9/5. The World Wide Web Foundation released a report [52 pages in PDF] titled "WebIndex 2012". It contains and discusses an index that rates 61 nations on their "progress and use of the Web".

The Web Foundation also released the index, which lists the 61 nations and their ranks and scores overall and on numerous categories, a document that lists the 85 variables used and their sources, and a short release [2 pages in PDF].

This report states that this index "is a composite measure that summarizes in a single (average) number the impact and value derived from the Web in various countries". (Parentheses in original.)

This report states that the index is based upon measures each nation performance in the categories of web content, social impact, communications infrastructure, economic impact, political impact, institutional infrastructure, and web usage.

The Web Foundation's category most related to government laws and policies is "institutional infrastructure". It includes opinion survey variables that attempt to measure laws regarding censorship ("To what extent does the government impose restrictions on access to websites?"), cyber crime ("To what extent are there laws against cybercrime in your country?"), technology education ("To what extent would you regard your country as being among the world's best in terms of training computer engineers?"), and civil liberties. It also included this question: "Does the government have a specific open data initiative?"

The US ranked 1st in this category, but 2nd overall.

The most quantifiable of the categories in this study is "communications infrastructure". It includes variables regarding pricing of cell phone service, penetration of cell phone service, pricing of broadband service, penetration of broadband service, penetration of computer ownership, and backbone capacity.

The US ranked 10th in this category. Other nations with geographically dispersed populations, including Canada and Australia, ranked even lower. Of all of the categories, the US scored the lowest on "communications infrastructure".

This report is steeped in academic survey research jargon. It also states that it "aims to establish a baseline to help policy-makers, international organizations, NGO’s, investors and interested stakeholders identify some of the areas where investment in the Web could yield substantial positive impacts."

This study identifies lofty aspirations, such as the political and social impact of the web, and then attempts to quantify each nation's attainment of such goals. While some components of this index lend themselves to imperfect quantitative analysis, such as cell phone and broadband penetration, this study also attempts to quantify things that are not only unmeasurable, but even undefinable.

In the end, the Web Foundation used some proxy variables that rate nations on the extent to which they share the Anglo culture, institutions and ideologies of the British and Bostonian elites who designed and conducted this study.

As a consequence, the UK ranks number three in the world. English speaking nations of European origin account for six of the top ten. Scandinavian states and Switzerland round out the top tier.

In contrast, Japan is rated 20th out of 61. Korea is 13th. The People's Republic of China (PRC) is 29th.

The authors are Hania Farhan (Web Foundation) and Debra D’Agostino and Henry Worthington of Oxford Economics.

The Web Foundation was founded by Tim Berners-Lee (KBE) in 2009. Its Board of Directors is half British, including Berners-Lee, Gordon Brown (former UK Prime Minister), Helen Alexander (DBE and Chancellor of the University of Southampton), Nigel Shadbolt (University of Southampton), and Rick Haythornthwaite (Chairman of the UK Network Rail). Another quarter of its Directors are Bostonian.

The top ten nations, according to this index, are Sweden, US, UK, Canada, Finland, Switzerland, New Zealand, Australia, Norway, and Ireland..

The second ten are Singapore, Iceland, Korea, France, Israel, Germany, Portugal, Spain, Chile, and Japan.

The nations ranked 21st through 30th are Qatar, Mexico, Italy, Brazil, Poland, Columbia, Turkey, Kazakhstan, PRC, and Tunisia. The nations ranked 31st through 40th are Russia, Philippines, India Indonesia, Jordan, South Africa, Thailand, Argentina, Egypt, Venezuela. The bottom tier is populated by African, South American, and south Asian nations.

The Web Foundation left Taiwan out of the index. Much of Europe is left out too, including Netherlands, Belgium, Austria, and most of Baltic, central, eastern and Balkan Europe. Most of the Middle Eastern and Islamic nations are left out, including Saudi Arabia and all but one of the prosperous Gulf states.

The index is based upon the use of 85 variables or indicators. Many of these are not actual quantitative measurements of something, but rather opinion survey results. For example, rather than measuring the amount of news available on the web in each nation, the Web Foundation prepared a questionnaire that included the question, "To what extent is there relevant and useful content in the local official languages of the country in general news -- both local and international?"

This index ranks 61 nations on, among other categories, their "web content". However, content on the web is available to anyone with a web connection in any nation. Moreover, this study does not attempt to assign nationality of location or authorship of web content. Rather, this study merely counts, for numerous types of content, such as Wikipedia articles, the quantity in each language.

