11/30. The House is scheduled to consider HR 320 [LOC | WW], the "CJ's Home Protection Act of 2009", on Wednesday, December 2, or Thursday, December 3, 2009. See, Rep. Hoyer's schedule for the week of November 30.

This bill, if enacted, would amend 42 U.S.C. § 5403 to provide that "each manufactured home delivered for sale shall be supplied with a weather radio inside the manufactured home that ... is capable of broadcasting emergency information relating to local weather conditions ..."

This requirement would only apply to a new "Federal manufactured home". 42 U.S.C. § 5402 provides that this is "a structure, transportable in one or more sections, which, in the traveling mode, is eight body feet or more in width or forty body feet or more in length, or, when erected on site, is three hundred twenty or more square feet, and which is built on a permanent chassis and designed to be used as a dwelling ..."

11/30. The House is scheduled to consider HR 2873 [LOC | WW], the "Enhanced S.E.C. Enforcement Authority Act", on Wednesday, December 2, or Thursday, December 3, 2009. See, Rep. Hoyer's schedule for the week of November 30.

This bill, if enacted, would override parts of Rule 45, Federal Rules of Civil Procedure (FRCP), in actions brought under federal securities statutes, by providing that subpoenas issued by one U.S. District Court may be served and enforced anywhere.

It would enhance the ability of the SEC to engage in forum shopping.

It would also decrease the ability of subpoena recipients, including investigative reporters, to challenge improper or burdensome subpoenas. It would enable the SEC to obtain a subpoena for a reporter's notes from a government friendly judge in a distant district where the reporter is not represented by legal counsel.

The SEC has a history of abusive issuance of subpoenas to journalists. See, February 27, 2006, statement by former SEC Chairman Chris Cox, April 12, 2006 SEC policy statement, May 1, 2006, speech by Cox, and story titled "SEC's Cox Discusses Regulation and Information" in TLJ Daily E-Mail Alert No. 1,389, June 12, 2006.

There is also pending legislation titled the "Free Flow of Information Act of 2009". HR 985 [LOC | WW] is the House version of the bill. S 448 [LOC | WW] is the Senate version. The House passed HR 985 on March 31, 2009. The Senate Judiciary Committee (SJC) is scheduled, again, to consider S 448 on December 3, 2009.

These are broad bills, also referred to as "media shield", that would limit the ability of federal entities to compel journalists to provide testimony or documents, or disclose sources, related to their work. These bills would also limit government access to records of carriers, ISPs and other service providers.

None of these media shield bills have yet been enacted into law, in part, because of the opposition of the Obama and Bush administrations. See for example, story titled "Bush Administration Opposes Pence/Boucher Free Flow of Information Act" in TLJ Daily E-Mail Alert No. 1,757, April 30, 2008.

11/25. The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) released a Public Notice (PN) in its white spaces proceeding requesting proposals to be designated database administrator.

The FCC adopted its white space order on November 4, 2008, and released the text [130 pages in PDF] on November 14, 2008. It is FCC 08-260 in ET Docket No. 04-186. See also, stories titled "FCC Releases White Space Report" in TLJ Daily E-Mail Alert No. 1,844, October 16, 2008, and "FCC Adopts White Space Order" in TLJ Daily E-Mail Alert No. 1,852, November 4, 2008.

This PN explains that "To prevent interference to authorized users of the TV bands, TV band devices must include a geo-location capability and the capability to access a database that identifies incumbent users entitled to interference protection, including, for example, full power and low power TV stations, broadcast auxiliary point-to-point facilities, PLMRS/CMRS operations on channels 14-20, and the Offshore Radiotelephone Service. The database will tell a TV band device which TV channels are vacant and can be used at its location." (Footnotes omitted.)

This PN requests written proposals to be designated as TV band database managers. This PN also specifies the topics to be covered in these proposals.

The deadline to submit proposals is January 4, 2010. The deadline to submit initial comments on those proposals is February 3, 2010. The deadline to submit reply comments is February 18, 2010. This item is DA 09-2479 in ET Docket No. 04-186.

