How Recent Government Initiatives Will Impact IT on Your Campus, October 10, 2000 Preconference Seminar 13P - How Recent Government Initiatives Will Impact

How Recent Government Initiatives Will Impact IT on Your Campus, October 10, 2000

Preconference Seminar 13P - How Recent Government

Initiatives Will Impact IT on Your Campus


Agenda• The EDUCAUSE Policy Process

• Key Federal Issues Covered by EDUCAUSE in 2000

• Break 2:00-2:30 (Ryman Exhibit Hall B5)

• State Perspectives

• Appropriations and future predictions

• Communicating w/the federal government

• Shared Experiences


The EDUCAUSE Policy Process

• How does the EDUCAUSE Policy team choose the issues?

• Partnering with other associations and DC policy wonks

• Communicating to the higher education community


How Does EDUCAUSE Work With Other Associations?

• Coordinate Visits to the Hill/Federal Agencies

• Sign-on Letters to Congress

• Member of Higher Education Alliance for Information Technology

• Participate in Ad-hoc issue groups


Communication

• EDUCAUSE Washington Update– http://listserv.educause.edu/archives/update.html– E-mail: “subscribe update firstname lastname

• Policy Page on EDUCAUSE Website– http://www.educause.edu/policy/policy.html


Legislative Initiatives

• Access and Promoting Deployment of Advanced Networks

• Distance Learning

• Privacy and Security

• Federal Funding of Information Technology Research


Access & Promoting Deployment of Advanced Networks

• Status of Open Access Legislation

• Broadband Internet Access Act of 2000

• Reciprocal Compensation

• Copyright Office Anti-Circumvention Rulemaking

http://www.loc.gov/copyright/1201/anticirc.html


Distance Learning

• Congressional Commission on Web-based Education

http://www.hpcnet.org/webcommission

• 12 Hour Rule

• Status of Codifying Copyright Office Recommendations


Privacy and Security

• Napster: Just the beginning

• Congressional Initiatives– Digital Signatures– Internet Gambling– Internet filtering

http://www.epic.org/privacy/bill_track.html


BREAK (Resume at 2:30)


State of Maryland’s 2000 Technology Goals

• Protect and expand Maryland’s businesses by establishing a bold framework for the digital economy, encouraging growth, and preventing fraud

• Provide security for our families with strong consumer protections, privacy guarantees, and aggressive efforts to protect our children from the dangers of the Internet


State of Maryland’s 2000 Technology Goals

• Dramatically improve consumer service by making Maryland a national leader in delivering government services over the Internet

• Enable law enforcement to fight digital crime


Maryland Information Technology Board Internet Policy

Recommendations• Creating a more efficient and citizen-focused

government through Internet applications• Promoting electronic commerce in Maryland• Facilitating information technology research

and the development of new technologies• Fairness and neutrality in tax policy• Bridging the digital divide


Recommendations (continued)

• Protecting citizen privacy

• Unsolicited bulk e-mail

• The Internet’s emerging role in health care

• Federal Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act

• Internet and Computer-based crimes


State of Maryland’s Technology Agenda

• eMaryland: Becoming the number one e-commerce state in the nation

• Establishing a CEO board of advisors for e-commerce

• Expanding the Internet Technology Investment Fund to provide for Application Service Provider (ASP)Projects


Technology Agenda (continued)

• Expanding government services on-line

• Restructuring the Information Technology Board

• Guaranteeing the right to privacy for citizens

• Protecting citizens from computer crimes


State of Maryland’s 2000 Technology Agenda

• General Assembly’s Initiatives– Adopting Uniform Electronics Transactions Act

(UETA)– Adopting the Uniform Computer Information

Transactions Act (UCITA)– Helping start-up Companies grow and thrive– Regulating Unsolicited e-mail– Prohibiting unauthorized access to computers


General Assembly Initiatives (continued)

– Expanding anti-child pornography laws to the Internet

– Enabling law enforcement to seize child pornography materials


“Digital Dozen”

• eMaryland initiative

• Electronic Government initiative

• State IT board membership and duties

• Privacy policies and data security

• Computer privacy

• Uniform Electronic Transfers Act (UETA)


“Digital Dozen” (continued)

• Uniform Commercial Information Transactions Act (UCITA)

• Maryland Technology Development Corporation

• Circuit Courts Business and Technology Division

• Motor Vehicle’s Administration - Driver’s license and ID cards


“Digital Dozen” (continued)

• Public libraries - Internet Access by minors - obscene materials

• Sales and Use Tax - exemption for digital telecommunications machinery and equipment


Racing to the Finish Line

• Appropriations

• Authorization (Frist-Rockefeller)

• The Impact of the Elections

• What You Can Do


What You Can Do

• Importance of hometown contacts

• Writing the effective letter to Congress

• Other communications: fax, phone, e-mail

• Planning & executing an effective Hill visit

• Follow-up


Shared Experiences

• What are we missing?

• What are your experiences with policy?

• Send comments/questions: [email protected]


http://www.educause.edu/netatedu/events/Net2001/

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How Recent Government Initiatives Will Impact IT on Your Campus, October 10, 2000 Preconference Seminar 13P - How Recent Government Initiatives Will Impact