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    "abstract": "The Federal Communications Commission (FCC), through its Common Carrier Bureau, has rej ected AT&T1 s tariff filing (WashCngton Report, 2/76) for the Dataspeed 40 termlnal device, which sought to offer the device in connection with voice grade or Datnphone Digital Service (DDS) private line channels. l'he effect of the ruling will be to preclude ATGT from offwing the Dataspeed 40/4, either directly dr through an unregulated subsidiary. Background. The FCC decision was based ultimately on whether the Dataspeed 40 was characterized as a \"data communication^^^ or %ta processingI1 device. If it were the former, it could be offered by ATGT as a c o m n carrier; ~f it were a data processing device, however, it could not be offered. The FCC ruled in its 1971 llComputer Inquiryv1 (Docket No. 16979) that communications common carriers may not directly provide data processing services; while this ruling would have allowed ATET to provide the Dataspeed 40 (as a data processing device] offering through an unregulated subsidiary, ATET was precluded from even this latter optlon by an agreement in an earlier consent decree with the U.S, Department of Justj ce, to the effect that ATGT would not enter an unregulated industry such as the data processing industry. Rationate of the decision. In ruling on the proposed tariff the FCC stated that it must consider \"all the relevant factors, such as the technical characteristics of the equipment, as as st8 intended uses.\" (Emphasis supplied.) The ruling distinquished between two class& of equipment, one in which equipment was designed and marketed for terminal-to-terminal message exchange, and another in which equipment was designed and marketed for the input, output, formatting and conversion of computer-based data, L e. , intended for interaction with a computer. The Commission found the Dataspeed 40/4 to be equipment llwhose pritnary function, design, and marketing is as an integral p3rt of a data processing service involving the programmed interaction of the terminal device and a ~entral computer processing and/or storage unit;\" more specifically, it found the device intended to be a substitute for the IBM 3270 and similar equipment. The Commission noted that the Dataspeed 40 was not capable of terminal-to-terminal communication (w~thout the use of additional data processing support) , and emphasized that it was clearly not intended for this purpose, in either its design or marketing. fie ruling also indicated concern over possible unfair com7etition related to the Dataspeed 40. The petitioners opposing the Dataspeed 40 h~d indicated a fear that if the device were offered by ATGT directly, it would be cross-subsidized by other 9'FET offerings, thus giving the common carrier an advantage in a non-rcgulated competitive market (i. e., computer peripherals). Indeed, the rationale of the Computer Inquiry in requiring common carriers to offer data processing services only through subsidiaries was to make cross-subsidies from a coinmon carrier to its subsidiary easily detectable. Possible further inquiry. In discussing the consent decree itself, the Commission said that \"we believe the appropriate manner to d e a l with this problem is through a petition seeking a revision of the Commission's rules, as well as a possible r c opening of the 1956 consent judgement.\" This statement appears to substantiate informal comments that the* FCC i s considering a now Computer I'nquiry. Recently-appointed Secretpry of Commerce Elliot Richardson has announced a new program with the objective-, i h part, of developing long-term technology policy which would contribute to protecting \"America's vital interests in evolving frontiers. I 1 Richardson noted that U .S. economic development and our quality of life h&e depended on fundamental research and dcvclopmcnt of advanced technology, gasect on his concern that the U.S. qay be unde~invcsting in research and tcchaology dcvelopmcnt, Richardson has directed his Assistant Secretary fop science and Technology (Bctsy Anckcr-Johnsqn) to perfonn a compi.cl~ensive reviar and analysis of U.S. technology policy. He also announced the creation o f a deptlrtnlentnl \"Regulatory Policy Committee\" to develop positions on regulatory issues. Seen in the context of Presldent Fordts program to reduce ~cderai regulation, it would appear that the new Commerce committee is likely to have a deregulatory orientation. INTERAGENCY COMMITTEE ON A?P HOLDS PLANNING CONFERENCE The Ingeragency Committee on ADP (automated data processing), a group comprised of ADP policy officials and managers from the various Federal agencies, recently held a major' conference on Federal ADP planning. The conference, which was closed to the public, was devoted to presentations by ~ongressional and Executive Branch spokcsmen, and to discussion of prominent Federal N)P issues: centralization of ADP management, executive-legislative relationships, management information systems, pcrsonnel management, publlc/private sector responsibilities, and sharing