6/27. The Senate Commerce Committee (SCC) continued its mark up of the "Communications, Consumer's Choice, and Broadband Deployment Act of 2006".

It began this mark up on Thursday, June 22. See, story titled "Senate Commerce Committee Begins Mark Up of Communications Reform Bill" in TLJ Daily E-Mail Alert No. 1,398, June 23, 2006, and story titled "Senate Commerce Committee to Continue Mark Up of Communications Bill" in TLJ Daily E-Mail Alert No. 1,400, June 27, 2006.

The SCC will continue this mark up at 10:00 AM on Wednesday, June 28, in Room 216 of the Senate's Hart Building.

The SCC has, with exceptions, been considering amendments title by title. The SCC completed Title I amendments (interoperability of emergency communications), and started Title II amendments (universal service, interconnection, and VOIP), on June 22.

On June 27, the SCC completed its consideration of amendments to Title II. It also completed its consideration of amendments to Title III (video franchising), Title IV (video content, and audio and video flag), Title V (municipal broadband), Title VI (WIN Act, regarding white space), Title VII (digital television transition), Title VIII (video transmission of child pornography). It also began consideration of amendments to Title X (miscellaneous provisions).

However, the SCC skipped over amendments to Title IX (network neutrality). It also held over or postponed key amendments to other titles. For example, it has yet to consider an amendment to Title IV that would impose a build out requirement. It has yet to consider an a la carte amendment. While the Committee completed its consideration of VOIP preemption, it has yet to consider amendments regarding wireless preemption. That is, some of the most debated amendments, and final approval, are scheduled for Wednesday, June 28.

The SCC approved a managers package of consensus amendments on June 27. Sen. Ted Stevens (R-AK) also stated that the SCC is working on yet another managers package of amendments. Several amendments discussed on Tuesday, June 27, were withdrawn, subject to an agreement that they would be revised, and included in this managers package.

The SCC held a long debate over the whether or not to remove the amendments offered by Sen. John Sununu (R-NH), and approved by roll call vote, on Thursday, June 22, regarding federal preemption of certain types of state and local regulation of VOIP services. See, story titled "Senate Commerce Committee Begins Mark Up of Communications Reform Bill" in TLJ Daily E-Mail Alert No. 1,398, June 23, 2006. This story contains Sen. Sununu's amendments. The effort to remove these amendments failed on a roll call vote.

The SCC also held a long debate over an amendment offered by Sen. Frank Lautenberg (D-NJ) that would have grandfathered any state video franchising regime enacted by the end of 2006. It would have substantially undermined the purpose of Title III of the bill. It failed on a roll call vote.

The SCC rejected an amendment offered by Sen. Byron Dorgan (D-ND) that would have limited the common carrier exemption under the Federal Trade Commission Act.

The SCC rejected an amendment offered by Sen. Jay Rockefeller (D-WV) that would have created a new universal service entitlement program for first responders.

Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-CA) withdrew her amendments regarding surveillance and data collection programs of the National Security Agency (NSA). She said that she would take these to the Senate floor.

The SCC approved an amendment, subject to revisions, offered by Sen. Conrad Burns (R-MT) that mandates warning labels on web sites with sexual explicit content.

This article is brief and incomplete. TLJ intends to publish a more detailed review of the entire mark up.

6/27. The House began its consideration of HR 5672, the "Science, State, Justice, Commerce, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act for Fiscal Year 2007". It will continue on Wednesday, June 28.

This bill includes appropriations for many technology related entities, including the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA), National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP), Antitrust Division, and numerous units of the Department of Justice involved in electronic surveillance and data collection.

The House approved by voice vote an amendment offered by Rep. Nancy Johnson (R-CT) to increase funding for the Federal Bureau of Investigation's (FBI) Innocent Images Program by $3,300,000.

The House rejected an amendment offered by Rep. Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) to increase funding for the FBI by $40 Million. The vote was 176-243. See, Roll Call No. 328.

6/27. Attorney General Alberto Gonzales gave a speech in Tel Aviv, Israel, in which he discussed multinational efforts to address intellectual property theft.

He said that the U.S. is "working with our international partners on a range of other transnational crimes, such as intellectual property theft", including Israel.

