7/18. Rep. Mary Mack (R-CA) introduced HR 2577 [LOC | WW | PDF], the "Secure and Fortify Electronic Data Act of 2011", or "SAFE Data Act", on Monday, July 18, 2011.

The two key sections of this bill would create a federal data security regime and a federal data breach notification regime. The bill gives the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) APA rulemaking authority, gives enforcement authority to the FTC and states, and provides for federal preemption of state laws.

This bill is similar to a bill from the 111th Congress, HR 2221 [LOC | WW], the "Data Accountability and Trust Act", introduced by Rep. Bobby Rush (D-IL) on April 30, 2009. The House Commerce Committee's (HCC) Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade and Consumer Protection (SCTCP), which was chaired by Rep. Rush in the 111th Congress, held a hearing on May 5, 2009.

The Subcommittee amended and approved this bill on June 3, 2009. See, story titled "House Commerce Subcommittee Marks Up Data Accountability and Trust Act" in TLJ Daily E-Mail Alert No. 1,948, June 4, 2009. The HCC amended and approved this bill on September 30, 2009. The House passed this bill by voice vote on December 8, 2009.

Rep. Mack is now the Chairman of this Subcommittee, renamed the Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing and Trade (SCMT).

Section 1 only contains the title of the bill.

Section 2 would create a federal data security regime. It would require the FTC to write rules requiring any person engaged in interstate commerce that owns or possesses data containing personal information to establish and implement safeguards for data security.

Section 2 would also impose a minimization requirement. It requires any person to "establish a plan and procedures for minimizing the amount of personal information maintained by such person. Such plan and procedures shall provide for the retention of such personal information only as reasonably needed for the business purposes of such person or as necessary to comply with any legal obligation."

Section 3 would create a federal data breach notification regime, give the FTC rulemaking authority, and direct it to write rules pursuant to Administrative Procedure Act (APA) process.

Section 3 requires that "Any person engaged in interstate commerce that owns or possesses data in electronic form containing personal information related to that commercial activity, following the discovery of a breach of security of any system maintained by such person that contains such data, shall, without unreasonable delay ... notify appropriate Federal law enforcement officials of the breach of security, unless such person determines that the breach involved no unlawful activity".

It also requires identification "without unreasonable delay" of "affected individuals whose personal information may have been acquired or accessed" and notice "not later than 48 hours after" identification, "unless the person makes a reasonable determination that the breach of security presents no reasonable risk of identity theft, fraud, or other unlawful conduct affecting such individuals".

Section 4 provides for enforcement by the FTC and states.

Section 5 contains definitions.

Section 6 provides for federal preemption of state data security and data breach notification laws. It would also remove part of Section 631 of the Communications Act, which is codified at 47 U.S.C. § 551, and which addresses the obligations of cable operators.

Section 7 sets the effective date -- one year after enactment.

See also, HCC summary of this bill.

7/19. The House Commerce Committee (HCC) announced early on July 19 that its Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing and Trade (SCMT) will mark up HR 2577 [LOC | WW | PDF], the "Secure and Fortify Electronic Data Act of 2011", or "SAFE Data Act", on Wednesday morning, July 20, 2011.

The Subcommittee will meet at 10:00 AM in Room 2123 of the Rayburn Building to mark up HR 2577. See, HCC notice.

The Congress is simultaneously considering two bills this week that embody inconsistent data retention policies. On July 20 the HCC's SCMT is scheduled to mark up this bill with a data minimization mandate, while on July 20-21 the House Judiciary Committee (HJC) is scheduled a mark up a bill with a mandate for 18 month retention of certain personally identifiable information. HR 2577 contains an exception for retention of data "necessary to comply with any legal obligation". Nevertheless, the policy goals of the two bills are at odds.

The HJC bill is HR 1981 [LOC | WW], the "Protecting Children from Internet Pornographers Act of 2011". See, stories titled "House Crime Subcommittee Holds Hearing on Data Retention Bill" and "Summary of HR 1981, Data Retention Bill" in TLJ Daily E-Mail Alert No. 2,257, July 13, 2011.