of computer resources. Congressman Charles Rose, Chairman of the House Ad Hoc Subcommittee on Computers, warned the Federal agencies that dhey would have difficulty in obtaining funds for ADP services and equipment if they did not improve their ability to explain Executive Branch ADP requirements to the Cbngress, Speaking for the National Bureau of Standards, Dr. Ruth Davis described her agency's activities to implement the Brooks Act; she noted that despite NBS proposals, \"there Femainsf no means fbr i n s u r i n g compliance with Federal information processing. standards .I1 I n t h e area'of personnel management, the conference participants offered several reco~nmendatiom* for further de-velopme~~t by the Civil Service Commission and the Interagency Committee, including the fostering of professionalism through a formalized certification and testing program, and the strengthening of Civil Service quallflcations standards. VICE PRESIDENT ROCKEFELLER ANNOUNCES INFORNATION POLICY STUDY Vice President Nelson Rockefeller recently announced that Presldent Ford had dirccted the Domestic Council Committee on the Right of Privacy (chaired by Rockefeller) to undertake a comprehensive study of issues related to \"informaLion p o l l~y .~~ The Vice President s t a t e d thaf lt[t7 he Committee will examine a number of critical Issues facing this country, including the political, social, economic and international consequences of our economy's growing information sector. Specific issues, such as The National Science Foundation (NSF) has published An Analysis of Federal R&D Rmding by F w t i o n , FiscaZ years t869-2976 (#, enclose $1. SO). ATfiT has f i l e d with t h e Federal Communications Commission (FCC) for permission t o install and operate a switched Dataphone Digital Service (DD9). The House Committee on Science and Technology plans t o hold late April hearings on t h e impact o f Federal research and development on the economy, Mr. Thomas W. Taylor w i l l replace Russell C. Brown-e as Payments Systems Advisor t o the Comptroller o f t h e Currency, and as the Comptroller's representative t o the EFTS Commission. The Department of Defense has cleared an AFIPS request for copies o f the ARPA Information Processing Techniques Office budget submission to Congress f o r f i s c a l year 1977 (A); t h i s document describes i n d e t a i l t h e ARPA program outlined a t t h e recent AFIPS White House Briefing (Washington Rsport, 3/76). The Privacy Protection Study Commission w i l l hold public hearings i n New Yr~rk on April 2 1 and 22, on thc record keeping practices of banks, savings and loan assoc i a t i o n s , c r e d i t unions and consumer f inancc companies. The National Bureau o f Standards has published FIPS-PUB 38, GuidcZines for Docmentution of Computer Programs and Automated Data Sgstcms, (# , enclose 0.35). The Federal Home Loan Bank Board has published (1) a proposal (open for public comment through April 12) t o extend t h e experimental use of remote service u n i t s by savings and loan associatiops (S6Lts) t o December 31, 1977, and (2) a proposed r u l e which would permit savings and loan account holders t o authorize fluctuating payments (e.g., u t i l i t y b i l l s) t o a t h i r d party, and would alhw SELts t o accept an order from such a t h i r d party (e.g., a u t i l i t y company) through an automated clearinghouse .",
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                "text": "The Federal Communications Commission (FCC), through its Common Carrier Bureau, has rej ected AT&T1 s tariff filing (WashCngton Report, 2/76) for the Dataspeed 40 termlnal device, which sought to offer the device in connection with voice grade or Datnphone Digital Service (DDS) private line channels. l'he effect of the ruling will be to preclude ATGT from offwing the Dataspeed 40/4, either directly dr through an unregulated subsidiary. Background. The FCC decision was based ultimately on whether the Dataspeed 40 was characterized as a \"data communication^^^ or %ta processingI1 device. If it were the former, it could be offered by ATGT as a c o m n carrier; ~f it were a data processing device, however, it could not be offered. The FCC ruled in its 1971 llComputer Inquiryv1 (Docket No. 16979) that communications common carriers may not directly provide data processing services; while this ruling would have allowed ATET to provide the Dataspeed 40 (as a data processing device] offering through an unregulated subsidiary, ATET was precluded from even this latter optlon by an agreement in an earlier consent decree with the U.S, Department of Justj ce, to the effect that ATGT would not enter an unregulated industry such as the data processing industry. Rationate of the decision. In ruling on the proposed tariff the FCC stated that it must consider \"all the relevant factors, such as the technical characteristics of the equipment, as as st8 intended uses.