5/30. The House amended and passed HR 4660 [LOC | WW], an untitled bill that makes "appropriations for the Departments of Commerce and Justice, Science, and Related Agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2015". The vote on final passage was 321-87. See, Roll Call No. 269.

This bill contains appropriations for many of the technology related agencies. This bill does not include appropriations for the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) or Federal Trade Commission (FTC). Their appropriations fall within the jurisdiction of the Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government.

This bill contains a clause that bars any federal funds from being used to implement the National Telecommunications and Information Administration's (NTIA) plan to relinquish control over internet domain name system functions.

Thus, the House in two weeks has passed two huge must pass bills that contain provisions that undo President Obama's plan, announced in March, to relinquish NTIA control over internet domain name system functions.

The Senate Appropriations Committee's (SAC) Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies met to mark up its Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies appropriations bill on June 3. The full SCC will meet to mark up the bill on June 5.

USPTO Funding. While this bill contains an appropriation for the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), the USPTO is in reality is funded by fees collected by the USPTO. Moreover, the Congress has a long history of diverting some of these user fees to subsidize other government spending.

However, this bill provides that if the USPTO collects less than the appropriated amount, the USPTO appropriation is accordingly reduced, and that if it collects more than the designated amount, then the excess "shall remain available until expended".

Section 562 of this bill provides that "None of the funds made available by this Act may be used to relinquish the responsibility of the National Telecommunications and Information Administration with respect to Internet domain name system functions, including responsibility with respect to the authoritative root zone file and the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority functions."

NTIA Relinquishment of Internet Authority. The House previously passed a huge bill that contains the text of the DOTCOM Act. See, stories titled "House Passes DOTCOM Act As Part of NDAA" and "Analysis of Voting on the DOTCOM Act" in TLJ Daily E-Mail Alert No. 2,662, May 22, 2014.

On May 22, the House passed HR 4435 [LOC | WW], the "National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2015" on May 22, 2014, by a vote of 325-98. See, Roll Call No. 240. The House approved an amendment offered by Rep. John Shimkus (R-IL) by a vote of 245-177 that contains the text of HR 4342 [LOC | WW], the DOTCOM Act.

It requires that the Government Accountability Office (GAO) write a report regarding a proposal that the NTIA receives "relating to the relinquishment of the responsibility of the NTIA over Internet domain name system functions".

It further provides that until then, the NTIA "may not relinquish or agree to any proposal relating to the relinquishment of the responsibility" of the NTIA "over Internet domain name system functions, including responsibility with respect to the authoritative root zone file, the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority functions, and related root zone management functions."

5/21. Rep. Jim Gerlach (R-PA) and others introduced HR 4696 [ LOC | WW], the "Startup Innovation Credit Act of 2014", a bill to allow some start up companies a credit against payroll taxes for certain research expenditures.

The Internal Revenue Code (IRC) has a research and development (R&D) tax credit. (It has expired, but is likely to be extended.) It is a credit against income tax liability. Start up companies tend not to have income tax liability, and hence, the existing credit against income tax liability is of no use to them. This bill would enable certain startup companies to claim a R&D tax credit against their employment taxes, instead of their income taxes.

Section 41 of the Internal Revenue Code (IRC), which is codified at 26 U.S.C. § 41, pertains to the "Credit for increasing research activities". This bill would add a new subsection 41(i) regarding "Treatment of Credit to Qualified Small Businesses".

Section 3111 of the IRC, 26 U.S.C. § 3111, pertains to employer tax rates. This bill would add a new subsection 3111(f) regarding "Credit for Research Expenditures of Qualified Small Businesses".

The will was referred to the House Ways and Means Committee (HWMC). Rep. Gerlach is a member. The other original cosponsors are Rep. Ron Kind (D-WI), Rep. Mike Kelly (R-PA), and Rep. Gary Peters (D-MI). Rep. Mike Honda (D-CA), who represents a Silicon Valley area district, joined as a cosponsor on May 23. Rep. Kind and Rep. Kelly are HWMC members. Rep. Peters and Rep. Honda are not.

Rep. Gerlach (at right) introduced an earlier version of this bill in the 112th Congress, on August 2, 2012. See, HR 6319 [LOC | WW], the "Startup Innovation Credit Act of 2012", and story titled "Startup R&D Tax Credit Bills Introduced" in TLJ Daily E-Mail Alert No. 2,434, August 22, 2012.

