11/7. Hands Off the Internet (HOTI) sent a letter to Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman Kevin Martin regarding "Request for FCC Review of Comcast actions involving BitTorrent".

The Free Press, Public Knowledge, and other groups that advocate government imposed network neutrality mandates, filed a complaint [48 pages in PDF] with the FCC on November 1, 2007, regarding Comcast.

The complaint alleges that Comcast is "degrading peer-to-peer protocols" by inserting forged reset packets into communications between peers in peer to peer (P2P) communications that terminate those communications. This, the complaint alleges, interferes with Comcast's subscribers' use of applications like BitTorrent. The complaint alleges that this violates a FCC's 2005 policy statement [3 pages in PDF].

See also, story titled "Free Press Files Complaint with FCC Alleging that Comcast Is Violating 2005 Policy Statement" in TLJ Daily E-Mail Alert No. 1,669, November 5, 2007.

The HOTI letter states that "The FCC must determine if any of its four principles have in fact been violated".

The HOTI letter also asserts that the FCC has "clear authority" under Title I to enforce the four principles listed in the policy statement.

The HOTI's list of members includes AT&T, Alcatel-Lucent, and other telecom sector companies. However, it also includes the National Association of Manufacturers (NAM), American Conservative Union (ACU), and Citizens Against Government Waste (CAGW). Cable companies and their trade groups are not members of the HOTI.

The HOTI opposes government network neutrality mandates.

Its web site lists its address as a Post Office box in Arlington, Virginia.

Mike McCurry, press secretary to former President Bill Clinton, is a Co-Chair of HOTI. The other Co-Chair is Christopher Wolf. Wolf is also a partner in the Washington DC office of the law firm of Proskauer Rose.

11/8. Rep. Nydia Velázquez (D-NY) stated in a release that "I call on the SEC to delay implementation of SOX 404(b) until the needs of small ventures are taken into account".

Her statement follows the release by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce of a report [17 pages in PDF] titled "Cost of SOX Survey". Also, the House Small Business Committee, which she chairs, will hold a hearing on Wednesday, November 14, 2007, on this subject.

The Chamber conducted an on-line survey to compile data on the projected costs of Section 404 of the Sarbanes Oxley Act and its impact on small businesses. See also, Chamber release.

The report states that "Fifty-nine percent of respondents when asked ``to what extent do you expect compliance with SOX 404 will allow your company and your company’s auditors to detect and prevent material fraud?´´ indicated ``very little at all´´."

The report also states that 89% of respondents "expect costs will ``greatly exceed´´ or ``moderately exceed´´ the benefits of SOX 404 compliance."

The report also covers expected costs of compliance.

The report states that the survey was sent by e-mail to 5,000 contacts "that could potentially be affected by the implementation of SOX Section 404". However, it received only 177 responses. That is, its response rate was only 3.5 percent.

Rep. Velázquez stated that "I am disappointed that the SEC has chosen to ignore small firms, failing to perform even the most basic analysis to understand the consequences for entrepreneurs ... This data confirms what many in the small business community have suspected and feared -- that small firms will incur heavy costs due to these onerous regulations. This is a burden that small firms cannot and should not be forced to bear."

Her release adds that "The survey showed that the cost of compliance would amount to more than 3 percent of net income for nearly half of non-accelerated filers. Additionally, with SOX 404(b) over a year away, nearly 60 percent of firms said they have already engaged an outside auditor to handle compliance."

11/8. The Senate Commerce Committee (SCC) held a hearing titled "Localism, Diversity and Media Ownership".

Sen. Daniel Inouye (D-HI), the Chairman of the SCC, wrote in his opening statement that "I am very troubled by efforts at the FCC to allow greater consolidation of our media. As we know from recent history, this is an area that requires tremendous caution. Four years ago, the FCC substantially relaxed the rules that govern media ownership in this country. Millions of Americans contacted the FCC to complain. The United States Senate voted to support a 'resolution of disapproval' in response to the FCC decision. Next, the courts got involved, and the Third Circuit shipped the agency’s handiwork right back to the FCC."

He added that "The FCC is poised to review its media ownership rules yet again, and may take some action before the end of this year."

