1/13. The U.S. Court of Appeals (4thCir) issued its opinion [10 pages in PDF] in BIS Computer Solutions v. Richmond, a case involving who can sue for breach of a contract to create, install and maintain a computerized records management system. The Court of Appeals held that a subcontractor can not sue for breach of contract because it was not an intended third party beneficiary.

The City of Richmond contracted with Halifax Corporation, which subcontracted with BIS Computer Solutions. BIS was not a party to the contract, and the contract did not identify BIS. However, the contract did provide that Halifax would subcontract, and that Halifax could not change subcontractor without approval of Richmond.

BIS filed a complaint against Richmond alleging various claims, including breach of contract. The U.S. District Court (EDVa) held that BIS was a third party beneficiary of the contract, and allowed the case to go to the jury, which returned a verdict for BIS on the breach of contract claim. The District Court remitted the jury award, added interest, and entered judgment for BIS in the amount of $1,630,451.

Richmond appealed. The Court of Appeals reversed. It held, as a matter of state law and contract law generally, that BIS was merely an incidental third party of the contract, and therefore could not sue under the contract. Only intended third party beneficiaries may sue for breach of contract.

This case is BIS Computer Solutions, Inc. v. Richmond of Richmond, Virginia, U.S. Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit, App. Ct. Nos. 04-1455 and 04-1466, appeals from the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, at Richmond, Judge Henry Hudson presiding, D.C. No. CA-02-889-3. The Court of Appeals further wrote that its opinion is unpublished, and that "Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit. See Local Rule 36(c)."

1/14. The Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC) published in its web site two Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) reports to the Congress regarding the FBI's e-mail monitoring program named "Carnivore", and later renamed "DCS 1000". The EPIC obtained these two reports in response to request made pursuant to the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA).

The two reports state that the FBI did not use Carnivore during the relevant time periods, Fiscal Year 2002 and Fiscal Year 2003. However, it did use "commercially available software" that constituted "network collection devices on packet networks" to carry out surveillance authorized by 13 court orders.

The FY 2002 report [5 pages in PDF] is titled "Carnivore/DCS 1000 Report to Congress" and dated February 23, 2003. It states that "The FBI conducted court-ordered surveillance of authorized subject accounts using commercially available software owned by the FBI and deployed on data networks on five occasions during Fiscal Year 2002. Three deployments were made to implement court orders issued under section 3123. The other two deployments were to effect court ordered surveillance under section 2518. Of these occurrences, both involve pending sensitive investigations and are therefore not reported herein. The FBI made no use of DCS 1000, to effect court-ordered surveillance during that time period."

The FY 2003 report [pages in PDF] is titled "Carnivore/DCS 1000 Report to Congress" and dated December 18, 2003. It contains similar information to the FY 2002 report. It too states that the FBI made no use of Carnivore to effect court ordered surveillance during the covered time period. It states that the FBI used commercially available software eight times, six of which were pursuant to Section 3123 orders.

The reports also contain information about the nature of the criminal investigations for which the Section 3123 (regarding pen register and trap and trace device) orders were obtained. Several involved investigations related to terrorism and weapons of mass destruction. Several investigations involved non-terrorism related matters, such as obscene and harassing phone calls, child pormography, and sexual exploitation of children. In some matters in which Section 3123 orders were obtained, such as those related to money laundering, the report does not indicate whether the investigation was terrorism related.

The FY 2002 report was signed by Thomas Richard, Assistant Director of the FBI Investigative Technology Division. The FY 2003 report wais signed by Marcus Thomas, Acting Assistant Director of the FBI Investigative Technology Division. Both reports were submitted to the House Judiciary Committee and Senate Judiciary Committee, pursuant to statutory requirement.

18 U.S.C. § 3123, which is referenced in the reports, pertains to the "Issuance of an order for a pen register or a trap and trace device". 18 U.S.C. § 2518 pertains to the "Procedure for interception of wire, oral, or electronic communications".

Pen registers and trap and trace devices are old telephone industry terms. The statutes for wiretaps and pen register and trap and trace orders were drafted with analog Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN) voice service in mind. Originally, 18 U.S.C. § 3127 provided that a pen register records the numbers that are dialed or punched into a telephone, while a trap and trace device captures the incoming electronic or other impulses which identify the originating number of an instrument or device from which a wire or electronic communication was transmitted.