\" (Emphasis supplied.) The ruling distinquished between two class& of equipment, one in which equipment was designed and marketed for terminal-to-terminal message exchange, and another in which equipment was designed and marketed for the input, output, formatting and conversion of computer-based data, L e. , intended for interaction with a computer. The Commission found the Dataspeed 40/4 to be equipment llwhose pritnary function, design, and marketing is as an integral p3rt of a data processing service involving the programmed interaction of the terminal device and a ~entral computer processing and/or storage unit;\" more specifically, it found the device intended to be a substitute for the IBM 3270 and similar equipment. The Commission noted that the Dataspeed 40 was not capable of terminal-to-terminal communication (w~thout the use of additional data processing support) , and emphasized that it was clearly not intended for this purpose, in either its design or marketing. fie ruling also indicated concern over possible unfair com7etition related to the Dataspeed 40. The petitioners opposing the Dataspeed 40 h~d indicated a fear that if the device were offered by ATGT directly, it would be cross-subsidized by other 9'FET offerings, thus giving the common carrier an advantage in a non-rcgulated competitive market (i. e., computer peripherals). Indeed, the rationale of the Computer Inquiry in requiring common carriers to offer data processing services only through subsidiaries was to make cross-subsidies from a coinmon carrier to its subsidiary easily detectable. Possible further inquiry. In discussing the consent decree itself, the Commission said that \"we believe the appropriate manner to d e a l with this problem is through a petition seeking a revision of the Commission's rules, as well as a possible r c opening of the 1956 consent judgement.\" This statement appears to substantiate informal comments that the* FCC i s considering a now Computer I'nquiry. Recently-appointed Secretpry of Commerce Elliot Richardson has announced a new program with the objective-, i h part, of developing long-term technology policy which would contribute to protecting \"America's vital interests in evolving frontiers. I 1 Richardson noted that U .S. economic development and our quality of life h&e depended on fundamental research and dcvclopmcnt of advanced technology, gasect on his concern that the U.S. qay be unde~invcsting in research and tcchaology dcvelopmcnt, Richardson has directed his Assistant Secretary fop science and Technology (Bctsy Anckcr-Johnsqn) to perfonn a compi.cl~ensive reviar and analysis of U.S. technology policy. He also announced the creation o f a deptlrtnlentnl \"Regulatory Policy Committee\" to develop positions on regulatory issues. Seen in the context of Presldent Fordts program to reduce ~cderai regulation, it would appear that the new Commerce committee is likely to have a deregulatory orientation. INTERAGENCY COMMITTEE ON A?P HOLDS PLANNING CONFERENCE The Ingeragency Committee on ADP (automated data processing), a group comprised of ADP policy officials and managers from the various Federal agencies, recently held a major' conference on Federal ADP planning. The conference, which was closed to the public, was devoted to presentations by ~ongressional and Executive Branch spokcsmen, and to discussion of prominent Federal N)P issues: centralization of ADP management, executive-legislative relationships, management information systems, pcrsonnel management, publlc/private sector responsibilities, and sharing of computer resources. Congressman Charles Rose, Chairman of the House Ad Hoc Subcommittee on Computers, warned the Federal agencies that dhey would have difficulty in obtaining funds for ADP services and equipment if they did not improve their ability to explain Executive Branch ADP requirements to the Cbngress, Speaking for the National Bureau of Standards, Dr. Ruth Davis described her agency's activities to implement the Brooks Act; she noted that despite NBS proposals, \"there Femainsf no means fbr i n s u r i n g compliance with Federal information processing. standards .I1 I n t h e area'of personnel management, the conference participants offered several reco~nmendatiom* for further de-velopme~~t by the Civil Service Commission and the Interagency Committee, including the fostering of professionalism through a formalized certification and testing program, and the strengthening of Civil Service quallflcations standards. VICE PRESIDENT ROCKEFELLER ANNOUNCES INFORNATION POLICY STUDY Vice President Nelson Rockefeller recently announced that Presldent Ford had dirccted the Domestic Council Committee on the Right of Privacy (chaired by Rockefeller) to undertake a comprehensive study of issues related to \"informaLion p o l l~y .