He advised that "rather than rushing to judgment on new rules, regardless of whether they are a broad set of new rules or modest changes, the FCC should focus on completing pending proceedings on localism and public interest obligations that have long languished for lack of attention."

Sen. Ted Stevens (R-AK), the ranking Republican on the SCC, talked about new media technologies. He said in his opening statement that "we need to understand that those platforms are changing. Just Tuesday, the latest numbers reveled the number of print subscriptions to most newspapers continue to decline. Meanwhile, internet advertising is soaring."

He continued that "I don’t think we know yet where that change is going to go and what it’ll mean for people who communicate, nor what it means for people who try to find ways to own the entities who provide the information stream. It's my hope that our Committee and the Federal Communication Commission will look at all of the ways we need to pursue to preserve localism and diversity, and as much as possible, I’ll try to understand the changes in the marketplace."

See, also prepared testimony [PDF] of Alex Nogales (National Hispanic Media Coalition), prepared testimony [PDF] of Jim Goodmon (P/CEO of Capitol Broadcasting Company), prepared testimony [PDF] of Tim Winter (Parents Television Council), prepared testimony [PDF] of Frank Blethen (Publisher and CEO of the Seattle Times), prepared testimony [PDF] of John Lavine (Dean of the Medill School at Northwestern University).

11/7. Rep. Danny Davis (D-IL) and others introduced HR 4106 [LOC | WW], the "Telework Improvements Act of 2007", a bill to promote teleworking at federal executive agencies.

This bill provides that within 180 days every agency "shall establish a policy under which employees may be authorized to telework. Authorized employees shall be allowed to telework at least 20 percent of the hours worked in every 2 administrative workweeks".

However, this is subject to the limitation, "without diminishing employee performance or agency operations".

There are also exemptions for employees with "daily access to classified information" and with responsibilities that "require daily face-to-face contact with members of the public or other persons, or the use of equipment, at the employee's regular place of employment".

It was referred to the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee.

There are other bills related to telework pending in the House and Senate. The Senate Homeland Security and Government Affairs Committee (SHSGAC) has scheduled a meeting to consider bills on Wednesday, November 14, 2007. The agenda includes S 1000 [LOC | WW], the "Telework Enhancement Act of 2007".

On November 1, the House Judiciary Committee's (HJC) Subcommittee on Commercial and Administrative Law held a hearing on HR 3359 [LOC | WW], the "Mobile Workforce State Income Tax Fairness and Simplification Act of 2007". This bill is primarily directed at mobile workers. However, it would also affect state taxation of teleworkers. See also, story titled "Summary of Teleworker and Mobile Worker Protection Bills" in TLJ Daily E-Mail Alert No. 1,665, October 30, 2007.

Douglass Lindholm of the Council On State Taxation wrote in his prepared testimony [PDF] on November 1 that "The problem addressed by H.R. 3359 can be simply stated: every business day thousands of employees across the country are sent by their employers to work in nonresident states. The vast majority of these trips are temporary in nature, whereby the employee conducts business in the nonresident state for a short period of time and then returns to his/her resident state. Unfortunately, states that impose a personal income tax have diverse rules relating to the obligation of the nonresident employee to file a personal income tax return and to the commensurate employer withholding deductions."

11/8. The House approved HR 3688 [LOC | WW], the "United States-Peru Trade Promotion Agreement Implementation Act", by a vote of 285-132. See, Roll Call No. 1060. This is the only free trade agreement (FTA) that the House has approved in the Democratic controlled 110th Congress. There are also FTAs with Korea, Columbia, and Panama that await Congressional approval. The AeA's Robert Mulligan stated in a release that "While Peru might be a small market for U.S. high-tech products, we have a significant tech trade surplus with Peru". Ed Black, head of the Computer and Communications Industry Association (CCIA), stated in a release that "As the leading export industry of the U.S., the high-tech sector benefits greatly from expanded trade. Today's bipartisan vote of 285-132 stands in contrast to the party-line votes on recent FTAs such as CAFTA and Oman ... We hope that this step will lead to a long-awaited return to bipartisanship on trade issues." See also, statement by President Bush.

