. >>> >> my name is lisa rosenberg i'm the executive director of open the government. was hoping that representative jimmy gomez would be here to set the stage for this amazing panel. he is not here yet because of the congressional boat so i will do my best and we will hear from him when he arrives. i will say one thing i noticed, the reason we were excited to have representative gomez here is because he has personal experience having been misidentified by facial recognition software

. >>> >> my name is lisa rosenberg i'm the executive director of open the government. i was hoping that representative jimmy gomez would be here to set the stage for this amazing panel. he is not here yet because of the congressional boat so i will do my best and we will hear from him when he arrives. i will say one thing i noticed, the reason we were excited to have representative gomez here is because he has personal experience having been misidentified by facial recognition software and he was identified as someone who had committed a crime. so i think that probably inspired him to kind of work to regulate this area a little bit and figure out what's going on with facial recognition software and some of these advanced technologies. we, too at open the government are trying to develop a framework and policy around these types of technologies. so we are pleased to release a report today, government inc. , amazon, government security and secrecy through my colleagues. it's also available out front. and if you haven't already gotten a copy we hope you pick one up. it's

my name is lisa rosenberg. i'm the executive directorive open the government.oping representative jimmy gomez would be here to set the stage for the amazing panel. he is not here yet because of congressional votes. i'll do my best. and we'll hear from him when he arrives. otg -- i will say one thing i know gnat reason we were excited to have representative gomez here is because he has personal experience having been misidentified by facial recognition software. and he was identified as someone who committed a crime. so i think that probably inspired him to kind of work to regulate this area a little bit and figure out what's going on with this -- with facial recognition software and some of the other advanced technologies. we too at open the government are trying to develop a framework and policies around these types of technologies. so we're pleased to release a report today, government ink, amazon, government security and secrecy, it's written by my colleagues emily mania and jessie franzblau pch it's available out front if you haven't gotten a copy. we hope