Honorable Roger Roy
State Representative
Delaware

Ann Cornwell
Secretary of the Senate 
Arkansas

The Honorable Robert Jauch 
State Senator 
Wisconsin

Lou Adamson
LIS Coordinator, Legislative Research Council 
South Dakota

The Honorable Steve Kelley
State Senator 
Minnesota
 

Sean Johnson
Director, Information Technology 
House of Representatives 
Florida

This program will provide an overview of state and local readiness for the Year 2000.   Speakers will discuss recent surveys that indicate the status of government preparation efforts, and they will discuss areas that still need to be addressed 

Moderator: 
Representative Roger Roy, Delaware
Chair, NCSL Communications and Information Policy Committee

Speakers:
Steve Kolodney, Director 
Department of Information Services, Washington 
Chair, NASIRE Year 2000 Committee

Terry Wood, Councilman
Jacksonville, Florida
 

• NASIRE
• NASIRE's Online Survey on Y2K Remediation of the States
• National Association of Counties (NACO) Y2K
• NACO's Y2K Survey of America's Counties 

What efforts are underway in state legislatures to minimize the impact of Year 2000?  In this session, state legislators will discuss legislative oversight, public education and outreach, coordination with business and government agencies, and state legislation to address Y2K concerns.
 

Moderator: 
Senator Bob Jauch, Wisconsin
Vice Chair, NCSL Communications and Information Policy Committee
Chair, Year 2000 Subcommittee 

Speakers: 
Senator Steve Kelley, Minnesota
Vice Chair, NCSL Communications and Information Policy Committee

Delegate Joe May, Virginia

Travis Moore
Office of Senator John Grant, Florida

Moderator: 
Representative Roger Roy, Delaware

Speaker:
Robert H. Ledig, Partner
Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson
Washington, DC

• Robert Ledig's Presentation
• Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson

Experts agree that despite careful preparations for Y2K, it is critical for government to formulate plans to respond to the various kinds of disruptions  that could occur.  In this session, speakers will discuss the elements of contingency planning and how best to help communities prepare. 

Moderator:
Senator Bob Jauch, Wisconsin

Speakers: 
Scott McPherson, Executive Director
Team Florida 2000

Craig Fugate, Bureau Chief of Preparedness and Response
Florida Division of Emergency Management

Michael Barnes
Director, Disaster Services for Northeast Florida 
American Red Cross
Florida

Chip Patterson
Jacksonville Emergency Preparedness Director
Florida
 

• Team Florida 2000
• Acme, Florida Public Information Officers Y2K Awareness Campaign
• Team Florida 2000 Y2K Consequence Management
• Emergency Management Breakout Group Coordination Issues
• Executive Briefing: History of Year 2000 Efforts in Florida
• LCIR Survey & Process Overview
• How to Replicate Team Florida at the Local  Level
• Year 2000 & Emergency Management
• American Red Cross's Y2K Page
• Scott McPherson's Presentation

This session will preview the new NCSL video that describes the Y2K problem and how state and local governments are addressing Y2K issues. 

Presiding:
Representative Roger Roy, Delaware

Speaker:
Robin Karr-Morse

Speaker:
Harold Hodgkinson

There now are more than 60 million Internet users who have access to a growing volume of financial, governmental and consumer information. In this session, privacy experts will discuss the range of issues that policymakers face in crafting privacy policy for a cyber society. 

Moderator:
Senator Steve Kelley, Minnesota
Vice-Chair Communications and Information Policy Committee

Speakers: 
Representative Jeff Hatch-Miller
Arizona

Anne Jennings, Marketing Communications
Manager, TRUSTe
Washington, DC

David L. Sobel, General Counsel
Electronic Privacy Information Center 
Washington, DC

Alden Schacher, Manager
Government Affairs
Dun & Bradstreet

• TRUSTe
• Electronic Privacy Information Center 
• Dun & Bradstreet

While the volume of Internet commerce continues to grow beyond the industry’s wildest dreams, state and local policymakers continue to struggle with modernizing their tax systems for the electronic commerce revolution. Participants in this session will discuss the latest efforts to reform state and local sales and telecommunications taxes, receive an update on the federal Advisory Commission on Electronic Commerce, and discuss NCSL’s policy position on electronic commerce. 

Moderator:
Representative Roger Roy, Delaware

Speakers:
Scott Mackey, Chief Economist
NCSL, Denver

Neal Osten, Committee Director
NCSL, Washington, DC

Presiding:
Representative Roger Roy, Delaware

Slamming, the unauthorized switching of long distance telephone service providers, is an issue of growing concern in state legislatures.  This session will look at what states are doing to regulate this act and the possible impact of federal legislation. 

Moderator: 
Lou Adamson, LIS Coordinator, South Dakota
Staff Chair, Communications and Information Policy Committee

Speakers:
Representative Luis Rojas, Florida

Whitney Malone
Assistant to the House Majority Leader
Tenneesee

Annette Cleckner, Consumer Affairs Manager
Law & Public Policy Department
MCI WorldCom Communications, Virginia

• Annette Cleckner's Presentation
• Tenneessee H.B. 2908
• TN Regulatory Rules for Cramming (PDF) 
• TN Regulatory Rules for Slamming (PDF)
• Slamming statutes:
• TN 65-4-125
• FL 364.601

Four states, Nevada, California, Washington and Virginia, have passed laws regulating spamming and a number are considering legislation this year. This session will look at what states are doing to halt the unauthorized sending of “junk” e-mail and the possible impact of federal legislation. 
 

Moderator: 
Sean Johnson, Director, Information Technology,  House of Representatives, Florida
Staff Vice-Chair, Communications and Information Policy Committee

Speakers:
Delegate Kenneth Plum, Virginia 

Ray Everett-Church, Counsel 
Coalition Against Unsolicited Commercial E-Mail  (CAUCE)
Virginia

Jerry Cerasale, Senior Vice President
Government Affairs, Direct Marketing Association
Washington, DC

• Delegate Ken Plum's Remarks
• Ray Everett-Church's Presentation
• Coalition Against Unsolicited Commercial E-Mail  (CAUCE)
• Direct Marketing Association

In 1998 the U.S. Court of Appeals (Eighth Circuit) held that the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) did not have the authority to implement an interconnection section of the Telecommunications Act of 1996.  The court stated that previous FCC rulings "trampled on state rights."   This session will offer an understanding of the recently-decided U.S. Supreme Court case that overturns the appellate court's ruling. 
 

Moderator: 
Ann Cornwell, Secretary of the Senate, Arkansas
Staff Chair, Communications and Information Policy Committee

Speakers: 
Rob Vandiver, General Counsel
Florida Public Service Commission

Nancy White, General Counsel
BellSouth, Florida

Tracy Hatch, Attorney
Law and Government Affairs
AT&T, Florida