Gonzales (at right) said that "Intellectual property crimes have become terribly common. Counterfeit and pirated goods are too easy to access -- from bootleg CDs, DVDs and games, to fake watches and sunglasses on street corners, to online file sharing. Although these crimes may appear harmless to some, the fact of the matter is that this manner of theft is one of the most damaging to our global economy."

"Criminals who manufacture and sell fake merchandise steal business from honest merchants, defraud innocent customers, illegally profit from the hard work of employees and entrepreneurs, and undermine our shared values of competition and creativity. This underground economy costs legitimate businesses billions of dollars every year, and causes significant harm to our economies", said Gonzales.

"Intellectual property crime is now undeniably global in nature. The digital age has created a world without borders for large criminal conspiracies, so our law enforcement efforts must be global and borderless as well. Every member of the global economy has a responsibility to keep counterfeit goods out of the world market."

He stated that "America and Israel are working together to meet that responsibility. In 2004, the U.S. and Israel were two of 12 countries to participate in what was then the largest multi-national law enforcement effort ever directed at online piracy, called ``Operation Fastlink.´´"

He concluded that "Operation Fastlink included the simultaneous execution of over 120 total searches in 27 states and 12 countries. This unprecedented international effort resulted in hundreds of computers and illegal online distribution centers being confiscated or dismantled, and more than 50 million dollars worth of illegally-copied copyrighted software, games, movies and music being seized. Operation Fastlink has already resulted in 30 felony convictions in the United States."

While Gonzales said that the US and Israel are working together, representatives of various US IP industries have long complained about IPR theft inside Israel, and the lack of IP laws and enforcement in Israel.

The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) announced in its 2006 Special 301 Report, which reviews the adequacy and effectiveness of IPR protection in other countries, that "Israel will remain on the Priority Watch List in 2006".

The USTR explained the reason for this. "In March 2005, Israel passed legislation that weakened protection against unfair commercial use of undisclosed test and other data submitted by pharmaceutical companies seeking marketing approval for their products, despite extensive efforts between the United States Government and the Israeli Government to bridge differences on this issue. Intensifying concerns of the United States, the Israeli Government passed legislation in December 2005 that significantly reduced the term of pharmaceutical patent extension granted to compensate for delays in obtaining regulatory approval of a drug."

The USTR added that the U.S. "is also monitoring the status of copyright legislation that would weaken protections for U.S. rights holders of sound recordings; the United States urges Israel to provide national treatment for U.S. rights holders in accordance with its international obligations, including those under the 1950 United States-Israel Bilateral Copyright Agreement."

Finally, the USTR wrote that the U.S. "continues to urge Israel to strengthen its data protection regime in order to promote increased bilateral trade and investment in the field of pharmaceuticals and other knowledge-based sectors."

Although, to the extent that the U.S. has a "data protection regime", it is minimal.

6/27. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Chairman Chris Cox gave a speech at Stanford University in Palo Alto, California, in which he addressed many topics, including how information technology can be employed to empower consumers and investors.

Cox (at left) said that "The purpose of so many of these SEC initiatives -- including our e-proxy proposal, our push for interactive data, our updating of the executive compensation rules, and our emphasis on plain English -- is to empower investors."

E-Proxy Proposal. Cox did not speak in detail about the SEC's electronic proxy proposal in this speech. However, see story titled "SEC Proposes to Allow Internet Delivery of Proxy Materials" in TLJ Daily E-Mail Alert No. 1,263, December 1, 2005. See also, Cox's speech of March 21, 2006, and story titled "SEC Chairman Cox Addresses Internet Proxy Proposal" in TLJ Daily E-Mail Alert No. 1,334, March 22, 2006.

Interactive Data. Cox discusses interactive data and XBRL in many of his speeches. Some of his speeches are devoted to this topic.

See, Cox's May 30, 2006, speech and story titled "Chris Cox Discusses Interactive Data" in TLJ Daily E-Mail Alert No. 1,382, June 1, 2006. See also, speech of November 7, 2005, in Tokyo, Japan, and speech of November 11, 2005, in Boca Raton, Florida. See also, story titled "SEC Chairman Cox Discusses Use of Interactive Data in Corporate Reporting" in TLJ Daily E-Mail Alert No. 1,250, November 9, 2005. And see, the SEC's February 2005 rule changes that initiated the SEC's XBRL Voluntary Program.