See also, related stories in this issue titled "Rep. Mack Introduces SAFE Data Act" and "Rep. Mack Writes U.S. Trade Groups Regarding U.K. Phone Hacking".

7/18. Rep. Mary Mack (R-CA) sent letters to five U.S. technology related trade groups asking them to respond to questions regarding the "phone hacking" that has occurred in the United Kingdom, and whether new laws are needed in the U.S.

Rep. Mack (at right) is the Chairman of the House Commerce Committee's (HCC) Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing and Trade (SCMT).

She sent the letter to the US Telecom, Consumer Electronics Association (CEA), National Cable & Telecommunications Association (NCTA), CTIA and Information Technology Industry Council (ITI). She set August 2, 2011 as the deadline for responding.

She asked, "Do you believe existing laws and regulations adequately protect consumers in the United States from phone hacking and similar privacy breaches?"

She also asked, "how difficult is it to hack into cell phones or other mobile devices?" "What steps can consumers take on their own to better protect their personally identifiable information when communicating through either fixed wire or wireless devices?" And, "what safeguards do your member companies employ to ensure that American consumers are adequately protected against the type of phone hacking scandal currently being investigated in the United Kingdom?"

She also asked "do you expect to see a rise in phone hacking here in the United States"? "Approximately how many phone hacking incidents are reported by your member companies in a year?" And, "Are the number of incidents growing or declining?"

Also, "are phone hacking incidents, or suspected incidents, reported to law enforcement agencies and regulatory agencies?"

To the extent that Rep. Mack has asked these groups to state the views of their members, and these groups represent thousands of companies, it is unrealistic to expect all of the groups to survey all of their members within the two week deadline set by the letter.

The House is scheduled to commence its August recess three days after the deadline.

7/15. Rep. John Conyers (D-MI) announced in a release that "the Democratic Staff of the House Judiciary Committee will review allegations that News Corporation ... has engaged in serious and systemic invasions of privacy".

Rep. Conyers (at left), the ranking Democrat on the House Judiciary Committee (HJC) stated in this release that "Last week, we learned that News of the World -- a British tabloid published by a News Corp. subsidiary -- hacked into the voicemail of a British teenager who was abducted and murdered in 2002. This revelation follows reports that the tabloid, which maintained a bureau in Hollywood, had for years illegally intercepted the voicemail messages of private individuals residing in the United States."

Noting news articles stating that "News of the World approached a New York City police officer and asked him to obtain and provide the phone records of victims of the attacks on our country on September 11, 2001", Rep. Conyers added that "the actions of the media should be scrutinized by the government only in rare circumstances. However, I believe the allegations in this case, particularly those relating to the families and victims of 9/11, are serious enough to warrant our examination".

He also praised Attorney General "Eric Holder's announcement that the Justice Department has opened a formal investigation into allegations that News Corp. may have violated both federal wiretapping statutes and the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act". See also, story titled "Commentary: Suitability of the DOJ to Investigate News Corporation" in TLJ Daily E-Mail Alert No. 2,261, July 17, 2011.

7/15. Gary Shapiro, head of the Consumer Electronics Association (CEA), sent a letter to President Obama and Congressional leaders, with legislative proposals for growing the economy by incenting innovation.

Shapiro (at right) recommended the U.S. cut its corporate tax rate from 35% to 25%, and "only tax income earned in the United States".

He also advocated "Allowing repatriation of the more than one trillion dollars of corporate money parked overseas at a lower tax rate if these companies use that money to make capital investments, hire more workers or buy bonds from a U.S. infrastructure bank."

For more information on pending repatriation proposals, see HR 1834 [LOC | WW], the "The Freedom to Invest Act", and stories titled "Rep. Brady Introduces Repatriation Holiday Bill" and "House Ways and Means Committee Holds Hearing on International Tax Issues" in TLJ Daily E-Mail Alert No. 2,240, May 13, 2011.

