6/2. The Senate passed HR 2048 [LOC | WW], the "USA FREEDOM Act", by a vote of 67-32 late on Tuesday afternoon, June 2, 2015. See, Roll Call No. 201. The House passed this bill on May 13. It is now ready for President Obama's signature.

Republicans voted 30-23 with one not voting. Democrats voted 45-1. Some of the no votes were cast by Senators who want to completely terminate the bulk phone records surveillance.

This bill extends the sunsets of three provisions of surveillance law that expired at midnight on May 31, 2015 -- Section 215, lone wolf, and roving wiretap authority. The bill also provides statutory authority for the National Security Agency's (NSA) bulk phone records program, but also imposes limits on the program, and increases transparency and oversight.

The Senate rejected on roll call votes three amendments offered by Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) that would have weakened the bill's reforms of the NSA's bulk phone records program.

On Monday, June 1, the leading sponsors and promoters of the bill in the House stated in a release that "The House is not likely to accept the changes proposed by Senator McConnell."

They explained that "The proposed amendments in the Senate impose a data retention notification requirement on American telecommunication providers, give the Director of National Intelligence -- and not Congress -- the authority to decide whether to end bulk collection, unnecessarily extend the current bulk collection program for a year, and water-down the House-passed FISA Court amicus provision. These amendments only serve to weaken the House-passed bill and postpone timely enactment of legislation that responsibly protects national security while enhancing civil liberty protections."

Sen. McConnell, Sen. Dan Coats (R-IN), and other Republicans argued against the bill. Sen. McConnell argued that the NSA's bulk phone records program has been useful in fighting terrorism, and unlike many other government powers, has never been abused.

He also argued that this bill is a part of the larger pattern of President Obama's failure to defend the country. He said that "the pattern is clear. The president has been a reluctant commander in chief." Sen. McConnell complained that President Obama has been the drawing down U.S. military forces, he has withdrawn from Iraq, and he has released dangerous people from Guantanamo Bay. And now, he is undoing the tools to fight terror developed by Bush administration. Limiting phone records collection is part of this pattern.

However, this bill passed in the Senate because 23 Republicans joined with Democrats to vote yes.

Also, some Senators who voted against passage view the bill as an improvement over the status quo, but want to end the NSA's program rather than reform it. Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) has vocally taken this position. Similarly, Sen. Bernie Sanders (D-VT) stated in a release that "This bill is an improvement over the USA Patriot Act but there are still too many opportunities for the government to collect information on innocent people."

The NSA has been running this program for about a decade. However, the government kept the program a secret. Edward Snowden disclosed the program to the public in June of 2013. This bill's reforms would not have come about but for Snowden's disclosures.

The Computer and Communications Industry Association (CCIA) wrote in a release praising Senate passage of the bill that "In the wake of the Snowden revelations, civil liberties groups and the technology industry have united in a series of attempts to begin reforming the government's array of bulk collection programs and the legal authorities underpinning their use by the intelligence community."

The CCIA added that "the subsequent negative association between these dragnet programs and the technology companies coerced into complying with them has harmed the competitiveness of U.S. digital industry on a global scale."

There was no statutory authority for the program. Although, the government had asserted that Section 215 of the 2001 USA PATRIOT Act provided authority. The U.S. Court of Appeals (2ndCir) issued its opinion in ACLU v. Clapper, on May 7, 2015 holding that the program is not authorized by Section 215.

See, stories titled "2nd Circuit Holds NSA Bulk Telephone Data Program Is Not Authorized by Section 215", "Section 215 and the NSA's Bulk Telephone Data Program", and "Reaction to 2nd Circuit's Opinion on Section 215" in TLJ Daily E-Mail Alert No. 2,723, May 7, 2015.

Michael Petricone of the Consumer Electronics Association (CEA) stated in a release that this bill "is common-sense reform to our nation's intelligence gathering programs, which will preserve American businesses’ competitiveness worldwide, while continuing to protect our national security."

