9/10. President Obama gave a speech on August 31, 2010, via videotape and text, for the 23rd Annual Bureau of Industry and Security Update Conference in Washington DC. He made broad and vague statements regarding reform of export regulation, without announcing significant steps towards actual reform.

The White House news office released a similar memorandum on August 30.

Also, both the speech and memorandum reference a forthcoming executive order to create an Export Enforcement Coordination Center (EECC). However, as of September 10, this executive order had not yet been published in either the White House web site or the Federal Register.

Also, reform would require the enactment of legislation by the Congress. However, President Obama did not release the text of any proposed bill, or even the outline of a bill.

The U.S. continues to operate with a burdensome, outdated, and jurisdictionally divided regulatory regime. It represses economic activity, diminishes trade, and harms innovation.

Yet, the challenge is not just reforming an outdated and badly administered regime. In a globalized and interconnected world, preventing the dissemination of technologies, products, or software that might increase a threat to national security is an inherently difficult, if not impossible, task, and one associated with numerous significant harms.

There have been similar efforts to reform export regulation in the past -- particularly in 2000 and 2001 -- that have come to naught. The Export Administration Act of 1979 expired in 2001. The Congress had been close to enacting legislation when terrorists attacked on September 11, 2001. Although, the major concerns of export regulators now are nation states, such as the People's Republic of China.

President's Speech. The President stated that "About a year ago, we launched a comprehensive review of our export controls and determined that we need fundamental reform in all four areas of our current system -- in what we control, how we control it, how we enforce those controls, and how we manage our controls."

He continued that "For too long, we've had two very different control lists, with agencies fighting over who has jurisdiction. Decisions were delayed, sometimes for years, and industries lost their edge or moved abroad. Going forward, we will have a single, tiered, positive list -- one which will allow us to build higher walls around the export of our most sensitive items while allowing the export of less critical ones under less restrictive conditions."

Currently, there is a Munitions List maintained by the Department of State (DOS), and a Commerce Control List (CCL) maintained by the Department of Commerce (DOC). There are also numerous other federal departments with an interest in the export regulation regime.

The CCL, which is administered by the DOC's Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS), is directed at dual use items, including software, encryption products, computers and components, and communications equipment, that can be used for either military or non-military purposes.

Obama stated that "In the past, there was a lot of confusion about when a license was required. It depended on which agency you asked. Now, we will have a single set of licensing policies that will apply to each tier of control, bringing clarity and consistency across our system."

"In addition, I plan to sign an Executive Order that creates an Export Enforcement Coordination Center to coordinate and strengthen our enforcement efforts -- and eliminate gaps and duplication -- across all relevant departments and agencies."

President Obama also said that "right now, export control licenses are managed by multiple, different IT systems or, in some cases, even on paper. Going forward, all agencies will transition to a single IT system, making it easier for exporters to seek licenses and ensuring that the government has the full information needed to make informed decisions."

He concluded that "While there is still more work to be done, taken together, these reforms will focus our resources on the threats that matter most, and help us work more effectively with our allies in the field. They’ll bring transparency and coherence to a field of regulation which has long been lacking both. And by enhancing the competitiveness of our manufacturing and technology sectors, they’ll help us not just increase exports and create jobs, but strengthen our national security as well."

Locke's Speech. Gary Locke, the Secretary of Commerce, gave a speech at the August 31 event. He said that "Our current export control system has its roots in the Cold War-era, when it was in every Western country's security and economic interest to keep dual-use and military technologies away from a well defined bloc of adversarial nations. But we no longer live in that bi-polar world."

Locke (at right) continued that "we simultaneously face a growing array of threats, from chemical and nuclear weapons proliferators, to rogue regimes, to state sponsors of terrorism. Meanwhile, our goods and technologies are incredibly sophisticated, and there are more consumers for them around the world than ever before. Our export control regime has not kept pace with these changes."

He said that the U.S. maintains "confusing and time-consuming export control bureaucracy", and that the U.S. is "frequently putting our companies at a competitive disadvantage when we forbid them from selling an item to an overseas market even when that item is readily available world-wide."

He elaborated by providing examples of how the export control regime is discouraging other nations from purchasing use made products, and weakening innovation in the U.S.

He also conceded that "Overhauling our export control framework will not happen overnight. Fundamental reform will require new statutory authority and new action by Congress."

