Robert Gellman Consultant

Robert Gellman is a privacy and information policy consultant in Washington, D.C. He advises large and small companies, for-profit and non-profit organizations, trade associations, government agencies, foreign governments, and advocacy organizations how to develop, analyze, implement, and maintain policies for personal privacy and fair information practices. Specialty areas include privacy policy for health (including HIPAA), the Internet, and the homeless; freedom of information; and other information policy areas. A graduate of the Yale Law School, Gellman has worked on information policy issues for more than 30 years. He worked for 17 years on the staff of a Subcommittee in the U.S. House of Representatives responsible for privacy, freedom of information, health record confidentiality, and other information policy matters. He served as a member of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Service's National Committee on Vital and Health Statistics (1996-2000), a federal advisory committee with responsibilities for health information infrastructure matters. He is the author of numerous columns, conference papers, congressional reports, and scholarly articles on privacy and other information policy issues. Many are available at www.bobgellman.com.