The CCIA's Ed Black stated that this bill "serves only as the first step in what will prove to be a lengthy and difficult process to reform the mass surveillance programs in use by the U.S. government".

Berin Szoka of the Tech Freedom stated in a release that "Congress should now work to address the mess of surveillance and privacy intrusions at all levels of government -- not just for intelligence agencies, but for law enforcement, too ... It should start by putting an end to warrantless searches of Americans' emails by police ..."

Yahoo stated in a release that "we'll continue to engage with the Congress, the Administration, and in the Courts to ensure that our users' rights and their data are protected in line with the principles" of the Reform Government Surveillance, a group of companies that also includes Google, Microsoft, Facebook and others.

6/1. On June 1 Intel and Altera announced "a definitive agreement under which Intel would acquire Altera for $54 per share in an all-cash transaction valued at approximately $16.7 billion." See, Intel release and Intel's SEC Form 8-K.

On May 28 Avago Technologies and Broadcom announced that they "have entered into a definitive agreement under which Avago will acquire Broadcom in a cash and stock transaction that values the combined company at $77 billion in enterprise value." See, Avago release.

Intel and Aletera that "The transaction has been unanimously approved by the Intel and Altera Boards of Directors and is subject to certain regulatory approvals and customary closing conditions, including the approval of Altera's stockholders."

Intel is based in Santa Clara, California, Altera is based in San Jose, California. It makes Programmable Logic Devices (PLDs) for reconfigurable digital circuits.

Avago and Broadcom stated that "Avago will acquire Broadcom for $17 billion in cash consideration and the economic equivalent of approximately 140 million Avago ordinary shares, valued at $20 billion as of May 27, 2015, resulting in Broadcom shareholders owning approximately 32% of the combined company. Based on Avago's closing share price as of May 27, 2015, the implied value of the total transaction consideration for Broadcom is $37 billion."

They added that "The transaction has been unanimously approved by the boards of directors of both companies, as well as a special committee of the independent directors of Broadcom. Dr. Samueli and Dr. Nicholas, the founders of Broadcom, have signed support agreements to vote to approve the transaction. Closing of the transaction is expected by the end of the first calendar quarter of 2016, and is subject to regulatory approvals in various jurisdictions, as well as the approval of Avago's and Broadcom's shareholders."

They also stated that Avago makes "analog semiconductor devices with a focus on III-V based products and complex digital and mixed signal CMOS based devices", and that Broadcom makes semiconductors for wired and wireless communications.

Avago is based in San Jose, California, and Singapore. It acquired Infineon Technologies in 2008, and LSI Company in 2014. Broadcom, which is based in Irvine, California, was founded by Henry Samueli and Henry Nicholas.

6/2. Sen. Charles Grassley (R-IA), Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee (SJC), released an amendment in the nature of a substitute [75 pages in PDF] to S 1137 [LOC | WW], the "Protecting American Talent and Entrepreneurship Act of 2015", or "PATENT Act".

This amendment would, among other things, change the fee shifting language, and add a lengthy section to address abusive conduct in the inter partes review and post grant proceedings. See also, marked up, or red lined, copy of this amendment, and Sen. Grassley's summary of its changes.

The agenda for the SJC's executive business meeting scheduled for 9:30 AM on Thursday, June 4, includes consideration of this bill.

Sen. Grassley, Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-VT), and others introduced this bill on April 27, 2015. See, stories titled "Senators Introduce PATENT Act " and "Summary of S 1137, the PATENT Act" in TLJ Daily E-Mail Alert No. 2,722, May 4, 2015.

This amendment makes numerous changes. It revises the fee shifting provision of the bill. See, Section 7, at pages 23-32.

Sen. Grassley explained in his release that this "Modifies the fee shifting provision to clarify that undue economic hardship to a named inventor or an institution of higher education are “special circumstances” that could make a fee award unjust, and clarifies the burden of proof in the fee provision." It also "Modifies the provision governing recovery of fee awards to ensure that traditional lenders are not on the hook for potential liability simply for making a commercial loan."

