CongressLine – Cracking Down on Domain Name Bandits
Carol M. Morrissey has been a Legislative Specialist in Washington, D.C. for 14 years. She is a lawyer and legislative expert who has authored a
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Carol M. Morrissey was a Legislative Specialist in Washington D.C. from 1986-2006.
CongressLine – The Virginia Internet Policy Act
In December of 1998, the Governor’s Commission on Information Technology held its first meeting (“The State’s Role in Responsible Internet Growth“) at which the Commission
CongressLine – Web Accessibility Guidelines: Striving Toward Universal Access
The Law of the Land
The Rehabilitation Act Amendments of 1998 were signed into law on August 7, 1998 as title IV of the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 (P.L. 105-220). (The text of section
CongressLine – Freedom of Information: the Newest Nemesis of the Scientific Community
The Scientific Community
Scientists are concerned that the new guidelines will allow the public access to everything from handwritten lab notes to specimens and that it will also jeopardize the
CongressLine – On a Wing and a Prayer: Local Governments and the Year 2000
Hill Review
The Year 2000 issue has been the subject of countless hearings on Capitol Hill. On October 2, 1998 the Senate Special committee on the Year 2000 Technology Problem held a hearing
CongressLine – The Child Online Protection Act: Decency and the Internet Revisited
What is harmful to minors
The new legislation places a prohibition on the commercial distribution over the Web of material that is harmful to minors. The crafters of COPA believe their bill is
CongressLine – Y2K and the Federal Aviation Administration
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)
The FAA in particular has been raked over the coals since the General Accounting Office (GAO) issued a report in January, 1998 entitled,
CongressLine – The United States Embraces a Digital Millennium
Battle Lines on the Homefront
The Digital Millennium Copyright Act, which was originally designed as implementing legislation, became fraught with controversy as more and more provisions
CongressLine – EU Directive 95/46 – Privacy 101
U.S. Response
Moving with dizzying ineffectiveness, the United States is still hammering out (at press time) the details to enable our country to be in compliance with the Directive. (See the
CongressLine – Is the Good Samaritan Too Late for Y2K
The Fix
O n July 14 of this year, President Clinton and Vice President Gore spoke on the Year 2000 conversion issue at the National Academy of Sciences. The speech was