He said in his speech at Stanford that "Interactive data can make a company's financial information, such as that concerning executive compensation, far more useful. That's why an increasing number of companies are participating in the Commission's program to use interactive data in their SEC filings. Just last week, four more companies joined: Automatic Data Processing, Ford Motor Company, Ford Motor Credit Company, and Radyne Corporation."

He added, "here's a secret almost nobody knows: the power of interactive data can be applied beyond financial statement disclosure to virtually any text, footnotes, or other information in your shareholder communications."

Technology and Empowerment of Consumers and Investors. Cox said that "Here in Silicon Valley, where technology is everyone's business, there's been a long-running debate about the state of customer service. Many people complain that the advent of touch tone caller menus, long hold times, outsourced tech support, and mechanized consumer relations have all but eliminated customer service."

He said that "Others point to the amazing consumer empowerment that comes with worldwide comparison shopping on the Internet, easy-to-access research about products and services, and build-to-order customization of virtually anything one wishes -- all delivered to your doorstep -- as evidence that in the 21st century, the customer is truly king."

"The truth is, both camps may be right", said Cox.

He continued that "Investors are getting access to a wider range of investment products and services than ever before, and their transaction costs are lower than they've ever been. But when it comes to being able to find their way through the prospectus and the proxy statement and all the other investor communications the SEC requires, the customers have to do all the work."

He argued that "There's no reason that we can't rely upon technology to empower investors with opportunities for easy comparison shopping on the Internet; easy-to-access research about investment products and services; and even build-to-order customization of their own investment research, online."

6/27. U.S. Trade Representative Susan Schwab, Secretary of Agriculture Mike Johanns, and several legislators from agriculture states held a news conference at which they discussed Doha round negotiations. See, audio recording [WM] of the event.

Several Congressional leaders said that the US should not conclude an agreement that does not provide market access for US agricultural products. "No deal is better than a bad deal", said Rep. Bob Goodlatte (R-VA), Chairman of the House Agriculture Committee.

The agriculture legislators did not discuss technology, communications, e-commerce, or intellectual property related issues. However, these legislators, including two Republicans, said that they cannot support an agreement that does not include meaningful market access for US agriculture products.

Under trade promotion authority, which expires next summer, the Congress votes to either approve or reject a trade agreement, but it cannot amend it.

The speakers were asked about the possibility that TPA will be extended. Sen. Baucus said that it depends on what comes out of the present negotiations. He added that TPA is very helpful, and advances the US's interests.

Sen. Chambliss said that if no deal is reached in the Doha Round, it will show that US negotiators are willing to "walk away from the table". This will reduce opposition in the Congress to TPA, and thus increase the chances of getting an extension.

Schwab said that she and Johanns are going to Geneva, Switzerland, this week "for what we hope will be a breakthrough". But, she stated that "we can't be stampeded into reaching an agreement just because of deadlines."

Johanns said that "we are at a very critical stage in the Doha Round". He called this a "make or break" stage for the United States. "We can't afford to see this round pass us by." And, he said that "we have got to get market access in return".

Sen. Saxby Chambliss, Chairman of the Senate Agriculture Committee, discussed the meaning of the Doha Round for US farmers and ranchers. He said that "we are not going to unilaterally disarm when in comes to reaching a final agreement in the Doha round."

He elaborated that the US made a meaningful proposal last October, but that the EU responded with something that was not meaningful. He continued that Europe pays twice as much as the US in domestic support, and that their agricultural tariffs are twice as high as those in the US.

Sen. Chambliss concluded that the U.S. needs to "see reciprocation from the other side", but that so far, "we haven't seen that".

Sen. Max Baucus (D-MT), the ranking Democrat on the Senate Finance Committee (SFC), expressed support for free trade, but added that the US should not "reach an agreement just for the sake of reaching an agreement". He said that "No deal is much better than a bad deal", and that the EU wants the US to agree to a bad deal. He said that the EU's proposal does not provide for market access.

Rep. Goodlatte said that "it is important that we not loose sight of our goals and fail to see the forest for the trees." He continued that the US introduced a good proposal, but now "we are being called upon to give even more, and receive even less".

He said that we want "real expansion of market access". He added that "now is the time for the rest of the world to step up to that challenge". He concluded that "no deal is better than a bad deal".