The amendment provides in part that "In connection with a civil action in which any party asserts a claim for relief arising under any Act of Congress relating to patents, upon motion by a prevailing party, the court shall determine whether the position of the non-prevailing party was objectively reasonable in law and fact, and whether the conduct of the nonprevailing party was objectively reasonable. If the court finds that the position of the non-prevailing party was not objectively reasonable in law or fact or that the conduct of the non-prevailing party was not objectively reasonable, the court shall award reasonable attorney fees to the prevailing party unless special circumstances, such as undue economic hardship to a named inventor or an institution of higher education (as defined in section 101(a) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1001(a))), would make an award unjust. The prevailing party shall bear the burden of demonstrating that the prevailing party is entitled to an award."

The amendment also addresses (at Section 11, at pages 42-59) abusive conduct in the inter partes review and post grant proceedings before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office's (USPTO) Patent Trial and Appeals Board (PTAB).

The amendment also incorporates (at Section 15(f), at pages 74-75) S 1402 [LOC | WW], the "Patents for Humanity Program Improvement Act".  See, stories titled "Sen. Leahy Again Introduces Bill to Provide for Alienable USPTO Acceleration Certificates" and "Commentary: Preferential Treatment in the Patent Process" in TLJ Daily E-Mail Alert No. 2,729, May 25, 2015.

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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 continue its consideration of HR 2578 [LOC | WW], the "Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2016". This bill contains appropriations for many ICT regulators, including the FCC, FTC, DOJ's Antitrust Division, and DOC's NTIA and NIST. See, Rep. McCarthy's schedule.

The Senate will meet at 9:30 AM.

9:00 - 12:00 NOON. The Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) will host a program titled "Korea Going Forward". The speakers will include Daniel Russel (U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs) and Ahn Ho-Young (Ambassador of Korea to the U.S.). Webcast. See, notice. Location: CSIS, 1616 Rhode Island Ave., NW.

10:00 AM. The House Commerce Committee (HCC) will meet to consider HR 2576 [LOC | WW], the "TSCA Modernization Act of 2015", and HR 2583 [LOC | WW], the "Federal Communications Commission Process Reform Act of 2015". See, notice. Location: Room 2123, Rayburn Building.

10:00 AM. The U.S. Court of Appeals (FedCir) will hear oral argument in Syntest Technologies v. Cisco Systems, App. Ct. No. 14-1569. This is an appeal from the U.S. District Court (NDCal) in a patent infringement case involving technology for testing the logic of application specific integrated circuits. Panel H. This case is the second of four on the schedule. See, oral arguments schedule. No live webcast. Archived audio webcast. Location: Courtroom 402, 717 Madison Place, NW.

11:00 AM - 1:00 PM ET. Day two of a two day meeting of the Department of Commerce's (DOC) National Telecommunications and Information Administration's (NTIA) First Responder Network Authority. This meeting is in California, but will be webcast. On Wednesday, June 3, the FirstNet Board will meet. See, notice in the Federal Register, Vol. 80, No. 94, May 15, 2015, at Pages 27928-27929. Free. Open to the public.

2:30 - 3:30 PM. The Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) will host a panel discussion titled "Tsai Ing-wen 2016: Taiwan Faces the Future". The main speaker will be Tsai Ing-wen, Chair of the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP), and the DPP's candidate in the Taiwan 2016 Presidential elections. The other speakers will be Bonnie Glaser (CSIS) and Kurt Campbell (The Asia Group). Webcast. See, notice. Location: CSIS, 1616 Rhode Island Ave., NW.

Deadline to submit comments to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) in response to its Public Notice (PN) regarding the FCC Incentive Auction Task Force's announcement of results of staff simulations of the initial clearing target optimization procedure proposed in the Auction 1000 Comment PN. This PN is DA 15-606 in AU Docket No. 14-252 and GN Docket No. 12-268. The FCC released it on May 20, 2015. See also, appendix to this PN, and notice in the Federal Register, Vol. 80, No. 100, May 26, 2015, at Pages 30021-30030. Commissioner Pai wrote in a statement that this PN "presents misleading data". Commissioner O'Reilly also wrote a statement criticizing this PN.

