5/16. President Bush and Australian President John Howard held a news conference at the White House at which the President was asked about phone records, the National Security Agency (NSA), and privacy. See, transcript.

Bush was asked this: "Mr. President, you've said that the government is not trolling through the lives of innocent Americans, but why shouldn't ordinary people feel that their privacy is invaded by the NSA compiling a list of their telephone calls?"

Bush said that "we do not listen to domestic phone calls without court approval". This does not refute any thing in the USA Today article. The article stated that "This program does not involve the NSA listening to or recording conversations"

Bush did not use this occasion to defend, or deny, the databasing by the NSA of phone call records, as reported by USA Today in its May 11 article titled "NSA has massive database of Americans' phone calls".

Bush's response to the question, in full, was this: "What I have told the American people is, we'll protect them against an al Qaeda attack, and we'll do so within the law. I've been very clear about the principles and guidelines of any program that has been designed to protect the American people."

"I've also been clear about the fact that we do not listen to domestic phone calls without court approval, and that this government will continue to guard the privacy of the American people. But if al Qaeda is calling into the United States, we want to know, and we want to know why."

"For the Australian press friends here, we got accused of not connecting dots prior to September the 11th, and we're going to connect dots to protect the American people, within the law. The program he's asking about is one that has been fully briefed to members of the United States Congress, in both political parties. They are very aware of what is taking place. The American people expect their government to protect them, within the laws of this country, and I'm going to continue to do just that."

5/16. BellSouth and Verizon released written statements that attack the accuracy of the May 11 article in USA Today titled "NSA has massive database of Americans' phone calls". BellSouth and Verizon both released carefully worded but vague statements that if read literally could be construed as not denying the key assertion of fact contained in the USA Today article -- that they provided phone call records to the NSA.

For example, BellSouth denies providing "customer calling records", while USA Today wrote that it provided "phone call records".

However, Jeff Batcher, a spokesman for BellSouth, told TLJ that "we have never been asked by the NSA, and never provided the NSA, any information whatsoever, period."

AT&T, the third company mentioned in the article, has issued no statement. President Bush was asked about the NSA program at a news conference on May 16. He did not deny any thing in the USA Today article.

BellSouth Statement. Late on May 15, 2006, after BellSouth had three working days, and two weekend days, to prepare a response, it issued a release with the following short three paragraph statement.

"There has been much speculation in the last several days about the role that BellSouth may have played in efforts by the National Security Agency (NSA) and other governmental agencies to keep our nation safe."

"As a result of media reports that BellSouth provided massive amounts of customer calling information under a contract with the NSA, the Company conducted an internal review to determine the facts. Based on our review to date, we have confirmed no such contract exists and we have not provided bulk customer calling records to the NSA."

"BellSouth has built a successful business because of the trust that our customers have placed with us. We will continue to take our obligations to our customers seriously."

The second paragraph of this statement addresses the USA Today article.

BellSouth uses the phrases "customer calling information" and "customer calling records". In contrast, the USA Today article uses the phrases "phone call records" and "domestic call records". BellSouth associates the word "customer" with the word "record". There is a difference between what USA Today wrote, and what BellSouth now denies.

BellSouth portrays the USA Today article as asserting that BellSouth provided customer identifying information combined with the customer's call information. In fact, the USA Today article only asserts that BellSouth turned over call information. Moreover, the USA Today article points out the difference. It states that "Customers' names, street addresses and other personal information are not being handed over as part of NSA's domestic program". The article added that "But the phone numbers the NSA collects can easily be cross-checked with other databases to obtain that information."

Thus, the BellSouth statement denies something that USA Today did not assert, and leaves undenied that which USA Today did actually assert.

Of course, it is another question whether BellSouth, in writing its statement, understood there to be a difference between "customer calling records" and "phone call records", and intended its statement to constitute a non-denial.

TLJ asked Jeff Batcher, who wrote the statement of BellSouth, whether BellSouth only denies providing "customer calling records", thus leaving open the question of whether it provided "phone call records". He said that this question "reads way too much into" the BellSouth statement. He added that the question of whether BellSouth has provided "phone call records", as opposed to "customer calling records", is "moot", because BellSouth has not provided the NSA with any records.

The distinction between "customer calling records" and "phone call records" may also have significance in the context of 47 U.S.C. § 222. This is the section of the Communications Act, titled "Privacy of customer information", that limits the disclosure by a "telecommunications carrier" of "customer proprietary network information", or CPNI. There is no law enforcement or intelligence exception in this section.