The USA PATRIOT Act, at § 216, expanded the scope of surveillance under pen register and trap and trace authority to include internet routing and addressing information. That is, an e-mail address in the "To:" line of an e-mail message is somewhat analogous to the number dialed in a PSTN voice call.

The full title of the USA PATRIOT Act is the "Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act of 2001". It was passed by the 107th Congress as HR 3162. It became Public Law 107-56 on October 26, 2001.

Several key sections of the PATRIOT, including § 214, pertaining to "Pen register and trap and trace authority under FISA", will sunset on December 31, 2005 unless the Congress extends them.

The pen register and trap and trace provisions in the PATRIOT Act were a matter of some controversy when the PATRIOT was being debated. This language is also the subject of various proposals to revise the PATRIOT Act.

Sen. Larry Craig (R-ID) and Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-VT) both introduced bills in the 108th Congress that contain provisions relating to pen register and trap and trace surveillance. Sen. Craig's bill was S 1709, the "Security and Freedom Ensured Act of 2003", or SAFE Act, introduced on October 2, 2003. See, story titled "Senators Craig and Durbin Introduce Bill to Modify PATRIOT Act" in TLJ Daily E-Mail Alert No. 753, October 6, 2003.

Sen. Leahy's bill was S 1695, the "PATRIOT Oversight Restoration Act", introduced on October 1, 2003. See, story titled "Sen. Leahy Introduces Bill to Expand List of Surveillance Provisions of PATRIOT Act to Be Sunsetted" in TLJ Daily E-Mail Alert 757, October 14, 2003.

See also, stories titled "Sen. Lisa Murkowski Introduces Bill to Roll Back Surveillance Provisions of PATRIOT Act", "Section by Section Summary of S 1552", and "The PATRIOT Act and the Murkowski Bill: An Analysis of Rules for Issuance of Electronic Surveillance Orders" in TLJ Daily E-Mail Alert No. 712, August 6, 2004. And see, "Panel Addresses PATRIOT Act and Civil Liberties" in TLJ Daily E-Mail Alert No. 644, April 15, 2003.

President Bush and Attorney General Ashcroft oppose legislation that would limit pen register and trap and trace authority.

1/12. Roger Ferguson, Vice-Chairman of the Federal Reserve Board (FRB), gave a long speech titled "Recessions and Recoveries Associated with Asset-Price Movements: What Do We Know?" to the Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research in Stanford, California.

Since the recession of 2001 immediately followed a sharp decline in stock prices, Ferguson examined to what extent changes in stock prices affect overall economic output, and how any relationship might inform economic policy. He concluded that "sweeping generalizations regarding asset-price-bust recessions and subsequent recoveries are not easily made. Idiosyncrasies dominate comparisons in the historical data. As such, each recession-and-recovery episode would seem to call for its own tailor-made policy response."

He also said that retrospectively identifying bubbles and busts, and overvaluations and underevaluations, is difficult, and "arguably impossible in real time. As a result, although asset-price booms and busts are often linked to recessions, a clear-cut policy response to suspected waves of exuberance cannot be suggested."

Ferguson (at right) reviewed the entire U.S. economy, with comparisons to other major economies, over the last 30 years. However, Ferguson also focused several times on the U.S. technology sector, and the rise and decline of tech stocks in the 1990s.

He stated that "The 1990s will be remembered not only for this remarkably long period of prosperity but also for the excitement of the ``new economy´´ and, less happily, for the sharp decline in equity prices that marked its end. This market correction was most dramatic in sectors of the economy associated with new technologies, the very sectors that had experienced the most pronounced run-up in equity prices."

He also analyzed the effect of rising asset prices on businesses. First, he said that it raises the net worth of companies that own assets, which in turn, raises the business' creditworthiness, and lowers the interest rates that they pay; and these, in turn, increase business investment.

He continued that if asset prices rise in one sector, such as technology, more than others, this could have adverse allocative consequences for the economy.