The House will meet at 9:00 AM for legislative business. See, Rep. McCarthy's schedule.

Supreme Court conference day. See, 2014-2015 calendar. Closed to the public.

8:00 AM - 5:00 PM. Day one of a two day event hosted by the American Intellectual Property Law Association (AIPLA) titled "7th Annual Trademark Bootcamp". See, notice. Location: Hilton Alexandria Old Town, Alexandria, VA.

9:00 AM. The House Intelligence Committee (HIC) will hold a closed meeting to mark up the Intelligence Authorization Act of Fiscal Year 2016. See, notice. Location: Room HVC-304, Capitol Underground.

9:00 - 11:00 AM. The New America Foundation (NAF) will host a panel discussion titled "Connecting Talent with Opportunity in the Digital Age". The speakers will be Sen. Mark Warner (D-VA), Byron Auguste, Allen Blue (LinkedIn), Aneesh Chopra (Hunch Analytics), Thomas Friedman (New York Times), and Susan Lund (McKinsey Global Institute). Free. Open to the public. Webcast. See, notice. Location: NAF, Suite 400, 1899 L St., NW.

9:30 AM. The Senate Judiciary Committee (SJC) will hold an executive business meeting. The agenda includes consideration of S 1137 [LOC | WW], the "Protecting American Talent and Entrepreneurship Act of 2015", or "PATENT Act". See, stories titled "Senators Introduce PATENT Act " and "Summary of S 1137, the PATENT Act" in TLJ Daily E-Mail Alert No. 2,722, May 4, 2015. The agenda also again includes consideration of four U.S. District Court nominees: Dale Drozd (USDC/EDCal), Ann Donnelly (USDC/EDNY), Lawrence Vilardo (USDC/WDNY), and LaShann Hall (USDC/EDNY). The agenda also includes consideration of several nominees to be U.S. Attorneys. Live and archived webcast. See, notice. Location: Room 226, Dirksen Building.

10:00 AM. The U.S. Court of Appeals (FedCir) will hear oral argument in Shukh v. Seagate Technology, App. Ct. Nos. 14-1406 and 15-1012. These are appeals from the U.S. District Court (DMinn) in a patent infringement case. Panel K. These cases are the first and second of four on the schedule. See, oral arguments schedule. No live webcast. Archived audio webcast. Location: Courtroom 402, 717 Madison Place, NW.

10:00 AM. The Federal Communications Commission's (FCC) North American Numbering Council will meet. See, notice in the Federal Register, Vol. 80, No. 91, May 12, 2015, at Pages 27169-27170. Location: FCC, Commission Meeting Room, Room TW-C305, 445 12th St., SW.

12:15 - 1:30 PM. The Federal Communications Bar Association (FCBA) will host an event titled "A Globally Neutral Net: A Discussion and Comparison of International Approaches and Global Norms for Net Neutrality". The speakers will be Matthew Del Nero (FCC), Erik Stallman (CDT), Nicolas Fetchko (Verizon), Carolina Rossini (Public Knowledge), Jeffrey Campbell (Cisco), and Praveen Goyal (Hogan Lovells). No webcast. No CLE credits. Bring your own lunch. Free. See, notice. Location: Wiley Rein, 1776 K St., NW.

12:15 - 1:45 PM. The New America Foundation (NAF) will host a discussion of the book titled "Geek Heresy: Rescuing Social Change from the Cult of Technology". The speakers will be Kentaro Toyama (author) and Ryan Gerety (NAF). Free. Open to the public. See, notice. Location: NAF, Suite 400, 1899 L St., NW.

1:00 PM. The US Telecom will host a webcast presentation titled "DNSSEC – DNS with Authentication, Done Right". The speaker will be Olafur Gudmundsson. See, notice.

