Position: Challenges and Opportunities for Differential Privacy in the U.S. Federal Government

• DOI: 10.48550/arxiv.2410.16423
• Publication Date: 2024-10-21
• Authors: Amol Khanna; Adam McCormick; André T. Nguyen; C Aguirre; Edward Raff
• Keywords: Differential Privacy; Position (finance)

In this article, we seek to elucidate challenges and opportunities for differential privacy within the federal government setting, as seen by a team of researchers, lawyers, data scientists working closely with U.S. government. After introducing privacy, highlight three significant which currently restrict use in We then provide two examples where can enhance capabilities agencies. The first example highlights how quantitative nature allows policy security officers release multiple versions analyses different levels privacy. second example, believe is novel realization, indicates that be used improve staffing efficiency classified applications. hope article serve nontechnical resource help frame future action from community, regulators, officers, lawmakers.