English is a widely spoken language, especially among nations with high levels of literacy. This causes English speaking nations to be ranked more highly in this index on web content, than nations with unique languages. New Zealand ranks number four overall. Its web content ranking is boosted, not because lots of people from New Zealand are writing web content, but because lots of other English speaking people in other nations are.

The Web Foundation index for this category ranks the US 1st. The top seven nations in this category are English speaking, or use English as one of two of more official languages (Canada and Singapore). Sweden, which is ranked 1st overall, dropped out of the top ten on the web content category.

The Web Foundation states that this index is a guide for policy makers. But, the coincidence of language usage is not the result of governmental policy.

This index also ranks nations with several censorship related variables. It might be noted that the US and UK, which are ranked 2nd and 3rd overall, adhere to notions of freedom of expression for everything from politics to pulpits to pornography that are not shared across the world. Yet, the index ranks nations according to their adherence to this Anglo America view.

This index also ranks nation on the "political impact" of the web. To do this, the Web Foundation used survey questions, such as, "Do the main political parties campaign through the Web ...?" Hence, nations in which people are bombarded with inane and inaccurate You Tube ads would score highly by this measure.

This question does not measure the impact of the web in non-electoral political activities, such as in informed policy degate, or in organization of protests, such as has occurred in Arab Spring. However, the Web Foundation also asked "To what extent has the Web been used for political mobilisation in your country ..."

8/30. Rep. Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), Rep. Jared Polis (D-CO) and Rep. Jason Chaffetz (R-UT) sent a letter to the Attorney General Eric Holder, head of the Department of Justice (DHS), and Secretary Janet Napolitano, head of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), regarding domain name seizures begun in November of 2010 under the title of "Operation In Our Sites".

See, story titled "DOJ and DHS Seize Domain Names of Web Sites Engaged in Infringing Sales" in TLJ Daily E-Mail Alert No. 2,167, December 3, 2010. See also, the DHS's web page titled "Operation In Our Sites".

First, the three Representatives do not concede that the DOJ and DHS have "legal authority to seize these domains under these circumstances".

Second, they wrote that "if a website's domain is seized, it needs to be given meaningful due process that comports with the U.S. Constitution and U.S. law."

Third, they wrote that the program begun in November of 2010 "has resulted in the seizure of domains without sufficient due process and transparency".

They also propounded numerous interrogatories. For example, "What is the process for determining which sites to target?", and "Do government agents consider whether a site complies with the DMCA safe harbors?"

They also ask, "How many sites have attempted to retrieve their domains, via any process, judicial or informal, and what is the status of those cases?"

They also ask, "What specific steps has the DOJ and ICE taken to ensure that domain name seizure cases proceed without unnecessary delays, and that website owners seeking to restore their domain names have swift access to the officials and documents necessary to resolve their cases?"

See also, related TLJ stories:

• "DOJ Dismisses Rojadirecta Domain Names Case" in TLJ Daily E-Mail Alert No. 2,439, September 3, 2012.
• "Update on DOJ Domain Name Seizures" in TLJ Daily E-Mail Alert No. 2,436, August 26, 2012.
• "DOJ/FBI Seize Domain Names by Warrant" in TLJ Daily E-Mail Alert No. 2,433, August 21, 2012.

9/5. The Pew Research Center released a report [pages in PDF] titled "Privacy and Data Management on Mobile Devices".

This survey based report states that "54% of app users have decided to not install a cell phone app when they discovered how much personal information they would need to share in order to use it". It also states that "30% of app users have uninstalled an app that was already on their cell phone because they learned it was collecting personal information that they didn’t wish to share".

This report also states that "32% of cell owners have cleared the browsing history or search history on their phone". It also states that "19% of cell owners have turned off the location tracking feature on their cell phone because they were concerned that other individuals or companies could access that information".

"Smartphone owners are especially vigilant when it comes to mobile data management. Six in ten smartphone owners say they back up the contents of their phone; half have cleared their phone’s search or browsing history; and one third say they have turned off their phone’s location tracking feature."

The report adds that "Yet despite these steps, smartphone owners are also twice as likely as other cell owners to have experienced someone accessing their phone in a way that made them feel like their privacy had been invaded."

9/7. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman Julius Genachowski released a statement regarding a text to 911 trial in the state of Tennessee.

