1/25. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Commissioner Mignon Clyburn gave a speech in San Diego, California, at a meeting of the Organization for the Promotion and Advancement of Small Telecommunication Companies (OPASTCO).

Clyburn (at right) said that the FCC's universal service tax and subsidy programs "must be recalibrated to support both voice and broadband services". She also said that "broadband must be available in rural areas at comparable rates to urban and suburban areas".

She proposed that the FCC "establish a Broadband Fund to support the availability and affordability of high-speed Internet", funded by a tax on "All broadband service providers".

She continued that "those providers serving high-cost areas should have access to the funds in order to deploy and offer affordable broadband service."

Moreover, this includes subsidizing "only one provider", which would be "obligated to offer broadband services to all consumers in the area, within a reasonable timeframe, and at a reasonable rate".

She added that "Once a provider is receiving support from the Broadband Fund, I would argue that its support from the legacy high-cost programs should cease."

Clyburn also proposed extending the FCC's existing Lifeline program, which subsidizes telephone service on the basis of income, to subsidization of broadband service.

She also mentioned intercarrier compensation. She said only that "Intercarrier compensation reform should include harmonizing interstate and intrastate interconnection rates, and those rates should be just and reasonable and reflect the actual costs to use the networks."

Clyburn also wants the FCC to plan consumers' preferences. She lamented that many "non-adopters ... feel that broadband is irrelevant". She said that "We must also focus on how to convince consumers that it is important for them to be connected to broadband."

1/22. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Commissioner Mignon Clyburn gave a speech [PDF] at Howard University in Washington DC. She discussed, among other topics, expanding the scope of media ownership and employment mandates to encompass online businesses.

She said that "Together we must ensure that people of color -- and all Americans -- can ``participate as owners, employees, and suppliers´´ on-line." She also asked rhetorically, "If we are all ready to call on the government to assist in the radio and television context long after the damage has been done -- really when it's too late -- why not when the openness of the next great communications technology is at issue?"

She did not reference the docket numbers of any FCC proceedings. However, she did not advance these arguments solely in the context of FCC equal employment opportunity (EEO) and media ownership proceedings, but also in the context of "open Internet rules".

Also, she used the rhetoric employed by advocates of network neutrality mandates. For example, she said that participation by people of color "cannot happen, however, if we passively permit a new set of gatekeepers to erect yet another set of barriers to entry."

She concluded that "we have begun a process that will account for reasonable network management. But I hope we can work together to create strong rules that do not cede control of the most significant communications advancement in our lifetimes. By sitting this one out, or worse, by throwing up roadblocks that will enable what is now ``our´´ Internet to become ``their´´ Internet, we simply would be reinstating the very kinds of imbalanced structures that we have been attempting for decades to dismantle in other contexts."

The Congress has enacted statutes of general applicability regarding racial discrimination. The FCC has gone further in enacting equal employment opportunity (EEO) rules for certain FCC licensees. However, the judicial branch has vacated them on Constitutional grounds. See, the Supreme Court's 1995 opinion in Adarand Constructors v. Pena, 515 U.S. 200, applying the strict scrutiny standard to equal protection analysis of racial classifications in government contracting. See also, the 1998 opinion of the U.S. Court of Appeals (DCCir) in Lutheran Church v. FCC, 141 F.3d 344, and story titled "DC Appeals Court Rules Against FCC in Lutheran Church Case", in Tech Law Journal, April 16, 1998. And see, the DC Circuit's 2001 opinion in MD/DC/DE Broadcasters Association v. FCC, 236 F.3d 13.

The FCC has a large number of open media ownership proceedings.

The FCC adopted its Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) [107 pages in PDF] that proposes to regulate the network management practices of broadband internet access service providers on October 22, 2009. That proceeding is titled "In the Matter of Preserving the Open Internet Broadband Industry Practices". The NPRM is FCC 09-93 in GN Docket No. 09-191 and WC Docket No. 07-52. See also, story titled "FCC Adopts Internet Regulation NPRM" in TLJ Daily E-Mail Alert No. 2,009, October 23, 2009.