Locke then provided some detail on reform plans.

First, "ensure that the Commerce and State Department control lists clearly lay out which products are controlled, and by which agency. To do this, we are working to make both the Commerce Control List and the Munitions List ``positive lists.´´  What this means is that we'll have two lists that classify and control items based upon specific characteristics, such as by size or by wavelength, or by the ability to operate under extreme atmospheric conditions."

"And, when this process is done -- creating a ``bright line´´ between the two lists -- exporters will be able to know which agency has jurisdiction over their products.

"An additional step will be to divide each control list into a three-tiered structure."

He elaborated that "The top tier -- or the highest shelf -- will be reserved for our most sensitive items, ones made in the U.S. which have high value military or intelligence capabilities; The middle tier -- or a more accessible shelf -- will hold somewhat less sensitive items, and will be products that are available almost exclusively from our multilateral partners and allies; The lowest tier will be reserved for items that are less sensitive, and which are more broadly available."

Then, "For the top tier, a license will generally be required for all destinations; Many of the items in the middle tier will be eligible to be exported to allies and most multilateral partners under a license exception or general authorization; And for items placed in the lowest tier, licenses will typically not be required."

"In the final stage of export reform, we plan to merge the two lists into one – and we will continue to work with our colleagues on Capitol Hill to try to make this happen", said Locke.

Locke also gave a speech on export regulation in October of 2009. See, story titled "Locke Addresses Reforming the Export Control System" in TLJ Daily E-Mail Alert No. 1,998, October 7, 2009.

9/9. The Department of Commerce's (DOC) Bureau of Industry and Security published a notice in the Federal Register announcing that it has extended the deadline (to October 6, 2010) to submit proposals for members of the President's Export Council Subcommittee on Export Administration (PECSEA). The BIS seeks "private-sector members with senior export control expertise and direct experience in one or more of the following industries: ... semiconductors, commercial communication satellites, high performance computers, telecommunications ..." See, Federal Register, September 9, 2010, Vol. 75, No. 174, at Page 54857.

9/8. The Department of Commerce's (DOC) Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) published a notice in the Federal Register requesting public comments regarding its foreign policy based export controls, including its regulation of "encryption items", "communication intercepting devices, software and technology", and "certain general purpose microprocessors". The deadline to submit comments is October 8, 2010. See, Federal Register, September 8, 2010, Vol. 75, No. 173, at Pages 54540-54541.

9/7. The Department of Commerce's (DOC) Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) published a notice in the Federal Register that announces, describes, recites, and sets the effective date (September 7, 2010) for, changes to its Export Administration Regulations (EAR) to implement changes made to the Wassenaar Arrangement's List of Dual Use Goods and Technologies. These rules change pertain to, among other things, computers, software, and telecommunications. See, Federal Register, September 7, 2010, Vol. 75, No. 172, at Pages 54271-54285.

9/1. The Department of Commerce's (DOC) Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) published a notice in the Federal Register that requests comments regarding its proposed "Best Practices for Transit, Transshipment, and Reexport of Items Subject to the Export Administration Regulations". The deadline to submit comments is October 18, 2010. See, Federal Register, September 1, 2010, Vol. 75, No. 169, at Pages 53639-53640.

9/1. The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) published a notice in the Federal Register that contains, and requests comments on, its revised examination guidelines, updated as a result of the Supreme Court's 2007 opinion in KSR International v. Teleflex, and subsequent opinions of the U.S. Court of Appeals (FedCir).

KSR v. Teleflex, which is reported at 550 U.S. 398, addresses patent obviousness. 35 U.S.C. § 103 provides that one cannot obtain a patent on an invention that is "obvious at the time the invention was made to a person having ordinary skill in the art to which said subject matter pertains".

David Kappos, head of the USPTO, stated in a release that "Now that a body of post-KSR case law is available to guide office personnel and practitioners as to the boundaries between obviousness and nonobviousness, this update can be used to compare and contrast situations in which claimed subject matter was found to have been obvious with those cases in which it was determined not to have been obvious".

Kappos (at right) added that "This update will be helpful to USPTO patent examiners, inventors and the patent bar because it reviews several cases from the Federal Circuit that have involved the application of the law of obviousness since the KSR case was decided by the Supreme Court."