He wrote that "This trial represents a significant step forward in migrating our traditional voice-centric 911 system to a next-generation system that will enable consumers in need of help to communicate with public safety responders by text as well as voice, and eventually to transmit photos, videos, and other data that will help improve emergency response."

He added that next generation (NG) 911 "trials are already under way in Iowa, Durham, North Carolina, and Vermont. The Tennessee trial is the largest to date in terms of the population covered, and should provide valuable information that will help us to ensure that text-to-911 increases public access to help in emergencies and enhances the ability of 911 authorities and first responders to provide life-saving services."

The FCC adopted a NG911 Notice of Inquiry (NOI) [36 pages in PDF] on December 21, 2010. It is FCC 10-200 in PS Docket No. 10-255.

The FCC adopted a NG911 Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) [81 pages in PDF] on September 22, 2012. It is FCC 11-134 in PS Docket Nos. 11-153 and 10-255.

HR 3630, [LOC | WW], the spectrum bill enacted in February includes, at Sections 6501-6509, the "Next Generation 9-1-1 Advancement Act of 2012".

9/5. September 4 was the deadline to submit initial comment to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) in response to the National Cable & Telecommunications Association's (NCTA) Petition for Partial Reconsideration [7 pages in PDF] of the FCC's Report and Order [62 pages in PDF] implementing the Commercial Advertisement Loudness Mitigation Act, or CALM Act, which was S 2847 [LOC | WW] in the 111th Congress.

The NCTA argues that the FCC incorrectly included promotions of television programming within commercial advertisements.

Rep. Anna Eshoo (D-CA), the sponsor of the House version of this bill, wrote in a letter to the FCC opposing the NCTA petition that "The FCC correctly defined a commercial advertisement".

Rep. Eshoo (at left) added that "The goal of the CALM Act is very simple -- to make the volume of commercials and programming uniform so that spikes in volume do not affect the consumer's ability to control sound. The distinction between promotion materials and other forms of advertising would not be readily apparent to a consumer and thus should not be treated differently in the context of the Commission's rules."

Reply comments are due by September 14. See, notice in the Federal Register, Vol. 77, No. 161, August 20, 2012, at Page 50071.

9/5. The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) released a Public Notice (PN) regarding measuring mobile broadband service performance. It announces a meeting, to be held at the FCC, on September 21, from 1:30 to 3:30 PM.

This PN does not request written comments. It states that the purpose of the meeting is to "discuss a new program to measure mobile broadband service performance in the United States".

It elaborates that "The FCC now proposes a program to develop information on mobile broadband service performance in the United States utilizing the collaborative model underlying the success of its fixed broadband program."

See, August 2, 2011, report "Measuring Broad Band America -- August 2011", and story titled "FCC Releases Performance Report on the 13 Largest Wireline BIAS Providers" in TLJ Daily E-Mail Alert No. 2,277, August 2, 2011.

See also, July 19, 2012, report titled "A Report on Consumer Wireline Broadband Performance in the U.S.", and story titled "FCC Releases Report on Broadband Performance" in TLJ Daily E-Mail Alert No. 2,411, July 25, 2012.

This PN is DA 12-1442 in CG Docket No. 09-158.

8/22. The Consumer Watchdog filed a petition [51 pages in PDF] for rulemaking with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) that "proposes a rule that would require wireless carriers in the United States to provide clear and accurate disclosures of mobile broadband performance to the public."

This petition, dated August 22, 2012, states that "Almost all advertisements by the major U.S. wireless carriers for mobile network service are centered on a promise of faster ``4G´´ speeds. Most Americans would be startled to learn that there is no accepted definition of 4G."

The Consumer Watchdog (CW) states that 4G is a "useless definition", and that "wireless carriers ... have successfully turned 4G into a deceptive marketing term used to label and rebrand products and services as ``faster,´´ either without actually making improvements to existing products and services or without disclosing the meaning of ``faster.´´"

9/6. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Commissioner Ajit Pai gave a speech in Oswego, Kansas, regarding broadband deployment in rural areas.

9/6. The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) released a Notice of Apparent Liability for Forfeiture and Order (NAL) [12 pages in PDF] that fines St. George Cable, Inc. for among other things, signal leakage. This NAL states that St. George failed to "(1) install and maintain operational Emergency Alert System (EAS) equipment, (2) operate its cable system within required signal leakage limits, (3) immediately suspend operations as directed by a Bureau order and resume operations only with written authorization, and (4) register its cable system with the Commission." This NAL is FCC 12-99.