2:00 - 3:00 PM. Day one of a two day on site and teleconferenced meeting of the The Department of Commerce's (DOC) National Advisory Council on Innovation and Entrepreneurship (NACIE). This meeting will also be listen only teleconferenced. The call in number is 1-800-988-9617. The passcode is 7649366. See, notice in the Federal Register, Vol. 80, No. 90, May 11, 2015, at Page 26895. Location: General Services Administration, 1800 F St., NW.

2:30 PM. The Senate Intelligence Committee (SIC) will hold a closed hearing on undisclosed matters. No webcast. See, notice. Location: Room 219, Hart Building.

6:30 - 8:30 PM. The Arizona State University (ASU) will host an event titled "Rethinking Higher Education" The speaker will be Ben Nelson (Minerva Project). See, notice. Location: 1776, 12th floor, 1133 15th St., NW.

6:30 - 8:00 PM. The Arizona State University (ASU) and New America Foundation (NAF) will host a debate titled "Resolved: Technology Will Take All Our Jobs". Christine Rosen (The New Atlantis) and Gerry Canavan (Marquette University) will argue for, and James Kotecki (Automated Insights) and Ronald Bailey (Reason) will argue against. See, notice. Location: ASU in Washington DC, 1834 Connecticut Ave., NW.

Deadline to submit comments to the Department of Commerce's (DOC) National Telecommunications and Information Administration's (NTIA) First Responder Network Authority in response it its May 5, 2015 notice in the Federal Register (FR). See, FR, Vol. 80, No. 86, May 5, 2015, at Pages 25663-25668.

Deadline to submit to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) oppositions to three petitions for reconsideration of the FCC's Report and Order related to its universal service tax and subsidy program related to rural broadband services, titled "Connect America" by the FCC, and to the FCC's Connect America Challenge Process. The FCC adopted the R&O on July 11 , 2014, and released the text on July 14. It is FCC 14-98 in WC Docket Nos. 10-90 and 14-58. See, May 11, 2015 FCC Public Notice, and notice in the Federal Register, Vol. 80, No. 97, May 20, 2015, at Page 28928.

Deadline to submit initial comments to the Federal Communications Commission's (FCC) Wireline Competition Bureau (Bureau) in response to its Public Notice (PN) seeking to refresh the record on a petition for reconsideration filed by the National Cable & Telecommunications Association (NCTA), COMPTEL, and tw telecom regarding the FCC's 2011 pole attachments Report and Order and Order on Reconsideration [144 pages in PDF]. That order is FCC 11-50 in WC Docket No. 07-245 and GN Docket No. 09-51. The FCC adopted and released it on April 7, 2011. The FCC WCB released this latest PN on May 6, 2015. It is DA 15-542 in WC Docket No. 07-245 and GN Docket No. 09-51. See, notice in the Federal Register, Vol. 80, No. 93, May 14, 2015, at Pages 27626-27627.

Rep. McCarthy's schedule states that "no votes are expected in the House".

8:00 AM - 5:00 PM. Day two of a two day event hosted by the American Intellectual Property Law Association (AIPLA) titled "7th Annual Trademark Bootcamp". See, notice. Location: Hilton Alexandria Old Town, Alexandria, VA.

9:00 AM - 3:00 PM. The Federal Aviation Administration's (FAA) Radio Technical Commission for Aeronautics' (RTCA) NextGen Advisory Committee will meet. See, notice in the Federal Register, Vol. 80, No. 99, May 22, 2015, at Pages 29789-29790. Location: RTCA, Suite 910, 1150 18th St., NW.

8:30 AM - 12:00 NOON. Day two of a two day on site and teleconferenced meeting of the The Department of Commerce's (DOC) National Advisory Council on Innovation and Entrepreneurship (NACIE). This meeting will also be listen only teleconferenced. The call in number is 1-800-369-2154. The passcode is 8915613. See, notice in the Federal Register, Vol. 80, No. 90, May 11, 2015, at Page 26895. Location: DOC, 1401 Constitution Ave., NW.

