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Stopping Spam: Strategies for Effective Enforcement

Representative Wayne Harper
Wayne Harper serves as Speaker Pro-Tempore of the Utah House of Representatives. He is Chair of the House Revenue and Taxation Standing Committee and is a member of the Capital Facilities and Administrative Services Appropriations Subcommittee and the House Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice Committee. He also serves on the Utah State Capitol Preservation Board and the Utah State Historical Records Advisory Board. He also is a member of the Streamlined Sales Tax Project's Implementing States Governing Board. Represen-tative Harper works in business development and is currently the Director of Economic Development for the City of West Jordan, Utah. Previously, he was Manager of Information and Customer Service for the Utah State Tax Commission, Archivist for the LDS Historical Department, and an Instructor at Salt Lake Community College. His community affiliations include serving as a board member of the West Jordan Area Chamber of Commerce, serving as legislative vice-president of the PTA at school and council levels. He also works on behalf of the Utah Alliance for Economic Development, the Conference of Inter-Mountain Archivists, the Utah Redevelopment Association, the International Economic Development Council, and the International Council of Shopping Centers. He is a former member of the West Jordan City Council. Representative Harper holds B.A. and M.S. degrees in history from Brigham Young University.

Senator Steve Kelley
Steve Kelley served in the Minnesota House from 1992 to 1996, was elected to the Minnesota Senate in 1996, and won reelection to the Senate in November 2002. Special legislative concerns to Senator Kelley include property taxes, education, telecommunications and technology. He serves as vice-chair of the Telecommunications, Energy and Utilities Committee and serves on the Education Committee; Higher Education Budget Division Committee; Tax Committee; and Property Taxes Budget Division Committee. His commission work includes the Information Technology Ad Hoc Committee, the Intergovernmental Information Systems Advisory Council, the Minnesota Education Instructional Telecommunications Council and the Telecommunications Services Study Working Group. Senator Kelley received his B.A. from Williams College and J.D. from Columbia University.

Russell E. McGuire
Russell McGuire is an Assistant Attorney General/Prosecutor in the Office of the Attorney General for Virginia, where he is assigned to the Computer Crime Unit. He prosecutes cases involving spam, child pornography and identity theft. Prior to joining the office he served as an Assistant Professor of Criminal and Constitutional Law and is a former prosecutor for the City of Richmond.

E-911: Federal Requirements and State Deployment

Genie Barton, Acting Associate Division Chief
Critical Infrastructure Division of the Wireless Telecommunications Bureau
Federal Communications Commission
Washington, D.C.
Eugenie Barton is the Acting Associate Division Chief of the newly reorganized Public Safety and Critical Infrastructure Division of the Wireless Telecommunications Bureau. Her portfolio contains, among other issues, the policies and implementation issues surrounding enhanced 911 (E911) wireless services. Genie has been at the Commission for three years, first in the Office of the General Counsel, and then in the Policy Division of WTB. Before working as an attorney at the Commission, Genie held legal positions in each of the three branches of the Federal Government. After graduation from law school she served in the judicial branch as law clerk to the Hon. Lawrence Silberman, on the Court of Appeals of the District of Columbia Circuit. She then moved to the executive branch at the Department of Commerce where she worked in the General Counsel's office on technology, telecommunications, intellectual property and other legislation before serving as Acting Senior Technology Advisor to the Secretary. She then moved to the legislative branch where she served as Solicitor to the Board of the Office of Compliance, a new, independent agency that oversaw the application of 11 workplace related laws to the legislative branch. Genie holds a number of degrees. In addition to her law degree from the National College of Law at George Washington University, Genie holds an MA in English from Princeton University, a BA/MA with highest honors from Oxford University, and a BA from Sarah Lawrence College. Before attending law school, Genie worked for six years at the Shakespeare Theatre, as their first dramaturge. She is the mother of 8-year old triplets.

John Crabill, Regional Vice President
National Emergency Number Association; 9-1-1 Coordinator Montgomery County, Maryland
John has 30 years experience in 9-1-1. As the 9-1-1 Coordinator for Montgomery County, for the past fifteen years, John has been involved in a number of state, local and national initiatives to advance 9-1-1. For the last eleven years he has served the Maryland Emergency Number Systems Board as a Committee Chair for; Training and Certification, Wireless and Legislative Committees. In that time he also held the Governor appointment Board Member representing the Mid-Easter Chapter of the Association of Public Safety Communications Officials International.

A recognized leader in his profession, John was elected to the National Emergency Number Association national board in 2001.

