Research and Applications
PERC is a non-profit organization dedicated to finding Information Solutions for Development Challenges worldwide. Going beyond the standard think tank model of solely carrying out research and producing reports, our staff develops real-world applications and works with policy makers at all levels to bring about the change we seek.
Find out more: About PERC
Serving the Missing Middle
PERC's mission is to serve the Missing Middle, the almost 4 billion people above the global poverty line who do not have access to affordable mainstream credit, by utilizing a new type of economic development: information-led development.
Find out more: Information-Led Development, Who are the missing middle?
Overcoming the Catch-22
Up to 70 million Americans are excluded from the financial mainstream because of the Credit Catch-22: you need to have a history of debt to get credit. PERC's Alternative Data Initiative has already helped many Americans overcome this Catch-22 and access affordable mainstream credit.
Find out more: Alternative Data Initiative
Smart Disaster Recovery
PERC has developed metrics for the Louisiana Recovery Agency and the World Bank to track small business recovery from natural disasters.
Find out more: Gulf Coast Economic Renewal
Donate to PERC
You can help support PERC's mission of global asset building by donating via Paypal. PERC is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization incorporated in the state of North Carolina. All donations are tax deductible.
February 23, 2005
NEW YORK – Dr. Michael A. Turner, President and Senior Scholar of the Information Policy Institute, has been selected by the Department of Homeland Security to serve on the Data Privacy and Integrity Advisory Committee (DHS Privacy Advisory Committee).
“It’s an honor to be selected to serve on this committee,” said Dr. Turner. “I look forward to working with the committee and aiding Secretary Michael Chertoff and Chief Privacy Officer Nuala O’Connor Kelly in whatever capacity I am capable.”
The Committee will advise the Secretary of Homeland Security and the Privacy Office on programmatic, policy, operational, administrative, and technological issues within DHS that affect individual privacy, including data integrity and interoperability. Committee members were selected on the basis of their education, training, and experience.
“Because of its mission and high visibility, perhaps no other federal agency faces greater challenges on issues of data privacy and data security,” stated Turner. “Maintaining the delicate balance between national security needs and the privacy rights of American citizens and visitors in the U.S. is a daunting task.”
“Despite these challenges, since its inception, DHS has consistently demonstrated leadership on issues of data privacy and data security,” said Turner. “This is a credit to Nuala O’Connor Kelly and the talented staff she has assembled.”
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APCC is a PERC-managed coalition committed to promoting a regional standard for full-file, comprehensive consumer credit reporting to private credit bureaus within the 21 Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) member economies. Please visit PERC's coalition for credit standards in the APEC region, the Asia-Pacific Credit Coalition
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