Obama Administration Calls For 'Transparency' In UAV Rules | Aero-News Network
Aero-News Network
RSS icon RSS feed
podcast icon MP3 podcast
Subscribe Aero-News e-mail Newsletter Subscribe

Airborne Unlimited -- Most Recent Daily Episodes

Episode Date

Airborne-Monday

Airborne-Tuesday

Airborne-Wednesday Airborne-Thursday

Airborne-Friday

Airborne On YouTube

Airborne-Unlimited-06.02.25

Airborne-NextGen-06.03.25

AirborneUnlimited-06.04.25

Airborne-AffordableFlyers-06.05.25

AirborneUnlimited-06.06.25

Tue, Feb 17, 2015

Obama Administration Calls For 'Transparency' In UAV Rules

Memorandum Released To Coincide With FAA's NPRM

President Barack Obama released a memorandum on promoting economic competitiveness while safeguarding privacy, civil rights and civil liberties to coincide with the FAA-released notice of proposed rulemaking for small unmanned aircraft systems.

The document outlines goals and procedures to manage the collection, use, retention and dissemination of information obtained by UAS and ensure protection of privacy and civil liberties.

These systems “may play a transformative role in fields as diverse as urban infrastructure management, farming, public safety, coastal security, military training, search and rescue and disaster response,” according to the memorandum. “As UAS are integrated into the NAS, the federal government will take steps to ensure that the integration takes into account not only our economic competitiveness and public safety, but also the privacy, civil rights, and civil liberties concerns these systems may raise.”

AUVSI reports that the president calls for agencies to only collect and use information from UAS when it is relevant to an authorized purpose. If obtained information contains personally identifiable information it should not be retained for more than 180 days unless pertinent to an ongoing mission or investigation, in which case it must be maintained in a system of records covered by the Privacy Act of 1974.

Information not maintained in the system should not be disseminated outside of the retaining agency unless for an authorized purpose.

Government agencies must review these policies at least every three years to keep up with changes in technology and ensure protection of privacy.

According to the President, UAS use should not violate first amendment rights and measures should be taken to ensure that privacy, civil rights, and civil liberties complaints can be properly investigated.

Agencies using UAS, or who plan to use them, should ensure there is proper oversight on UAS policies and all policies and rules of conduct are established before they acquire a system.

To maintain transparency, agencies will have to provide notice to the public regarding where they are authorized to use UAS in the national airspace system, keep the public informed about changes to UAS programs and annually release a description of UAS operations from the previous year.

Agencies will also have a year to publish information on how to access their publicly available UAS policies and procedures and 180 days to inform the president of their status in implementing the guidelines set forth in the memorandum.

The administration also establishes a multi-stakeholder engagement process to develop best practices for privacy, accountability and transparency for commercial and private UAS use in the National Airspace System. Within 90 days, the Department of Commerce, through the National Telecommunications and Information Administration, will initiate this process with other interested agencies.

FMI: www.auvsi.org/

Advertisement

More News

Citation Operators Get Another Flight Data Connection for QA

LinxUs System Adds Capabilities for Data-Driven Operators Textron Aviation announced another option for operators processing their post-flight data, adding interoperability with GE>[...]

ANN's Daily Aero-Linx (06.01.25)

Aero Linx: The de Havilland Moth Club Ltd The de Havilland Moth Club evolved from a belief that an association of owners and operators of Moth aeroplanes should be formed to create>[...]

NTSB Final Report: Bellanca 8GCBC

(Pilot) Inadvertently Applied Excessive Braking Action, And The Airplane Nosed Over Analysis: The pilot reported that, while landing at a remote, rough and uneven airstrip in a tai>[...]

Aero-News: Quote of the Day (06.01.25)

“MCADT is committed to rapidly integrating armed first-person view drones into the FMF, enhancing small-unit lethality and providing organic capabilities that warfighters cur>[...]

Classic Aero-TV: High-Speed Match-up - Venom and GE Rebirth A Legend

From 2017 (YouTube Edition): Major Engine Supplier Joins Forces With Small Aircraft Manufacturer… GE recently made an agreement with Venom Aircraft to supply engines for the>[...]

blog comments powered by Disqus



Advertisement

Advertisement

Podcasts

Advertisement

© 2007 - 2025 Web Development & Design by Pauli Systems, LC