11/8. The Senate Judiciary Committee (SJC) held an executive business meeting. It held over consideration of S 352 [LOC | WW], the "Sunshine in the Courtroom Act of 2007". This bill is on the SJC's agenda for its next executive business meeting, on Thursday, November 15, 2007.

11/7. The Senate Judiciary Committee (SJC) held a hearing titled "Examining U.S. Government Enforcement of Intellectual Property Rights". See, opening statement of Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-MA), the Chairman of the SJC. See also, prepared testimony of Sen. Evan Bayh (D-IN), prepared testimony of Chris Israel (the Department of Commerce's U.S. Coordinator for International Intellectual Property Enforcement), prepared testimony of Chris Moore (Department of State's Deputy Assistant Secretary for Trade Policy and Programs), and prepared testimony of Kevin O'Connor (Department of Justice's Task Force on Intellectual Property).

11/7. Sen. Joe Lieberman (D-CT), Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME), and Sen. Thomas Carper (D-DE) introduced S 2321 [LOC | WW] "E-Government Reauthorization Act of 2007", a bill to amend the E-Government Act of 2002, which is Public Law No. 107-347. It was referred to the Senate Homeland Security and Government Affairs Committee (SHSGAC), which has scheduled a meeting to consider this bill on Wednesday, November 14, 2007.

11/8. The Senate confirmed Michael Mukasey to be Attorney General by a vote of 53-40. See, Roll Call No. 407.

11/8. President Bush nominated Patricia Haslach to be United States Senior Coordinator for the Asia-Pacific Economic Corporation (APEC) forum. See, White House release.

11/9. The Department of the Treasury's (DOT) Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), DOT's Office of Thrift Supervision (OTS), Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (FRB), Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), National Credit Union Administration (NCUA), and Federal Trade Commission (FTC) published a notice in the Federal Register that announces, describes, recites, and sets effective dates for their joint rules and guidelines regarding identity theft red flags. The joint final rules and guidelines are effective January 1, 2008. The mandatory compliance date for this rule is November 1, 2008.
See, Federal Register, November 9, 2007, Vol. 72, No. 217, at Pages 63717-63775.

11/9. The Copyright Royalty Board published a notice in the Federal Register that announces, describes, recites, and sets the comment deadline (December 10, 2007) for, the Copyright Royalty Judges proposed regulations that set the rates and terms for the use of sound recordings in transmissions made by new subscription services and for the making of ephemeral recordings necessary for the facilitation of such transmissions for the period commencing from the inception of the new subscription service through December 31, 2010. See, Federal Register, November 9, 2007, Vol. 72, No. 217, at Pages 63532-63535.

11/8. The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) released the text [PDF] of its Report and Order, Declaratory Ruling, Order on Remand, and Notice of Proposed Rulemaking that, among other things, extends the FCC's local number portability (LNP) rules to interconnected voice over internet protocol (VOIP) providers and the telecommunications carriers that obtain numbers for them. The FCC adopted this item on October 31, 2007. See, story titled "FCC Extends LNP Requirements to Interconnected VOIP" in TLJ Daily E-Mail Alert No. 1,668, November 2, 2007. Initial comments in response to the NPRM will be due within 30 days of publication of a notice in the Federal Register. Reply comments will be due within 60 days. As of the November 9, 2007, issue of the Federal Register, this publication had not taken place.

11/8. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Commissioner Deborah Tate released a statement [PDF] regarding early termination fees of wireless service providers. She stated that "I was pleased to see two announcements this week, one by Sprint Nextel and one by T-Mobile, in which these carriers described plans to prorate Early Termination Fees (ETFs) for wireless consumers. This news, along with earlier announcements of similar policies by AT&T and Verizon Wireless, means that the vast majority of Americans subscribing to wireless services will have even more choices in the wireless market."

11/8. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman Kevin Martin gave a speech [2 pages in PDF] at a FCC event titled "Digital Television Consumer Education Workshop Focusing on Seniors".

11/7. The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) held a news conference, and published a web page, announcing the filing of six civil complaints in U.S. District Courts against, and six settlements with, companies and individuals accused of violating the requirements of the National Do Not Call Registry. The FTC's web page contains hyperlinks to the complaints and settlements. FTC Chairman Deborah Majoras stated in a release that "By bringing enforcement actions, like those announced today, we will ensure that the small number of bad actors pay a price for not adhering to the law and respecting consumers’ privacy requests."