Shapiro also advocated "Changing the immigration laws to give visas and eventual citizenship to immigrants who earn advanced degrees in science, math, IT and engineering from American universities", giving visas to "entrepreneurs with a funded business plan to hire Americans", and making it easier for people from "friendly countries" to obtain visa waivers

He also advocated passage of legislation to give the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) authority to "hold voluntary auctions of our nation's underused spectrum".

He also advocated passing pending free trade agreements with Korea, Columbia and Panama.

He also stated that "Last week, I returned from China and sadly agree with the view that we are reverting to second-class status". But, he argued, that can be altered by adopting his recommendations.

7/14. Center for Democracy & Technology (CDT) and Internet Society hosted an event in Washington DC to present and discuss a paper [17 pages in PDF] titled "Security and Other Technical Concerns Raised by the DNS Filtering Requirements in the PROTECT IP Bill".

This paper argues that Domain Name System (DNS) filtering provisions of S 968 [LOC | WW], the "Preventing Real Online Threats to Economic Creativity and Theft of Intellectual Property Act of 2011", or "PROTECT IP Act", if enacted into law, would have the effect of reducing DNS security and stability.

The paper's authors are Steve Crocker (Shinkuro, Inc.), David Dagon (Georgia Tech), Dan Kaminsky (DKH), Danny McPherson (Verisign, Inc.), and Paul Vixie (Internet Systems Consortium).

The paper criticizes Section 3(d)(2) of the bill, which the paper states "would empower the Department of Justice, with a court order, to require operators of DNS servers to take steps to filter resolution of queries for certain names. Further, the bill directs the Attorney General to develop a textual notice to which users who attempt to navigate to these names will be redirected."

It states that "Redirecting users to a resource that does not match what they requested, however, is incompatible with end-to-end implementations of DNS Security Extensions (DNSSEC), a critical set of security updates. Implementing both end-to-end DNSSEC and PROTECT IP redirection orders simply would not work. Moreover, any filtering by nameservers, even without redirection, will pose security challenges, as there will be no mechanism to distinguish court-ordered lookup failure from temporary system failure, or even from failure caused by attackers or hostile networks."

The paper also states that "Circumvention is possible, with increasing ease, and is quite likely in the case of attempts to filter infringement via the DNS."

Paul Brigner of the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA), a group that advocates passage of S 968, commented on this paper. He wrote in a short piece that "DNSSEC was designed to provide consumers with a secure, trusted connection to services like online banking, commercial transactions, and electronic medical records -- not to foreign websites operated by criminals for the purpose of offering counterfeit and infringing works. These evolving protocols should be flexible enough to allow for government, acting pursuant to a court order, to protect intellectual property online. And we have a hard time believing that average Internet users will be willing to reconfigure their computers to evade filters set up by court order when doing so will risk exposure to fraud, identity theft, malware, slower service, and unreliable connections. The PROTECT IP Act makes getting to rogue sites just inconvenient enough that the large majority of users will seek a legitimate option instead."

7/18. The Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) and Copyright Alliance (CA) commented on the report [PDF] released on July 11, 2011, by the Computer and Communications Industry Association (CCIA) titled "Fair Use in the U.S. Economy: Economic Contribution of Industries Relying on Fair Use". See also, story titled "CCIA Releases Report on Importance of Fair Use to U.S. Economy" in TLJ Daily E-Mail Alert No. 2,258, July 15, 2011.

The MPAA's Michael O'Leary wrote in a short piece that "many of the ``fair use industries´´ the report suggests would in some way be harmed by stopping the massive proliferation of online content theft include the people and organizations whose work and livelihoods are most at risk from that theft".

