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> [!WARNING] INCOMPLETE RESEARCH
> This page is in development. Mr. Brounstein is difficult to research.
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category: "PROMIS Scandal"
created: 2024-04-25
updated: 2026-05-01
tags:
- Person
- PROMIS
- INSLAW
summary: "Sidney H. Brounstein was a member of the original 1969 PROMIS design team, a Peat Marwick consultant who had previously worked in IBM's Federal Systems Division, and subsequently Vice President of INSLAW, Inc.; he died June 7, 2017, at age 88."
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Sidney H. Brounstein was born in 1929. In 1967 he worked at the Public Administration Systems Department of IBM's Federal Systems Division. In 1969, he was a member of the team assembled under U.S. Attorney [[Thomas A. Flannery]] to design the [[PROMIS|Prosecutor's Management Information System]], working under co-directors [[Joan E. Jacoby]] and [[Charles R. Work]] with project manager [[Bill Hamilton]] at [[Peat, Marwick, Mitchell & Co]]. He continued consulting for Peat, Marwick, Mitchell & Co. at least through 1972, and later joined [[INSLAW]] as a Vice President. He served as a professor at Montgomery College. Brounstein died June 7, 2017, at age 88, after a short illness.[^1]
Sidney Brounstein was born in 1929.
### Footnotes
During 1967 he worked at the Public Administration Systems Department, Federal Systems Division, [[IBM]].
In 1969 he was on the team that created [[PROMIS]] working under [[Joan E. Jacoby]] and [[Charles R. Work]], project manager [[Bill Hamilton]]. He later became vice president of [[INSLAW]].
Brounstein did consulting for [[Peat, Marwick, Mitchell & Co]] (at least in 1972).
He was a professor at Montgomery College.
On June 7, 2017, Sidney passed away at the age of 88, after a short illness.
[^1]: U.S. House of Representatives, Committee on the Judiciary. *The INSLAW Affair: Investigative Report.* House Report 102-857, 102nd Congress, 2nd Session, September 10, 1992.