The notice requests comments, but sets no deadline. The notice also states that the USPTO "is especially interested in receiving suggestions of recent decisional law in the field of obviousness that would have particular value as teaching tools". See, Federal Register, September 1, 2010, Vol. 75, No. 169, at Pages 53643-53660

See also, story titled "Supreme Court Rules on Patent Obviousness in KSR v. Teleflex" in TLJ Daily E-Mail Alert No. 1,576, May 7, 2007.

9/3. The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) published a notice in the Federal Register that states that it plans to conduct periodic surveys online and by e-mail of participants in its Global Intellectual Property Academy (GIPA) technical assistance programs. Survey responses will be kept confidential. See, Federal Register, September 3, 2010,  Vol. 75, No. 171, at Pages 54086-54087.

8/31. The Copyright Royalty Board published a notice in the Federal Register that contains final regulations setting the rates for the satellite carrier statutory license of the Copyright Act for the license period January 1, 2010 through December 31, 2014. See, Federal Register, August 31, 2010, Vol. 75, No. 168, at Pages 53198-53199.

8/25. The Copyright Office published a notice in the Federal Register that extends the deadline for filing 2010/2011 cable statements of account to September 29, 2010. See, Federal Register, August 25, 2010, Vol. 75, No. 164, at Pages 52267-52269.

9/8. Microsoft released a statement regarding the legal proceeding that it initiated in February directed at disrupting the activities of an e-mail spam botnet named Waledac. Microsoft stated that "our legal action to permanently shut down the botnet has been successful". Microsoft asserted that it has been successful both in obtaining the legal relief that it has sought, and in disrupting the botnet.

The primary relief sought by Microsoft in this case is an order directing non-party Verisign to transfer ownership of hundreds of domain names to Microsoft.

Microsoft stated that U.S. District Court Magistrate Judge John Anderson "is recommending the court grant Microsoft's motion for default judgment in the case filed in February and permanently transfer ownership of the 276 domains behind Waledac to Microsoft".

Microsoft filed a complaint [63 pages in PDF] on February 22, 2010, in the U.S. District Court (EDVa) against unnamed defendants alleged to be operators of a controlled network of computers -- the botnet named Waledac. Also on February 22, the District Court issued a sealed and ex parte temporary restraining order (TRO) that contains an order directed at Verisign.

That TRO, subsequently unsealed, ordered Verisign to "immediately take all steps necessary to lock at the registry level the domains at issue ...", "immediately take all steps required to propagate to the foregoing domain registry changes to domain name registrars", and "hold the domains in escrow and take all steps necessary to ensure that the evidence of misconduct available through the domains be preserved".

See, stories titled "Microsoft Obtains Ex Parte TRO in Waledac Botnet Case" and "Commentary: Judicial Procedure in the Microsoft Waledac Botnet Case" in TLJ Daily E-Mail Alert No. 2,053, March 2, 2010.

On September 10, Microsoft declined TLJ's request for an interview, and copies of documents.

Microsoft asserted in its September 8 statement that as a result of the TRO granted in February, "communications within the botnet remain dead and we haven't seen any new infections since we first took action".

It added that "The number of unique infected IP addresses is steadily declining and as of August 30th 2010, there were just more than 58,000 unique IP addresses infected with Waledac malware. That's down from nearly 64,000 addresses during the week of July 23rd, 2010. We're using the information we’ve gathered on these infected IP addresses to begin working with CERTs and ISPs to contact affected customers in order to remove the Waledac malware from as many computers as possible."

Microsoft also stated that while the botnet operators have not appeared in court, they have "actively tried to retaliate, attempting to launch a distributed denial of service (DDOS) attack against the law firm that filed the suit and even going so far as to threaten one of the researchers involved in the case".

Botnet is a slang term derived from the words robot and network. It is used to describe a collection of software robots that reside on a collection of compromised computers, almost always without the authority or knowledge of the owners or operators, that are controlled remotely for various nefarious purposes.

The purposes for forming botnets include sending spam, running denial of service attacks, committing click fraud, and infecting computers with spyware. Mircosoft stated that the Waledac botnet was used to "spread malware, send spam and commit other forms of cybercrime".