Sen. Chris Coons (D-DE) introduced the companion bill in the Senate, S 193 [LOC | WW], on January 31, 2013. See, stories titled "R&D Tax Credit Bills Introduced" and "Sen. Coons Re-Introduces Bill to Allow Start Ups An R&D Payroll Tax Credit" in TLJ Daily E-Mail Alert No. 2,521, February 7, 2013. He also introduced S 3460 [LOC | WW] in the 112th Congress.

The R&D tax credit expired on December 31, 2013. The Congress has a long history of belatedly enacting short extensions, and usually retroactive, to the credit.

On May 9, the House passed HR 4438 [LOC | WW], the "American Research and Competitiveness Act of 2014", a bill that would amend and make permanent the R&D tax credit. See, stories titled "House Passes R&D Tax Credit Bill" and "Commentary: Political Strategies Associated with the R&D Tax Credit Bill" in TLJ Daily E-Mail Alert No. 2,657, May 9, 2014.

Rep. Gerlach, Rep. Kelly, Rep. Peters, and Rep. Honda all voted for HR 4438. Rep. Kind voted no. See, Roll Call No. 211.

6/3. Peter Picone pled guilty in U.S. District Court (DConn) to violation of 18 U.S.C. § 2320 in connection with his having imported counterfeit integrated circuits (ICs) from the People's Republic of China (PRC) and resold them to customers in the U.S., including defense contractors.

The Department of Justice (DOJ) stated in a release that "Picone conspired with his suppliers in China and Hong Kong to sell millions of dollars’ worth of ICs bearing the counterfeit marks of approximately 35 major electronics manufacturers, including Motorola, Xilinx and National Semiconductor. Picone sold counterfeit ICs to contractors knowing that they would be supplied to the United States Navy for use in nuclear submarines."

The DOJ added that "ICs purchased from Picone had been resurfaced to change the date code and to affix counterfeit marks, all in order to hide their true pedigree."

Section 2320 was first enacted in 1984. However, the Congress rewrote Section 2320 in 2011, adding language regarding counterfeit military goods and services. See, Section 818 of HR 1540 [LOC | WW], the "National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012", Public Law No. 112-81.

Section 818 added a prohibition of trafficking "in goods or services knowing that such good or service is a counterfeit military good or service the use, malfunction, or failure of which is likely to cause serious bodily injury or death, the disclosure of classified information, impairment of combat operations, or other significant harm to a combat operation, a member of the Armed Forces, or to national security". It also provided for the imposition of larger fines and longer periods of incarceration.

Section 818 is a huge section which pertains broadly to "Detection and Avoidance of Counterfeit Electronic Parts". It also directed the Department of Defense (DOD) to write rules "to address the detection and avoidance of counterfeit electronic parts".

The DOD published these rules on May 6, 2014. See, notice in the Federal Register, Vol. 79, No. 90, May 9, 2014, at Pages 26725-26726. See also, story titled " DOD Adopts Rules Regarding Counterfeit Electronics" in TLJ Daily E-Mail Alert No. 2,661, May 21, 2014.

The DOD will hold a public hearing on these rules on June 16 at 8:30 AM at the NASA Headquarters at 300 E St., SW.

6/3. The Copyright Office (CO) announced in a notice in the Federal Register (FR) that it will host a roundtable on July 9, 2014 regarding a new procedure to allow copyright owners to audit the Statements of Account and royalty payments that cable operators and satellite carriers deposit with the CO.

The deadline to submit requests to participate is June 26, 2014. See, form for submitting requests.

This event is free and open to the public. It will be held in Room LM-403 of the Madison Building of the Library of Congress. See, FR, Vol. 79, No. 106, June 3, 2014, at Pages 31992-31995.

The Satellite Television Extension and Localism Act of 2010 (STELA) includes a provision that allows copyright owners to audit certain Statements of Account. That bill was S 3333 [LOC | WW] in the 111th Congress. It is Public Law No. 111-175.

On January 31, 2012, numerous copyright owners filed a Petition for Rulemaking, to which they attached proposed rules.

The CO has already issued and received written comments on two notice of proposed rulemakings (NPRMs). And, late last year, the CO adopted an interim rule.