The deadline to submit reply comments is March 5, 2010.

1/21. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Commissioner Meredith Baker gave a speech in which she expressed opposition to government funding of news media.

"Direct government funding of journalism is the wrong answer", said Baker. "I urge that we leave journalists largely to their own devices to find a new sustainable commercial foundation".

Baker (at right) recited statistics on the closings of newspapers, but also presented an optimistic view of the condition of information distribution. "News content is consumed today more than ever", and "We can access more content from more sources than ever. New ventures are established each day taking advantage of the Internet’s distribution power."

She said that "Our nation has flourished for over 200 years with a strong independent press as a check on government abuse. This tradition should not be discarded so easily."

She also noted that while online businesses have displaced certain revenue streams of print newspapers, "This is also not the first transformation of journalism in this country."

She offered several arguments against subsidies. For example, "government funding of journalism will erode the public's trust in media".

She also suggested that government funding would erode First Amendment freedom. "We focus often on the need for clear separation of church and state, yet ignore the matching need for separation of senator and reporter. We must be wary of any attempts to let the government foxes into the henhouses of the press."

She also said that one area where the government should help journalism is "content protection". She elaborated that "As journalists experiment with how best to seek compensation online, media companies will need the tools necessary to protect against piracy and enforce their copyright. I am hopeful that any Open Internet rules adopted by the Commission deal directly with measures to curb illegal content online."

On October 19, 2009, the Columbia Journalism Review (CJR) published a paper advocating government subsidies titled "The Reconstruction of American Journalism". The authors are Leonard Downie, who was until 2008 the Executive Editor of The Washington Post, and Michael Schudson, a professor at the University of California at San Diego. See, story titled "Former Washington Post Executive Editor Wants FCC to Subsidize Journalism Under Expanded Universal Service System", TLJ Daily E-Mail Alert No. 2,007, October 22, 2009.

Baker rejected Downie and Schudson's proposal. She said that "it is dangerous for industries to start looking to answers from Washington to resolve the fundamental challenges to their business. It inhibits self-reflection and is unnecessarily defeatist. Bailing out journalism could hamper the commercial efforts I referenced earlier that are seeking a new way of providing journalism."

On October 2, 2009, the Knight Commission on the Information Needs of Communities in a Democracy (KC) released a report [148 pages in PDF] titled "Informing Communities: Sustaining Democracy in the Digital Age". See, story titled "Knight Commission Offers Policy Recommendations Regarding Information and Journalism" in TLJ Daily E-Mail Alert No. 1,996, October 5, 2009.

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) held a two day conference titled "How Will Journalism Survive the Internet Age?" on December 1 and 2, 2009. See, FTC web page with hyperlinks to prepared testimony.

On October 28, 2009, FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski announced that the FCC will "assess the state of the media", and that Steve Waldman will head the FCC's effort. See, story titled "Genachowski Announces Plan to Assess the Media" in TLJ Daily E-Mail Alert No. 2,010, November 2, 2009.

1/25. The Copyright Office (CO) published a notice in the Federal Register that announces, describes, recites, and sets the effective date for, its "interim regulation" regarding mandatory deposit of electronic works published in the United States and available only online.

This CO notice states that online only works are exempt from the mandatory deposit requirement of 17 U.S.C. § 407 until a demand for deposit of copies or phonorecords of such works is issued by the CO. The notice also states that "categories of online-only works subject to demand will first be identified in the regulations". The CO adds that "electronic serials" will be the first such category.

This notice also addresses, for online only works, the process for issuing and responding to a demand for deposit, the definition of a "complete copy" of a work for the purpose of mandatory deposit, and new best edition criteria for electronic serials available only online.

See, Federal Register, January 25, 2010, Vol. 75, No. 15, at Pages 3863-3870.

Where Are the DMCA Rules? The Copyright Office has yet to issue its fourth set of triennial rules designating exemptions to the anti-circumvention provisions of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA). These rules were due on October 27, 2009, and are now three months late.