9/6. The National Institute of Standards and Technology's (NIST) Computer Security Division (CSD) released its draft SP 800-88 Rev. 1 [57 pages in PDF] titled "Guidelines to Media Sanitization". The deadline to submit comments is November 30, 2012.

9/5. The NIST CSD released its draft SP 800-90 C [50 pages in PDF] titled "Recommendation for Random Bit Generator (RBG) Constructions". The deadline to submit comments is December 5, 2012.

9/5. The NIST CSD released its draft SP 800-90 B [78 pages in PDF] titled "Recommendation for the Entropy Sources Used for Random Bit Generation". The deadline to submit comments is December 5, 2012.

9/5. The NIST CSD released its draft SP 800-40 Rev. 3 [26 pages in PDF] titled "Guide to Enterprise Patch Management Technologies". The deadline to submit comments is October 5, 2012.

8/20. The NIST CSD released its draft SP 800-56 A Rev [133 pages in PDF] titled "Recommendation for Pair-Wise Key-Establishment Schemes Using Discrete Logarithm Cryptography". The deadline to submit comments is October 31, 2012.

8/30. The NIST CSD published a notice in the Federal Register (FR) requesting comments regarding the second draft FIPS 140-3, titled "Security Requirements for Cryptographic Modules". The deadline to submit comments is October 1, 2012. See,  FR, Vol. 77, No. 169, August 30, 2012, at Pages 52692-52693.

9/5. Jacqueline Reses joined Yahoo as EVP for People and Development. She will be responsible for leading human resources and talent acquisition as well as corporate and business development globally. She will report to Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer. See, Yahoo release.

9/7. The Department of Justice's (DOJ) Office of the Inspector General (OIG) released a report [44 pages in PDF] on Sentinel, the Federal Bureau of Investigation's (FBI) information and investigative case management system.

8/27. The Department of Justice's (DOJ) Antitrust Division's (AD) Economic Analysis Group (EAG) announced the Fall 2012 schedule of economic seminars.

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The House will return from its August recess. It will meet at 2:00 PM for legislative business. Votes will be postponed until 6:30 PM. It will consider numerous non-technology related items under suspension of the rules. See, Rep. Cantor's schedule for the week.

The Senate will return from its August recess at 2:00 PM. It may consider the nomination of Stephanie Marie Rose to be a Judge of the U.S. District Court (SDIowa).

9:00 AM - 5:30 PM. The Department of Justice's (DOJ) Antitrust Division and the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) will host a public workshop titled "Most Favored Nation Clauses and Antitrust Enforcement and Policy". See, event web site. See also, story titled "Antitrust Agencies to Host Workshop on MFN Clauses" in TLJ Daily E-Mail Alert No. 2,429, August 15, 2012. Location: FTC, Satellite Building and Conference Center, 601 New Jersey Ave., NW.

12:00 - 1:00 PM. The American Bar Association's (ABA) Section of Antitrust Law will host a teleconferenced panel discussion titled "The Future of New York State Antitrust Enforcement". The speakers will be Scott Hemphill (head of the New York State Office of the Attorney General's Antitrust Bureau) and Julie Brill (FTC Commissioner). No CLE credits. Free. See, notice and notice.

5:00 PM. The House Rules Committee (HRC) wll meet to adopt a rule for consideration of HR 5949 [LOC | WW], the "FISA Amendments Act Reauthorization Act of 2012". See, HRC notice and story titled "House to Take Up Tech Bills" in TLJ Daily E-Mail Alert No. 2,443, June 7, 2012.

Deadline to submit initial comments to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) in response to its Notice of Inquiry [29 pages in PDF] that requests information to assist it in preparing its next video competition report. This NOI is FCC 12-80 in MB Docket No. 12-203. See, story titled "FCC Releases Video Competition Report" in TLJ Daily E-Mail Alert No. 2,411, July 25, 2012. See also, notice in the Federal Register, Vol. 77, No. 153, August 8, 2012, at Pages 47383-47392.

Deadline to submit comments to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) in response to its further notice of proposed rulemaking implementing the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA). See, FTC notice [43 pages in PDF] and story titled "FTC Releases COPPA Further NPRM" in TLJ Daily E-Mail Alert No. 2,418, August 2, 2012.