Botnet based spam can also be used for less harmful purposes, such as marketing, or for more harmful purposes, such as pump and dump securities fraud, theft of personal and financial information to commit further crimes, and various consumer fraud schemes. Also, Botnet operators sometimes lease spamming capacity to others.

This case is Microsoft Corporation v. John Does 1-27, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, Alexandria Division, D.C. No. 1:10CV156(LMB/JFA). LMB is the initials of Judge Leonie Brinkima. JFA is the initials of Magistrate Judge John Anderson.

The House will not meet. It will next meet at 2:00 PM on September 14, 2010. See, Rep. Hoyer's schedule for the week of September 13.

The Senate will return from its August recess at 2:30 PM. It will consider the nomination of Jane Stranch to be a Judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals (6thCir).

12:30 PM. The Federal Communications Commission (FCC), National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners (NARUC) and National Association of State Utility Consumer Advocates (NASUCA) will host an event titled "National Telephone Discount Lifeline Awareness Week Congressional Briefing". The speakers will be Joel Gurin (Chief of the FCC's Consumer and Governmental Affairs Bureau), Irene Flannery (Deputy Division Chief of the FCC's Wireline Competition Bureau's Telecommunications Access Policy Division), David Coen (NARUC), Charlie Acquard (NASUCA), and Mark Andersen (Faith in Action DC/We Are Family). Lunch will be served. This event is free and open to the public. Location: Room B-339, Rayburn Building.

6:00 - 9:15 PM. The DC Bar Association will host a presentation titled "How to Litigate a Patent Infringement Case". The speaker will be Patrick Coyne (Finnegan Henderson). The price to attend ranges from $89 to $129. Reporters are barred from attending most DC Bar events. This event qualifies for CLE credits. See, notice. For more information, call 202-626-3488. Location: DC Bar Conference Center, 1101 K St., NW.

Deadline to submit reply comments to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) in response to three public notices regarding FCC collection, use and dissemination of data. See, Media Bureau notice (DA 10-1195 in MB Docket No. 10-103), Wireline Competition Bureau (WCB) notice (DA 10-1189 in WC Docket No. 10-132), and Wireless Telecommunications Bureau (WTB) notice (DA 10-1223 in WT Docket No. 10-131). See also, FCC release.

Deadline to submit reply comments to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) in response to its Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking [99 pages in PDF] regarding access by telecommunications carriers and cable operators to utility poles. The FCC adopted and released this item on May 20, 2010. This item is FCC 10-84 in WC Docket No. 07-245 and GN Docket No. 09-51. See, notice in the Federal Register, July 15, 2010, Vol. 75, No. 135, at Pages 41337-41363. See also, story titled "FCC Adopts Pole Attachments Order and FNPRM" in TLJ Daily E-Mail Alert No. 2,087, May 26, 2010. See also, July 19, 2010, Public Notice (DA10-1323.)

Deadline to submit comments to the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) in response to its notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) regarding changes to the Standards for Privacy of Individually Identifiable Health Information (Privacy Rule), the Security Standards for the Protection of Electronic Protected Health Information (Security Rule), and the rules pertaining to Compliance and Investigations, Imposition of Civil Money Penalties, and Procedures for Hearings (Enforcement Rule) issued under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA). See, notice in the Federal Register, July 14, 2010, Vol. 75, No. 134, at Pages 40867-40924.

Deadline to submit initial comments to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) in response to its Public Notice (PN) regarding disability access and wireless communications devices. The FCC released this PN on July 19, 2010. This PN is DA 10-1324 in CG Docket No. 10-145. See also, story titled "FCC Releases Two Public Notices Regarding Disability Access" in TLJ Daily E-Mail Alert No. 2,108, July 20, 2010, and notice in the Federal Register, August 5, 2010, Vol. 75, No. 150, at Pages 47304-47305.

The House will return from its August recess at 2:00 PM. It will consider numerous non-technology related items under suspension of the rules. Votes will be postponed until 6:00 PM. See, Rep. Hoyer's schedule for the week of September 13.

8:00 -10:00 AM. Broadband Census News LLC will host a panel discussion titled "The Role of the Obama Administration's IP Enforcement Program". The speakers will be Drew Clark, Steve Mitchell (Entertainment Software Association), Casey Hunter (Future of Music Coalition), Gigi Sohn (Public Knowledge), and Steve Tepp (U.S. Chamber of Commerce). Breakfast will be served. This event is free and open to the public. See, notice and registration page. This event is also sponsored by the National Cable & Telecommunications Association (NCTA) and the Public Knowledge (PK). Location: Clyde's of Gallery Place, 707 7th St., NW.