The CO stated in an October notice that "it is necessary to extend the effective dates" of the third set of triennial rules, which are codified at 37 C.F.R. § 201.40.

See also, stories titled "Copyright Office Announces 4th Triennial Review of DMCA Exemptions" in TLJ Daily E-Mail Alert No. 1,839, October 7, 2008, and "Copyright Office Extends Term of Anti-Circumvention Exemptions" in TLJ Daily E-Mail Alert No. 2,010, November 2, 2009.

1/25. The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced in a release that Daniel Gallagher, a Deputy Director of the SEC's Division of Trading and Markets, will leave the SEC and return to the Washington DC office of the law firm of Wilmer Hale.

1/21. The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (OUSTR) announced the designation of Jim Sanford to be the Assistant U.S. Trade Representative (AUSTR) for Small Business, Market Access, and Industrial Competitiveness. He is already the AUSTR for Market Access and Industrial Competitiveness. See, OUSTR release.

1/20. The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced in a release that Frederic Firestone, an Associate Director of the SEC's Division of Enforcement, will leave the SEC next month to become a partner in the Washington DC office of the law firm of McDermott Will & Emery.

1/20. President Obama nominated John Coppola, Carla Hayden, Winston Tabb, and Robert Wedgeworth to be members of the National Museum and Library Services Board. See, White House news office release.

1/26. The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) published a notice in the Federal Register that announces and explains that it has completed its review of, and determined to retain, its Trade Regulation Rule Relating to Power Output Claims for Amplifiers Utilized in Home Entertainment Products. See, Federal Register, January 26, 2010, Vol. 75, No. 16, at Pages 3985-3987.

1/22. The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) released the text [37 pages in PDF] of its Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) regarding robocalling in its proceeding titled "In the Matter of Rules and Regulations Implementing the Telephone Consumer Protection Act of 1991". The FCC adopted, but did not release, this NPRM on January 20. See, story titled "FCC Adopts NPRM Regarding Limiting Some Robocalls" in TLJ Daily E-Mail Alert No. 2,037, January 20, 2010. This NPRM is FCC 10-08 in CG Docket No. 02-278. Initial comments will be due within 60 days of publication of a notice in the Federal Register. Reply comments will be due within 90 days of such publication. As of the January 26, 2010 issue of the Federal Register, this notice had not yet been published.

1/22. Blair Levin, head of the FCC's broadband planning, gave a speech [8 pages in PDF] in Washington DC. It was full of vague and lofty phrases about broadband internet access. He said that "our government needs to invest to make broadband available", but that "connectivity to devices is just not enough". He suggested "social infrastructure", "social innovation", and "social purpose media". Building "social infrastructure" involves grants and other government spending. Levin said metaphorically, "we must weave our investments in digital access into the fabric of our communities".

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The House will meet at 12:30 PM for morning hour, and at 2:00 PM for legislative business. The House will consider several non-technology related items under suspension of the rules. Votes will be postponed until 6:30 PM. See, Rep. Hoyer's schedule for week of January 25.

The Senate will meet at 10:00 AM. It will resume consideration of HJRes 45, the debt limit extension bill.

9:00 - 10:30 AM. The Information Technology and Innovation Foundation (ITIF) will host a panel discussion titled "Info-communism: A progressive path forward or a political and intellectual dead end?". The speakers will be Robert Atkinson (ITIF), Milton Mueller (Syracuse University), and Patrick Ross (Copyright Alliance). See, notice. Location: ITIF, Suite 610, 1101 K St., NW.

9:00 AM. The Department of Commerce's (DOC) Bureau of Industry and Security's (BIS) Sensors and Instrumentation Technical Advisory Committee (SITAC) will meet. See, notice in the Federal Register, January 11, 2010, Vol. 75, No. 6, Page 1339. Location: DOC, Hoover Building, Room 3884, 14th Street between Constitution and Pennsylvania Avenues,  NW.