The CA's Sandra Aistars wrote in another piece that "Most of the jobs and industry cited in this paper could just as easily (and more accurately) be characterized as being supported by intellectual property rights and enforcement. Software developers are also copyright owners. Manufacturers of MP3 players and DVRs are patent holders. As are most Internet search engines and hosting providers. Ironically included in the numbers CCIA holds up as ``fair use industries´´ are other copyright industries". (Parentheses in original.)

She also argued that "copyright enforcement and fair use are not at odds, nor are creators and technologists. This is a false choice. Copyright, innovation, creativity and technology are interconnected as never before".

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The House will meet at 10:00 AM for morning hour, and at 12:00 NOON for legislative business. The House will consider HR 2560 [LOC | WW], the "Cut, Cap, and Balance Act of 2011", the House Republican budget proposal. See, Rep. Cantor's schedule for week of July 18.

The Senate will meet at 10:00 AM.

8:00 -10:00 AM. Broadband Census News LLC will host a panel discussion titled "Making the Universal Service Fund Into a Universal Broadband Fund". Breakfast will be served. See, notice and registration page. This event is also sponsored by the National Cable & Telecommunications Association (NCTA), US Telecom, Telecommunications Industry Association (TIA), and ICF International. Location: Clyde's of Gallery Place, 707 7th St., NW.

8:30 - 9:45 AM. The Information Technology and Innovation Foundation (ITIF) will host a panel discussion titled "What Would Pro-Growth Corporate Tax Reform Look Like?". The speakers will be Ike Brannon (American Action Forum), Robin Beran (Catepillar, Inc.), and Rob Atkinson (ITIF). See, notice and registration page. This event is free and open to the public. A light breakfast will be served. Location: Room B-340, Rayburn Building.

10:30 - 11:30 AM. The Heritage Foundation (HF) will host a lecture by Alan Leong Kah-kit (Legislative Councillor and 2007 Candidate for Chief Executive, Hong Kong SAR) titled "The Centennial of the 1911 Revolution: A Look Into the Future of Hong Kong and China". The HF will webcast this event. This event is free and open to the public. See, notice. Location: HF, 214 Massachusetts Ave., NE.

12:00 NOON - 3:00 PM. The Tech Freedom (TF) will host an event titled "Sorrell: The Supreme Court Confronts Free Speech, Marketing & Privacy". See, the Supreme Court's June 23, 2011, opinion [53 pages in PDF] in Sorrell v. IMS Vermont, TF's amicus curiae brief [PDF], and story titled "Supreme Court Applies Heightened Scrutiny to State Regulation of Commercial Data" in TLJ Daily E-Mail Alert No. 2,259, July 15, 2011. The first panel is titled "Towards Greater Commercial Free Speech Protections?". The speakers will be Greg Stohr (Bloomberg), Tom Julin (Hunton & Williams), Bob Revere (Davis Wright Tremaine), Greg Beck (Public Citizen), and Richard Ovelmen (Jordan Burt). The second panel is titled "Reconciling Data Restrictions & the First Amendment". The speakers will be Jim Harper (Cato Institute), John Verdi (Electronic Privacy Information Center), Jonathan Emord (Emord & Associates), John Morris (Center for Democracy & Technology), and Berin Szoka (TF). See, notice and registration page. This event is free and open to the public. Lunch will be served. Location: Hunton & Williams, 2200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW.

12:00 NOON - 2:00 PM. The Information Technology and Innovation Foundation (ITIF) will host an event titled "The Atlantic Century 2011: Benchmarking U.S. and EU Innovation and Competitiveness". The speakers will include Chan Heng Chee (Singapore's Ambassador to the US), Lenny Mendonca (McKinsey), and Rob Atkinson (ITIF). See, ITIF notice. This event is free and open to the public. Location: ITIF/ITIC, Suite 610A, 1101 K St., NW.

12:30 - 2:00 PM. The Computer & Communications Industry Association (CCIA) will host a panel discussion titled "How Public Policy Can Enable Cloud Computing -- Driving Innovation, Investment & Job Creation Beyond the IT Sector". The speakers will include Michael Nelson (Georgetown University). This event is free and open to the public. Lunch will be served. Register by contacting Maggie Clark at mclark at ccianet dot org or 202-783-0070 ext 120. Location: Room B-340, Rayburn Building.

