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Communications, Technology and Interstate Commerce Committee

Priority Issues || Officers

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2003-04 Priority Issues

Major Issue Areas

• Telecommunications
• Emerging IT/Communications Technologies
• Privacy & Access
• Technology, Crime, and Public Safety
• E- Commerce
• E-Government

1. Rural Communications Development (FCC Speaker for plenary program)
2. Telemarketing: Do Not Call
3. 21^st Century Telecommunications (Committee Policy Statement)

1. Local Competition
2. Rights-of-Way: State Regulation/Federal Preemption
3. Universal Service: Current Mandates/Who Should Pay?
4. Broadband : FCC Order/State Action
5. Wireless
6. Internet Telephony (re: Emerging IT/Communications Technology)

1. Regulatory & Taxing Issues

1. Voice over Internet Protocol (VOIP)
2. Future of State & Local Taxation of Telecommunications services

2. Defining New Technologies

1. Internet Privacy & Spam (FSL Partners Project)
2. Privacy in the Workplace (Joint with Labor and Workforce Committee)
3. Access to Electronic Public Records

1. E-911
2. Spectrum Management: State & Local Public Safety Needs (Committee Policy Statement)
3. Computer Crime
4. Assessing Scientific Evidence (Joint with Law and Justice Committee)
5. IT Intellectual Property Issues (with Law & Justice and/or Education Committees)
6. Super Digital Millennium Copyright Acts (DMCA)

1. Internet and Electronic Commerce (Committee Policy Statement)

1. SPAM and Privacy Concerns (re: Privacy & Access Issues)
2. Remote Sales Tax Collection
3. State & Local Taxation of Internet Access
4. Consumer Protection Laws: Restrictions on Commerce?
5. State Regulation of Online Professional Services (doctors, lawyers, etc.)

1. Citizens Connecting with Government (legislatures & state government)
2. Organizing IT Operations to Streamline Operations & Save Dollars

Communications, Technology and Interstate Commerce Committee
2003-04 Officer Contact Information