[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 109 (Tuesday, June 8, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Page 32372]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-13697]





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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE



National Telecommunications and Information Administration



[Docket No. 100402174-0238-02]

RIN 0660-XA12




Information Privacy and Innovation in the Internet Economy



AGENCY: National Telecommunications and Information Administration, 

U.S. Department of Commerce.



ACTION: Notice of Inquiry, Comment Deadline Extension.



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SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce's Internet Policy Task Force 

announces that the closing deadline for submission of comments 

responsive to the April 23, 2010 notice of inquiry on privacy and 

innovation has been extended until 5 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time (EDT) 

on June 14, 2010.



DATES: Comments are due by 5 p.m. EDT on June 14, 2010.



ADDRESSES: Written comments may be submitted by mail to the National 

Telecommunications and Information Administration at U.S. Department of 

Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue, NW., Room 4725, Washington, DC 

20230. Submissions may be in any of the following formats: HTML, ASCII, 

Word, rtf, or pdf. Online submissions in electronic form may be sent to 

<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#11616378677072683c7f7e783c23212021517f6578703f757e723f767e67"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="a2d2d0cbd4c3c1db8fcccdcb8f90929392e2ccd6cbc38cc6cdc18cc5cdd4">[email protected]</span></a>. Paper submissions should include a three 

and one-half inch computer diskette or compact disc (CD). Diskettes or 

CDs should be labeled with the name and organizational affiliation of 

the filer and the name of the word processing program used to create 

the document. Comments will be posted at http://www.ntia.doc.gov/advisory/privacyinnovation.



FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For general questions about this 

amended Notice contact: Joe Gattuso, Office of Policy Analysis and 

Development, National Telecommunications and Information 

Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue, 

NW., Room 4725, Washington, DC 20230, telephone (202) 482-1880; e-mail 

<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#660c010712121315092608120f074802090548010910"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="2c464b4d5858595f436c4258454d0248434f024b435a">[email protected]</span></a>. Please direct media inquires to NTIA's Office of 

Public Affairs at (202) 482-7002.



SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On April 21, 2010, the Department of 

Commerce (the ``Department'') announced the launch of an initiative 

designed to gather public input and review the nexus between privacy 

policy and innovation in the Internet economy.\1\ In addition, the 

Department announced the formation of a Commerce-wide Internet Policy 

Task Force (``Task Force'') to identify leading public policy and 

operational issues impacting the U.S. private sector's ability to 

realize the potential for economic growth and job creation through the 

Internet.

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    \1\ Commerce Secretary Locke Announces Public Review of Privacy 

Policy and Innovation in the Internet Economy, Launches Internet 

Policy Task Force, Department of Commerce Press Release (April 21, 

2010), at http://www.commerce.gov/news/press-releases?page=1.

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    The Privacy and Innovation Initiative of the Task Force will 

identify policies that enhance: (1) The clarity, transparency, 

scalability and flexibility needed to foster innovation in the 

information economy; (2) the public confidence necessary for full 

citizen participation with the Internet; and (3) fundamental democratic 

values essential to the functioning of a free market and a free 

society.

    On April 23, 2010, the Task Force issued a notice of inquiry on 

privacy and innovation issues with a closing date for comments of June 

7, 2010.\2\ The Task Force announces that the closing deadline for 

submission of comments responsive to the April 23, 2010 notice has been 

extended until 5 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time (EDT) on June 14, 2010.

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    \2\ See 75 FR 21, 226 (April 23, 2010).



    Dated: June 3, 2010.

Lawrence E. Strickling,

Assistant Secretary for Communications and Information.

[FR Doc. 2010-13697 Filed 6-7-10; 8:45 am]

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