1:00 - 2:15 PM. The New America Foundation (NAF) will host a panel discussion titled "Kiwi Connected: What Can the U.S. Learn From New Zealand's Broadband Plan?" The speakers will be Tom Glaisyer (NAF), Joanne Hovis (President of Columbia Telecommunications Corporation), Ben Lennett (NAF), and Graham Mitchell (CEO of Crown Fiber Holdings). See, notice. Location: NAF, Suite 400, 1899 L St., NW.

1:00 - 2:30 PM. The American Bar Association (ABA) will host a webcast panel discussion titled "Implications of AT&T Mobility v. Concepcion: Has the Supreme Court Sounded the Death Knell for Some Class Actions?". See, April 27, 2011, opinion of the Supreme Court, and story titled "Supreme Court Holds Class Action Waiver Clauses in Arbitration Contracts Are Enforceable" in TLJ Daily E-Mail Alert No. 2,228, April 28, 2011. The speakers will be Amy Brown (Squire Sanders), Paul Bland (Chavez & Gertler), Sarah Cole (Ohio State law school), and Julia Strickland (Stroock Stroock & Lavan). Prices vary. CLE credits. See, notice.

2:00 PM. The Senate Intelligence Committee (SIC) will hold a closed hearing. Location: Room 219, Hart Building.

4:00 - 6:00 PM. The House Intelligence Committee (HIC) will hold a closed hearing titled "Ongoing Intelligence Activities". See, notice. Location: Room HVC-304, Capitol Building.

The House will meet at 10:00 AM for morning hour, and at 12:00 NOON for legislative business. See, Rep. Cantor's schedule for week of July 18.

9:00 - 10:30 AM. The Information Technology and Innovation Foundation (ITIF) will host an event titled "An App Store for Energy: eKNOW and Data-Driven Innovation for Smart Buildings". See also, S 1029 [LOC | WW], the "Electric Consumer Right to Know Act" or "e-KNOW Act". The speakers will include Sen. Scott Brown (R-MA), Lorie Wigle (Intel), Nick Sinai (EOP's Office of Science and Technology Policy), Dean Garfield (ITIC), and Rob Atkinson (ITIF). See, ITIF notice. This event is free and open to the public. Location: Room SVC 201-00, Capitol Visitor Center.

10:00 AM. The House Commerce Committee (HCC) will meet to mark up HR 2577 [LOC | WW], the "Secure and Fortify Electronic (SAFE) Data Act of 2011". Location: Room 2123, Rayburn Building.

10:15 AM. Day one of a two day meeting of the House Judiciary Committee (HJC) to mark up bills. The sixth of seven items on the agenda is HR 2552 [LOC | WW], the "Identity Theft Improvement Act of 2011". The seventh of seven items is HR 1981 [LOC | WW], the "Protecting Children From Internet Pornographers Act of 2011", a bill to mandate data retention. See, stories titled "House Crime Subcommittee Holds Hearing on Data Retention Bill", "Summary of HR 1981, Data Retention Bill", and "Summary of Existing Data Retention Mandates" in TLJ Daily E-Mail Alert No. 2,257, July 13, 2011. See, notice. Location: Room 2141, Rayburn Building.

1:00 - 2:30 PM. The American Bar Association (ABA) will host a webcast panel discussion titled "Are Products of Nature Patentable Subject Matter?". The speakers will be Eileen Kane (Penn State law school), John Hendricks (Hitchcock Evert), Harold Wegner (Foley & Larnder), and Jacqueline Bonilla (Foley & Lardner). Prices vary. CLE credits. See, notice.

