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TLJ Daily E-Mail Alert No. 606, February 18, 2003.
February 18, 2003, 9:00 AM ET, Alert No. 606.
The House, Senate and Supreme Court are in recess.
Most offices in Washington DC are closed due to a heavy snowfall.
POSTPONED DUE TO SNOW. 9:30 AM. The U.S. Court of Appeals (DCCir) will hear oral argument in AT&T v. FCC, No. 01-1485. Judges Tatel, Garland and Williams will preside. Location: 333 Constitution Ave., NW.
POSTPONED DUE TO SNOW. 4:00 PM. Michael Meurer (Boston University School of Law) will present a paper titled "Sharing Copyrighted Works". For more information, contact Robert Brauneis at 202 994-6138 or rbraun@main.nlc.gwu.edu. Location: George Washington University Law School, Faculty Conference Center, Burns Building, 5th Floor, 720 20th Street, NW.
Extended deadline to submit reply comments to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) in response to its Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) [15 pages in PDF] in its proceeding titled "In the Matter of Digital Broadcast Copy Protection". This NPRM proposes that the FCC promulgate a broadcast flag rule, and seeks comment on this, and related questions. This is MB Docket No. 02-230. See, FCC release [PDF] and Order [PDF] of October 11, 2002 extending deadlines. See also, Order [PDF] of January 3, 2003.
Deadline to submit reply comments to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) in response to its Notice of Inquiry (NOI) in the proceeding titled "In the matter of Facilitating the Provision of Spectrum Based Services to Rural Areas and Promoting Opportunities for Rural Telephone Companies To Provide Spectrum Based Services". This is WT Docket No. 02-381. For more information, contact Robert Krinsky at 202 418-0660. See also, notice in the Federal Register, January 7, 2003, Vol. 68, No. 4, at Pages 723 - 730.
Extended deadline to submit comments to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) in response to its Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, (FNPRM), released last month, regarding whether providers of various services and devices not currently within the scope of the FCC's 911 rules should be required to provide access to emergency services. This is CC Docket No. 94-102 and IB Docket No. 99-67. See, notice in the Federal Register, January 23, 2003, Vol. 68, No. 15, at Pages 3214 - 3220, and notice of extension.
10:00 AM. BellSouth Ch/CEO Duane Ackerman will speak about the future of the telecommunications industry. For more information, contact Bill McCloskey at 202 463-4129. Location: Zenger Room, National Press Club, 529 14th St. NW, 13th Floor.
11:15 AM - 2:00 PM. Secretary of the Treasury John Snow will speak at a joint National Chamber Foundation and Policy Insiders luncheon. See, notice. Location: U.S. Chamber of Commerce, 1615 H Street, NW.
12:15 PM. The Federal Communications Bar Association's (FCBA) Young Lawyers Committee will host a brown bag lunch. The topic will be "The Role of In House Counsel". For more information, contact Yaron Dori at ydori@hhlaw.com or Ryan Wallach at rwallach@willkie.com. Location: Conference Room of Willkie Farr & Gallagher, 1875 K St., NW.
12:15 PM. The Federal Communications Bar Association's (FCBA) Transactional Practice Committee will host a brown bag lunch. The topic will be FCC antitrust merger reviews. The speakers will include Jim Bird (head of the Federal Communications Commission's (FCC) Office of General Counsel's (OGC) Transactional Team) and Jim Barker (Latham & Watkins). For more information, contact Lauren Kravetz at 202 418-7944 or lkravetz@fcc.gov. Location: FCC, Room 4-B516.
1:00 PM. Deputy Secretary of Commerce Sam Bodman will to speak to a convention of over 350 aspiring engineers from middle schools on the importance of science and technology. Location: Capitol Hill Hyatt Regency.
Deadline to submit reply comments to the Copyright Office (CO) in response to its Notice of Inquiry (NOI) regarding the exemption of certain classes of works from the prohibition against circumvention of technological measures that control access to copyrighted works, pursuant to 17 U.S.C. § 1201. See, CO summary of this proceeding, notice in the Federal Register: October 15, 2002, Vol. 67, No.199, at Pages 63578 - 63582, and comments already filed.