10:00 AM - 4:00 PM. Day one of a two day meeting of the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission to consider drafts of material for its 2010 Annual Report to the Congress. See, notice in the Federal Register, August 10, 2010, Vol. 75, No. 153, at Page 48412. Location: Room 233, Hall of States, 444 North Capitol St., NW.

TIME? The Department of Commerce's (DOC) International Trade Administration (ITA), Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA), and Census Bureau (CB), and the Department of Labor's (DOL) Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) will hold a meeting regarding improving the measurement of economic activity and trade in the services sector. See, notice in the Federal Register, August 3, 2010, Vol. 75, No. 148, at Page 45606. Location: DOC, Room 1104, 1401 Constitution Ave., NW.

8:30 AM - 2:30 PM. The Information Technology and Innovation Foundation (ITIF) will host a one day conference titled "The Emerging Mobile Broadband Economy and its New Business Models". The speakers will include Sen. Mark Warner (D-VA), Paul Jacobs (Ch/CEO of Qualcomm), and Phil Weiser (National Economic Council). See, notice. Location: Newseum, 6th floor, 555 Pennsylvania Ave., NW.

12:15 PM. The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) will hold a meeting titled "Political Broadcasting Update". The speakers will be Bobby Baker and Hope Cooper of the FCC's Media Bureau. The FCBA asserts that this is an FCBA event. Location: National Association of Broadcasters (NAB), 1771 N St., NW.

The House will meet at 10:00 AM for legislative businss. It will consider numerous non-technology related items under suspension of the rules. See, Rep. Hoyer's schedule for the week of September 13.

8:00 AM. The American Bar Association's (ABA) Standing Committee on Law and National Security will host a breakfast meeting. Rep. Jane Harman (D-CA) will address intelligence reform and ways to reduce over classification. For more information, contact Kristin Loiacono at 202-662-1092 or loiaconok at staff dot abanet dot org. Location: University Club, 1135 16th St., NW.

10:00 AM. The House Ways and Means Committee (HWMC) will hold a hearing titled "China's Exchange Rate Policy". See, notice. Location: Room 1100, Longworth Building.

10:00 AM - 4:00 PM. Day two of a two day meeting of the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission to consider drafts of material for its 2010 Annual Report to the Congress. See, notice in the Federal Register, August 10, 2010, Vol. 75, No. 153, at Page 48412. Location: Room 233, Hall of States, 444 North Capitol St., NW.

12:15 - 1:30 PM. The New America Foundation (NAF) will host a panel discussion titled "Will Unlicensed Access to TV White Space Spur WiFi on Steroids?". The speakers will be Christian Duffus (Spectrum Bridge), Paula Boyd (Microsoft), Wendy Wigen (Educause), Nicol Lee (Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies), Liam Quinn (Dell), Stephen Coran (Regulatory Counsel, WISPA), Michael Calabrese (NAF), and Sascha Meinrath (NAF). Location: NAF, 1899 L St., NW.

12:30 - 2:00 PM. The American Intellectual Property Law Association (AIPLA) will host a webcast event titled "Keeping Your Eye on the Prize: Drafting Patent Applications with Global Considerations". See, notice. Prices vary. CLE credits.

2:30 AM. The Senate Judiciary Committee (SJC) will hold a hearing titled "Judicial Nominations". The witnesses/nominees will be Susan Carney (nominated to be a Judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit), James Boasberg (U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia), Amy Jackson (USDC/DC), Amy Totenberg (USDC, Northern District of Georgia), James Shadid (USDC, Central District of Illinois), and Sue Myerscough (USDC/CDIll). See, notice. The SJC will webcast this event. Sen. Richard Durbin (D-IL) will preside. Location: Room 226, Dirksen Building.

3:30 PM. The New America Foundation (NAF) will host an event titled "The Internet and Innovation: Why Network Architecture Matters". The main speaker is Barbara van Schewick (Stanford University law school), author of the book [Amazon] titled Internet Architecture and Innovation. The other speakers will be Sacha Meinrath (NAF), Gigi Sohn (Public Knowledge), and Derek Turner (Free Press). See, notice. Location: NAF, Suite 400 1899 L St., NW.