The House will meet at 9:00 AM for legislative business. See, Rep. Hoyer's schedule for the week of November 5, and schedule for Friday, November 9.

The Senate will meet at 10:00 AM in pro forma session only.

8:00 AM - 3:00 PM. Day three of a three day meeting of the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Mathematical and Physical Sciences Advisory Committee. See, notice in the Federal Register, October 11, 2007, Vol. 72, No. 196, at Page 57966. Location: Room 1235, NSF, 4201 Wilson Boulevard, Arlington, VA.

9:00 AM - 6:00 PM. American Lawyer Media will host a program titled "Innovations in IP Litigation". The price to attend is $450. For more information, contact Sandy Chan at 212-967-0095 ext. 224 or sachan at alm dot com. See, notice. Location: Westin Washington DC City Center, 1400 M St., NW.

Deadline to submit comments to the National Institute of Standards and Technology's (NIST) Computer Security Division (CSD) regarding its SP 800-61 Revision 1 [147 pages in PDF] titled "Draft Computer Security Incident Handling Guide".

Veteran's Day observed.

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) and other federal offices will be closed. See, Office of Personnel Management's (OPM) list of federal holidays and 5 U.S.C. § 6103.

2:00 PM. Deadline to file amicus briefs on the merits in support of the petitioner Quanta Computer (or in support to neither party) with the Supreme Court of the US (SCUS) in Quanta Computer v. LG Electronics, a patent infringement case. See, story titled "Supreme Court Grants Certiorari in Patent Exhaustion Case" in TLJ Daily E-Mail Alert No. 1,647, September 27, 2007.

Day one of a five day closed meeting of the National Institute of Standards and Technology's (NIST) Judges Panel of the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award. See, notice in the Federal Register, October 23, 2007, Vol. 72, No. 204, at Page 60004. Location: NIST, Administration Building, Lecture Room E, Gaithersburg, MD.

9:15 AM - 1:15 PM. The U.S. Chamber of Commerce will host an event titled "Breaking the Barriers: The BIG Business of Nanotechnology". The speakers will include Sen. Ron Wyden (D-OR), Co-Chair of the Senate Nanotechnology Caucus, and John Marburger, Director of the President's Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP). See, notice. Prices vary. For more information, contact Drew Preston at 202-463-5500. Location: Chamber, 1615 H St., NW.

9:30 AM. The Senate Judiciary Committee (SJC) will hold a hearing titled "Exploring the Scope of Public Performance Rights". Location: Room 226, Dirksen Building.

12:00 NOON - 1:30 PM. The Federal Communications Bar Association's (FCBA) Mass Media Practice Committee will host a brown bag lunch titled "Digital Radio". The speakers will be Albert Shuldiner (iBiquity), David Layer (National Association of Broadcasters), and Caryn Mathes (WAMU(FM)). Location: National Association of Broadcasters, 1771 N St., NW.

12:00 NOON - 6:00 PM. Day one of a four day meeting of the Architectural and Transportation Barriers Compliance Board's (ATBCB) Telecommunications and Electronic and Information Technology Advisory Committee. Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended, provides at 29 U.S.C. § 794d that each federal agency "developing, procuring, maintaining, or using electronic and information technology" must provide comparable access to disabled federal employees, and to disabled members of the public who have access to and use of information and data of that agency; it further provides that each agency must comply with disability access regulations written by the ATBCB. For more information, contact Timothy Creagan at 202-272-0016 or creagan at access dash board dot gov. See, notice in the Federal Register, November 1, 2007, Vol. 72, No. 211, at Pages 61827-61828. The ATBCB states that attendees must go to the National Science Foundation (NSF), 4201 Wilson Boulevard, Arlington, VA, to pick up security passes. Location: NSF, 4121 Wilson Boulevard, Stafford Place II, Room 555, Arlington, VA.

5:15 PM. Deadline to submit post hearing briefs to the U.S. International Trade Commission (USITC), following its October 30, 2007, public hearing to assist the USITC in preparing a report for the House Ways and Means Committee regarding government policies affecting trade with the People's Republic of China (PRC). See, notice in the Federal Register: July 31, 2007, Vol. 72, No. 146, at Pages 41773-41774.