Harold Feld of the Public Knowledge stated in a release on November 25, 2009, that "We are very pleased that the FCC has moved ahead to implement its order from last year allowing broadband service to be offered in the so-called 'white spaces' between digital TV channels." He added that "Selecting an administrator for the white spaces database is a crucial step toward bringing consumers another choice in a restrictive broadband marketplace. We expect that use of the white spaces spectrum will foster innovation and create jobs as new devices and services become available."

White space is a term used by the FCC and others to describe broadcast television spectrum where the spectrum is not in use by broadcasters.

Tom Hazlett, a professor of law and economics at George Mason University, participated in a panel discussion hosted by the Progress & Freedom Foundation (PFF) on wireless issues on October 19, 2009. He stated then that "294 megahertz are white space". (The FCC long ago allocated a total of 294 megahertz for television.)

That is, Hazlett argued that the entirety of over the air television broadcasting is a waste of valuable spectrum that could be put to better use. He added that "if we sprinkle in fragmented non-exclusive rights all around the TV stations, that will simply freeze the 1952 TV allocation in for another generation of waste and spectrum mismanagement".

The PFF will host a panel discussion on December 1, 2009, at 9:00 AM titled "Let's Make a Deal: Broadcasters, Mobile Broadband, and a Market in Spectrum". See, notice.

11/25. The FCC announced the agenda for its event on Wednesday, December 16, 2009, titled "Open Meeting". It contains only one item, a staff report on the status of the drafting of a document titled "National Broadband Plan". See, FCC release.

11/24. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman Julius Genachowski gave a speech in Little Rock, Arkansas in which he lauded the FCC's e-rate tax and subsidy program, military use of information technologies, the benefits of broadband deployment and adoption, and the drafting of a document titled "National Broadband Plan".

Monday, November 30.

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) will host a hearing titled "Energy and the Environment". This relates to the drafting of a document titled "National Broadband Plan". See, notice. Location: Student Center, 84 Massachusetts Ave., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Tuesday, December 1.

12:00 NOON. Peter Fonash, acting Director of the Department of Homeland Security's (DHS) National Protection and Programs Directorate's (NPPD) National Cyber Security Division will speak about 60 day cyber reviews and cybersecurity initiatives at an event titled "Canada Government Symposium". Location: Hilton Lac-Leamy, 3 Boulevard du Casino, Gatineau-Ottawa, Canada.

The U.S. Court of Appeals (3rdCir) will hear oral argument in Council Tree Communications v. FCC, App. Ct. No. 06-2036. Council Tree Communications, Inc., Bethel Native Corporation, and Minority Media and Telecommunications Council seek review of Federal Communications Commission (FCC) orders and a public notice regarding designated entity (DE) eligibility in spectrum auctions. The FCC's proceeding is WT Docket No. 05-211. See, FCC's supplemental brief [PDF].

The National Science Foundation's (NSF) Proposal Review Panel for Physics will hold a three day partially closed meeting on December 1-3. On December 1, at 2:30 - 6:30 PM, there will be a closed session that addresses, among other topics, cyber security. See, notice in the Federal Register, November 6, 2009, Vol. 74, No. 214, at Pages 57524-57525. Location: LIGO Observatory, Livingston, Louisiana.

Wednesday, December 2.

8:30 AM - 5:00 PM. Day one of a two day meeting hosted by the Department of Justice's (DOJ) Federal Bureau of Investigation's (FBI) Criminal Justice Information Services (CJIS) Advisory Policy Board (APB). See, notice in the Federal Register, October 7, 2009, Vol. 74, No. 193, at Pages 51619-51620. Location: Hyatt Regency Savannah, Two West Bay Street, Savannah, Georgia.

Thursday, December 3.

8:30 AM - 5:00 PM. Day one of a two day meeting hosted by the Department of Justice's (DOJ) Federal Bureau of Investigation's (FBI) Criminal Justice Information Services (CJIS) Advisory Policy Board (APB). See, notice in the Federal Register, October 7, 2009, Vol. 74, No. 193, at Pages 51619-51620. Location: Hyatt Regency Savannah, Two West Bay Street, Savannah, Georgia.

Saturday, December 5.

