy and Social Research at UCLA UCLA University of California at Los Angeles UCLA University Center for Learning Assistance (Illinois State University) UCLA University of Carrollton, TX and Lower Addison, TX . Her research examines issues of foreign policy, presidential power, organizational effectiveness Organizational effectiveness is the concept of how effective an organization is in achieving the outcomes the organization intends to produce. The idea of organizational effectiveness is especially important for non-profit organizations as most people who donate money to non-profit , international relations theory International relations theory attempts to provide a conceptual model upon which international relations can be analyzed. Each theory is reductive and essentialist to different degrees, relying on different sets of assumptions respectively. and American American, river, 30 mi (48 km) long, rising in N central Calif. in the Sierra Nevada and flowing SW into the Sacramento River at Sacramento. The discovery of gold at Sutter's Mill (see Sutter, John Augustus) along the river in 1848 led to the California gold rush of bureaucracy. Her area of expertise is U.S. national security. PR: Carol Tucker (tucker@sppsr.ucla.edu). Professor Robert H. Puckett, of Indiana State University Indiana State University, main campus at Terre Haute; coeducational; est. 1865 as a normal school, became Indiana State Teachers College in 1929, gained university status in 1965. There is also a campus at Evansville (opened 1965). , Department of Political Science, can share his expertise on topics including national security policy and human rights. 812-237-2517, 812-237-7777 (University PR Phone) Dr. Alan F. Westin is the president of the Center for Social & Legal Research. He has been a recognized expert in the area of privacy and data protection for more than 40 years. Alan Westin has supervised su·per·vise tr.v. su·per·vised, su·per·vis·ing, su·per·vis·es To have the charge and direction of; superintend. [Middle English *supervisen, from Medieval Latin and created surveys on privacy and employment issues. He is professor emeritus e·mer·i·tus adj. Retired but retaining an honorary title corresponding to that held immediately before retirement: a professor emeritus. n. pl. of law and public policy at Columbia University Columbia University, mainly in New York City; founded 1754 as King's College by grant of King George II; first college in New York City, fifth oldest in the United States; one of the eight Ivy League institutions. and publisher of Privacy & American Business. Dr. Westin is also a consultant on privacy and data protection issues to businesses and governments. PR: Lorrie Sherwood, Executive Director (ctrslr@aol.com). ExpertSource cannot guarantee the immediate availability of these experts or their familiarity with this specific issue. ExpertSource provides academic and industry experts to the media at no charge. Journalists are encouraged to submit queries to ExpertSource when seeking experts on specific subjects. An online registration form is available at http://www.businesswire.com/ifmd/index.html. |
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