third witness, daniel salsburg is the chief council of the office o technology, research, and investigationbefore that, he wa a senior trial attorney for commodity cftc. mr. salsburg received his undergraduate and law degree from the university of pennsylvania. i want to thank all of you for testifying. >> chairman grassley, ranking member leahy, and members of the committee, thank you for the opportunity to testify on behalf of the department of justice regarding the electronics communications privacy act or ecpa. i look forward to discussing with the committee how the department uses ecpa and how the statute might be updated and improved. ecpa has always sought to improve -- while safe guarding individual privacy. it is important that ecpa reform efforts remain focused on maintaining both goals. electronic communications play a vital role in government investigations. indeed as technology has advanced and as electronic data and storage have augmented traditional means of communicating and storing information, governmental access to data is more important. ecpa is critical to tracking down

third witness, daniel salsburg, is chief counsel in the office of technology research and investigationbureau of consumer protection, at the ftc. previously, he served as assistant director bureau of consumer protection and before that senior trial attorney for commodity -- cftc, division of enforcement. mr. salsburg received his undergraduate law degree university of pennsylvania, and i want to thank all three of you for testifying. we'll do it in the order you did, so proceed, elana. >> thank you. chairman grassley, ranking member leahy and members of the committee, thank you for the opportunity to testify on behalf of the department of justice regarding the electronic communications privacy act or ecpa. we appreciate the opportunity to engage with the committee on this topic which is of particular importance to the department. i look forward to discussing with the committee how the department uses ecpa and how the statute might be updated and improved. ecpa has always sought to insure that the government can perform its crucial public safety and civil and criminal enforcement mission

third witness, daniel salsburg is the chief council of the office o technology, research, and investigation. before that, he was a senior trial attorney for commodity cftc. mr. salsburg received his undergraduate and law degree from the university of pennsylvania. i want to thank all of you for testifying. >> chairman grassley, ranking member leahy, and members of the committee, thank you for the opportunity to testify on behalf of the department of justice regarding the electronics communications privacy act or ecpa. i look forward to discussing with the committee how the department uses ecpa and how the statute might be updated and improved. ecpa has always sought to improve -- while safe guarding individual privacy. it is important that ecpa reform efforts remain focused on maintaining both goals. electronic communications play a vital role in government