11:00 AM - 2:00 PM. The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) will host an event titled "FCC Field Hearing on Digital Inclusion". This relates to the FCC's drafting of a document titled "National Broadband Plan". See, notice. Location: National Civil Rights Museum, Rose Room, 450 Mulberry St., Memphis, Tennessee.

Tuesday, December 8.

9:00 AM - 4:15 PM. The Department of Justice's (DOJ) Antitrust Division and the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) will host the second of five public workshops regarding amending the Horizontal Merger Guidelines (HMG). See, DOJ release, FTC list of questions, and FTC HMG Project web site. See also, stories titled "Antitrust Division and FTC May Amend Horizontal Merger Guidelines" in TLJ Daily E-Mail Alert No. 1987, September 23, 2009, and "DOJ's Shapiro Discusses Upcoming Revisions to Horizontal Merger Guidelines" in TLJ Daily E-Mail Alert No. 2,015, November 16, 2009. Location: NYU School of Law, Greenberg Lounge, 40 Washington Square South, New York, New York.

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The House will not meet. See, Rep. Hoyer's schedule for the week of November 30.

The Senate will meet at 2:00 PM. It will consider HR 3590 [LOC | WW], the huge health care bill.

12:15 - 1:30 PM. The Federal Communications Bar Association's (FCBA) Intellectual Property Committee will host a brown bag lunch titled "The Economic Importance of Copyright in America". The topics will include "(1) The proper metrics for measuring the impact of copyright on the economy; (2) The validity of studies and research papers showing the effect of copyright on the economy; (3) Emerging new business models and their impact on the profitability of traditional media firms; (4) Consumer rights and expectations with regard to copyright in the digital age; (5) Governmental responses to new copyright problems". The speakers will include Tom Sydnor (Progress & Freedom Foundation), Patrick Ross (Copyright Alliance), and Gigi Sohn (Public Knowledge). Location: Dow Lohnes, 1200 New Hampshire Ave., NW.

EXTENDED TO DECEMBER 7. Deadline to submit comments to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) in response to its notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) regarding deceptive marketing of credit reports. See, notice of extension.

The House will meet at 2:00 PM for legislative business. The House will consider several non-technology related items under suspension of the rules. Votes will be postponed until 6:30 PM. See, Rep. Hoyer's schedule for the week of November 30.

8:30 AM - 5:00 PM. Day one of a two day event hosted by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) titled "From Town Criers to Bloggers: How Will Journalism Survive the Internet Age?". See, September 30 notice [PDF], notice in the Federal Register, October 7, 2009, Vol. 74, No. 193, at Pages 51605-51608, and agenda [PDF]. See also, story titled "FTC Requests Comments on Journalism, New Media and Online Advertising" in TLJ Daily E-Mail Alert No. 1,994, October 1, 2009. This event was originally scheduled for September 15, 2009. Location: FTC Conference Center, 601 New Jersey Ave., NW.

9:00 - 11:00 AM. The Progress & Freedom Foundation (PFF) will host a panel discussion titled "Let's Make a Deal: Broadcasters, Mobile Broadband, and a Market in Spectrum". The speakers will include Blair Levin (FCC), Adam Thierer (PFF), Coleman Bazelon (Brattle Group), Kostas Liopiros (Sun Fire Group), and others. See, notice and registration page. Location: National Press Club, Holeman Lounge, 13th floor, 529 14th St., NW.

10:00 AM. The Senate Judiciary Committee (SJC) will hold a hearing on the nomination of Rogeriee Thompson to be a Judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 1st Circuit. See, notice. Location: Room 226, Dirksen Building.

12:00 NOON - 1:30 PM. The American Bar Association's (ABA) Section of Antitrust Law will host a seminar by teleconference titled "The FTC's New Endorsement and Testimonial Guides". The speakers will be Stacey Ferguson (FTC), Mark Levine (Council of Better Business Bureaus), Paul Rand (Zocalo Group), and Dana Rosenfeld (Kelley Drye & Warren). See, ABA notice and registration page, and TLJ story titled "FTC Makes Law Abridging the Freedom of Bloggers" in TLJ Daily E-Mail Alert No. 1,997, October 6, 2009.