Day two of a five day closed meeting of the National Institute of Standards and Technology's (NIST) Judges Panel of the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award. See, notice in the Federal Register, October 23, 2007, Vol. 72, No. 204, at Page 60004. Location: NIST, Administration Building, Lecture Room E, Gaithersburg, MD.

Deadline to submit written comments to the Department of Justice's (DOJ) Antitrust Division regarding its symposium titled "Voice, Video and Broadband: The Changing Competitive Landscape and Its Impact on Consumers" on November 29, 2007. See, DOJ notice and notice in the Federal Register, October 17, 2007, Vol. 72, No. 200, at Pages 58885-58887. For more information, contact Ashley Becker at 202-514-5835 or Carl Willner at 202-514-5813.

Deadline to submit reply comments to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) in response to its Second Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (2ndFNPRM) regarding ensuring that the amount of subscription based radio services is limited as radio stations convert to digital broadcasting. This item is FCC 07-33 in MM Docket No. 99-325. See, notice in the Federal Register, August 15, 2007, Vol. 72, No. 157, at Pages 45712-45716.

9:00 AM - 5:00 PM. Day one of a four day meeting of the Architectural and Transportation Barriers Compliance Board's (ATBCB) Telecommunications and Electronic and Information Technology Advisory Committee. See, notice in the Federal Register, November 1, 2007, Vol. 72, No. 211, at Pages 61827-61828. Location: National Science Foundation (NSF), 4121 Wilson Boulevard, Stafford Place II, Room 555, Arlington, VA.

10:00 AM. The Senate Homeland Security and Government Affairs Committee (SHSGAC) will hold a business meeting. The agenda [PDF] includes consideration of S 1000 [LOC | WW], the "Telework Enhancement Act of 2007", and S 2321 [LOC | WW], the "E-Government Reauthorization Act of 2007". Location: Room 342, Dirksen Building.

TIME? The House Small Business Committee will hold a hearing on the costs of complying with Section 404(b) of the Sarbanes Oxley Act for small businesses. See, HSBC release.

Day three of a five day closed meeting of the National Institute of Standards and Technology's (NIST) Judges Panel of the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award. See, notice in the Federal Register, October 23, 2007, Vol. 72, No. 204, at Page 60004. Location: NIST, Administration Building, Lecture Room E, Gaithersburg, MD.

Deadline to submit reply comments to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) in response to its Further Notice of Proposed Rule Making (FNPRM) regarding spectrum etiquette for unlicensed transmitters that operate in the 915 MHz band. This item is FCC 07-117 in ET Docket No. 03-201. See, notice in the Federal Register, August 1, 2007, Vol. 72, No. 147, Pages 42011-42015.

9:00 AM - 5:00 PM. Day one of a four day meeting of the Architectural and Transportation Barriers Compliance Board's (ATBCB) Telecommunications and Electronic and Information Technology Advisory Committee. See, notice in the Federal Register, November 1, 2007, Vol. 72, No. 211, at Pages 61827-61828. Location: National Science Foundation (NSF), 4121 Wilson Boulevard, Stafford Place II, Room 555, Arlington, VA.

9:00 AM. The Internal Revenue Service's (IRS) Electronic Tax Administration Advisory Committee (ETAAC) will meet. The meeting is open to the public, but pre-registration is required. See, notice in the Federal Register, October 22, 2007, Vol. 72, No. 203, at Pages 59595-59596. Location: Hotel Washington, Capital Room, 515 15th St., NW.

10:00 AM. The Senate Judiciary Committee (SJC) may hold an executive business meeting. The agenda includes consideration of S 2248 [LOC | WW], the "Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 Amendments Act of 2007", S 352 [LOC | WW], the "Sunshine in the Courtroom Act of 2007", S 344 [LOC | WW], a bill to require the Supreme Court to permit television coverage of all open events, except in cases where it would violated the due process rights of a party, and S 1638 [LOC | WW], the "Federal Judicial Salary Restoration Act of 2007". The agenda also includes consideration of four judicial nominees: Joseph Laplante (to be a Judge of the U.S. District Court for the District of New Hampshire), Reed O'Connor (U.S.D.C., Northern District of Texas, Dallas Division), Thomas Schroeder (U.S.D.C., Middle District of North Carolina), and Amul Thapar (U.S.D.C., Eastern District of Kentucky). See, agenda. The SJC rarely follows its published agenda. Location: Room 226, Dirksen Building.

