Spring Forum 2004
April 29 - May 1, 2004
Hyatt Regency, Washington, D.C.
Communications, Technology and Interstate Commerce Committee
Handouts & Links
(as of 5/25/04)
Thursday | Friday | Saturday
| 1:00 pm - 2:30 pm |
Regulating & Taxing New Technologies
Capitol, Lobby Level
States are facing new challenges in the telecommunications and technology
arena. Do the new technological innovations, including Voice Over
Internet Protocol, present impractical regulation and taxation burdens?
A panel of lawmakers and experts will provide an overview of current tax
and regulatory options.
Moderator:
Senator Mac McCracken, South Dakota, Chair, Communications, Technology
and Interstate Commerce Committee
Speakers:
Representative, Federal Communications
Commission, Washington, DC
Rick Cimerman, National Cable & Telecommunications
Association, Washington, DC
Deborah Bierbaum, AT&T, New Jersey
Brian Adkins, National Association of
Regulatory Utility Commissions, Washington, DC
Handouts:
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| 2:45 pm - 4:00 pm |
US Court of Appeals Decision: The Impact on Local
Competition
Capitol, Lobby Level
On March 2, 2004, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Washington, D.C.
Circuit vacated certain sections of the FCC’s Triennial Review Order with
regard to local competition and the role of state regulatory agencies.
The Court required that after a 60-day stay (May 3rd), the rules
that require Bell companies to provide access to their unbundled network
element platforms (UNE-P) at wholesale rates would be eliminated.
On March 31st, the five FCC commissioners asked that all telecommunications
carriers reach commercial agreements on network access and requested an
additional 45 day stay on the Appeals Court decision. The session
will review the Court decision, its impact on local competition and state
regulatory participation and discuss whether NCSL should support or oppose
asking the Administration to appeal the decision to the Supreme Court.
Moderator:
Senator Mac McCracken, South Dakota, Chair, Communications, Technology
and Interstate Commerce Committee
Speakers:
Representative, Federal Communications Commission,
Washington, DC
David Young, Verizon, Washington,
DC
David Condit, AT&T, Washington,
DC
Brad Ramsay, National Association of
Regulatory Utility Commissions, Washington, DC
Representative, United States Telephone
Association, Washington, DC |
| 9:45 am - 11:15 am |
Meeting the Challenges of Rural Telecommunications
(Joint with the Agriculture and Rural Development Committee)
Columbia Foyer, Ballroom Level
Congress made it clear in the Telecommunications Act of 1996 that rural
consumers are to receive affordable telecommunications services comparable
in both quality and price to urban areas. Federal Communications Commissioner
Jonathan Adelstein will discuss the role of the FCC in creating a regulatory
environment that promotes competition and investment in telecommunications
infrastructure so that all consumers can benefit from the most advanced
technologies at reasonable rates. And state legislators will provide
their perspectives on meeting the challenge of connecting rural America.
Moderator:
Senator Mac McCracken, South Dakota, Committee Chair
Speaker:
The Honorable Jonathan
S. Adelstein, Commissioner, Federal Communications
Commission, Washington, DC
Respondent Panel:
Delegate Joe T. May, Virginia
Vice Chair, Communications, Technology and Interstate Commerce Committee |
| 12:45 pm - 2:00 pm |
Theft of Communications Services Acts
Columbia Foyer, Ballroom Level
At least nine states have enacted measures that make it a crime to
possess "unlawful communication and access devices." These laws allow
communication service providers to limit connections to the Internet, cable
or satellite television lines. Critics say the measures could outlaw devices
as video recorders and music players and limit legitimate security measures,
while supporters maintain they are needed to update cable and satellite
protection acts to keep pace with today's hacking technologies. Experts
will discuss the focus of this legislation and its impact on companies
sand consumers.
