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Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2004 (Engrossed Amendment as Agreed to by Senate), (H.R. 2417). Senate agreed to conference report by voice vote, November 21. The conference report, H. Rept. 108-381, was approved by the House, by a vote of 264-163, on November 20. The specific provision that is the focus of concern is …
This afternoon, after considerable negotiation and recent reports of hightened pressure to reach an agreement, the House of Representatives voted 392-5 to accept an amended version, the pdf text of which is available via CNET, of the Senate’s CAN-SPAM Act of 2003 (S. 877). Tauzin Announces Agreement On Historic Anti-Spam Bill, states that the bill: …
Cybersecurity & Consumer Data: What’s at Risk for the Consumer? – Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade, and Consumer Protection, November 19, 2003. Witness List & Prepared Testimony Member statements: The Honorable Cliff Stearns and The Honorable W.J. “Billy” Tauzin Prepared Statement of FTC Commissioner Orson Swindle
The CAN-SPAM Act of 2003: Real Reform or Political Pork? by Neil J. Squillante: “Many of my peers in the online marketing industry claim that requiring permission (opting in) would destroy emails commercial potential. I disagree and can personally attest to the fact that permission is good for business. If companies produce outstanding email newsletters …
“As Congress moves into the final wrangling over an update to the Fair Credit Reporting Act designed in part to slow the growth of identity theft, victim advocates are complaining the legislation might actually make things worse. The central issue is one of the oldest debates in American politics: states rights vs. a strong central …
From FAS, news about this CRS report: “The occasional practice of holding closed door sessions of Congress is surveyed in Secret Sessions of Congress: A Brief Historical Overview by Mildred Amer, Congressional Research Service, updated August 5, 2003.”
The House Energy and Commerce Committee Telecommunications and the Internet Subcommittee held a hearing on November 6 entitled, Computer Viruses: The Disease, the Detection, and the Prescription for Protection: Prepared testimony from – Richard D. Pethia, Director, CERT Coordination Center; Ken Silva, Vice President, VeriSign Inc.; John W. Thompson, Chairman & CEO, Symantec Corporation.
The Senate vote on a ban on taxes for Internet services (ISPs, music and entertainment) was postponed due to lack of agreement on the time frame for the extension (either five years, or permanently). States contend that lost revenues from a permanent ban will amount to more than $20 billion per year. Internet Tax Non-discrimination …
Internetnews.com reports that the Internet Committee of the National Association of Attorneys General sent a letter to House leaders indicating their opposition to the CAN SPAM Act, under consideration by the House and already passed by the Senate. The reasons included “that the amended act has so many loopholes, exceptions and standards of proof that …
The Memory Hole announced that it has added links to over 300 Congressional Research Service Reports (Long Reports, Short Reports, Issue Briefs, Appropriations Reports) that were recently removed from free public web access. These CRS research are only a selection of the total number published, and the editor of The Memory Hole website is actively …
Internetnews.com reports that Speaker of the House Dennis Hastert may push forward with a full floor vote on the Can Spam Act (passed by the Senate on October 22) tomorrow. The goal of passing an anti-spam bill by the end of the year is questionable in light of objections to various provisions of the Act.
California’s pioneering Financial Information Privacy Act SB 1, signed by Gov. Gray Davis on August 27, is in serious jeopardy of being preempted by amendments to the Fair Credit Reporting Act. Congress Is Close to Eliminating a Privacy Law Privacy bill may curtail safeguards in state law