Sen. Tom Harkin (D-IA), ranking Democrat on the Senate Agriculture Committee said that "since the Doha Round was launched back in 2001" he has supported the agriculture negotiations. He stated that "I am very hopeful about this". However, he added that he is concerned about trading partners' requests that the US curb domestic support, without gaining access to foreign markets.

He also said that any final Doha Round agreement should leave no doubt as to the ability of the US to provide "green box programs", such as renewable energy. He concluded that "we should not settle for a modest result".

The legislators also praised Schwab and Johanns.

The House will meet at at 10:00 AM for legislative business. It will continue its consideration of HR 5672, the "Science, State, Justice, Commerce, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act for Fiscal Year 2007", subject to a rule. See, Republican Whip Notice.

The Senate will meet at 9:30 AM for morning business. It will then begin consideration of S 3569, the "United States-Oman Free Trade Agreement".

10:00 AM. The Senate Commerce Committee (SCC) will continue its mark up of the "Communications, Consumer's Choice, and Broadband Deployment Act of 2006". Press contact: Aaron Saunders (Stevens) at 202-224-3991 or Andy Davis (Inouye) at 202-224-4546. The meeting will be webcast by the SCC. Location: Room 216, Hart Building.

10:00 AM. The Senate Finance Committee will meet to mark up several bills, including S 1321, the "Telephone Excise Tax Repeal Act of 2005", and S 3569, the "U.S.-Oman Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act". See, notice. Location: Room 215, Dirksen Building.

10:00 AM. The House Financial Services Committee's (HFSC) Subcommittee on Capital Markets will hold a hearing titled "Investor Protection: A Review of Plaintiffs’ Attorney Abuses in Securities Litigation and Legislative Remedies". See also, story titled "Milberg Weiss Indicted for Paying Illegal Kickbacks to Class Action Plaintiffs" in TLJ Daily E-Mail Alert No. 1,375, May 22, 2006. Location: Room 2128, Rayburn Building.

10:00 AM. The House Judiciary Committee (HJC) will meet to mark up several bills, including HR 1956, the "Business Activity Tax Simplification Act of 2005". See, notice. Press contact: Jeff Lungren or Terry Shawn at 202-225-2492. The meeting will be webcast by the HJC. 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 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: __.

12:00 NOON. The Federal Communications Bar Association (FCBA) will host a lunch. The speaker will be FCC Commissioner Deborah Tate. See, registration form [PDF]. Prices vary. The deadline to register is 12:00 NOON on June 23. Location: Capital Hilton Hotel, 16th and K Streets, NW.

2:00 PM. The Senate Judiciary Committee (SJC) may hold a hearing on judicial nominations. The agenda includes Kimberly Moore, who has been nominated for the U.S. Court of Appeals (FedCir), and Bobby Shepherd, who has been nominated for the U.S. Court of Appeals (8thCir). See also, story titled "Bush Nominates Kimberly Moore for Federal Circuit" in TLJ Daily E-Mail Alert No. 1,374, May 19, 2006. The SJC frequently cancels or postpones hearings without notice. Press contact: Courtney Boone, Location: Room 226, Dirksen Building.

2:00 PM. The House Commerce Committee's (HCC) Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations will hold the fecond of two hearings titled "Making the Internet Safe for Kids: The Role of ISP’s and Social Networking Sites". The witnesses will be Frank Dannahey (Rocky Hill Police Department, Connecticut), Chris Kelly (Facebook.com, Inc.), Michael Angus (Fox Interactive Media's MySpace.com), John Hiler (Xanga.com, Inc.), Pamela Harbour (Commissioner, Federal Trade Commission), Diego Ruiz (Federal Communication Commission). See, notice. The hearing will be webcast by the HCC. Press contact: Larry Neal (Barton) at 202-225-5735 or Terry Lane (Barton) at 202-225-5735. Location: Room 2322, Rayburn Building.

6:00 - 8:00 PM. The Federal Communications Bar Association's (FCBA) Young Lawyers and Diversity Committees will host an event titled "Happy Hour". For more information, contact Jeff Tignor at jhtig at aol dot com or Natalie Roisman at natalie dot roisman at fcc dot gov. Location: Poste -- Modern Brasserie, 555 8th Street, NW.