10:00 AM. The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee will hold a hearing titled "Intelligence Reform: The Lessons and Implications of the Christmas Day Attack". See, notice. Location: Room 342, Dirksen Building.

10:00 AM - 12:00 NOON. The Department of Health and Human Services' (DHHS) Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology's (ONCHIT) Implementation Workgroup will meet. See, notice in the Federal Register, January 5, 2010, Vol. 75, No. 2, at Pages 368-369. The DHHS will webcast this meeting. The webcast is open to the public. The physical location of the meeting is closed to the public. Written comments are due two days prior to the meeting.

3:00 - 5:00 PM. The Department of Health and Human Services' (DHHS) Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology's (ONCHIT) Privacy & Security Workgroup will meet. See, notice in the Federal Register, January 5, 2010, Vol. 75, No. 2, at Pages 368-369. The DHHS will webcast this meeting. The webcast is open to the public. The physical location of the meeting is closed to the public. Written comments are due two days prior to the meeting.

8:30 AM - 5:30 PM. The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) will host a seminar for chief compliance officers. See, SEC release.

9:00 AM - 4:45 PM. The Department of Justice's (DOJ) Antitrust Division and the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) will host the fifth of five public workshops regarding amending the Horizontal Merger Guidelines (HMG). See, agenda, DOJ release, FTC list of questions, and FTC HMG Project web site. See also, stories titled "Antitrust Division and FTC May Amend Horizontal Merger Guidelines" in TLJ Daily E-Mail Alert No. 1987, September 23, 2009, and "DOJ's Shapiro Discusses Upcoming Revisions to Horizontal Merger Guidelines" in TLJ Daily E-Mail Alert No. 2,015, November 16, 2009. Location: FTC Conference Center, 601 New Jersey Ave., NW.

Deadline to submit comments to the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) regarding its document titled "Special Trademark Issues Review Team Recommendations". See, notice.

The House will meet at 10:00 AM for legislative business. The House will consider non-technology related items. See, Rep. Hoyer's schedule for week of January 25.

The House and Senate will meet in joint session to hear a speech by President Obama.

8:00 AM - 4:30 PM. The Center for Democracy and Technology's (CDT) Congressional Internet Caucus Advisory Committee will host its annual conference titled "State of the Net Conference". The scheduled speakers include Rep. Rick Boucher (D-VA), Rep. Bob Goodlatte (R-VA), Sen. John Thune (R-SD), Brian Roberts (Ch/CEO of Comcast), Robert Katz (USDOJ Antitrust Division), and Edward Tsang Lu (Google). There will be panels titled "Online Copyright Piracy", "Antitrust in the Internet Era", "Cyber Security and Cyber War", "Legislating Online Privacy", "Internet Global Freedom", "Can the Internet Save the Planet with Smart Grid?", and "The Liability Exemption of ISPs: Can Section 230 Hold Up Under Pressure?". See, notice. Prices vary. Location: Hyatt Regency Capitol Hill, 400 New Jersey Ave., NW.

9:00 - 10:30 AM. The Information Technology and Innovation Foundation (ITIF) will host a panel discussion titled "Explaining International Intelligent Transportation Systems Leadership". The speakers will be Robert Atkinson (ITIF), Stephen Ezell (ITIF) and Scot Belcher (ITS America). See, notice. This event is fee and open to the public. Location: ITIF, Suite 610, 1101 K St., NW.

9:00 AM - 12:30 PM. The Federal Communications Commission's (FCC) Media Bureau will host an event titled "Minority Media Ownership Workshop". This relates to MB Docket No. 09-182. The FCC will webcast this event. See, notice. Location: FCC, Commission Meeting Room.

9:30 AM. The U.S. Court of Appeals (DCCir) will hear oral argument en banc in Speechnow.org v. FEC, App. Ct. No. 08-5223.