Deadline to submit initial comments to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) in response its 3rd Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) [110 pages in PDF] regarding extensive revisions to its Part 11 rules governing the Emergency Alert System (EAS). The FCC adopted this NPRM on May 25, 2011, and released the text on May 26, 2011. It is FCC 11-82 in EB Docket No. 04-296. See, notice in the Federal Register, Vol. 76, No. 118, Monday, June 20, 2011, at Pages 35810-35831.

Deadline to submit initial comments to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) in response to its Public Notice regarding whether certain docketed FCC proceedings should be terminated as dormant. See, June 3, 2011, Public Notice (DA 11-992 in CG Docket No. 11-99), and notice in the Federal Register, Vol. 76, No. 118, Monday, June 20, 2011, at Pages 35892-35893.

The House will meet at 10:00 AM for morning hour, and at 12:00 NOON for legislative business. See, Rep. Cantor's schedule for week of July 18.

10:00 AM. Day two of a two day meeting of the House Judiciary Committee (HJC) to mark up bills. The sixth of seven items on the agenda is HR 2552 [LOC | WW], the "Identity Theft Improvement Act of 2011". The seventh of seven items is HR 1981 [LOC | WW], the "Protecting Children From Internet Pornographers Act of 2011", a bill to mandate data retention. See, stories titled "House Crime Subcommittee Holds Hearing on Data Retention Bill", "Summary of HR 1981, Data Retention Bill", and "Summary of Existing Data Retention Mandates" in TLJ Daily E-Mail Alert No. 2,257, July 13, 2011. See, notice. Location: Room 2141, Rayburn Building.

10:00 AM - 12:00 NOON. The House Science Committee (HSC) will meet to mark up HR 2096 [LOC | WW], the "Cybersecurity Enhancement Act of 2011". See, notice. Location: Room 2318, Rayburn Building.

10:00 AM. The Senate Judiciary Committee (SJC) will hold an executive business meeting. The agenda again includes consideration of Steve Six (to be a Judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit), Christopher Droney (USCA/2ndCir) Jane Milazzo (USDC/EDLa), Robert Mariani (USDC/MDPenn), Cathy Bissoon (USDC/WDPenn), Mark Hornak (USDC/WDPenn), and Robert Scola (SDFl). The SJC will webcast this event. See, notice. Location: Room 226, Dirksen Building.

12:15 - 1:15 PM. The Federal Communications Bar Association's (FCBA) Young Lawyers Committee will host a brown bag lunch. The speaker will be Julius Knapp, long time Chief of the FCC's Office of Engineering and Technology (OET). He will discuss "career development" and "professional growth opportunities". For more information, contact Susan Ornstein at susan dot goldhar at gmail dot com, or Brendan Carr at bcarr at wileyrein dot com. Location: FCC, Commission Meeting Room, 445 12th St., SW.

12:00 NOON - 2:00 PM. The DC Bar Association will host an event titled "The ABCs of IP: A Primer on Patent, Copyright, and Trademark Law". The speakers will be Janet Fries (Drinker Biddle & Reath), Gary Krugman (Sughrue Mion), Steven Warner (Fitzpatrick Cella), and Mark Williamson (Fitzpatrick Cella). The price to attend ranges from $40 to $55. For more information, contact 202-626-3463. See, notice. Location: DC Bar Conference Center, B-1 Level, 1250 H St., NW.

Day one of a two day event hosted by the Minority Media and Telecom Council (MMTC) titled "25th Anniversary Access to Capital and Telecom Policy Conference". The speakers will include Robert McDowell (FCC Commissioner), Marc Morial (head of the Broadband Opportunity Coalition), Lewis Dickey (Cumulus Media), Walter McCormick (US Telecom), Dean Garfield (Information Technology Industry Council), Bret Perkins (Comcast), Joseph Waz (Comcast), Tom Tauke (Verizon), and James Cicconi (AT&T). See, conference web site. Location: Westin Georgetown Hotel, 2350 M St., NW.

The House may meet at 9:00 AM for legislative business. See, Rep. Cantor's schedule for week of July 18.

