Q&A with David Barron
David Barron ’89, J.D. ’94, Harvard Law School’s Honorable S. William Green Professor of Public Law, was recently asked by Harvard University President Drew Faust to chair a new email policy task force that will make recommendations regarding access to, and confidentiality of, electronic communications that rely on University information systems. Barron, who served as acting assistant attorney general for the Office of Legal Counsel in the United States Department of Justice from 2009 to 2010, sat down with the Gazette to discuss the task force’s mandate. GAZETTE: Who will make up the task force? BARRON: The idea is to have a broad representation of the various components of the University, the various Schools that make it up; FAS [Faculty of Arts and Sciences] obviously, but the professional Schools as well, and a range of different actors within the University community, from faculty to administrators. [A list of the task force members.] GAZETTE:...