The CO issued its first NPRM in June of 2012. See, notice in the FR, Vol. 77, No. 115, June 14, 2012, at Pages 35643-35652. See also, story titled "Copyright Office Issues Proposed STELA Rules Regarding Auditing Statements of Account" in TLJ Daily E-Mail Alert No. 2,398, June 18, 2012. The copyright owners group filed a comment, as did others.

The CO issued its second NPRM in May of 2013. See, notice in the FR, Vol. 78, No. 90, May 9, 2013, at Pages 27137-27153. See, CO web page with copies of initial and reply comments on both NPRMs. In addition to the group of copyright owners, the National Cable & Telecommunications Association (NCTA), American Cable Association (ACA), AT&T, Dish, and Directv have been participating.

The CO issued its interim rule last December. See, notice containing interim rules in FR, Vol. 78, No. 248, December 26, 2013, Pages 78257-78258, December 26, 2013.

The just released notice also asks numerous questions. However, it does not solicit written comments. Also, this notice discloses that the CO plans to issue a third NPRM.

6/4. The Hill published a piece by Thomas Leonard, head of the Technology Policy Institute (TPI), titled "The FTC's data broker report: Waiting for Godot?". It is a response to the Federal Trade Commission's (FTC) document [110 pages in PDF] titled "Data Brokers: A Call for Transparency and Accountability". It recommends legislation to regulate data brokers and others. See, story titled "FTC Recommends Legislation to Regulate Data Brokers" in TLJ Daily E-Mail Alert No. 2,663, May 27, 2014.. Leonard wrote that this is the FTC's "fourth major government privacy report in the last two years to propose new policy remedies for privacy ``harms.´´ Yet, like its predecessors, it fails to actually find these harms. The best the commission can do in the most recent report is point to ``potential risks´´ from data brokers ... Despite this lack of evidence, the commission unanimously recommends that Congress consider enacting legislation. If the phrase were not so overused these days, one might suggest this is a solution in search of a problem."

6/3. A collection of groups sent a letter to Sen. Harry Reid (D-NV), the Senate Majority Leader, complaining that HR 4435 [LOC | WW], the "National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2015", as passed by the House on May 22, 2014, contains the DOTCOM Act. The groups that joined in this letter include the New America Foundation (NAF), Center for Democracy and Technology (CDT), Public Knowledge (PK), and American Civil Liberties Union (ALCU).

5/30. The House amended and passed HR 4681 [LOC | WW], the "Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Years 2014 and 2015". The vote on final passage was 345-59. 26 Republicans and 33 Democrats voted no. See, Roll Call No. 271.

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The House will not meet the week of June 2-6, except for pro forma sessions. See, House calendar.

The Senate will met at 9:30 AM.

Day two of a two day event titled "Biometrics Systems and Technologies". See, event web site. Location: Holiday Inn Rosslyn, 1900 N Fort Myer Dr., Arlington, VA.

8:30 AM - 5:00 PM. Day two of a two day meeting of the Department of Commerce's (DOC) National Institute of Standards and Technology's (NIST) Smart Grid Advisory Committee (SGAC). The agenda includes discussion of "the updated NIST Framework and Roadmap for Smart Grid Interoperability Standards, updated Guidelines for Smart Grid Cyber Security (NISTIR 7628), NIST Smart Grid Testbed activities, and interaction between Cyber-Physical System and Smart Grid". Free. Open to the public. See, notice in the Federal Register, Vol. 79, No. 95, May 16, 2014, at Pages 28484-5. Location: NIST, Lecture Room G, Administration Building, 100 Bureau Drive, Gaithersburg, MD.

8:30 AM - 5:40 PM. Day one of a two day event hosted by the Patient Privacy Rights titled "Fourth Annual International Summit on the Future of Health Privacy". See, notice. Location: Hart Auditorium, McDonough Hall, Georgetown Law Center, 600 New Jersey Ave., NW.

9:30 - 11:30 AM. The Heritage Foundation (HF) will host an event titled "Taiwan's Economic Place in the Pacific". The speakers will be Dale Wen-chieh Jieh (Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Taiwan), Kwei-Bo Huang (Association of Foreign Relations, Taiwan), Jeff Chien-Fu Lin (National Taiwan University), Vincent Wang (University of Richmond), Scott Miller (Center for Strategic and International Studies), Tami Overby (U.S. Chamber of Commerce), and Walter Lohman (HF). Free. Open to the public. Webcast. See, notice. Location: HF, 214 Massachusetts Ave., NE.