12:15 - 1:30 PM. The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) will host a lunch. The speakers will be Ruth Milkman, Chief of the FCC's Wireless Telecommunications Bureau (WTB), and other WTB officials. The Federal Communications Bar Association (FCBA) states that this is an FCBA event. Location: Wiley Rein, 1776 K St., NW.

2:00 - 3:30 PM. The Department of Justice's (DOJ) Antitrust Division's Economic Analysis Group will host a presentation by Tim Brennan (UMD Baltimore County) titled "Exclusion vs. Predation: Drawing Lines Between Easy and Hard Abuse Cases". To request permission to attend, contact Patrick Greenlee at 202-307-3745 or atr dot eag at usdoj dot gov. Location: DOJ, Liberty Square Building, 450 5th St., NW.

Day one of a three day workshop hosted by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) on the ISO/IEC 24727 Identification cards, Integrated circuit card programming interfaces. This is a multi-part standard for interoperable identification, authentication, and signature services for credentials and applications. The price to attend is $90. Registration is required. See, notice in the Federal Register, November 6, 2009, Vol. 74, No. 214, at Pages 57451-57452. Location: National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) Board Room/Conference Center, 429 L'Enfant Plaza, SW.

Deadline to submit comments to the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) regarding its draft document [90 pages in PDF] titled "NIST Framework and Roadmap for Smart Grid Interoperability Standards, Release 1.0". See, notice in the Federal Register, October 9, 2009, Vol. 74, No. 195, at Pages 52181-52183.

? Deadline to submit comments to the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) regarding its draft NIST IR 7628 [236 pages in PDF] titled "Smart Grid Cyber Security Strategy and Requirements". See, notice in the Federal Register, October 9, 2009, Vol. 74, No. 195, at Pages 52183-52184.

Deadline to submit reply comments to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) in response to its Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) regarding the effect of line loss on universal service Local Switching Support (LSS) received by incumbent local exchange carriers (LECs) that are designated as eligible telecommunications carriers (ETCs). This NPRM [13 pages in PDF] is FCC 09-89 in WC Docket No. 05-337. See, notice in the Federal Register, November 10, 2009, Vol. 74, No. 216, at Page 57982-57986. See also, story titled "FCC Releases Order and NPRM on Local Switching Support" in TLJ Daily E-Mail Alert No. 2,001, October 12, 2009.

The House will meet at 10:00 AM for legislative business. The agenda for the week provides that the House will consider HR 320 [LOC | WW], the "CJ's Home Protection Act of 2009", and HR 2873 [LOC | WW], "Enhanced S.E.C. Enforcement Authority Act", under suspension of the rules. See, Rep. Hoyer's schedule for the week of November 30.

8:30 AM - 5:00 PM. Day two of a two day event hosted by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) titled "From Town Criers to Bloggers: How Will Journalism Survive the Internet Age?". See, September 30 notice [PDF], notice in the Federal Register, October 7, 2009, Vol. 74, No. 193, at Pages 51605-51608, and agenda [PDF]. See also, story titled "FTC Requests Comments on Journalism, New Media and Online Advertising" in TLJ Daily E-Mail Alert No. 1,994, October 1, 2009. This event was originally scheduled for September 15, 2009. Location: FTC Conference Center, 601 New Jersey Ave., NW.

9:30 AM. The Senate Homeland Security and Government Affairs Committee (SHSGAC) will hold a hearing on the nomination of Caryn Wagner to be Under Secretary for Intelligence and Analysis U.S. Department of Homeland Security. See, notice. Location: Room 342, Dirksen Building.

10:00 AM. The House Oversight and Government Reform Committee will hold a hearing titled "Will Arbitron’s Personal People Meter Silence Minority Owned Radio Stations?". Location: Room 2154, Rayburn Building.