The statute defines CPNI as "(A) information that relates to the quantity, technical configuration, type, destination, location, and amount of use of a telecommunications service subscribed to by any customer of a telecommunications carrier, and that is made available to the carrier by the customer solely by virtue of the carrier-customer relationship; and (B) information contained in the bills pertaining to telephone exchange service or telephone toll service received by a customer of a carrier".

That is, the statute regulates customer information, but perhaps not phone call information that is not associated with information that identifies the customers who made the phone calls. If BellSouth has provided "phone call records" to the NSA, as asserted by USA Today, then BellSouth and the NSA may have reached the legal conclusion that since these are merely "phone call records" and not customer phone call records, then the general prohibition of Section 222 is inapplicable, and BellSouth is not violating the law.

BellSouth also denies in the second paragraph of its statement that a contract exists between BellSouth and NSA. The story does state that "three telecommunications companies are working under contract with the NSA". But, BellSouth ties the phrase "customer calling information" to "contract". USA Today never asserted that there was a contract to provide "customer calling information". It asserted a contract to provide call records.

Since BellSouth denies that it provided "customer calling information", it is trivial to also deny a contract to provide customer calling information. Moreover, whether or not a contract exists (or existed)  is not one of the key assertions of the USA Today article. Nor does it have any implications for the privacy interests of people who use telephones.

Verizon Statement. On May 16, Verizon issued a release. It contains a longer six paragraph statement that is set out in full below.

"As the President has made clear, the NSA program he acknowledged authorizing against al-Qaeda is highly-classified. Verizon cannot and will not comment on the program. Verizon cannot and will not confirm or deny whether it has any relationship to it."

"That said, media reports made claims about Verizon that are simply false."

"One of the most glaring and repeated falsehoods in the media reporting is the assertion that, in the aftermath of the 9/11 attacks, Verizon was approached by NSA and entered into an arrangement to provide the NSA with data from its customers' domestic calls."

"This is false. From the time of the 9/11 attacks until just four months ago, Verizon had three major businesses -- its wireline phone business, its wireless company and its directory publishing business. It also had its own Internet Service Provider and long-distance businesses. Contrary to the media reports, Verizon was not asked by NSA to provide, nor did Verizon provide, customer phone records from any of these businesses, or any call data from those records. None of these companies -- wireless or wireline -- provided customer records or call data."

"Another error is the claim that data on local calls is being turned over to NSA and that simple ``calls across town´´ are being ``tracked.´´ In fact, phone companies do not even make records of local calls in most cases because the vast majority of customers are not billed per call for local calls. In any event, the claim is just wrong. As stated above, Verizon's wireless and wireline companies did not provide to NSA customer records or call data, local or otherwise."

"Again, Verizon cannot and will not confirm or deny whether it has any relationship to the classified NSA program. Verizon always stands ready, however, to help protect the country from terrorist attack. We owe this duty to our fellow citizens. We also have a duty, that we have always fulfilled, to protect the privacy of our customers. The two are not in conflict. When asked for help, we will always make sure that any assistance is authorized by law and that our customers’ privacy is safeguarded."

Verizon's six paragraph statement is longer than BellSouth's, but employs the same approach. It restates the assertions of USA Today, with variations, and then denies its restatements.

Verizon uses the phrases "customers' domestic calls", "customer phone records", and "customer records or call data". Like BellSouth, it adds the word "customer".  USA Today wrote about "phone call records", without the word "customer".

Verizon does at one point deny that it provided "any call data", but it then immediately follows this with the phrase "from those records", which is a reference back to "customer phone records". This leaves open the possibility that it provided "call data" that it retrieved from a database other that "customer phone records".

Which Carriers? USA Today's article asserted that AT&T, BellSouth and Verizon provided data to the NSA, and that Qwest did not. There has been considerable merger activity since September 11, 2001, and neither the USA Today article nor the BellSouth and Verizon statements are clear as to which entities they address.

AT&T and SBC recently merged. USA Today is not clear as to the involvement, if any, of SBC in the NSA program that it reports. And, AT&T has issued no statement.

AT&T has been a major provider of long distance and international services. International calls might be the calls in which the NSA has the greatest interest.

Verizon recently acquired MCI, which was previously known as WorldCom. The USA Today article is not specific on this point. Verizon's statement is vague, but could be construed to imply that it is the Verizon entity, as it existed prior to its acquisition of MCI, that issues the denial, thus leaving unanswered the question of MCI's relationship with the NSA. MCI provided services that are likely of particular interest to the NSA.