Moderator:
Dave Larson, Director, Computer Services, Kansas, Staff Vice Chair,
Communications, Technology and Interstate Commerce Committee
Speakers:
Michael Petricone, Consumer Electronics
Association (CEA), Arlington, Virginia
Marc Pearl, Executive Director, Consumer
Electronics Retailers Coalition (CERC), Washington, DC
Vans Stevenson, Senior Vice President State Legislative Affairs,
Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA), Washington, DC
Geoffrey L. Beauchamp, Attorney, Wisler, Pearlstine, Talone, Craig,
Garrity & Potash, LLP, Pennsylvania
Handouts:
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| 2:15 pm - 3:30 pm |
Update on Internet Privacy
Columbia Foyer, Ballroom Level
Consumers express great concerns about their privacy on the Internet,
but at the same time they are increasingly going online to find information
and make purchases. Marketers are using tools to track online behavior
that are invisible to many Internet users, and most consumers don’t know
about available tools to protect their privacy. This session reviews
the Internet privacy issues that consumers are concerned with and the policy
options being considered and adopted in
state legislatures today.
Moderator:
Representative Wayne Harper, Utah, Vice Chair, Communications, Technology
and Interstate Commerce Committee
Speakers:
Senator Steve Kelley, Minnesota, Chair, NCSL Foundation for State Legislatures
(FSL) Internet Privacy Partnership Project
Senator Debra Bowen, California
Representative Stephen Urquhart, Utah
Bill Ashworth, Policy Counsel, Microsoft,
Washington
Jim Harper, Founder and Editor, Privacilla.org,
California
David Koehler, Attorney, Federal Trade
Commission, Washington, D.C.
Handouts:
Speaker Biographies
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| 3:45 pm - 5:00 pm |
E- Pharmacies: Consumer Protection and Regulatory
Challenges
(Joint program with Health Committee)
Conference Theater, Lobby Level
The ability to shop over the Internet provides great benefits as well
as challenges. U.S. consumers are capitalizing on the lower drug
prices offered by Internet pharmacies. But, the proliferation of
Net pharmacies makes regulators and medical professionals worry about proper
medical supervision and quality control, especially to halt scams and counterfeits.
A panel of experts will provide their perspectives.
Moderator:
Senator Ron Amstutz, Ohio, Vice Chair, Communications, Technology and
Interstate Commerce Committee
Speakers:
Carmen A. Catizone, MS, RPh. Executive Director, National Association
of Boards of Pharmacy (NABP), Illinois
Kevin Nicholson, RPh. JD, Director of Pharmacy Regulatory Affairs, National
Association of Chain Drug Stores, Virginia
Sarah Reznek, Consumer Protection and Telemarketing Fraud Enforcement
Project Director and Chief Counsel, National Association of Attorneys General
(NAAG), Washington, DC
Handouts:
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| 8:30 am – 10:00 am |
21st Century IDs: Principles of Effective Identity
Systems
Valley Forge, Ballroom Level
Experts will provide information about the latest advances in making
identification systems and documents more secure and reliable. Members
of the NCSL Identification Security Partnership Project will hold a roundtable
discussion to begin to identify best practices and principles of effective
identification systems.
Moderators:
Senator Steve Kelley, Minnesota
Delegate Joe T. May, Virginia
Speakers:
Lynette Millett, Project Director, Computer Science and Telecommunications
Board, The National Academies,
Washington, DC
Thomas E. Wolfsohn, Senior Vice President, Government Affairs and Communications,
AAMVA, Washington, DC
Reed Stager, Government Affairs Committee Chair,
Document Security Alliance, Oregon
Deborah Little-Bowser, State Registrar and Director, Office of Vital
Records and Health Statistics, Virginia, Chair, National Association for
Public Health Statistics and Information Systems (NAPHSIS)
Fraud Committee
Handouts:
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| 10:00 am - 10:30 am |
Identity Security FSL Partners Project Business
Meeting
Valley Forge, Ballroom Level |
Committee programs are listed in bold. For questions about
the agenda, contact Committee staff, Jo
Anne Bourquard 303-856-1355, or Neal
Osten 202-624-8660. |
Meeting Information
Four ways to register
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Mail: NCSL Registration
P.O. Box 17972
Denver, CO 80217
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