Day one of a two day event hosted by the Armed Forces Communication and Electronics Association (AFCEA) titled "Cyberspace at the Cross Roads: The Intersection of Cyber, National and Economic Security". Sherri Ramsay (National Security Administration) will speak at 9:15 - 10:00 AM. Rosemary Wenchel (Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence) and Dawn Meyerriecks (Office of the Director of National Intelligence) will speak at 1:00 - 2:30 PM. Peter Fonash (DHS NPPD National Cyber Security Division) will participate in a panel at 2:30 PM. See, schedule. Location: National Conference Center, 18980 Upper Belmont Place, Leesburg, VA.

Day two of a three day workshop hosted by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) on the ISO/IEC 24727 Identification cards, Integrated circuit card programming interfaces. This is a multi-part standard for interoperable identification, authentication, and signature services for credentials and applications. See, notice in the Federal Register, November 6, 2009, Vol. 74, No. 214, at Pages 57451-57452. Location: National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB), 429 L'Enfant Plaza, SW.

Deadline to submit comments to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) in response to its Public Notice [7 pages in PDF] regarding how to measure broadband adoption, and how the government can plan consumers' decisions to adopt broadband. This item is DA 09-2403 in GN Docket Nos. 09-47, 09-51, 09-137. See also, story titled "FCC Seeks Comments on Broadband Adoption" in TLJ Daily E-Mail Alert No. 2,013, November 11, 2009.

8:45 AM - 1:00 PM. The Phoenix Center for Advanced Legal & Economic Public Policy Studies will host an event titled "Telecoms Symposium". The first panel is titled "Economists Panel". The speakers will be Marius Schwartz (Georgetown University), Jonathan Baker (FCC), Robert Willig (Princeton University), and George Ford (Phoenix Center). The second panel is titled "Does Congestion Matter?". The speakers will be Edward Amoroso (AT&T), Jason Livigood (Comcast), and Rob Curtis (FCC). FCC Commissioner Meredith Baker will give a speech. This event is free. See, notice. Location: University Club, 1135 16th St., NW.

9:00 AM - 4:45 PM. The Department of Justice's (DOJ) Antitrust Division and the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) will host the first of five public workshops regarding amending the Horizontal Merger Guidelines (HMG). See, DOJ release, FTC list of questions, and FTC HMG Project web site. See also, stories titled "Antitrust Division and FTC May Amend Horizontal Merger Guidelines" in TLJ Daily E-Mail Alert No. 1987, September 23, 2009, and "DOJ's Shapiro Discusses Upcoming Revisions to Horizontal Merger Guidelines" in TLJ Daily E-Mail Alert No. 2,015, November 16, 2009. Location: FTC Conference Center, 601 New Jersey Ave., NW.

RESCHEDULED FROM OCTOBER 22. 10:00 AM. The House Commerce Committee's (HCC) Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade and Consumer Protection will hold a hearing on 3993, the "Calling Card Consumer Protection Act". See, notice. Location: Room 2322, Rayburn Building.

10:00 AM. The House Judiciary Committee's (HJC) Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties will hold a hearing on the Department of Justice's (DOJ) Civil Rights Division. (CRD). Tom Perez, the Assistant Attorney General in charge of the CRD, will testify. See, notice. Location: Room 2141, Rayburn Building.

10:00 AM. The Senate Judiciary Committee (SJC) will hold an executive business meeting. The agenda again includes consideration of S 448 [LOC | WW], the "Free Flow of Information Act of 2009". It also includes consideration of the nomination of Thomas Vanaskie to be a Judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 3rd Circuit, and Louis Butler to be a Judge of the U.S. District Court (WDWisc). The SJC rarely follows is published agendas. See, notice. Location: Room 226, Dirksen Building.

10:00 AM. The Senate Banking Committee will hold a hearing on the nomination of Ben Bernanke to be Chairman of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System. See, notice. Location: Room 106, Dirksen Building.

2:00 PM. The Federal Communications Commission's (FCC) Advisory Committee on Diversity for Communications in the Digital Age will hold a meeting. See, notice in the Federal Register, October 30, 2009, Vol. 74, No. 209, at Pages 56196-56197. Location: FCC, Commission Meeting Room (Room TW-C305), 445 12th St., SW.

2:30 PM. The Federal Trade Commission's (FTC) Bureau of Economics will host a presentation by Uri Simonsohn (Wharton). Location: FTC, ground floor Conference Center, 601 New Jersey Ave., NW.