5/16. The House Judiciary Committee's (HJC) announced that its Subcommittee on Crime will hold a hearing on May 23, 2006, on HR __, a yet to be introduced bill to be titled the "Internet Stopping Adults Facilitating the Exploitation of Today's Youth (SAFETY) Act of 2006."

A HJC staff member told TLJ that this bill will contain an data retention mandate for internet service providers.

There have been several recent developments that relate to data retention mandates.

On April 20, 2006, Attorney General Alberto Gonzales gave a speech in which he advocated a data retention mandate for internet service providers. See, story titled "Gonzales Proposes Data Retention Mandate, Web Site Labeling, and Ban on Deceptive Source Code" in TLJ Daily E-Mail Alert No. 1,357, April 25, 2006.

On April 26, 2006, Rep. Diana DeGette (D-CO) offered and withdrew an amendment to mandate data retention at the House Commerce Committee's (HCC) mark up of the COPE Act. Chairman Joe Barton (R-TX) stated at that mark up that he supports the concept, and wants to amend the bill when it goes to the House floor. See, story titled "House Commerce Committee Considers Data Retention Mandate" in TLJ Daily E-Mail Alert No. 1,365, May 8, 2006.

There may be a jurisdictional battle under way between the HJC and the HCC as which Committee should write data retention legislation. Thus, the HJC may be acting out of a desire to protect its historic role as the drafter of bills relating to searches, seizures, and surveillance, including access to stored records. It may be significant that Rep. DeGette's proposal would not only impose a mandate, but delegate to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), an entity that the HCC oversees, sweeping authority to write implementing regulations. Any such FCC delegation would further erode HJC authority in this field.

On April 28, 2006, the Department of Justice (DOJ) and other government agencies filed a comment [17 pages in PDF] with the FCC in its customer proprietary network information (CPNI) proceeding (Docket No. 96-115 and RM-11277).

This comment contains an argument for imposing a data retention mandate. It states that "many modern communications service providers maintain sensitive records about their customers' private communications, yet these new carriers have not been made subject to the rules that have traditionally governed CPNI. In addition, as carriers covered by the Commission's existing rules have increasingly moved away from classic billing models, in which charges are itemized and billed by type of service, to non-measured, bundled, and flat-rate service plans, some carriers have claimed that call records under such new plans are not covered by Section 42.6 because they are not ``toll records.´´ Therefore, these carriers have argued that no records need be retained. This has significantly diminished the availability of call records that were historically made available to law enforcement, pursuant to lawful process, as traditional ``billing records´´ under the Commission's rules."

The CPNI statute and rules apply only to a "telecommunication carrier". The DOJ argues that the reach of the FCC's rules should be expanded. Moreover, the DOJ now frequently uses the term "carrier" to include many types of information services.

See, HJC notice of the hearing. It will be held in Room 2141 of the Rayburn Building on Wednesday, May 23.

5/16. The Senate confirmed Milan Smith to be a Judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals (9thCir) by a vote of 93-0. See, Roll Call No. 120.

The House will meet at 10:00 AM for legislative business. See, Republican Whip Notice.

The Senate will meet at 9:15 AM. It will resume consideration of S 2611, the "Comprehensive Immigration Reform Act of 2006".

POSTPONED. 10:00 AM. The Senate Commerce Committee's Subcommittee on Technology, Innovation, and Competitiveness will hold a hearing titled "Accelerating the Adoption of Health Information Technology". See, notice. Press contact: Aaron Saunders (Stevens) at 202 224-3991 or Andy Davis (Inouye) at 202 224-4546. Location: Room 562, Dirksen Building. This hearing has not yet been rescheduled.

10:00 AM - 12:00 NOON. The Department of State's (DOS) International Telecommunication Advisory Committee (ITAC) will meet to prepare for the ITU Plenipotentiary Conference 2006 on November 6-24, 2006, in Ankara, Turkey. See, notice in the Federal Register, March 29, 2006, Vol. 71, No. 60, at Page 15798. Location: __.

10:00 AM. The U.S. District Court (DC) will hold a status conference in US v. Microsoft. This is D.C. No. 1-1998-cv-01232-CKK and 1-1998-cv-01233-CKK. Judge Colleen Kotelly will preside. Location: Courtroom 28A, 333 Constitution Ave., NW.

11:30 AM - 1:30 PM. The U.S. Chamber of Commerce will host an event titled "Microsoft Cyber Security Forum". See, notice. Location: Sheraton National Hotel, 900 S. Orme Street, Arlington, VA.