Brian F. Fontes, Ph.D.
Vice President for Federal Relations
Cingular Wireless
Washington, D.C.
Dr. Brian Fontes, Vice President for Federal Relations for Cingular Wireless, is responsible for Cingular's Washington, D.C. office and all Federal relations. Prior to joining Cingular Wireless, Dr. Fontes served as the Senior Vice President for Policy and Administration at the Cellular Telecommunications & Internet Association (CTIA). Before joining CTIA, Dr. Fontes served as Chief of Staff for the Federal Communications Commission and as Senior Advisor to FCC Commissioner James H. Quello. In 1995, Dr. Fontes was given the rank of Ambassador and served as head of the United States Delegation to the International Telecommunication Union's (ITU) World Radio Conference held in Geneva, Switzerland. He chaired the World Radio Conference 2003 Industry Advisory Group. Dr. Fontes serves as Chairman of the Communication Regulatory Agency for Bosnia and Herzegovina. Dr. Fontes received a Ph.D. in Mass/Telecommunications from Michigan State University. He currently serves on the Board of Directors of the Federal Communications Bar Association Foundation, the E-911 Institute and Chairman of the Advisory Board for the James H. and Mary B. Quello Center for Telecommunication Management and Law.

Identity Security: How Do We Know It's You?

Senator Bowen has chaired the Senate Energy, Utilities & Communications Committee since 1999 and also serves on the Agriculture & Water Resources, Appropriations, Constitutional Amendments, Housing & Community Development, Natural Resources & Wildlife, and Revenue & Taxation committees. She graduated from Michigan State University and earned her law degree form the University of Virginia.

Katherine M. Hollis
Director Security and Privacy Professional Services
Electronic Data Systems
Herndon, Virginia
katherine.hollis@eds.com
As Director for EDS Security and Privacy Professional Services, Ms. Hollis is responsible for the consulting, technical services, delivery and support of security architecture, secure messaging, identity management, public key infrastructure (PKI), wireless, biometrics and smart cards to the ever-increasing EDS global client base. Prior to coming to EDS, Ms. Hollis spent 15 years with the Department of Defense. She served as special assistant to the Deputy, DOD PKI Program Office while building and implementing the DISA Smart Card IPT and serving as the Federal Chair to the Electronic Commerce Coalition Information Assurance Working Group. Ms. Hollis was the Deputy Director for the Office of the Secretary of Defense Y2K Program and prior to that, the Deputy Director for the Deputy Secretary of Defense Electronic Processes Initiatives (EPIC) Task Force, which formulated the federal government's approach to electronic buying and paying. Ms. Hollis was one of the early program managers for the DOD Electronic Commerce/ Electronic Data Interchange (EC/EDI) program and was responsible for the introduction of the Electronic Processing Nodes concept and the interface with the commercial Value Added Networks (VANs). Ms. Hollis was recently published in the 2002-2003 Who's Who of American Women. She is a member of the Armed Forces Communications and Electronics Association Technical Board and a founding member of the Federated Electronic Government Coalition. During her service to the Department of Defense Ms. Hollis received a 1998 "Federal 100" Award and the Commanders Award for Outstanding Civilian Service. Ms. Hollis is a graduate of the National War College with a Master of Science Degree in National Security Strategy. Her undergraduate degree is in Political Science from the University of Minnesota

The Honorable Steve Kelley
State Senator
205 Capitol
75 Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd.
St. Paul, MN 55155-1606
651- 297-8065
sen.steve.kelley@senate.leg.state.mn.us
Elected to the Minnesota Senate in 1996, Senator Kelley currently chairs the Senate Education Committee and is vice-chair of the Senate Telecommunications, Commerce and Utilities Committee. He is Vice Chair of the Higher Education Budget Division. He has served on the Advisory Council on the Roles and Responsibilities of Local Government, the Intergovernmental Information Systems Advisory Council, the Task Force on Electronic Filing of Real Estate Documents and the Telecommunications Services Study Working Group. From 1997-2000, Senator Kelley chaired the Senate's Ad Hoc Committee on Information Technology. Senator Kelley currently serves as chair of NCSL's new Foundation for State Legislatures (FSL) Partnership Project on Identity Security. From 2001-2003, Senator Kelley chaired NCSL's standing committee that addressed Internet, computers and telecommunications issues, now re-named the Communications, Technology and Interstate Commerce Committee. Senator Kelley is Of Counsel at Mackall Crounse & Moore PLC, a Minneapolis law firm. He received his B.A. from Williams College and his J.D. from the Columbia University School of Law.