Day two of a four day conference hosted by the Wireless Communications Association International (WCAI). See, conference web site. At 10:45 AM there will be a panel discussion titled "Regulation, Public Policy & Spectrum Rights Acquisition: Surveying Options For New North American Spectrum Acquisition & Valuation". At 1:30 PM, there will be a panel discussion titled "Regulation, Public Policy & Spectrum Rights Acquisition: Looming Issues For U.S. BWA Carriers". At 2:45 PM, there will be a panel discussion titled "Regulation, Public Policy & Spectrum Rights Acquisition: Meet The FCC Legal Advisors". Location: Omni Shoreham Hotel.

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

10:00 AM. The Senate Finance Committee will hold a hearing titled "The U.S.-Peru Trade Promotion Agreement". See, notice. Location: Room 215, Dirksen Building.

10:00 AM. The House Ways and Means Committee will meet to mark up HR 5684, the "United States-Oman Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act". Location: Room 1100, Longworth Building.

DELAYED TO AUGUST 9. The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) will commence Auction 66. This is the auction of Advance Wireless Services (AWS) licenses in the 1710-1755 MHz and 2110-2155 MHz (AWS-1) bands.

Day three of a four day conference hosted by the Wireless Communications Association International (WCAI). See, conference web site. At 9:45 AM, there will be a panel discussion titled "Regulation, Public Policy & Spectrum Rights Acquisition: Is Your Spectrum At Risk? Preparing For The World Radio Conference 2007". At 1:30 PM, there will be a panel discussion titled "U.S. Telecom Act Reform: Prospects & Wireless Implications?". At 2:45 PM, there will be a panel discussion titled "Regulation, Public Policy & Spectrum Rights Acquisition: Small Carrier Tutorial On Meeting FCC 911 & CALEA Obligations". Location: Omni Shoreham Hotel.

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

10:00 AM. The U.S. District Court (DC) will hold a status conference in Cisco Systems v. Teles AG, D.C. No. 1:2005-cv-02048-RBW, a case involving U.S. Patent No. 6,954,453, titled "Method for transmitting data in a telecommunications network and switch for implementing said method". Judge Walton will preside. Location: Courtroom 5, 333 Constitution Ave., NW.

Day four of a four day conference hosted by the Wireless Communications Association International (WCAI). See, conference web site. Location: Omni Shoreham Hotel.

Deadline to submit comments to the Antitrust Modernization Commission (AMC) regarding criminal remedies. See, notice in the Federal Register, Federal Register, May 31, 2006, Vol. 71, No. 104, at Pages 30863-30864.

EXTENDED TO JULY 31. Deadline to submit comments to the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) in response to its notice in the Federal Register regarding revisions to guidelines used by USPTO personnel in their review of patent applications to determine whether the claims in a patent application are directed to patent eligible subject matter. The USPTO seeks comments on, among other topics, "claims that perform data transformation" and "claims directed to a signal per se". With respect to the later, the USPTO asks "If claims directed to a signal per se are determined to be statutory subject matter, what is the potential impact on internet service providers, satellites, wireless fidelity (WiFi [reg]), and other carriers of signals?" See, Federal Register, December 20, 2005, Vol. 70, No. 243, at Pages 75451 - 75452. See also, story titled "USPTO Seeks Comments on Subject Matter Eligible for Patents" in TLJ Daily E-Mail Alert No. 1,278, December 22, 2005. See, notice in the Federal Register (June 14, 2006, Vol. 71, No. 114, at Pages 34307-34308) extending deadline, and story titled "USPTO Seeks Further Comments on Patentable Subject Matter" in TLJ Daily E-Mail Alert No. 1,391, June 14, 2006.

Deadline to submit reply comments to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) in response to its notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) regarding licensing and use of frequencies in the 904-909.75 and 919.75-928 MHz portions of the 902-928 MHz band that are used for the provision of Multilateration Location and Monitoring Service (M-LMS band). This NPRM is FCC 06-24 in WT Docket No. 06-49. See, text [24 pages in PDF] of NPRM; notice in the Federal Register, March 29, 2006, Vol. 71, No. 60, at Pages 15658-15666; and story titled "FCC Releases NPRM on M-LMS Systems" in TLJ Daily E-Mail Alert No. 1,325, March 8, 2006.