12:00 NOON - 1:30 PM. The American Bar Association (ABA) will host a program titled "Irreparable Harm and Other Presumptions in Lanham Act Advertising Cases After eBay". The Supreme Court's May 15, 2006, opinion [12 pages in PDF] in eBay v. MercExchange, held that the traditional four factor framework that guides a court's decision whether to grant an injunction applies in patent cases; but, the Supreme Court did not address Lanham Act cases in that opinion. See, story titled "Supreme Court Rules on Availability of Injunctive Relief in Patent Cases" in TLJ Daily E-Mail Alert No. 1,371, May 16, 2006. The speakers will be David Bernstein (Debevoise & Plimpton), Rebecca Tushnet (Georgetown University law school), and Richard Leighton (Keller & Heckman). The ABA will teleconference this event. It is free and open to the public. See, notice.

Deadline to submit comments to the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) regarding its Draft Expressions of Interest/Pre-Registrations Model for new generic top-level domains. See, notice.

There will be not votes in the House. See, Rep. Hoyer's schedule for week of January 25.

Day one of a two day event titled "Republican Conference Issues Conference". See, 2010 House calendar.

9:00 AM - 12:00 PM. The Department of State's (DOS) Advisory Committee on International Communications and Information Policy (ACICIP) will meet. The topics on the agenda include "upcoming international telecommunications meetings and conferences ... bilateral and multilateral meetings that have taken place recently ... future generation communications technology issues, international market access, Internet governance, ICT development issues, international spectrum requirements and harmonization, cyber-security, and data protection and privacy". See, notice in the Federal Register, January 6, 2010, Vol. 75, No. 3, at Pages 881-882. The deadline to request permission to attend is 5:00 PM on January 26. Location: Room 1107, Truman Building, 2201 C St., NW.

10:00 AM. The Senate Judiciary Committee (SJC) will hold an executive business meeting. The agenda includes consideration of S 1749 [LOC | WW], the "Cell Phones Contraband Act". The agenda also again includes consideration of the nominations of James Wynn and Albert Diaz to be Judges of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit. The agenda also includes consideration of Edward Chen (to be a Judge of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California) and Louis Butler (USDC/WDWisc). The agenda also includes consideration of the nominations of Andre Birotte (to be the U.S. Attorney for the Central District of California) and Ronald Machen (USA/DC). Finally, the agenda includes consideration of the nominations of Chris Schroeder (to be Assistant Attorney General in charge of the Office of Legal Policy), Dawn Johnsen (AAG/Office of Legal Counsel), and Mary Smith (AAG/Tax Division). The SJC rarely follows its published agendas. See, notice. The SJC will webcast this event. Location: Room 226, Dirksen Building.

10:00 AM - 12:00 NOON. The Department of Health and Human Services' (DHHS) Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology's (ONCHIT) Meaningful Use Workgroup will meet. See, notice in the Federal Register, January 5, 2010, Vol. 75, No. 2, at Page 369. The DHHS will webcast this meeting. The webcast is open to the public. The physical location of the meeting is closed to the public. Written comments are due two days prior to the meeting.

12:00 NOON - 1:30 PM. The American Bar Association (ABA) will host a program titled "HITECH Act: Avoiding Penalties in a High Penalty World and the Evolution of Business Associates". Division B, Title IV, of HR 1 [LOC | WW], the huge spending bill enacted in February of 2009, is the "Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act" or "HITECH Act". The ABA will teleconference and webcast this event. Prices vary. It is open to the public. See, notice.

12:15 - 1:30 PM. The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) will host an event titled "New Year, New (FCC) Media". The speakers will be the FCC's Haley VanDyck, Bill Cline, and Gray Brooks. They will discuss the FCC's web site titled "reboot.fcc.gov". For more information, contact Jennifer Walker at jmayer at fh-law dot com. The Federal Communications Bar Association (FCBA) asserts that this is an FCBA event. Location: FCC, Conference Room 2-B516, 445 12th St., SW.