Deadline to submit initial comments to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) in response to its Notice of Proposed Rulemaking and Notice of Inquiry (NPRM) [43 pages in PDF] regarding terrestrial broadband services within spectrum allocated to mobile satellite services (MSS). This NOI is FCC 10-126 in ET Docket No. 10-142. The FCC adopted and released this NOI on July 15, 2010. See, notice in the Federal Register, August 16, 2010, Vol. 75, No. 157, Pages 49871-49879. See also, story titled "FCC Adopts NPRM and NOI Regarding Use of MSS Spectrum for Mobile Broadband" in TLJ Daily E-Mail Alert No. 2,105, July 15, 2010.

The House will meet at 10:00 AM for legislative businss. It will consider numerous non-technology related items under suspension of the rules. See, Rep. Hoyer's schedule for the week of September 13.

9:30 AM. The President's Export Council will meet. This event is not open to the public, but will be webcast. See, notice in the Federal Register, August 30, 2010, Vol. 75, No. 167, at Pages 52929-52930.

10:00 AM. The House Commerce Committee's (HCC) Subcommittee on Communications, Technology and the Internet will hold a hearing on HR 5828 [LOC | WW], the "Universal Service Reform Act of 2010". See, story titled "Rep. Boucher and Rep. Terry Introduce Universal Service Reform Bill" in TLJ Daily E-Mail Alert No. 2,110, July 22, 2010. Location: Room 2322, Rayburn Building.

10:00 AM. The Senate Judiciary Committee (SJC) will hold an executive business meeting. The agenda includes consideration of several non-technology related bills, and consideration of the nominations of Kathleen O'Malley (to be a Judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit) and Beryl Howell and Robert Wilkins (to be Judges of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia). The SJC rarely follows its published agendas. The SJC will webcast this event. See, notice. Location: Room 226, Dirksen Building.

10:00 AM - 12:00 NOON. The Federal Communications Commission's (FCC) WRC-12 Advisory Committee's Informal Working Group 4: Regulatory Issues will meet. See, notice. Location: FCC, Third Floor, Room 3-B516, 445 12th St., SW.

10:30 AM. The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) may hold an event titled "open meeting". Location: FCC, Commission Meeting Room, 445 12th St., SW.

2:30 PM. The Senate Homeland Security and Government Affairs Committee (SHSGAC) will hold a hearing on the nomination of Jacob Lew to be Director of the Executive Office of the President's (EOP) Office of Management and Budget (OMB). See, notice. Location: Room 342, Dirksen Building.

5:30 - 8:45 PM. The DC Bar Association will host a presentation titled "Managing a Global Workforce: Key Issues in Immigration, Employment, Export Control and Tax". The speakers will be Alix Mattingly (Maggio & Kattar), Patty Brickett (Argy Wiltse & Robinson), John Nahajzer (Maggio & Kattar), and Thomas Scott (Ladner & Associates). The price to attend ranges from $89 to $129. Reporters are barred from attending most DC Bar events. CLE credits. See, notice. For more information, call 202-626-3488. Location: DC Bar Conference Center, 1101 K St., NW.

6:00 - 8:00 PM. The Federal Communications Bar Association's (FCBA) Legislative and Young Lawyers Committee will host an event titled "Happy Hour". Legislative staff may attend. For more information, contact Mark Brennan at mark dot brennan at hoganlovells dot com. Location: Poste Moderne Brasserie, 555 8th St., NW.

Yom Kippur begins at sunset.

Rep. Hoyer's schedule for the week of September 13 states that "no votes are expected in the House".

10:00 AM - 12:00 NOON. The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative's (OUSTR) Committee of Chairs of the Industry Trade Advisory Committees will hold a partially closed meeting. See, notice in the Federal Register, September 7, 2010, Vol. 75, No. 172, at Page 54416. Location: Room 4830, Department of Commerce, 14th St. and Constitution Ave., NW.

Deadline to submit nominations for membership on the Federal Communications Commission's (FCC) Emergency Response Interoperability Center Public Safety Advisory Committee. See, FCC Public Notice.

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