10:00 AM. The U.S. Court of Appeals (FedCir) will hear oral argument in Illumina v. Ariosa Diagnostics, App. Ct. No. 14-1815. This is an appeal from the U.S. District Court (NDCal) in a patent infringement case involving digital analysis of multiple samples of DNA for prenatal detection of Downs Syndrome and other conditions. The patent in suit is U.S. Patent No. 7,955,794 titled "Multiplex nucleic acid reactions". Panel M. This case is the first of three on the schedule. See, oral arguments schedule. No live webcast. Archived audio webcast. Location: Courtroom 201, 717 Madison Place, NW.

10:00 AM. The U.S. Court of Appeals (FedCir) will hear oral argument in Circuit Check v. QXQ, App. Ct. No. 15-1155. This is an appeal from the U.S. District Court (EDWisc) in a patent infringement case involving circuit board testing devices. Panel N. This case is the third of four on the schedule. See, oral arguments schedule. No live webcast. Archived audio webcast. Location: Courtroom 402, 717 Madison Place, NW.

12:00 NOON - 1:00 PM. The Internet Caucus will host a panel discussion titled "Internet Governance, ICANN and Congress.SUCKS: Where Is Control Of The Internet Going?". The speakers will be __. Free. Open to the public. Lunch will be served. Location: Room 2237, Rayburn Building.

12:00 NOON - 1:00 PM. The American Bar Association (ABA) will host a webcast panel discussion titled "The Microsoft Cases: A Retrospective and Lessons Learned". The speakers will be Randall Weinsten (FTC), Harry First (NYU School of Law), Andrew Gavil (Howard University School of Law), MJ Moltenbrey (Paul Hastings), William Page (University of Florida law school), and Rick Boulton (MiCRA). Prices vary. No CLE credits. See, notice.

Deadline to submit written comments to the Department of Commerce's (DOC) International Trade Administration's (ITA) President's Export Council in advance of its June 10, 2015 meeting. See, notice in the Federal Register, Vol. 80, No. 93, May 14, 2015, at Page 27632.

Deadline to submit initial comments to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) in response to its Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) regarding the FCC's rules that require commercial mobile radio service (CMRS) providers to transmit 911 calls from non-service initiated (NSI) devices. The FCC adopted and released this NPRM on April 1, 2015. It is FCC 15-43 in PS Docket No. 08-51. See also, notice in the Federal Register, Vol. 80, No. 87, May 6, 2015, at Pages 25977-25989.

Deadline to submit initial comments to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) in response to its Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) regarding eliminating certain common carrier rules from which the FCC has recent forborn. The FCC adopted this NPRM on February 2, 2015, and released it on February 6, 2015. It is FCC 15-33 in WC Docket No. 15-13. See also, notice in the Federal Register Volume 80, No. 87, May 6, 2015, at Pages 25989-25994.

12:00 NOON. Deadline to submit comments to the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (OUSTR) regarding adding the nation of Mauritius to the parties to the negotiation of the Trade in Services Agreement (TISA). The original parties were "Australia, Canada, Chile, Chinese Taipei, Colombia, Costa Rica, European Union on behalf of its member states, Hong Kong China, Iceland, Israel, Japan, Korea, Mexico, New Zealand, Norway, Pakistan, Panama, Peru, Switzerland, and Turkey". Paraguay, Liechtenstein and Uruguay subsequently joined. See, notice in the Federal Register, Vol. 80, No. 89, May 8, 2015, at Pages 26607-26608.

8:00 AM - 1:30 PM. The Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) and Japan External Trade Organization (JETRO) will host an event titled "CSIS-JETRO Conference on Asia-Pacific Economic Integration and the Role of the United States and Japan". The speakers will include Sen. Cory Gardner (R-CO). Breakfast will be served. See, notice. Location: CSIS, 1616 Rhode Island Ave., NW.