He continued, "In particular, if asset prices do not accurately reflect the productive potential of the underlying asset, investment will be channeled to the wrong sectors. However, an asset-price boom in a specific sector might simply reflect investor expectations of higher productivity rather than a bubble, a term I will define in a few moments. Investment would still tend to be channeled to that sector, but for good reason in this instance. One example of a sector-specific jump in asset prices and an associated investment increase is the case of the U.S. technology sector in the late 1990s. Over the five years from the end of 1994 to the end of 1999, prices of nontech stocks tripled while those of tech stocks more than quintupled. Correspondingly, the average level of real investment in computers and other high-tech capital goods was more than 100 percent higher over the 1995-99 period than its level during 1994, while spending on other types of fixed capital was only about 15 percent higher than in 1994."

1/9. Federal Reserve Board (FRB) Governor Donald Kohn gave a speech titled "Central Bank Communication" to the Annual Meeting of the American Economic Association in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Also, on January 6, 2005, he gave a speech titled "Crisis Management: The Known, the Unknown, and the Unknowable" at another conference in Philadephia.

Neither of these speeches was about technology law or policy. He only spoke about central banking and regulation of financial institutions and markets. He focused on information, sharing of information, and uncertainty. Among other topics, he analyzed the dissemination of information by the government to market participants where the government plays a role in that market. He also analyzed the benefits to policy making when governments can obtain information. That is, his talks included discussions of several aspects of government transparency.

Kohn has simply provided some economic analysis of information and central banking. However, some readers might find this useful when thinking about information and technology related regulation.

U.S. government officials frequently advocate greater government transparency. Although, it is usually in the context of belittling some other government's information related practices, not those of U.S. government entities. Also, these criticisms often involve regulation of the tech sector. For example, Commerce Secretary Don Evans last week lambasted the People's Republic of China in a speech in Beijing for its lack of transparency in its patent process. He cited the case of China's denying Pfizer's patent application for the drug Viagra. He said that in China "the process for obtaining patents is not transparent or predictable".

In addition, the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative's (USTR) recently complained about China's lack of transparency in its decision making processes. It found in its December 13, 2004 report [90 pages in PDF] titled "2003 Report To Congress On China's WTO Compliance" that China has "a poor record of providing an opportunity for public comment before new or modified laws and regulations are implemented."

This USTR report continued that "Typically, the ministry or agency drafting a new or revised law or regulation consulted with and submitted drafts to other ministries and agencies, Chinese experts and affected Chinese companies. At times, it also consulted with select foreign companies, although it would not necessarily share drafts with them. As a result, only a small proportion of new or revised laws and regulations were issued after a period for public comment, and even in those cases the amount of time provided for public comment was generally too short." See also, story titled "USTR Releases 3rd Annual Report on WTO Compliance by PR China" in TLJ Daily E-Mail Alert No. 1,038, December 15, 2004.

See also, the USTR's December 18, 2003 report titled "2003 Report To Congress On China's WTO Compliance", and stories titled "USTR Complains About Lack of Transparency in the PR China" and "Commentary: Process and Transparency" in TLJ Daily E-Mail Alert No. 804, December 22, 2003.

The USTR also raises transparency issues with many other countries. Transparency is now typically the subject of free trade agreement negotiations.

Some readers may find Kohn's speeches irrelevant to technology law and policy, because he did not address regulation of the tech sector. Others may find them significant, for several reasons. First, he directs his analysis at a U.S. governmental entity. Second, his analysis is in depth, includes economic analysis, and considers the costs and benefits to public welfare. In contrast, when the USTR and Commerce Department discuss the lack of transparency, they typically focus on the unfairness of discrimination against U.S. companies, rather than the efficiency of markets. Third, some aspects of Kohn's analysis may be transferable to other government entities, including those that impact the technology sector, both as to their collection of information, and their dissemination of information.

Kohn (at right) stated in his January 9 speech that "markets work better ... with more information". Markets allocate resources, and information is needed to efficiently allocate these resources. And, he notes, the FRB is involved in the financial markets. It possesses information that is of interest to market participants. Hence, by conducting itself in a more transparent manner in providing both policy and economic forecast information, investors will have more information, and make more informed investment decisions. And then, markets will work better.

He also pointed out that government transparency in making information available takes on new importance as more individuals becoming investors. He added that "Technological change -- including the ubiquitous Internet -- has made it easier to cater to and feed this interest by making more information available more quickly and cheaply."