The Honorable Joe T. May
State Delegate, Virginia House of Delegates
P. O. Box 406
Richmond, Virginia 23218
804-698-1033
Del_May@house.state.va.us
Delegate Joe May is currently serving his fifth term in the Virginia House of Delegates. He is chairman of the Science and Technology Committee, the Joint Commission on Technology and Science, and the Appropriations Subcommittee on Commerce and Technology. He has sponsored numerous technology and commerce based laws. He was a key participant in Governor Warner's recently enacted IT reform-bill. In September 2000, he received the Governor's Legislative Leadership Award in Technology. Delegate May currently serves as Vice Chair of NCSL's Communications, Technology and Interstate Commerce Standing Committee, and he is Vice Chair of the new Foundation for State Legislatures (FSL) Partnership Project on Identity Security. Delegate May, a member of the Virginia Society of Professional Engineers who holds 18 patents, is founder and CEO of the Virginia based electronic engineering and manufacturing firm, EIT. In 2001 he received the Greater Washington Area "Engineer of the Year Award" and was named "Virginia Biotechnology Legislator of the Year." Delegate May is a graduate of the Virginia Polytechnic Institute.

Michael Vatis, Executive Director
Task Force on National Security in the Information Age
Markle Foundation
10 Rockefeller Plaza, 16th Floor
New York, NY 10020-1903
212-713-7600
Mvatis@markle.org
Michael Vatis is executive director of the Markle Foundation's Task Force on National Security in the Information Age and an attorney with Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver and Jacobson. From 2001 to 2003, he served as director of the Institute for Security Technology Studies at Dartmouth College, a national counter-terrorism and cyber security research center, and as the founding chairman of the Institute for Information Infrastructure Protection (I3P), a consortium of leading cyber security research organizations. From 1998 to 2001, Mr. Vatis was the founding director of the National Infrastructure Protection Center (NIPC), an interagency organization responsible for detecting, warning of, and responding to cyber attacks.  From 1994 to 1998, Mr. Vatis served as associate deputy attorney general and deputy director of the Executive Office for National Security at the U. S. Department of Justice, where he was responsible for coordinating the department's activities in the areas of counter-terrorism, counterintelligence, infrastructure protection, and cyber crime. From 1993 to 1994, Mr. Vatis was special counsel at the U. S. Department of Defense. Mr. Vatis also served as a law clerk for U.S. Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall and for then-Judge Ruth Bader Ginsburg on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. Mr. Vatis earned his law degree from Harvard Law School in 1988, graduating Magna Cum Laude and serving as Supervising Editor of The Harvard Law Review. He received his undergraduate degree, also Magna Cum Laude, from Princeton University.

Richard J. Varn, President
RJV Consulting
620 42nd St
Des Moines, IA 50312-2732
515- 255-3650
rjmvarn@msn.com
Richard J. Varn is President and founder of RJV Consulting. His firm, founded in 1988, serves public and private sector clients and specializes in information technology, business strategy, innovation, and public policy consulting. He is a Senior Fellow with the Center for Digital Government, a Technology Policy Advisor to the National Retail Federation, and serves on the Board of Trustees for the Educational Testing Service. He is currently engaged as the Chief Technology Officer for the Business Gateway, a federal initiative to implement enterprise e-forms solutions and streamline regulatory processes. Mr. Varn's first career was in public service. He began in 1981 as a state legislative staff person. He went on to win elected office and served as a State Representative for four years and as a State Senator for eight years. During that time, he was twice elected Majority Whip, created and chaired the first Communications and Information Policy Committee, and chaired the Education Appropriations, Human Services Appropriations, and Judiciary Committees. He was the first Iowa legislator to install and use a computer in the Iowa legislative chambers. He left the legislature in 1994 to teach and be Director of Telecommunications and IT Production Services at the University of Northern Iowa. There he led a successful reorganization of the technology departments and created numerous innovative e-learning programs. He returned to state government in 1999 to create the state's first Information Technology Department, and he served as its first Director and as the state's first CIO. Mr. Varn returned to full-time consulting in 2003. Mr. Varn has received numerous awards and recognitions for his public service. He was named twice to the Federal 100, he received the National Association of State Chief Information Officers Outstanding Achievement Award in the Field of Information Technology for Iowa's Return on Investment Program, and he received the Award for Outstanding Support for Distance Learning from the Iowa Distance Learning Association. His degrees and academic honors include membership in Phi Beta Kappa and numerous other honor societies, a B. A. with honors in Political Science, and a Juris Doctorate with distinction from the University of Iowa.