2:00 - 4:00 PM. The Department of Health and Human Services' (DHHS) Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology's (ONCHIT) Clinical Quality Workgroup will meet. See, notice in the Federal Register, January 5, 2010, Vol. 75, No. 2, at Pages 368-369. The DHHS will webcast this meeting. The webcast is open to the public. The physical location of the meeting is closed to the public. Written comments are due two days prior to the meeting.

Deadline to submit initial comments to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) in response to its Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (FNPRM) [25 pages in PDF] regarding universal service and the High-Cost Universal Service Support. The FCC adopted and released this FNPRM on December 15, 2009. It is FCC 09-112 in CC Docket No. 96-45 and WC Docket No. 05-337. See, notice in the Federal Register, December 29, 2009, Vol. 74, No. 248, at Pages 68763-68774, and story titled "FCC Releases FNPRM Regarding High Universal Support" in TLJ Daily E-Mail Alert No. 2,027, December 24, 2009.

There will be not votes in the House. See, Rep. Hoyer's schedule for week of January 25.

Day two of a two day event titled "Republican Conference Issues Conference". See, 2010 House calendar.

9:00 AM - 2:00 PM. The Free State Foundation (FSF) will host an event titled "Second Annual Winter Telecom Policy Conference". FCC Commissioner Robert McDowell will give the keynote address. The other speakers will include Rob Atkinson (ITIF), Stuart Benjamin (FCC), Jeffrey Campbell (Cisco), Alan Davidson (Google), Steve Davis (Qwest), Steve Largent (CTIA), Kyle McSlarrow (NCTA), Tom Power (NTIA), Paul de Sa (FCC), Howard Shelanski (FTC), Deborah Tate (FSF), Tom Tauke (Verizon), and Joe Waz (Comcast), Christopher Yoo (University of Pennsylvania law school). Location: National Press Club,13th floor, 529 14th St., NW.

10:00 AM. The U.S. Court of Appeals (FedCir) will hear oral argument in Worldtech Systems, Inc. v. Integrated Network Solutions, Inc., App. Ct. No. 2009-1454. Location: Courtroom 402, 717 Madison Place, NW.

10:00 AM. The U.S. Court of Appeals (FedCir) will hear oral argument in Telcordia Technologies v. Cisco Systems, App. Ct. No. 2009-1175, an appeal from the U.S. District Court (DDel), D.C. No. 1:07-cv-00113-GMS. Location: Courtroom 203, 717 Madison Place, NW.

Extended deadline to submit applications to the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) for membership on the Spectrum Management Advisory Committee. See, notice in the Federal Register, January 6, 2010, Vol. 75, No. 3, at Pages 843-844.

8:30 AM - 5:00 PM. Day one of a two day meeting of the National Institute of Standards and Technology's (NIST) Visiting Committee on Advanced Technology (VCAT). See, notice in the Federal Register, January 4, 2010, Vol. 75, No. 1, at Pages 106-107. Location: NIST, Portrait Room, Administration Building, Gaithersburg, MD.

12:00 NOON - 1:00 PM. The American Bar Association's (ABA) Section of Antitrust Law will host a program titled "December/January In-house Counsel Antitrust Update". The speakers will be Constance Robinson, Peter Boyle, and Svetlana Gans (all of Kilpatrick & Stockton), and Adam Biegel (Alston & Bird). The ABA will teleconference this event. It is free and open to the public. See, notice for registration and call in information.

Tuesday, January 26.

Day one of a two day event hosted by the Department of Commerce's (DOC) Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) titled "Complying with U.S. Export Controls". The price to attend is $425. See, notice. Location: Orange Tree Golf Resort, 10601 N. 56th Street, Scottsdale, Arizona.

Wednesday, January 27.

9:00 AM. The Department of Commerce's (DOC) Bureau of Industry and Security's (BIS) Information Systems Technical Advisory Committee (ISTAC) will meet. See, notice in the Federal Register, January 11, 2010, Vol. 75, No. 6, at Page 1339. The DOC will teleconference this event. Location: Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center (SPAWAR), Building 33, Cloud Room, 53560 Hull Street, San Diego, California.