10:00 AM. The U.S. Court of Appeals (FedCir) will hear oral argument in Industrial Technology Research v. ITC, App. Ct. No. 13-1480. Panel I. Location: Courtroom 402, 717 Madison Place, NW.

10:00 AM. The U.S. Court of Appeals (FedCir) will hear oral argument in JVC Kenwood v. Nero, App. Ct. No. 14-1011. This is an appeal from the U.S. District Court (CDCal) in a patent infringement case involving method claim exhaustion. Panel J. Location: Courtroom 203, 717 Madison Place, NW.

10:00 AM. The Brookings Institution (BI) will host an event titled "Innovation, Internet Governance and Freedom of Expression around the World". The speaker will be Gary Shapiro, head of the Consumer Electronics Association (CEA). Webcast. See, notice. Location: BI, 1775 Massachusetts Ave., NW.

TIME CHANGE. 10:30 AM. 10:00 AM. The Senate Judiciary Committee (SJC) will hold a hearing on four pending judicial nominees: Geoffrey Crawford (USDC/DVer), and Nancy Firestone, Lydia Griggsby, and Thomas Halkowski (all three U.S. Court of Federal Claims). Webcast. See, notice. Location: Room 226, Dirksen Building.

1:00 - 3:00 PM. The Brookings Institution (BI) will host a pair of panel discussions titled "International Implications of the National Security Agency Leaks". Webcast. See, notice. Location: BI, 1775 Massachusetts Ave., NW.

2:30 PM. The Senate Judiciary Committee's (SJC) Subcommittee on Privacy, Technology and the Law will hold a hearing titled "The Location Privacy Protection Act of 2014". Sen. Al Franken (D-MN) will preside. He introduced this bill, S 2171 [LOC | WW], on March 27, 2014. The witnesses will be Bea Hanson (DOJ Office on Violence Against Women), Jessica Rich (Director of the FTC's Bureau of Consumer Protection), Mark Goldstein (Government Accountability Office), Brian Hill (Anoka County Sheriff’s Office, Minnesota), Lou Mastria (Digital Advertising Association), Sally Greenberg (National Consumers League), Robert Atkinson (Information Technology and Innovation Foundation), and Cindy Southworth (National Network to End Domestic Violence). See, notice. Location: Room 226, Dirksen Building.

Supreme Court conference day. See, October Term 2013 calendar.

8:30 AM - 2:15 PM. The U.S. China Economic and Security Review Commission (USCESRC) will hold a hearing titled "Recent Developments in China’s Relations with Taiwan and North Korea". Free. Open to the public. No webcast. See, USCESRC notice, and notice in the Federal Register, Vol. 79, No. 105, June 2, 2014, at Pages 31408-31409. Location: Room 608, Dirksen Building.

8:30 AM - 1:30 PM. Day two of a two day event hosted by the Patient Privacy Rights titled "Fourth Annual International Summit on the Future of Health Privacy". See, notice. Location: Hart Auditorium, McDonough Hall, Georgetown Law Center, 600 New Jersey Ave., NW.

ANOTHER TIME CHANGE. 10:30 AM. 9:30 AM. 9:15 AM. The Senate Commerce Committee (SCC) will hold a hearing titled "Preserving Public Safety and Network Reliability in the IP Transition". The witnesses will be Colette Honorable (National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners), Jonathan Banks (US Telecom), Jodi Griffin (Public Knowledge), Gigi Smith (APCO International), and Henning Schulzrinne (FCC). Location: Room 253, Russell Building.

10:00 AM. The U.S. Court of Appeals (FedCir) will hear oral argument in Rotatable Technologies v. Motorola Mobility, App. Ct. No. 14-1042. Panel M. Location: Courtroom 203, 717 Madison Place, NW.

10:00 AM. The U.S. Court of Appeals (FedCir) will hear oral argument in Ericsson v. D-Link Systems, App. Ct. No. 13-1625. Panel M. Location: Courtroom 203, 717 Madison Place, NW.

10:30 AM. The Senate Appropriations Committee (SAC) will meet to mark up a Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies appropriations bill. See, notice. Location: Room 106, Dirksen Building.