Kohn also conceded that "economists do not fully understand how markets incorporate information".

One example that Kohn used was the FRB's promptly making available the minutes of its Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) meetings.

In the case of the technology sector, some government agencies hold no public meetings at which agency actions are substantively debated, adopt regulations but only release short press releases, or adopt regulations knowing that they bear a high probability of being overturned on judicial review. If one were to apply Kohn's analysis, these sorts of practices decrease transparency in the sense that they leave investors uncertain as to the regulatory environment in which technology companies operate. Hence, it might be argued that such practices impair the efficiency of investment in the tech sector, and the efficiency of resource allocations by tech companies.

In his long January 6 speech, Kohn covered many topics related to information and uncertainty at the FRB. He pointed out that, among other things, central banks work better, particularly in crises, the more information that they have. And, he said, central bankers are dependent upon a number of sources for their information, including sources in the private sector.

It might be argued that agencies that regulate various activities of the tech sector make decisions that allocate resources, limit the use of resources, and limit transactions. Yet, these agencies lack the collective information of the marketplace. To make efficient decisions, these agencies need to obtain information from tech companies, innovators, users, investors, and others. And, transparent decision and rule making processes tend to increase the information that is made available to such agencies. Without such transparency, agencies make less efficient decisions.

But, Kohn did not apply his analysis to anyone other than central bankers. And, it is beyond the scope of this article to review the many aspects of the decision making processes at tech related agencies in the U.S. and elsewhere that lack transparency.

The House will not meet. It will next meet on January 20, 2005. See, Republican Whip Notice.

The Senate will not meet. It will next meet on January 20, 2005.

9:00 AM. The Senate Foreign Relations Committee will hold a hearing on the nomination of Condi Rice to be Secretary of State. Location: Room 216, Hart Building.

3:00 - 4:00 PM. The Economic Development Administration (EDA) and the National Association of Regional Councils (NARC) will host a panel discussion titled "The Marriage of Innovation and Entrepreneurship: A New Model for High-Growth Economic Development". The participants will include Phillip Bond (Under Secretary of Commerce for Technology) and Sandy Baruah (Chief of Staff of the Commerce Department's Economic Development Administration). The event will be telecast. See, notice.

Deadline to submit comments to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) in response to its Second Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (2FNPRM) regarding reducing barriers to secondary markets for spectrum rights. See, notice in the Federal Register, December 27, 2004, Vol. 69, No. 247, at Pages 77560 - 77568. This 2FNPRM is a part of a larger item that the FCC adopted on July 8, 2004, and released on September 2, 2004. See, story titled "FCC Adopts Second Secondary Markets Report and Order" in TLJ Daily E-Mail Alert No. 934, July 9, 2004; and story titled "FCC Releases Second Secondary Markets Report and Order" in TLJ Daily E-Mail Alert No. 969, September 3, 2004. See also, story titled "FCC Sets Comment Deadlines on 2FNPRM Regarding Secondary Markets for Spectrum" in TLJ Daily E-Mail Alert No. 1,045, December 28, 2004.

8:30 AM - 12:00 NOON. The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) will host a meeting to discuss the policy, privacy, and security issues associated with Homeland Security Presidential Directive-12, titled "Common Identification Standard for Federal Employees and Contractors". See, agenda [PDF]. The event is free and open to the public. However, January 11 is the deadline to register. Contact Sara Caswell at Sara.caswell@nist.gov or 301 975-4634. Location: auditorium, Potomac Center Plaza, 550 12th Street, SW (near the Smithsonian and L’Enfant Plaza metro stations).

9:00 AM. The Senate Foreign Relations Committee will hold a hearing on the nomination of Condi Rice to be Secretary of State. Location: Room 216, Hart Building.

9:30 AM. The Senate Judiciary Committee will hold an executive business meeting. Sen. Arlen Specter (R-PA) will preside. See, notice. Location: Room 226, Dirksen Building.

9:30 AM - 5:00 PM. The North American Numbering Council (NANC) will meet. See, FCC notice [PDF] and notice in the Federal Register, December 3, 2004, Vol. 69, No. 232, at Page 70259. Location: FCC, Room TWC305, 445 12th, SW.