9:30 AM. The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) will hold a meeting. See, agenda. Location: FCC, 445 12th Street, SW, Room TW-C05 (Commission Meeting Room).
10:00 AM - 12:00 PM. The Department of State's International Telecommunication Advisory Committee (ITAC) will meet. A notice in the Federal Register states that the purpose of this meeting is "to begin preparations for the meeting of the ITU Telecommunications Development Advisory Group, which will take place March 19-21, 2003 in Geneva, Switzerland", and/or "to prepare for the 2003 meeting of the Telecommunications Development Advisory Group (TDAG)". The notice also states requirements for admission. See, Federal Register, February 6, 2003, Vol. 68, at Page 6250. Location: State Department.
9:00 - 11:30 AM. The Federal Communications Commission's (FCC) Public Safety National Coordination Committee, Interoperability Subcommittee will meet at the FCC. Location: FCC, 445 12th Street, SW.
12:30 - 3:00 PM. The Federal Communications Commission's (FCC) Public Safety National Coordination Committee, Technology Subcommittee will meet. Location: FCC, 445 12th Street, SW.
3:00 - 5:30 PM. The Federal Communications Commission's (FCC) Public Safety National Coordination Committee, Implementation Subcommittee will meet. Location: FCC, 445 12th Street, SW.
9:00 AM. The Alliance for Public Technology (APT) will host a policy forum and awards luncheon. The scheduled speakers include Rep. Sylvester Reyes (D-TX), Bruce Mehlman (Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Technology Policy), Kyle Dixon (Special Counsel to FCC Chairman Powell for Broadband Policy), and William Kennard (former FCC Commissioner), and Brett Perlman (Commissioner of the Texas Public Utilities Commission). The program, which is titled "2003 Broadband Forum: Delivering the Promise: Strategies for Universal Broadband Deployment", begins at 9:15 AM. The luncheon is at 12:00 NOON. The policy forum is free; the luncheon is a fundraiser. See, APT notice. Location: National Press Club, 529 14th St. NW, 13th Floor.
9:30 AM - 12:30 PM. The Federal Communications Commission's (FCC) Public Safety National Coordination Committee will meet. See, notice in the Federal Register, January 23, 2003, Vol. 68, No. 15, at Page 3252. Location: FCC, 445 12th Street, SW.
Deadline to submit reply comments to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) regarding BellSouth's December 20, 2002 Petition for Forbearance [16 pages in PDF] from application of the separate subsidiary requirements to provide international directory assistance service. BellSouth asked the FCC to forbear from applying the structural separation requirements of 47 U.S.C. § 272 to allow BellSouth to provide international directory assistance service on an integrated basis together with its local and nonlocal directory assistance services. See, FCC notice [2 pages in PDF]. This is CC Docket No. 97-172.
The Senate will return from its one week recess at 12:00 NOON. The Supreme Court will return from the recess which it began on January 27.
3:00 PM. The Federal Communications Commission's (FCC) Federal State Joint Conference on Accounting Issues will hold a public meeting. See, FCC notice [MS Word]. Location: FCC, Commission Meeting Room (Room TW-C305), at 445 12th Street, SW.
Deadline to submit comments to the The National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) regarding the state uniform commercial code exception to the Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce (E-SIGN) Act. The Act provides, at §101, for the acceptance of electronic signatures in interstate commerce, with certain enumerated exceptions. §103 of the Act provides that the provisions of section 101 shall not apply to "the Uniform Commercial Code, as in effect in any State, other than sections 1-107 and 1-206 and Articles 2 and 2A". The Act also requires the NTIA to review, evaluate and report to Congress on each of the exceptions. The E-SIGN Act is codified at 15 U.S.C. § 7001, et seq. The exceptions are codified at 15 U.S.C. § 7003. See, notice in the Federal Register, December 24, 2002, Vol. 67, No. 247, at Pages 78421 - 78423.

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