12:00 NOON. The Cato Institute will host a discussion of the book titled "Is Administrative Law Unlawful?". The speakers will be Philip Hamburger (author), Judge Stephen Williams (USCA/DCCir), and Roger Pilon (Cato). Free. Open to the public. No CLE credits. Webcast. Lunch will be served after the program. See, notice. Location: Cato, 1000 Massachusetts Ave., NW.

1:00 PM. The US Telecom and Industrial Internet Consortium (IIC) will host a seminar titled "Getting down to the business of IoT in Telecom". The speakers will be Mobeen Khan (AT&T) and Lynne Canavan (IIC). Free. Webcast. See, notice.

1:45 - 5:30 PM. The Department of Homeland Security's (DHS) Homeland Security Advisory Council will hold a partially closed meeting. The agenda includes a discussion of "Improving Security and Resilience of Cyberspace and Critical Infrastructure". This meeting will be held on site and by listen only teleconferencing. See, notice in the Federal Register, Vol. 79, No. 96, May 19, 2014, at Pages 28746-28747. Location: U.S. Coast Guard HQ, Golden Raintree Drive, Anacostia.

2:00 - 3:30 PM. The Brookings Institution (BI) will host a panel discussion titled "The Future of U.S. Surveillance Authorities". The speakers will be Jameel Jaffer (ACLU), Julian Sanchez (Cato Institute), Chris Inglis (former Deputy Director of the NSA), Carrie Cordero (Georgetown University law school), and Benjamin Wittes (BI). Webcast. See, notice. Location: BI, 1775 Massachusetts Ave., NW.

2:00 - 4:00 PM. The National Science Foundation's (NSF) Networking and Information Technology Research and Development(NITRD) Program's Middleware and Grid Interagency Cooridination (MAGIC) Team meets the first Wednesday of each month. See, notice in the Federal Register, Vol. 78, No. 226, November 22, 2013, at Page 70076. Location: NSF, 4201 Wilson Boulevard, Arlington, VA.

2:30 PM. The Senate Intelligence Committee (SIC) will hold a hearing titled "Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act Reforms". The witnesses will be __. See, notice. Location: Room G50, Dirksen Building.

CANCELLED. 6:00 - 8:15 PM. The Federal Communications Bar Association's (FCBA) Transactional Committee will host an event titled "Recent Developments in the Regulation of Cooperation among Broadcasters and its Impact on TV M&A". CLE credits. No webcast. Prices vary. See, notice. Location: __.

10:00 AM. The U.S. Court of Appeals (FedCir) will hear oral argument in ScriptPro v. Innovation Associates, App. Ct. No. 13-1561. Panel N. Location: Courtroom 201, 717 Madison Place, NW.

8:30 AM - 5:00 PM. Day one of a five day meeting of the Federal Aviation Administration's (FAA) Radio Technical Commission for Aeronautics' (RTCA) Special Committee 206, Aeronautical Information and Meteorological Data Link Services. See, notice in the Federal Register, Vol. 79, No. 95, May 16, 2014, at Pages 28587-28588. Location: RTCA, Inc., Suite 900, 1150 18th St., NW.

9:30 - 11:30 AM. The Brookings Institution (BI) will host a panel discussion titled "The Rise of Innovation Districts: A New Geography of Innovation in America". See, notice. Location: BI, 1775 Massachusetts Ave., NW.

12:15 - 1:45 PM. The Federal Communications Bar Association (FCBA) will host an event titled "Ethical Issues Surrounding Post-Hill Hiring". The speakers will include Brett Kappel (Arent Fox), Sarah Bryner (Center for Responsive Politics), Gregory Mastel (Kelley Drye & Warren), Jeff Hunter (Kelley Drye & Warren), and Margaret McCarthy (House Commerce Committee Democratic staff). Bring your own lunch. No webcast. Free. Location: Hogan Lovells, 555 13th St., NW.

6:00 - 8:15 PM. The Federal Communications Bar Association (FCBA) will host an event titled "The Future of U.S. Telecom Overseas: Trade Agreement Negotiations and the Digital Economy". The speakers will be Robb Tanner (OUSTR Director for Telecommunications and E-Commerce), Timothy Brightbill (Wiley Rein), Eric Holloway (Telecommunications Industry Association), Eric Loeb (AT&T), Lisa Pearlman (International Trade Counsel, Senate Finance Committee Democratic staff), Jennifer Manner (Echostar), Fiona Alexander (NTIA), Walda Roseman (Internet Society), and David Weller (Google). The deadline for registrations and cancellations is 5:00 PM on June 4. CLE credits. No webcast. Prices vary. See, notice. Location: Squire Sanders, 1200 19th St., NW.