12:00 NOON. The Federal Bar Association's (FBA) Capitol Hill Chapter will host a lunch. The speaker will be Thomas Griffith, Judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals (DCCir). The price to attend ranges from $15 to $20. See, notice [MS Word]. Location: Library of Congress, Montpelier Dining Room, 6th Floor, Madison Building, 1st and Independence Ave., SE.

7:00 - 9:30 PM. The Federal Communications Bar Association (FCBA) will host its annual FCBA Charity Auction. Location: Marriot at Metro Center, 775 12th St., NW.

Day four of a five day closed meeting of the National Institute of Standards and Technology's (NIST) Judges Panel of the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award. See, notice in the Federal Register, October 23, 2007, Vol. 72, No. 204, at Page 60004. Location: NIST, Administration Building, Lecture Room E, Gaithersburg, MD.

The U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission may release its 2007 report to the Congress.

9:00 AM - 2:00 PM. Day one of a four day meeting of the Architectural and Transportation Barriers Compliance Board's (ATBCB) Telecommunications and Electronic and Information Technology Advisory Committee. See, notice in the Federal Register, November 1, 2007, Vol. 72, No. 211, at Pages 61827-61828. Location: National Science Foundation (NSF), 4121 Wilson Boulevard, Stafford Place II, Room 555, Arlington, VA.

10:30 AM. Ambassador Richard Russell, head of the U.S. Delegation to the World Radiocommunication Conference (WRC), will hold a news conference by teleconference. The dial in number is 1-800-857-4133; the pass code is 14808; Anne Jillson is the Department of State's call leader.

5:00 PM. Deadline to submit to the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (OUSTR) petitions to modify the list of products that are eligible for duty free treatment under the GSP program, for petitions that request competitive need limitation (CNL) waivers. See, notice in the Federal Register, May 21, 2007, Vol. 72, No. 97, at Pages 28527-28528.

Day five of a five day closed meeting of the National Institute of Standards and Technology's (NIST) Judges Panel of the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award. See, notice in the Federal Register, October 23, 2007, Vol. 72, No. 204, at Page 60004. Location: NIST, Administration Building, Lecture Room E, Gaithersburg, MD.

Deadline to pre-register to attend the Department of Justice's (DOJ) Antitrust Division's symposium titled "Voice, Video and Broadband: The Changing Competitive Landscape and Its Impact on Consumers" on November 29, 2007. See, DOJ notice and notice in the Federal Register, October 17, 2007, Vol. 72, No. 200, at Pages 58885-58887. For more information, contact Ashley Becker at 202-514-5835 or Carl Willner at 202-514-5813.

Deadline to submit reply comments to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) in response to its Notice of Proposed Rule Making (NPRM) regarding transmitters operating on an unlicensed basis in the 57-64 GHz frequency range. The FCC adopted this item on May 25, 2007, and released the text on June 1, 2007. This item is FCC 07-104 in ET Docket No. 07-113. See, notice in the Federal Register, July 19, 2007, Vol. 72, No. 138, at Pages 39588-39593.

Deadline to submit to the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (OUSTR) petitions for competitive need limitation (CNL) waivers in connection with the 2007 Generalized System of Preferences (GSP) Annual Review. See, notice in the Federal Register, September 6, 2007, Vol. 72, No. 172, at Pages 51264-51266.

Deadline to submit comments to the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (OUSTR) the U.S. complaint to the World Trade Organization (WTO) regarding the protection and enforcement of intellectual property rights in the People's Republic of China. See, notice in the Federal Register, October 10, 2007, Vol. 72, No. 195, at Pages 57608-57609.

Deadline to submit comments to the National Institute of Standards and Technology's (NIST) Computer Security Division (CSD) regarding its SP 800-55 Revision 1 [84 pages in PDF] titled "Draft Performance Measurement Guide for Information Security".

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