8:30 AM - 5:30 PM. Day one of a two day meeting of the Department of the Interior's (DOI) National Geospatial Advisory Committee (NGAC). The agenda includes "Geospatial Privacy", "Crowd-Sourced Geospatial Data", "3D Elevation Program", and other topics. See, notice in the Federal Register, Vol. 80, No. 89, May 8, 2015, at Page 26582. Location: DOI, South Interior Building Auditorium, 1951 Constitution Ave., NW.

9:00 AM - 5:00 PM. Day one of a three day meeting of the Federal Aviation Administration's (FAA) Radio Technical Commission for Aeronautics' (RTCA) Special Committee 231, Terrain Awareness Warning Systems. See, notice in the Federal Register, Vol. 80, No. 103, May 29, 2015, at Page 30757. Location: RTCA, Suite 910, 1150 18th St., NW.

10:00 AM. The Department of Commerce's (DOC) President's Export Council's (PEC) Subcommittee on Export Administration (SEA) will hold a partially closed meeting. The agenda includes discussion of export control reform. See, notice in the Federal Register, Vol. 80, No. 100, May 26, 2015, at Pages 30040-30041. Location: DOC, Hoover Building, Room 3407, 14th Street between Pennsylvania and Constitution Avenues NW.

12:15 - 1:30 PM. The Federal Communications Bar Association's (FCBA) Young Lawyers Committee will host an event titled "Network Management: Expanding and Using Your Connections". The speakers will be Mark Brennan (Hogan Lovells), Kristine Fargotstein (FCC), Jenn Holtz (NTIA), Megan Stull (Google), and others. No webcast. No CLE credits. Bring your own lunch. Free. See, notice. For more information, contact Kristine Fargotstein at kfargotstein at gmail dot com or Rachael Bender at RBender at mobilefuture dot org. Location: Hogan Lovells, 555 13th St., NW.

3:30 - 5:00 PM. The Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) will host a panel discussion titled "Digital India: How Information Technology Can Augment Development". The speakers will include Ravi Shankar Prasad (India's Minister for Communications & Information Technology). See, notice. Location: CSIS, 1616 Rhode Island Ave., NW.

8:30 AM - 4:00 PM. Day one of a two day meeting of the Department of the Interior's (DOI) National Geospatial Advisory Committee (NGAC). The agenda includes "Geospatial Privacy", "Crowd-Sourced Geospatial Data", "3D Elevation Program", and other topics. See, notice in the Federal Register, Vol. 80, No. 89, May 8, 2015, at Page 26582. Location: DOI, South Interior Building Auditorium, 1951 Constitution Ave., NW.

8:30 AM - 5:00 PM. Day one of a three day meeting of the Department of Commerce's (DOC) National Institute of Standards and Technology's (NIST) Information Security and Privacy Advisory Board (ISPAB). Free. Open to the public. See, notice in the Federal Register, Vol. 80, No. 99, May 22, 2015, at Page 29625. Location: National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence, 9600 Gudelsky Drive, Room B-105, Rockville, MD.

9:00 AM - 5:00 PM. Day two of a three day meeting of the Federal Aviation Administration's (FAA) Radio Technical Commission for Aeronautics' (RTCA) Special Committee 231, Terrain Awareness Warning Systems. See, notice in the Federal Register, Vol. 80, No. 103, May 29, 2015, at Page 30757. Location: RTCA, Suite 910, 1150 18th St., NW.

9:30 AM. The Department of Commerce's (DOC) International Trade Administration's (ITA) President's Export Council will meet. Webcast. See, notice in the Federal Register, Vol. 80, No. 93, May 14, 2015, at Page 27632. Location: __.

5:00 PM. Deadline to submit comments to the Department of Agriculture's (DOA) Rural Utilities Service (RUS) and the Department of Commerce's (DOC) National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) in response to their request for comments regarding President Obama's memorandum titled "Expanding Broadband Deployment and Adoption by Addressing Regulatory Barriers and Encouraging Investment and Training". See, notice in the Federal Register, Vol. 80, No. 82, April 29, 2015, at Pages 23785-23787.