Mr. Levy said that parents would be informed of the programs through pamphlets in various languages and by videotape.
The privacy commissioner wrote that "both citizens and visitors to the US and Canada must be fully informed of the programs' stated purposes, the extent of their application and use of personal information and who individuals personal information will be properly protected".
The Intelligence Committee chairman, Representative Peter Hoekstra of Michigan, was responding to a statement Wednesday by Representative Jane Harman, Democrat of California, that the law requires that the full House and Senate Intelligence Committees be informed of the N.S.A. program.
The inquiry began in July 2009, shortly after members of the House and Senate intelligence committees learned they had never been informed of the C.I.A. program that developed plans to send small teams overseas to hunt and kill terrorists.
Existing health facility staff working in PMTCT clinics, maternity wards, pediatric clinics and pediatric wards as well as CTCs were informed of the upcoming EID program and their input sought during the planning phase.
President Bush was informed of the existence of the program, the former intelligence official said.
The pre-registration of all persons in the targeted for area for OCV greatly facilitated the modification required for children when we were informed of the concurrent Expanded Immunization Program with measles and polio vaccines.
In addition, each community was informed of the residences affected by this program through a secure web link.
Once cleared for the project, parents and their children were informed of the aims of the two intervention programs and then they were asked for their statement of agreement.
After a reporter informed him of the program's agenda, Jones initially refused to apologize.
In the aftermath of freshman defenseman Jeremy Huber's sudden and inexplicable death on Jan . 26 Johns Hopkins coach Dave Pietramala informed Robert Huber of the program's plans to honor his son by painting the No. 19 on the turf at Homewood Field, wearing No. 19 decals on the players' helmets, and preserving his locker in the Cordish Lacrosse Center on campus.