6:00 - 8:30 PM. The Department of State (DOS), Sweden, Ericsson, and the Federal Communications Bar Association (FCBA) will host an event titled "International Innovation and Broadband". The speakers will be Philip Verveer (DOS Coordinator for International Communications & Information Policy) and Jonas Hafström (Sweden's Ambassador to the U.S.). Registrations and cancellations are due by 5:00 PM on November 30. The price to attend ranges from $10 to $25. See, registration form [PDF]. Location: House of Sweden, 2900 K St., NW.

Day two of a two day event hosted by the Armed Forces Communication and Electronics Association (AFCEA) titled "Cyberspace at the Cross Roads: The Intersection of Cyber, National and Economic Security". Michael Brown (DHS) will speak at 9:10 - 10:00 AM. Robert Butler (Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Cyber and Space Policy), Barbara Hoffman (Department of the Navy), and Robert Rego (Air Force Space Command) will participate on a panel at 1:00 - 2:30 PM. See, schedule. Location: National Conference Center, 18980 Upper Belmont Place, Leesburg, VA.

Day three of a three day workshop hosted by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) on the ISO/IEC 24727 Identification cards, Integrated circuit card programming interfaces. This is a multi-part standard for interoperable identification, authentication, and signature services for credentials and applications. See, notice in the Federal Register, November 6, 2009, Vol. 74, No. 214, at Pages 57451-57452. Location: National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) Board Room/Conference Center, 429 L'Enfant Plaza, SW.

Implementation date of the Census Bureau's (CB) "interim final rule" amending the Foreign Trade Regulations (FTR) to eliminate the requirement to report a social security number (SSN) as an identification number when registering to file and filing electronic export information in the Automated Export System (AES) or AESDirect. See, notice in the Federal Register, August 5, 2009, Vol. 74, No. 149, at Pages 38914-38916.

9:00 AM - 4:00 PM. The Federal Communications Commission's (FCC) Consumer Advisory Committee (CAC) will meet. See, notice. Location: FCC, Commission Meeting Room, 445 12th St., SW.

3:00 - 4:00 PM. The Department of Homeland Security's (DHS) Homeland Security Advisory Council (HSAC) will meet by teleconference. See, notice in the Federal Register, November 10, 2009, Vol. 74, No. 216, at Page 58036.

Deadline to submit reply comments to the Copyright Office and the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office ((USPTO) in response to the Notice of Inquiry (NOI) regarding the draft treaty [PDF] proposed to the World Intellectual Property Organization's (WIPO) Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights (SCCR) by Brazil, Ecuador, and Paraguay. See, notice in the Federal Register, October 13, 2009, Vol. 74, No. 196, at Pages 52507-52509, and story titled "Copyright Office and USPTO Issue NOI Regarding Treaty Based Exemption to Anti-Circumvention Provisions" in TLJ Daily E-Mail Alert No. 2,003, October 15, 2009.

The House will meet the week of December 7-11. See, Rep. Hoyer's release.

10:00 AM. The Federal Communications Commission's (FCC) Communications Security, Reliability, and Interoperability Council (CSRIC) will hold its first meeting. See, notice. Location: FCC, Commission Meeting Room, 445 12th St., SW.

8:30 AM - 5:45 PM. The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) will host a public workshop titled "Exploring Privacy". See, release and event web page. Location: FTC Conference Center, 601 New Jersey Ave., NW.

The Intellectual Property Owners' Association (IPO) will host an event titled "20th Annual Conference on U.S. Patent and Trademark Law and Practice". See, notice. Location: Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center.

Deadline to submit comments to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) in response to its Public Notice [9 pages in PDF] regarding universal service and intercarrier compensation. This document states that its purpose is to assist the FCC in drafting a document titled "National Broadband Plan". See also, story titled "FCC Requests NBP Comments on Universal Service and Intercarrier Compensation" in TLJ Daily E-Mail Alert No. 2,016, November 17, 2009.

EXTENDED FROM NOVEMBER 30. Extended deadline to submit comments to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) in response to its notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) regarding deceptive marketing of credit reports. See, notice of extension.