12:15 PM. The Federal Communications Bar Association's (FCBA) Young Lawyers Committee will host a brown bag lunch to elect officers. E-mail nominations to Jason Friedrich at jason dot friedrich at dbr dot com or Natalie Roisman at natalie dot roisman at fcc dot gov by May 10. Location: Drinker Biddle & Reath, 1500 K Street, 11th floor.

2:00 - 4:00 PM. The Department of State's (DOS) International Telecommunication Advisory Committee (ITAC) will meet to prepare for the CITEL PCC.I (Telecommunication) meetings on May 23-26, 2006 in San Domingo, Dominican Republic, and on September 12-15, 2006, in Washington DC. See, notice in the Federal Register, March 29, 2006, Vol. 71, No. 60, at Page 15798. Location: __.

2:00 PM. The House Judiciary Committee's (HJC) Subcommittee on Commercial and Administrative Law will hold a hearing titled "Privacy in the Hands of the Government: The Privacy Officer for the Department of Homeland Security and the Privacy Officer for the Department of Justice". See, notice. The hearing will be webcast by the HJC. Press contact: Jeff Lungren or Terry Shawn at 202-225-2492. Location: Room 2141, Rayburn Building.

2:00 PM. The House Financial Services Committee's (HFSC) Subcommittee on Domestic and International Monetary Policy, Trade and Technology will hold a rescheduled hearing on HR  5337, the "Reform of National Security Reviews of Foreign Direct Investments Act". This pertains to the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CIFIUS). The witnesses will include Stewart Baker (Department of Homeland Security). Location: Room 2128, Rayburn Building.

2:30 PM. The House Judiciary Committee's (HJC) Subcommittee on Commercial and Administrative Law will meet to mark up HR 2840, the "Federal Agency Protection of Privacy Act of 2005". See, notice. The meeting will be webcast by the HJC. Press contact: Jeff Lungren or Terry Shawn at 202-225-2492. Location: Room 2141, Rayburn Building.

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) will host a conference titled "CLIX-COTS Logging Information Exchange". See, notice. Location: NIST, Green Auditorium, 100 Bureau Drive, Gaithersburg, MD.

Deadline to submit initial comments to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) regarding the National Exchange Carrier Association's (NECA) annual payment formula and fund size estimate for the Interstate TRS Fund. The NECA is the Interstate Telecommunications Relay Service (TRS) Fund Administrator. This proceeding is CG Docket No. 03-123. See, notice in the Federal Register, May 10, 2006, Vol. 71, No. 90, at Pages 27252-27253.

The House will meet at 10:00 AM for legislative business. See, Republican Whip Notice.

9:00 AM. The House Commerce Committee's (HCC) Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet, will hold a hearing on HR 5126, the "Truth in Caller ID Act of 2006". The witnesses will be Tom Navin (Chief of the FCC's Wireline Competition Bureau), Staci Pies (PointOne Communications, for the Voice on the Net Coalition), Lance James (Secure Science Corporation), and Marc Rotenberg (Electronic Privacy Information Center). See, notice. Press contact: Larry Neal (Barton) at 202-225-5735, Terry Lane (Barton) at 202-225-5735, or Sean Bonyun (Upton) at 202-225-3761. The hearing will be webcast by the HCC. Location: Room 2123, Rayburn Building.

9:00 AM. The Senate Judiciary Committee (SJC) may hold an executive business meeting. The SJC frequently cancels or postpones meetings without notice. See, notice. Location: Room 226, Dirksen Building.

10:00 AM. The Senate Commerce Committee (SCC) will hold the first of two hearings on S 2686 [135 pages in PDF], the "Communications, Consumer's Choice, and Broadband Deployment Act of 2006". See, notice of hearing, statement [5 pages in PDF] by Sen. Stevens, and Sen. Stevens' section by section summary [7 pages in PDF]. See also, stories titled "Stevens Introduces Telecom Reform Bill" and "Section by Section Summary of Sen. Stevens' Telecom Reform Bill" in TLJ Daily E-Mail Alert No. 1,362, May 2, 2006. There will be a panel of witnesses on video franchising. The witnesses will be Kyle McSlarrow, (National Cable & Telecommunications Association), Walter McCormick (U.S. Telecommunications Association), Michael Guido (U.S. Conference of Mayors), Julia Johnson (Video Access Alliance), Gene Kimmelman (Consumer's Union). There will also be a panel on universal service. The witnesses will be Shirley Bloomfield (National Telecommunications Cooperative Association), Walter McCormick (USTA), Kyle McSlarrow (NCTA), Steve Largent (CTIA), Joslyn Read (Satellite Industry Association), and Philip McClelland (Pennsylvania Office of Consumer Advocate). Press contact: Aaron Saunders (Stevens) at 202-224-3991 or Andy Davis (Inouye) at 202-224-4546. The hearing will be webcast by the SCC. Location: Room 216, Hart Building.