Deadline to submit initial comments to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) in response to its Further Notice of Proposed Rule Making (FNPRM) [67 pages in PDF] regarding Medical Body Area Network (MBAN) coordinators for the 2360-2390 MHz band. The FCC adopted and released this item on May 24, 2012. It is 12-54 in ET Docket No. 08-59. See, notice in the Federal Register, Vol. 77, No. 143, Wednesday, July 25, 2012, at Pages 43567-43570.

The House will meet a 10:00 AM for morning hour, and at 12:00 NOON for legislative business. The schedule for the week includes consideration of HR 5949 [LOC | WW], the "FISA Amendments Act Reauthorization Act of 2012", subject to a rule, and HR 6215 [LOC | WW, a technical corrections bill regarding trademark dilution, HR 6131 [LOC | WW], a bill to extend the SAFE WEB Act, and SConRes 17 under suspension of the rules. See, Rep. Cantor's schedule for the week, and story titled "House to Take Up Tech Bills" in TLJ Daily E-Mail Alert No. 2,443, September 7, 2012.

8:00 AM - 1:30 PM. The Women in Government Relations (WGR) will host an event titled "Trends in Technology Conference". There will be panels titled "The Buzz with Tech Reporters", "Will Congress Pass Cyber Security Legislation?", and "Outlook for the Lame Duck and Prospect in the 113th Congress". See, notice and registration page. Prices vary. Location: Hyatt Regency Washington on Capitol Hill, 400 New Jersey Ave., NW.

9:00 AM. The Department of Commerce's (DOC) Bureau of Industry and Security's (BIS) Regulations and Procedures Technical Advisory Committee will hold a partially closed on site and teleconferenced meeting. See, notice in the Federal Register, Vol. 77, No. 162, August 21, 2012, at Page 50463. Location: DOC, Hoover Building, Room 3884, 14th Street between Constitution and Pennsylvania Avenues, NW.

9:30 AM - 5:00 PM. Day one of a three day meeting of the Department of Transportation's (DOT) Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) RTCA Special Committee 222, Inmarsat Aeronautical Mobile Satellite (Route) Services. See, notice in the Federal Register, Vol. 77, No. 157, August 14, 2012, at Pages 48584-48585. Location: RTCA, Inc., Suite 910, 1150 18th St., NW.

10:00 AM - 2:00 PM. The Department of Commerce's (DOC) Economic Development Administration's (EDA) National Advisory Council on Innovation and Entrepreneurship will hold an on site and teleconferenced meeting. See, notice in the Federal Register Vol. 77, No. 174, September 7, 2012, at Page 55182. Location: DOC, 1401 Constitution Ave., NW.

1:00 - 2:00 PM. The American Bar Association (ABA) will host a webcast panel discussion titled "The Limits of the FTC’s Data Security Program: Where is the line, and where should it be?". The speakers will be Thomas Zych (Thompson Hine), Janis Kestenbaum (FTC), Michael Scott (Southwestern Law School), and David Zetoony (Bryan Cave). No CLE credits. See, notice.

1:00 - 2:30 PM. The American Bar Association (ABA) will host a webcast and teleconferenced panel discussion titled "Video Games and Digital Media: A Litigation Update". The speakers will be Alex Chachkes (Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe), William Coats (Kaye Scholer), Judith Keyes (Davis Wright Tremaine), and Cydney Tune (Pillsbury Winthrop). CLE credits. Prices vary. See, notice.

RESCHEDULED FOR SEPTEMBER 19. 2:15 PM. The Senate Foreign Relations Committee (SFRC) will hold an executive business meeting. The agenda includes numerous items, including consideration of SConRes 50, a resolution "Expressing the sense of Congress regarding actions to preserve and advance the multistakeholder governance model under which the Internet has thrived". See, notice. Location: Room S-116, Capitol Building.

6:00 - 9:15 PM. The DC Bar Association will host a panel discussion titled "Trade Secret Fundamentals: What You Can and Can’t Do". The speakers will be Richard Horowitz and Peter Toren (Weisbrod Matteis & Copley). The price to attend ranges from $89 to $129. CLE credits. See, notice. For more information, call 202-626-3488. The DC Bar has a history of barring reporters from its events. Location: DC Bar Conference Center, 1101 K St., NW.

TIME? The American Bar Association (ABA) will host a webcast panel discussion titled "Video Games and Digital Media: A Litigation Update".

The House will meet a 10:00 AM for morning hour, and at 12:00 NOON for legislative business. See, Rep. Cantor's schedule for the week, and story titled "House to Take Up Tech Bills" in TLJ Daily E-Mail Alert No. 2,443, September 7, 2012.