9:30 AM - 12:30 PM. The Federal Information Systems Security Educators' Association (FISSEA) will host a workshop on NIST Special Publication 800-16, titled "Information Technology Security Training Requirements: A Role- and Performance-Based Model". See, Part 1 [845 KB in PDF], Part 2 [96 KB in PDF], and Part 3 [374 KB in PDF]. Preregistration is required. See, notice. Location: National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), North Building.

POSTPONED. 12:00 NOON. The Federal Communications Bar Association's (FCBA) Common Carrier Practice Committee will host a brown bag lunch. The topic will be the FCC's Remand Order on unbundled network elements. The speakers will include Tom Hughes (SBC) and Praveen Goyal (Covad Communications). RSVP to cmburnett@hhlaw.com by Friday, January 7. Location: Hogan & Hartson, Moot Courtroom, 555 13th St., NW. The FCBA has not yet rescheduled this event.

2:00 PM. The Senate Finance Committee will hold a hearing on the nomination of Michael Leavitt to be Secretary of Health and Human Services. Location: Room 215, Dirksen Building.

2:00 - 4:00 PM. The Department of State's International Telecommunication Advisory Committee (ITAC) will meet to prepare for the International Telecommunications Union's (ITU) Telecommunication Standardization Advisory Group (TSAG) meeting. See, the ITU's calendar of meetings. See, notice in the Federal Register, December 20, 2004, Vol. 69, No. 243, at Page 76027. For more information, including the location, contact Julian Minard at minardje@state.gov. Location: undisclosed.

2:00 PM. The Software and Information Industry Association (SIIA) will host an event titled "Improving the Ed Tech RFP: What Works and What Doesn't". See, notice. The price to participate is $40 for non-members of the SIIA. This event will be webcast and telecast only.

2:30 PM. The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee will hold a hearing on the nomination of Samuel Bodman to be Secretary of Energy. Location: Room 366, Dirksen Building.

4:00 - 5:00 PM. The President's National Security Telecommunications Advisory Committee (NSTAC) will meet via conference call. The NSTAC addresses issues and problems related to implementing national security and emergency preparedness communications policy. This meeting is be closed to the public. See, notice in the Federal Register, January 4, 2005, Vol. 70, No. 2, at Page 370.

6:30 PM. Federal Communications Bar Association's (FCBA) Young Lawyers Committee will host an event titled "Happy Hour". For more information, contact Jason Friedrich at jason.friedrich@dbr.com or 202 354-1340, or Ryan Wallach at rwallach@willkie.com or 202 303-1159. Location: Porter's, 1207 19th St., NW.

The House will meet at 10:00 AM. No votes are expected. See, Republican Whip Notice.

The Senate will meet at 3:00 PM. It will begin with a period for morning business, and then proceed to consideration of cabinet nominees. See, Senate calendar. See also, Congressional Inaugural Committee web site.

Inauguration Day. This is not a federal holiday listed in the Office of Personnel Management's (OPM) list of federal holidays. The OPM states that "An employee who works in the District of Columbia, Montgomery or Prince George's Counties in Maryland, Arlington or Fairfax Counties in Virginia, or the cities of Alexandria or Falls Church in Virginia, and who is regularly scheduled to perform non-overtime work on Inauguration Day, is entitled to a holiday. There is no in-lieu-of holiday for employees who are not regularly scheduled to work on Inauguration Day."

The Copyright Office will be closed. The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) will be closed. See, FCC calendar [PDF]. The Department of Justice (DOJ) issued a memorandum stating that its Washington DC area employees may take the day off; however, it is silent on closure of DOJ offices.

9:30 AM. The U.S. District Court (DC) will hold a status conference in US v. Microsoft (D.C. No. 1998-cv-01232) and New York v. Microsoft (D.C. No. 1998-cv-01233) Judge Colleen Kotelly will preside. Location: Courtroom 11, Prettyman Courthouse, 333 Constitution Ave., NW.

Deadline to submit to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) oppositions to petitions to deny the applications of NextWave Telecom and Cellco Partnership dba Verizon Wireless for FCC approval of their proposed transfer of control of broadband Personal Communications Services (PCS) licenses from NextWave to Cellco. See, FCC notice [4 pages in PDF]. This notice is DA 04-3873 in WT Docket No. 04-434.