12:15 - 2:00 PM. The Council on Competitiveness's (COC) Forum on Technology and Innovation will host an event titled "Moving Ideas from the Lab to the Marketplace - the Role of Tech Transfer in an Innovative Economy". The program will begin at 12:30 PM. A box lunch will be served. Register by 5:00 PM on Tuesday, May 16, 2006, at registration web page. Location: Room G50, Dirksen Building, Capitol Hill.

12:00 NOON. The Federal Communications Bar Association's (FCBA) will host a lunch featuring general counsels. Reservations and cancellations are due by May 15 at 5:00 PM. Prices vary. See, registration form [PDF]. Location: Mayflower Hotel, 1127 Connecticut Ave., NW.

2:00 PM. The House Ways and Means Committee's (HWMC) Subcommittee on Health will meet to mark up HR 4157, the "Health Information Technology Promotion Act of 2005". See, notice. Location: Room 1100, Longworth Building.

2:00 - 4:00 PM. The Department of State's International Telecommunication Advisory Committee will meet to prepare for meetings of the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) WPIE and CISP committee meetings of May 29-31, 2006. See, notice in the Federal Register, April 19, 2006, Vol. 71, No. 75, at Pages 20153-20154. Location: Room 2533, Harry Truman Building, 2201 C Street, NW.

POSTPONED. 3:00 PM. The Senate Judiciary Committee's (SJC) Subcommittee on Antitrust, Competition Policy and Consumer Rights will hold a hearing titled "AT&T and BellSouth Merger: What Does it Mean for Consumers?". Sen. Mike DeWine (R-OH) will preside. See, notice. Location: Room 226, Dirksen Building.

Day one of a two day closed meeting of the Defense Science Board 2006 Summer Study on Information Management for Net-Centric Operations. See, notice in the Federal Register, April 11, 2006, Vol. 71, No. 69, Page 18292. Location: 3601 Wilson Boulevard, 3rd Floor, Arlington, VA.

Deadline to submit reply comments to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) in response to various petitions for reconsideration of the FCC's Report and Order regarding the equipment authorization requirements for Unlicensed National Information Infrastructure (U-NII) devices employing dynamic frequency selection (DFS). See, notice in the Federal Register, May 3, 2006, Vol. 71, No. 85, at Pages 26004-26006. This proceeding is ET Docket No. 03-122.

Deadline to submit comments to the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) regarding Draft Special Publication 800-92 [64 pages in PDF], titled "Guide to Computer Security Log Management".

The House will meet at 9:00 AM for legislative business. See, Republican Whip Notice.

? TIME? The Center for Democracy and Technology (CDT) may host a panel discussion titled "Tracking Wireless Location Privacy: Who Knows Where You Are?" The scheduled speakers are Jed Rice (Skyhook Wireless, a Wi-fi positioning technology company), Michael Altschul (CTIA), Jim Smolen (WaveMarket, a wireless services and applications provider). See, notice. Location: __.

8:30 AM - 4:30 PM. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit will host the Federal Circuit Judicial Conference. See, conference web site. The general registration fee is $225; government employee fee is $175; the late registration (after May 5) fee is $245. Location: Grand Hyatt Washington, 1000 H Street, NW.

Day two of a two day closed meeting of the Defense Science Board 2006 Summer Study on Information Management for Net-Centric Operations. See, notice in the Federal Register, April 11, 2006, Vol. 71, No. 69, Page 18292. Location: 3601 Wilson Boulevard, 3rd Floor, Arlington, VA.

Extended deadline to submit reply comments to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) in response to its notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) regarding privacy of consumer phone records. See, notice in the Federal Register, March 15, 2006, Vol. 71, No. 50, at Pages 13317-13323. See also, notice of extension [PDF]. The FCC adopted this NPRM on February 10, 2006, and released the text [34 pages in PDF] on February 14, 2006. See, story titled "FCC Adopts NPRM Regarding Privacy of Consumer Phone Records" in TLJ Daily E-Mail Alert No. 1,308, February 13, 2006, and story titled "FCC Rulemaking Proceeding on CPNI May Extend to Internet Protocol Services" in TLJ Daily E-Mail alert No. 1,310, February 15, 2006. This NPRM is FCC 06-10 in CC Docket No. 96-115 and RM-11277.