Organizing IT to Streamline and Save Dollars

The Honorable Joe T. May
State Delegate, Virginia House of Delegates
P. O. Box 406
Richmond, Virginia 23218
804-698-1033
Del_May@house.state.va.us
Delegate Joe May is currently serving his fifth term in the Virginia House of Delegates. He is chairman of the Science and Technology Committee, the Joint Commission on Technology and Science, and the Appropriations Subcommittee on Commerce and Technology. He has sponsored numerous technology and commerce based laws. He was a key participant in Governor Warner's recently enacted IT reform-bill. In September 2000, he received the Governor's Legislative Leadership Award in Technology. Delegate May currently serves as Vice Chair of NCSL's Communications, Technology and Interstate Commerce Committee.  Delegate May, a member of the Virginia Society of Professional Engineers who holds 18 patents, is founder and CEO of the Virginia based electronic engineering and manufacturing firm, EIT. In 2001 he received the Greater Washington Area "Engineer of the Year Award" and was named "Virginia Biotechnology Legislator of the Year." Delegate May is a graduate of the Virginia Polytechnic Institute.

The Honorable Thomas M. Jarrett
Secretary, Department of Technology and Information
Chief Information Officer
801 Silver Lake Boulevard
Dover, Delaware 19904
302-739-9628
Thomas.Jarrett@state.de.us
Thomas Jarrett has served as Chief Information Officer/Cabinet Secretary of the Delaware Department of Technology and Information (DTI) since his appointment by the governor in February 2002. As the Chief Information Officer/Secretary of DTI, Secretary Jarrett is responsible for all of the state's information technology needs. He is also is managing the transition from the Office of Information Services to the new Department of Technology and Information until June 30, 2003, when the Office of Information Services will cease to exist. In addition to serving as the Governor's chief advisor on technology matters, Secretary Jarrett chairs Delaware's Technology Investment Council and is a member of the E911 Advisory Board. Secretary Jarrett also is an active member of the National Association of State Chief Information Officers (NASCIO), an association of chief information officers from the 50 states, six U.S. territories, and the District of Columbia. He was recently elected as Vice President of NASCIO. Secretary Jarrett came to his current position after 30 years of service with Verizon Delaware where he had worked in various areas of new technology deployment and as Director of Government Affairs.

G. Curtis Clark, e-Business Solutions Executive
Public Sector, The Americas, IBM
North Carolina
919-871-6135
cclark1@us.ibm.com
In his current position at IBM as an e-Business Solution Executive, Mr. Clark works with state and local governments throughout the Americas to identify opportunities for utilizing existing and emerging technologies to restructure governmental programs and operations. He assists governments in understanding how these technologies can improve citizen and business services, enhance economic development, provide for more efficient operations and redefine communities and governance. In a prior position with IBM, Mr. Clark managed the IBM relationship with state and local governmental entities in the Carolinas. Mr. Clark also has held positions as Deputy State Controller for Information Resource Management for the State of North Carolina and as a Senior Manager of National Government Services Practice for KPMG Peat Marwick. From June 1992 though June 1994, Mr. Clark served as Executive Director of State Government Performance Audit for the North Carolina General Assembly, and prior to that he was a performance auditor for the North Carolina Department of State Auditor. He has served as a member of the North Carolina General Assembly's Joint Technology Committee and as a member of the steering team for the Institute of Government's Public Technology Center at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Mr. Clark holds a B. A. degree from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and is a Certified Public Accountant.

Update on Telemarketing and the Status of Do Not Call

Jeff Kramer, Senior Legislative Representative
AARP
Washington, D.C.
Jeff Kramer is Senior Legislative Representative in the Federal Affairs Department of AARP where he represents the Association in Washington on utility, telecommunications, death care and consumer fraud issues. Prior to joining AARP in 1997, Jeff was the Manager of Political Affairs at the Edison Electric Institute where he worked for nine years. His duties at EEI entailed representing the electric utility industry on Capitol Hill and within the Executive Branch. A native of Brooklyn, New York, Jeff received his B.A. in American Government from the University of Virginia and his J.D. from George Mason University. He is a member of the Federal Communications Bar Association and was recently reappointed to a second term on the Consumer Advisory Committee at the FCC.

Joseph Sanscrainte, Director of Regulatory Affairs and General Counsel for Call Compliance, Inc.
Glen Cove, New York
Joseph Sanscrainte is the Director of Regulatory Affairs and General Counsel for Call Compliance, Inc., located in Glen Cove, New York. Mr. Sanscrainte serves as Co-Chair of the American Teleservices Association State Legislative Committee, and is a member of the American Resort Development Association's State Legislative and Technology Sub-Committees, the American Teleservices Association Education and Government Affairs Committees, and the Direct Marketing Association's Teleservices Council. Mr. Sanscrainte is regularly sought after as a speaker and writer on do-not-call compliance and related technology issues, most recently taking part in both the American Teleservices Association and Newspaper Association of America 2003 national Compliance Seminar series. He is also the Editor of the Regulatory Guide^(SM), the industry's only comprehensive, online source for telemarketing-related regulatory information.