EXTENDED TO JANUARY 28. Deadline to submit reply comments to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) in response to the FCC's public notice regarding BellSouth's petition for forbearance from certain Title II and Computer Inquiry requirements. This proceeding is WC Docket No. 04-405. See, notice of extension [PDF].

Deadline for licensees to submit responses to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to its second audit letter and notice of cancellation to certain licensees in the paging and radiotelephone service and certain licensees operating on 929-930 MHz exclusive private carrier paging channels. See, notice in the Federal Register, December 21, 2004, Vol. 69, No. 244, at Pages 76469 - 76470.

Extended deadline to submit reply comments to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) in response to its notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) regarding service rules for advanced wireless services (AWS) in the 1915-1920 MHz, 1995-2000 MHz, 2175-2180 MHz and 1.7 GHz and 2.1 GHz bands. The FCC adopted this NPRM at its September 9, 2004 meeting, and released the text on September 24, 2004. It is FCC 04-218 in WT Docket No. 04-356 and WT Docket No. 02-353. See, original notice in the Federal Register, November 2, 2004, Vol. 69, No. 211, at Pages 63489-63498, and extension notice in the Federal Register, November 30, 2004, Vol. 69, No. 229, at Pages 69572 - 69573. See also, story titled "FCC Makes Additional 20 MHz of Spectrum Available for Advanced Wireless Services" in TLJ Daily E-Mail Alert No. 975, September 13, 2004.

7:30 AM. The Information Technology Association of America (ITAA) will host a breakfast seminar titled "Expediting the Security Clearance Process: New Law, New Opportunities for Federal Contractors". See, ITAA notice. For more information, contact Shannon Zelsnack at szelsnack@itaa.org. Prices range from $50 to $95. Location: Sheraton Premiere Tysons Corner Hotel.

10:00 AM - 12:00 NOON. The Department of State's International Telecommunication Advisory Committee (ITAC) will meet to prepare for the Organization of American States' (OAS) Inter-American Telecommunication Commission's (CITEL) Permanent Consultative Committee II meeting in Guatemala to be held in April 2005. See, notice in the Federal Register, December 30, 2004, Vol. 69, No. 250, at Pages 78515-78516. For more information, including the location, contact Cecily Holiday at holidaycc@state.gov or Anne Jillson at jillsonad@state.gov. Location: undisclosed.

12:15 PM. The Federal Communications Bar Association's (FCBA) Young Lawyers Committee will host a brown bag lunch. The topic will be "The Basics of IP-Television: Technology and Regulation". The speakers will be engineers from the Federal Communications Commission's (FCC) Media Bureau (MB), and representatives of SBC Communications and the National Cable & Telecommunications Association (NCTA). For more information, contact Jason Friedrich at jason.friedrich@dbr.com or 202 354-1340 or Ryan Wallach at rwallach@willkie.com or 202 303-1159. Location: Willkie Farr & Gallagher, 1875 K Street, NW, Second Floor.

2:00 - 4:00 PM. The American Enterprise Institute (AEI) will host a panel discussion title "Class Action Reform: How Far and How Fast?". The speakers will be Robert Gasaway (Kirkland & Ellis), George Priest (Yale Law School), David McIntosh (Mayer Brown Rowe & Maw), and Michael Greve (AEI). See, notice. Location: AEI, 12th floor, 1150 17th St., NW.

TIME? The Judicial Conference of the United States (JC) will hold a public hearing on its proposed amendment to Appellate Rule 25 regarding electronic filings. The JC has proposed amendments to Civil Rule 5, Appellate Rule 25, and Bankruptcy Rule 5005. Each of these proposed amendments would permit the applicable court, by local rules, to "permit or require papers to be filed, signed, or verified by electronic means" (or similar language). Current rules provide that the applicable court may "permit" filing by electronic means. See, JC notice [PDF] and notice in the Federal Register, Federal Register, December 2, 2004, Vol. 69, No. 231, at Page 70156. Location: undisclosed.

1/11. Geoff Tate was named Chairman of the Board of Rambus, Inc. He will replace Bill Davidow, who will remain as a member of the Board. Harold Hughes was named to replace Tate as Chief Executive Officer. See, Rambus release.

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