Effective data of the Library of Congress's Copyright Office's fee increases. See, notice in the Federal Register, March 28, 2006, Vol. 71, No. 59, at Pages 15368-15371.

The House will not meet on Monday, July 3, through Friday, July 7. See, Majority Whip's calendar.

The Senate will not meet on Monday, July 3, through Friday, July 7. See, 2006 Senate calendar.

Deadline to submit initial comments to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) in response to its further notice of proposed rulemaking (FNPRM) regarding telecommunications relay services (TRS) and speech to speech services for individuals with hearing and speech disabilities, and misuse of internet protocol relay service and video relay service. This item is FCC 06-58 in CG Docket No. 03-123. See, notice in the Federal Register, June 1, 2006, Vol. 71, No. 105, at Pages 31131-31137.

Independence Day.

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) and other federal offices will be closed. See, Office of Personnel Management's (OPM) list of federal holidays.

6/27. President Bush spoke, and answered questions, at a White House event on June 26, 2006. He addressed, among other things, the New York Times' disclosure of a Department of the Treasury program involving the collection of data regarding banking transactions.

President Bush said that "Congress was briefed. And what we did was fully authorized under the law. And the disclosure of this program is disgraceful. We're at war with a bunch of people who want to hurt the United States of America, and for people to leak that program, and for a newspaper to publish it does great harm to the United States of America. What we were doing was the right thing. Congress was aware of it, and we were within the law to do so."

He added that "The 9/11 Commission recommended that the government be robust in tracing money. If you want to figure out what the terrorists are doing, you try to follow their money. And that's exactly what we're doing. And the fact that a newspaper disclosed it makes it harder to win this war on terror." See, transcript.

In addition, Secretary of the Treasury John Snow wrote a letter to the New York Times on June 26, 2006, complaining about its news reporting. He stated that "The New York Times' decision to disclose the Terrorist Finance Tracking Program, a robust and classified effort to map terrorist networks through the use of financial data, was irresponsible and harmful to the security of Americans and freedom-loving people worldwide. In choosing to expose this program, despite repeated pleas from high-level officials on both sides of the aisle, including myself, the Times undermined a highly successful counter-terrorism program and alerted terrorists to the methods and sources used to track their money trails."

Also, on June 27, 2006, Privacy International released a short paper titled "Pulling a Swift one? Bank transfer information sent to U.S. authorities".

6/27. President Bush announced his intent to nominate Jay Cohen to be Under Secretary for Science and Technology at the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). He is a retired naval officer. Most recently, he was Chief of Naval Research at the Department of the Navy. See, White House release and DHS release.

6/27. Michael Chertoff, Secretary of Homeland Security, named William Webster to be Chair of the Department of Homeland Security's (DHS) Homeland Security Advisory Council (HSAC), and James Schlesinger to be the Vice Chair of the HSAC. Webster was previously Vice Chair of the HSAC, and Schlesinger was previously a member of the HSAC. Chertoff also named Glenda Hood and Rick Stephens to be new members of the HSAC.  Hood was previously a member of the HSAC's State and Local Senior Advisory Council. Stephens was previously a member of the HSAC's Private Sector Senior Advisory Committee. In addition, Herb Kelleher was named Chair of the Private Sector Senior Advisory Committee (PVTSAC), and Stephens was named Vice Chair. Also, Governor Jim Douglas of Vermont and New York State Senator Michael Balboni were named to the HSAC's State and Local Senior Advisory Committee. Finally, Sandra Archibald and William Parrish were named to the HSAC's Academe and Policy Research Senior Advisory Committee. See, DHS release.

6/27. The Senate Finance Committee held a hearing on the nomination of Henry Paulson to be Secretary of the Treasury. See, Paulson's prepared testimony, Sen. Charles Grassley's (R-IA) opening statement [PDF], and Sen. Max Baucus's (D-MT) opening statement [PDF].

6/27. The Center for Democracy and Technology (CDT) released a paper [16 pages in PDF] titled "Spyware Enforcement". See also, summary.

6/27. The Progress and Freedom Foundation (PFF) released a paper [10 pages in PDF] titled "How Long is Long Enough? Copyright Term Extensions and the Berne Convention". The author is the PFF's Patrick Ross.

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