Deadline to submit initial comments to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) regarding the petition of the Georgia Public Service Commission (GPSC) for a declaratory ruling that the GPSC is not preempted by federal law from regulating rates under 47 U.S.C. § 271 for local switching, high capacity loops and transport, and line sharing. See, FCC notice [PDF]. This is WC Docket No. 06-90.

12:15 PM. The Federal Communications Bar Association's (FCBA) Young Lawyers Committee and Common Carrier Committee will host a brown bag lunch. The topic will be "An Introduction To Intercarrier Compensation: Past, Present, and Future". The speakers will be Don Stockdale (Associate Bureau Chief of the FCC's Wireline Competition Bureau), John Nakahata (Harris Wiltshire), Jon Nuechterlein (Wilmer Hale), and Eric Einhorn (AT&T). Location: Wiley Rein & Fielding, 1776 K St., NW.

Deadline to submit reply comments to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) regarding ACA International's petition for an expedited clarification and declaratory ruling concerning the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) rules. See, notice in the Federal Register, April 26, 2006, Vol. 71, No. 80, at Pages 24634-24635. This is CG Docket No. 02-278.

9:00 - 11:00 AM. The American Enterprise Institute (AEI) will host a panel discussion titled "U.S.-Chile Free Trade Agreement: Building on Success". See, notice. Location: AEI, 12th floor, 1150 17th St., NW.

9:30 AM - 5:00 PM. The Antitrust Modernization Commission (AMC) will hold a public meeting to deliberate on possible recommendations regarding the antitrust laws. The AMC states that preregistration by 12:00 NOON on May 22 is a prerequisite for attendance. Contact: 202-233-0701. See, notice in the Federal Register, May 8, 2006, Vol. 71, No. 88, at Pages 26735. Location: Morgan Lewis, Main Conference Room, 1111 Pennsylvania, Ave., NW.

10:00 AM. The House Judiciary Committee's (HJC) Subcommittee on Crime will hold a hearing on HR __, the "Internet Stopping Adults Facilitating the Exploitation of Today's Youth (SAFETY) Act of 2006." This bill contains a data retention mandate. Press contact: Jeff Lungren or Terry Shawn at 202-225-2492. The hearing will be webcast by the HJC. See, notice. Location: Room 2141, Rayburn Building.

10:00 AM - 12:00 NOON. The Department of State's (DOS) International Telecommunication Advisory Committee (ITAC) will meet to prepare for the CITEL PCC.II (Radiocommunication including Broadcasting) meetings on June 20-23, 2006, in Lima, Peru, and on October 17-20, 2006, in San Salvador, El Salvador. See, notice in the Federal Register, March 29, 2006, Vol. 71, No. 60, at Page 15798. Location: __.

RESCHEDULED FOR JUNE 22. 2:00 PM. The House Ways and Means Committee's Subcommittee on Select Revenue Measures will hold a hearing titled "Hearing on the Impact of International Tax Reform on U.S. Competitiveness". See, notice. Location: Room 1100, Longworth Building.

6:00 - 8:00 PM. The Federal Communications Bar Association's (FCBA) Young Lawyers Committee will host an event titled "Happy Hour". For more information, contact Natalie Roisman at natalie dot roisman at fcc dot gov. Location: Georgia Brown's, 950 15th Street, NW (between I and K Streets, NW).

9:00 AM - 4:35 PM. The Federal Communications Bar Association (FCBA) will host a continuing legal education (CLE) seminar titled "Enforcement CLE Seminar". The participants will include FCC Commissioner Jonathan Adelstein and FCC Enforcement Bureau Chief Kris Monteith. Reservations and cancellations are due by May 23 at 12:00 NOON. Prices vary. See, registration form [PDF]. Location: Holland & Knight, 2099 Pennsylvania Ave., NW.

Deadline to submit reply comments to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) regarding the National Exchange Carrier Association's (NECA) annual payment formula and fund size estimate for the Interstate TRS Fund. The NECA is the Interstate Telecommunications Relay Service (TRS) Fund Administrator. This proceeding is CG Docket No. 03-123. See, notice in the Federal Register, May 10, 2006, Vol. 71, No. 90, at Pages 27252-27253.

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