Day two of a two day event hosted by the Department of Commerce's (DOC) Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) titled "Complying with U.S. Export Controls". The price to attend is $425. See, notice. Location: Orange Tree Golf Resort, 10601 N. 56th Street, Scottsdale, Arizona.

Thursday, January 28.

Day one of a four day event hosted by the American Intellectual Property Law Association (AIPLA) titled "AIPLA 2010 Mid-winter Institute". See, notice. Location: La Quinta Resort and Club, La Quinta, California.

Day one of a three day event hosted by the American Bar Association's (ABA) Forum on Communications Law titled "2010 Annual Conference". Location: Key Largo, Florida.

9:00 AM. The Department of Commerce's (DOC) Bureau of Industry and Security's (BIS) Information Systems Technical Advisory Committee (ISTAC) will hold a closed meeting. See, notice in the Federal Register, January 11, 2010, Vol. 75, No. 6, at Page 1339. Location: Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center (SPAWAR), Building 33, Cloud Room, 53560 Hull Street, San Diego, California.

8:30 AM - 6:00 PM. The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and Berkeley Center for Law and Technology will host an event titled "Exploring Privacy". The event is free and open to the public. See, agenda. Location: UC Berkeley law school, Booth Auditorium, Berkeley, California.

Friday, January 29.

The Judicial Conference of the United States' Advisory Committee on Rules of Evidence will hold a meeting. See, notice in the Federal Register, December 1, 2009, Vol. 229, No. 74, at Page 62821. Location: San Francisco, California.

Day one of a two day event hosted by the American Bar Association's (ABA) Business Law Section titled "Cyberspace Law Committee Winter Working Meeting". See, notice. Location: University of Miami, Florida.

Day two of a four day event hosted by the American Intellectual Property Law Association (AIPLA) titled "AIPLA 2010 Mid-winter Institute". See, notice. Location: La Quinta Resort and Club, La Quinta, California.

Day two of a three day event hosted by the American Bar Association's (ABA) Forum on Communications Law titled "2010 Annual Conference". Location: Key Largo, Florida.

Saturday, January 30.

Day two of a two day event hosted by the American Bar Association's (ABA) Business Law Section titled "Cyberspace Law Committee Winter Working Meeting". See, notice. Location: University of Miami, Florida.

Day three of a four day event hosted by the American Intellectual Property Law Association (AIPLA) titled "AIPLA 2010 Mid-winter Institute". See, notice. Location: La Quinta Resort and Club, La Quinta, California.

Day three of a three day event hosted by the American Bar Association's (ABA) Forum on Communications Law titled "2010 Annual Conference". Location: Key Largo, Florida.

Sunday, January 31.

Day one of a four day event hosted by the National Telecommunications Cooperative Association (NTCA) titled "NTCA 2010 Annual Meeting and Expo". See, event web site. Location: Tampa Convention Center, Marriott Waterside, Hyatt, Westin & Embassy Suites, Tampa, Florida.

Day four of a four day event hosted by the American Intellectual Property Law Association (AIPLA) titled "AIPLA 2010 Mid-winter Institute". See, notice. Location: La Quinta Resort and Club, La Quinta, California.

Monday, February 1.

Day two of a four day event hosted by the National Telecommunications Cooperative Association (NTCA) titled "NTCA 2010 Annual Meeting and Expo". See, event web site. Location: Tampa Convention Center, Marriott Waterside, Hyatt, Westin & Embassy Suites, Tampa, Florida.

Tuesday, February 2.

Day one of a two day event hosted by the Department of Commerce's (DOC) Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) titled "Complying with U.S. Export Controls". The price to attend is $159. See, notice. Location: The Plimsoll Club, 30th Floor 2 Canal Street, Suite 2900 New Orleans, Louisiana.

Day three of a four day event hosted by the National Telecommunications Cooperative Association (NTCA) titled "NTCA 2010 Annual Meeting and Expo". See, event web site. Location: Tampa Convention Center, Marriott Waterside, Hyatt, Westin & Embassy Suites, Tampa, Florida.