EXTENDED TO JULY 24. Deadline to submit reply comments to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) in response to its Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) regarding whether to eliminate or modify the network non-duplication and syndicated exclusivity rules. The FCC adopted and released this FNPRM on March 31, 2014. It is FCC 14-29 in MB Docket No. 10-71. See, notice in the Federal Register, Vol. 79, No. 69, April 10, 2014, at Pages 19849-19860. See, Public Notice (DA 14-525) extending deadlines.

Deadline to submit comments to the Department of Commerce's (DOC) Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) in response to its proposed rules changes regarding the support documents submitted for license applications under the BIS's Export Administration Regulations (EAR) and the BIS's role in issuing documents for the Import Certificate and Delivery Verification system. See, notice in the Federal Register, Vol. 79, No. 68, April 9, 2014, at Pages 19552-19564.

Deadline to submit initial comments to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) in response to its Public Notice (PN) regarding bidding procedures for Auction 97, the AWS-3 auction of 1,614 licenses in 65 megahertz in the 1695-1710 MHz, 1755-1780 MHz, and 2155-2180 MHz bands. The FCC released this PN on May 19, 2014. It is DA 14-669 in AU Docket No. 14-78. See, notice in the Federal Register, Vol. 79, No. 105, June 2, 2014, at Pages 31327-31335, and the FCC's March 31, 2014 Report and Order (FCC 14-31 in GN Docket No. 13-185).

8:30 AM - 5:00 PM. Day two of a five day meeting of the Federal Aviation Administration's (FAA) Radio Technical Commission for Aeronautics' (RTCA) Special Committee 206, Aeronautical Information and Meteorological Data Link Services. See, notice in the Federal Register, Vol. 79, No. 95, May 16, 2014, at Pages 28587-28588. Location: RTCA, Inc., Suite 900, 1150 18th St., NW.

9:00 AM. The Department of Commerce's (DOC) Bureau of Industry and Security's (BIS) Regulations and Procedures Technical Advisory Committee (RPTAC) will hold a partially closed meeting. See, notice in the Federal Register, Vol. 79, No. 102, May 28, 2014, at Page 30542. Location: DOC , Hoover Building, Room 3884, 14th Street between Pennsylvania and Constitution Avenues, NW.

9:30 AM - 3:00 PM. The Department of Health and Human Services's (DHHS) Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology's (ONC/HIT) HIT Policy Committee will meet. See, DHHS notice and notice in the Federal Register, Vol. 78, No. 243, December 18, 2013, at Page 76627. Location: __.

10:00 AM. The House Judiciary Committee's (HJC) Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property and the Internet will hold a hearing titled "Music Licensing Under Title 17: Part One". The witnesses will be __. See, notice. Location: Room 2141, Rayburn Building.

12:00 NOON - 1:30 PM. The American Bar Association's (ABA) Section of Antitrust Law will host an on site and webcast panel discussion titled "Data as a Barrier to Entry in Online Competition". The speakers will be Logan Breed (Hogan Lovells), Nathan Newman (New York University), Darren Tucker (Bingham McCutchen), and John Yun (FTC). Prices vary. No CLE credits. See, notice. Location:__.

1:00 - 4:00 PM. The Federal Communications Commission's (FCC) Technological Advisory Council will meet. See, notice in the Federal Register, Vol. 79, No. 78, April 23, 2014, at Page 22672. Location: FCC, Commission Meeting Room, 445 12th St., SW.

1:00 - 2:30 PM ET. The American Bar Association (ABA) will host a webcast panel discussion titled "Patent Dispute Resolution at the ITC and PTAB: Alternatives to District Court Litigation". The speakers will be Kimberly Parker, Sreekar Gadde, Thomas Davison, and Joshua Kresh. Prices vary. CLE credits. See, notice.

1:00 - 2:30 PM. The American Bar Association (ABA) will host a webcast panel discussion titled "Intellectual Property in Government Contracts: The Rules You Need to Know". The speakers will be John McCarthy, David Black, James McEwen and Jonathan Baker. Prices vary. CLE credits. See, notice.