TIME? The U.S. International Trade Commission (USITC) will hold a hearing on the probable economic effect of providing duty free treatment for imports under the U.S.-Trans-Pacific Partnership Free Trade Agreement. See, notice in the Federal Register, Vol. 77, No. 155, August 10, 2012, at Pages 47880-47882. Location: USITC, 500 E St., SW.

9:00 AM - 5:00 PM. The U.S. China Economic and Security Review Commission will meet to consider drafts of material for its 2012 annual report to Congress. See, original notice in the Federal Register (FR), Vol. 77, No. 143, July 25, 2012, at Pages 43662-43663, and second notice in the FR, Vol. 77, No. 171, September 4, 2012, at Pages 53965-53966. Location: Hall of the States, Conference Room 233, 444 North Capitol St., NW.

9:00 AM - 1:00 PM. The Federal Communications Commission's (FCC) Communications Security, Reliability, and Interoperability Council (CSRIC) will meet. See, September 6 Public Notice, and notice in the Federal Register, Vol. 77, No. 156, August 13, 2012, at Page 48153. Location: FCC, Commission Meeting Room, Room TW-C305, 445 12th St., SW.

9:30 AM - 5:00 PM. Day two of a three day meeting of the Department of Transportation's (DOT) Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) RTCA Special Committee 222, Inmarsat Aeronautical Mobile Satellite (Route) Services. See, notice in the Federal Register, Vol. 77, No. 157, August 14, 2012, at Pages 48584-48585. Location: RTCA, Inc., Suite 910, 1150 18th St., NW.

9:45 AM. The House Commerce Committee's (HCC) Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing and Trade will hold a hearing titled "Where the Jobs Are: There’s an App for That". See, notice. Location: Room 2322, Rayburn Building.

10:00 AM. The House Homeland Security Committee's (HHSC) Subcommittee on Cybersecurity, Infrastructure Protection, and Security Technologies will hold a hearing titled "The EMP Threat: Examining the Consequences". See, notice. Location: Room 211, Cannon Building.

10:00 AM. The House Judiciary Committee (HJC) will hold a hearing titled "The Obama Administration's Abuse of Power". See, notice. Location: Room 2141, Rayburn Building.

10:30 AM - 5:00 PM. The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) will host an event titled "roadshow" to explain and answer questions about USPTO rules that implement provisions of the Leahy Smith America Invents Act, which take effect on September 16, 2012. See, notice and agenda. Location: USPTO, Alexandria, Virginia.

12:00 NOON. The World Wide Web Consortium's (W3C) Tracking Protection Working Group will meet by teleconference. The call in number is 1-617-761-6200. The passcode is TRACK (87225).

2:00 PM. The House Homeland Security Committee's (HHSC) Subcommittee on Emergency Preparedness, Response, and Communications will hold a hearing titled "Resilient Communications: Current Challenges and Future Advancements". See, notice. Location: Room 311, Cannon Building.

2:00 PM. The House Financial Services Committee's (HFSC) Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit will hold a hearing titled "Examining the Uses of Consumer Credit Data". See, notice. Location: Room 2128, Rayburn Building.

5:00 PM. Deadline to submit reply comments to the Copyright Office (CO) in response to its notice in the Federal Register (FR) regarding its proposed rules that implement the provision of the Satellite Television Extension and Localism Act of 2010 (STELA) that allows copyright owners to audit certain Statements of Account filed with the CO. See, FR, Vol. 77, No. 115, Thursday, June 14, 2012, at Pages 35643-35652. See also, story titled "Copyright Office Issues Proposed STELA Rules Regarding Auditing Statements of Account" in TLJ Daily E-Mail Alert No. 2,398, June 18, 2012.

6:00 - 8:00 PM. The Federal Communications Bar Association (FCBA) will host an event titled "Seminar on Next Generation 9-1-1". The speakers will be Trey Forgety (NENA), Brian Hurley (FCC), Robert Gojanovich (TeleCommunication Systems), John Kelly (Ottosen Britz), and Tim Stelzig (Deputy Chief of the FCC's WCB's Competition Policy Division). CLE credits. Prices vary. Registrations and cancellations are due by 12:00 NOON on Tuesday, September 11. See, notice. Location: Drinker Biddle & Reath, 1500 K St., NW.