Day two day event hosted by the Minority Media and Telecom Council (MMTC) titled "25th Anniversary Access to Capital and Telecom Policy Conference". See, conference web site. Location: Westin Georgetown Hotel, 2350 M St., NW.

Deadline to submit reply comments to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) in response to its 4th Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) [16 pages in PDF] regarding out of band emission limits for mobile Broadband Radio Service (BRS) and Educational Broadband Service (EBS) devices operating in the 2496-2690 MHz band. This item is FCC 11-81 in WT Docket No. 03-66 and RM-11614. The FCC adopted this FNPRM on May 24, 2011, and released the text on May 27, 2011. See, notice in the Federal Register, Vol. 76, No. 109, Tuesday, June 7, 2011, at Pages 32901-32906.

12:00 NOON - 1:00 PM. The Heritage Foundation (HF) will host a lecture by John Reynolds (Biola University) titled "Facebook Friends and Socialism: How Social Media Shapes Community". The HF will webcast this event. This event is free and open to the public. See, notice. Location: HF, 214 Massachusetts Ave., NE.

EXTENDED FROM JUNE 24. Extended deadline to submit initial comments to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) in response to its Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) [55 pages in PDF] regarding wireless signal boosters. The FCC adopted this item on April 5, 2011, and released the text on April 6, 2011. It is FCC 11-53 in WT Docket No. 10-4. See, original notice in the Federal Register, Vol. 76, No. 90, Tuesday, May 10, 2011, at Pages 26983-26996. See also, FCC's June 20, 2011, Public Notice (DA 11-1078) and extension notice in the Federal Register, Vol. 76, No. 122, Friday, June 24, 2011, at Page 37049.

EXTENDED TO AUGUST 24. Deadline to submit reply comments to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) in response to its Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) [55 pages in PDF] regarding wireless signal boosters. The FCC adopted this item on April 5, 2011, and released the text on April 6, 2011. It is FCC 11-53 in WT Docket No. 10-4. See, original notice in the Federal Register, Vol. 76, No. 90, Tuesday, May 10, 2011, at Pages 26983-26996. See also, FCC's June 20, 2011, Public Notice (DA 11-1078) and extension notice in the Federal Register, Vol. 76, No. 122, Friday, June 24, 2011, at Page 37049.

Deadline to submit reply comments to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) in response to its Public Notice (PN) [6 pages in PDF] regarding the economic impact of low power FM stations on full service commercial FM stations. The FCC released this PN on May 10, 2011. It is DA 11-756 in MB Docket No. 11-83. See also, notice in the Federal Register, Vol. 76, No. 97, Thursday, May 19, 2011, at Pages 28983-28986, and story titled "FCC Seeks Comments on Economic Impact of LPFM on Commercial FM" in TLJ Daily E-Mail Alert No. 2,244, May 18, 2011.

9:30 AM - 4:45 PM. The DC Bar Association will host an event titled "Legal Cybersleuth's Guide". The morning session is titled "Mastering Google and Beyond for Investigative Legal Research". The afternoon session is titled "Using Social Networking Sites for Investigative Legal Research While Avoiding Ethical Pitfalls". The speakers will be Carole Levitt and Mark Rosch (Internet for Lawyers). CLE credits. The DC Bar has a history of barring reporters from its events. For more information, call 202-626-3488. Prices vary. See, notice. Location: DC Bar, 1101 K St., NW.

10:00 - 11:30 AM. The Institute for Policy Innovation (IPI) will host an event titled "Mobile Health: Innovations in Care & the Spectrum Challenge". The speakers will include Anand Iyer (COO-Well Doc, Inc.), Paul McRae (AT&T Emerging Healthcare Technologies), and Merrill Matthews (IPI). This event is free and open to the public. Refreshments will be served. Register by contacting Erin Humiston at erin at ipi dot org or 972-874-5139. See, notice. Location: Room 2325, Rayburn Building.