2:30 PM. The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee's (SHSGAC) Subcommittee on the Efficiency and Effectiveness of Federal Programs and the Federal Workforce will hold a hearing titled "A More Efficient and Effective Government: Examining Federal IT Initiatives and the IT Workforce". The witnesses will be Luke McCormack (DHS Chief Information Officer), Stephen Warren (Department of Veterans Affairs), Donna Seymour
(Office of Personnel Management CIO), David Powner (Government Accountability Office), and Christopher Miller (Department of Defense). See, notice. Location: Room 342, Dirksen Building.

8:00 AM - 5:00 PM. Day one of a three day meeting of the Department of Commerce's (DOC) National Institute of Standards and Technology's (NIST) Information Security and Privacy Advisory Board (ISPAB). Free. Open to the public. See, notice in the Federal Register, Vol. 79, No. 95, May 16, 2014, at Page 28485. Location: Courtyard Washington, 1325 2nd St., NE.

8:15 AM - 4:00 PM. The Department of Commerce's (DOC) National Institute of Standards and Technology's (NIST) Visiting Committee on Advanced Technology will meet. The agenda includes a presentation by the VCAT Subcommittee on Cybersecurity on "its progress on the review of NIST cryptographic standards and guidelines development process". See, notice in the Federal Register, Vol. 79, No. 94, May 15, 2014, at Pages 27860-27861. Location: Portrait Room, Administration Building, NIST, 100 Bureau Drive, Gaithersburg, MD.

8:30 AM - 5:00 PM. Day three of a five day meeting of the Federal Aviation Administration's (FAA) Radio Technical Commission for Aeronautics' (RTCA) Special Committee 206, Aeronautical Information and Meteorological Data Link Services. See, notice in the Federal Register, Vol. 79, No. 95, May 16, 2014, at Pages 28587-28588. Location: RTCA, Inc., Suite 900, 1150 18th St., NW.

10:30 AM. The House Commerce Committee's (HCC) Subcommittee on Communications and Technology (SCT) will hold a hearing titled "Media Ownership in the 21st Century". The witnesses will be __. See, notice. Location: Room 2123, Rayburn Building.

12:00 NOON. The Cato Institute will host a discussion of the book titled "Immigration Economics". The speakers will be the author George Borjas (Harvard), Amelie Constant (Institute for the Study of Labor), and Alex Nowrasteh (Cato). Free. Open to the public. No CLE credits. Webcast. Lunch will be served after the program. See, notice. Location: Cato, 1000 Massachusetts Ave., NW.

LOCATION CHANGE. 12:00 NOON - 1:30 PM. The Federal Communications Bar Association (FCBA) will host an event titled "The IP Transition: A New Frontier in Communications Networks". The speakers will be Matthew DelNero (Deputy Bureau Chief, FCC'ss Wireline Competition Bureau), Karen Reidy (COMPTEL), and Noah Cherry (WTA). Free. No webcast. Bring your own lunch. For more information, contact Lindsey Tonsager at ltonsager at cov dot com or Justin Faulb at jfaulb at nab dot org. Location: National Association of Broadcasters, 1771 N St.,  NW.

12:15 - 1:30 PM. The DC Bar Association will host an event titled "Media Law Committee Brown Bag Lunch Series". The speakers will be Jim McLaughlin and Ashley Messenger. Free. No CLE credits. No webcast. For more information, call 202-626-3463. The DC Bar has a history of barring reporters from its events. See, notice. Location: Washington Post, 1150 15th St., NW.

1:00 - 2:30 PM. The American Bar Association (ABA) will host a webcast panel discussion titled "Crowdsourcing the Practice: Can Solo & Small Firms Unite via Technology to Be Bigger than Big Law?". The speakers will be Chad Burton, Patrice Perkins, Matthew Tollin, and Shelly Whitehead. Prices vary. CLE credits. See, notice.

Deadline to submit reply comments to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) in response to its Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) regarding location surveillance. This FNPRM is FCC 14-13 in PS Docket No. 07-114. The FCC adopted it on February 20, 2014, and released it on February 21. See, notice in the Federal Register, Vol. 79, No. 60, March 28, 2014, at Pages 17819-17847. See also, story titled "FCC Proposes Changes to Location Surveillance Rules" in TLJ Daily E-Mail Alert No. 2,629, February 24, 2014.