The House will meet a 10:00 AM for morning hour, and at 12:00 NOON for legislative business. See, Rep. Cantor's schedule for the week, and story titled "House to Take Up Tech Bills" in TLJ Daily E-Mail Alert No. 2,443, September 7, 2012.

8:30 - 10:30 AM. FairSearch, a group organized around the proposition that "Google is abusing its search monopoly to thwart competition", will host an event titled "Searching for Innovation and Competition in the Online Marketplace". The speakers will be Susan Athey (Harvard University), Robert Birge (KAYAK), Mark Corallo, Albert Foer (American Antitrust Institute), Rodman Forter (Skyhook Wireless), Pamela Harbour (Fulbright & Jaworski), Patrick Lynch, Nathan Newman, Jim O’Connell (Covington & Burlington), and Dan Savage (TradeComet.com). See, notice. Location: Newseum, 555 Pennsylvania Ave., NW.

9:00 AM - 5:00 PM. The U.S. China Economic and Security Review Commission will meet to consider drafts of material for its 2012 annual report to Congress. See, original notice in the Federal Register (FR), Vol. 77, No. 143, July 25, 2012, at Pages 43662-43663, and second notice in the FR, Vol. 77, No. 171, September 4, 2012, at Pages 53965-53966. Location: Hall of the States, Conference Room 231, 444 North Capitol St., NW.

9:00 - 11:00 AM. The Information Technology and Innovation Foundation (ITIF) will host a discussion of the book titled "Innovation Economics: The Race for Global Advantage". The speakers will include the authors, Robert Atkinson (ITIF) and Stephen Ezell (ITIF). See, notice. Location: Holeman Lounge, National Press Club, 529 14th St., NW.

9:30 AM - 5:00 PM. Day three of a three day meeting of the Department of Transportation's (DOT) Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) RTCA Special Committee 222, Inmarsat Aeronautical Mobile Satellite (Route) Services. See, notice in the Federal Register, Vol. 77, No. 157, August 14, 2012, at Pages 48584-48585. Location: RTCA, Inc., Suite 910, 1150 18th St., NW.

10:00 AM - 1:00 PM. The House Intelligence Committee (HIC) will hold a hearing titled "National Security Threats Posed by Chinese Telecom Companies Working in the U.S." This hearing is open to the public. See, notice. Location: Room HVC-210, Capitol Visitor Center.

10:00 AM. The House Financial Services Committee's (HFSC) Subcommittee on Capital Markets and Government Sponsored Enterprises and the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee (HOGRC) will hold a joint hearing titled "The JOBS ACT: Importance of Prompt Implementation for Entrepreneurs, Capital Formation, and Job Creation". In March of this year the Congress enacted HR 3606 [LOC | WW], the "Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act" or JOBS Act", a bill that reduces securities regulation for small and start up companies. See, stories titled "House Passes Securities Regulation Bill" and "Summary of HR 3606" in TLJ Daily E-Mail Alert No. 2,350, March 19, 2012. It is now Public Law No. 112-106. See, notice. Location: Room 2154, Rayburn Building.

10:00 AM. The Senate Judiciary Committee (SJC) will hold an executive business meeting. There are no technology related items on the agenda. See, SJC notice. Location: Room 226, Dirksen Building.

10:15 AM. The House Commerce Committee's (HCC) Subcommittee on Communications and Technology will hold a hearing titled "Creating Opportunities through Improved Government Spectrum Efficiency". The witnesses will be Douglas Smith (P/CEO of Oceus Networks), Mark Goldstein (Government Accountability Office), Karl Nebbia (NTIA's Office of Spectrum Management), Steve Sharkey (T-Mobile USA), Preston Marshall (University of Southern California), and Robert Wheeler (USAF, Deputy Chief Information Officer for Command, Control, Communications and Computers and Information Infrastructure). See, notice. Location: Room 2123, Rayburn Building.

12:15 - 1:45 PM. The Federal Communications Bar Association's (FCBA) Privacy and Data Security Committee will hold a brown bag lunch and planning meeting. Location: Kelley Drye & Warren, Suite 400, 3050 K St., NW.

2:30 PM. The Senate Intelligence Committee (SIC) will hold a closed hearing on undisclosed matters. See, notice. Location: Room 219, Hart Building.

5:30 - 9:00 PM. The Public Knowledge (PK) will host a fundraising event titled "9th Annual IP3 Awards". The price to attend is $50. See, registration page. Location: Ronald Regan Building and International Trade Center.

