---
born: 1929
category: PROMIS Scandal
created: 2024-04-25
died: 2017-06-07
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.
tags:
- Person
- PROMIS
- INSLAW
updated: 2026-05-01
---

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](/people/thomas-a-flannery/) to design the [Prosecutor's Management Information System](/programs/promis/), working under co-directors [Joan E. Jacoby](/people/joan-e-jacoby/) and [Charles R. Work](/people/charles-r-work/) with project manager [Bill Hamilton](/people/bill-hamilton/) at [Peat, Marwick, Mitchell & Co](/organizations/peat-marwick-mitchell-co/). He continued consulting for Peat, Marwick, Mitchell & Co. at least through 1972, and later joined [INSLAW](/organizations/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]

[^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.