6:00 - 8:00 PM. The Federal Communications Bar Association (FCBA) will host an event titled "Meet and greet new FCC Commissioners Reception". Prices vary. See, notice and registration form. Location: Capital Hilton, 1001 16th St., NW.

8:00 - 9:00 PM. The American Bar Association's (ABA) Section of Antitrust Law will host a webcast panel discussion titled "Cartel Enforcement Around the World: Chapter 5: Korea". The speakers will be Douglas Tween (Baker & McKenzie), Cholsoo Han (Secretary General, Korea Fair Trade Commission), Hoil Yoon (Yoon & Yang), and Stephen Harris (Baker & McKenzie). No CLE credits. Free. See, notice and notice.

11:59 PM. Deadline to submit annual license and regulatory fees to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). See, notice.

The House will meet a 9:00 AM for legislative business. See, Rep. Cantor's schedule for the week, and story titled "House to Take Up Tech Bills" in TLJ Daily E-Mail Alert No. 2,443, September 7, 2012.

9:00 - 10:30 AM. The US Telecom will host an on site and teleconferenced event titled "Broadband Internet Competition in the Digital Age Breakfast Briefing". The speakers will be Jonathan Salet (O'Melveny & Myers), Rob Atkinson (ITIF), and Jeffrey Eisenach (Navigant Economics). This event is free, but registration is required. See, notice. Location: US Telecom Executive Conference Center, Suite 400, 607 14th St., NW.

10:00 AM - 4:00 PM. The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) will host an event titled "Technology and Trading: Promoting Stability in Today's Markets". See, notice and agenda. Location?

9:30 AM. The U.S. Court of Appeals (DCCir) will hear oral argument in EchoStar Satellite v. FCC, App. Ct. No. 04-1033. This case pertains to FCC rules, adopted in 2003, regarding digital plug and play compatibility. See, story titled "FCC Adopts Digital Plug and Play Cable Compatibility Rules" in TLJ Daily E-Mail Alert No. 737, September 11, 2003. See also, FCC brief filed on March 30, 2012. Judges Brown, Edwards, and Randolph will preside. This is the third item on the Court's agenda. Location: Courtroom 11, 4th floor, Prettyman Courthouse, 333 Constitution Ave., NW.

10:30 AM - 3:30 PM. The Federal Communications Commission's (FCC) Emergency Access Advisory Committee (EAAC) will hold a meeting regarding next generation 911 accessibility by persons with disabilities. See, Public Notice (DA 12-1372) and notice in the Federal Register, Vol. 77, No. 175, September 10, 2012, at Page 55473. Location: FCC, Commission Meeting Room, 445 12th St., SW.

Deadline to submit comments to the National Institute of Standards and Technology's (NIST) Computer Security Division (CSD) regarding its draft SP 800-147 B [31 pages in PDF] titled "BIOS Protection Guidelines for Servers".

Deadline to submit reply comments to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) in response to the National Cable & Telecommunications Association's (NCTA) Petition for Partial Reconsideration [7 pages in PDF] of the FCC's Report and Order implementing the Commercial Advertisement Loudness Mitigation Act, or CALM Act, which is codified at 47 U.S.C. § 621. The FCC adopted and released this R&O on December 13, 2011. It is FCC 11-182 in MB Docket No. 11-93. The NCTA argues, among other things, that the FCC confused promotion of television programming for commercial advertisements. See, notice in the Federal Register, Vol. 77, No. 161, Monday, August 20, 2012, at Page 50071. See also, story titled "NCTA Petitions FCC for Reconsideration of CALM Act Rules" in TLJ Daily E-Mail Alert No. 2,432, August 20, 2012.

Deadline to submit comments to the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (OUSTR) in response to its notice in the Federal Register (FR) requesting comments to assist it in preparing its 2012 Notorious Markets List, which identifies internet and physical notorious markets located outside of the US that make available intellectual property infringing products. See, FR, Vol. 77, No. 157, August 14, 2012, at Pages 48583-48584. See also, story titled "USTR Seeks Comments on Notorious Markets" in TLJ Daily E-Mail Alert No. 2,431, August 17, 2012.

Rosh Hoshanah begins at sundown.

Deadline to submit post hearing briefs and statements to the U.S. International Trade Commission (USITC) regarding the probable economic effect of providing duty free treatment for imports under the U.S.-Trans-Pacific Partnership Free Trade Agreement. See, notice in the Federal Register, Vol. 77, No. 155, August 10, 2012, at Pages 47880-47882.