~~ The Vice President s t a t e d thaf lt[t7 he Committee will examine a number of critical Issues facing this country, including the political, social, economic and international consequences of our economy's growing information sector. Specific issues, such as The National Science Foundation (NSF) has published An Analysis of Federal R&D Rmding by F w t i o n , FiscaZ years t869-2976 (#, enclose $1. SO). ATfiT has f i l e d with t h e Federal Communications Commission (FCC) for permission t o install and operate a switched Dataphone Digital Service (DD9). The House Committee on Science and Technology plans t o hold late April hearings on t h e impact o f Federal research and development on the economy, Mr. Thomas W. Taylor w i l l replace Russell C. Brown-e as Payments Systems Advisor t o the Comptroller o f t h e Currency, and as the Comptroller's representative t o the EFTS Commission. The Department of Defense has cleared an AFIPS request for copies o f the ARPA Information Processing Techniques Office budget submission to Congress f o r f i s c a l year 1977 (A); t h i s document describes i n d e t a i l t h e ARPA program outlined a t t h e recent AFIPS White House Briefing (Washington Rsport, 3/76). The Privacy Protection Study Commission w i l l hold public hearings i n New Yr~rk on April 2 1 and 22, on thc record keeping practices of banks, savings and loan assoc i a t i o n s , c r e d i t unions and consumer f inancc companies. The National Bureau o f Standards has published FIPS-PUB 38, GuidcZines for Docmentution of Computer Programs and Automated Data Sgstcms, (# , enclose 0.35). The Federal Home Loan Bank Board has published (1) a proposal (open for public comment through April 12) t o extend t h e experimental use of remote service u n i t s by savings and loan associatiops (S6Lts) t o December 31, 1977, and (2) a proposed r u l e which would permit savings and loan account holders t o authorize fluctuating payments (e.g., u t i l i t y b i l l s) t o a t h i r d party, and would alhw SELts t o accept an order from such a t h i r d party (e.g., a u t i l i t y company) through an automated clearinghouse .",
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                "text": "the impact of computer and related technqlogies, the relationship between privacy and freedom of information, and access ta information and information delivery systems will also be considered.\" me study will produce q report, due September 1, 1976, with recommendations an how the Federal governlncnt should organize to deal with matters of information policy; the Dpmcstic Council Privacy Committee itself is not ftuided beyond October 1, 1976, and is expected t o cease operation at that time.",
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                "text": "The National Commission on Electronic Fund Transfers held in March its second meetfng. The Cohunissioners decided that they would not comment on the Federal Reservc System's proposed Regulation 3, br other regulations proposed by any Federal or s t a t e agencies, until they are prepqred to take a position on the basis of tllorough investigation, The Commissioners also voted 3gainst a proposal to urge the States to abstain from acting upon state EFTS legislation until the National Commission produces its report, on the grounds that suclr action would be inconsistent with Congress earlier refusal to impose a moratorium on state EFTS legislation.",
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                "section": "EFTS COMMISSION HOLDS SECOND MEETING IN WASHINGTON",
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                "text": "Rep. Bella Abzug @ .Y.), Chairman of the House Subcommittee on Government Information and Individual Rights, recently held hearings on interception of non-voice communications (i. e., cable traffic) by U.S . intelligence agencies. The Subcommittee heard testimony from Weste'm Union International, RCA Global Comnunications, and I T T World Communications. The hearings further pursued an earlier Senate inv'estigation which had revealed that the National Security Agency intercepted cables from U .S. carriers by either picking up messages directly at their offices, or electronically intercepting them using its own electronic intelligence facilities outside the continental United Sthtes.",
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                "section": "ABZUG HEARINGS ON C O h~N I C A T I O N S INTERCEPTION",
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                "text": "Both the Senate and the House recently held hearings on the export of U.S. technology, and related regulatory mechanisms. In the Senate, Charles Phiyps of Texas Instruments (Manager, Strategic Planning] presented the highlights of the so-called Bucy Report prspared by the Department of Defense Task Force on Export of U.S. Technology. Among its many findings the Bucy Report concluded that non-communist nations, including thoseof Third World and particularly those of the Middle East, are \"potential pipelines\" for the transfer of high technology to communist nations. The Report also found that government-to-government scientific exchanges had the potential of transfering technology very actively, and as such \"should be monitored to ensure consistency with restrictions on export of s t~a t e g i c U.S. design and manufacturing know-how.\"",
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                "text": "Testifying in both the House and Senate, Peter McCloskey, Presidentrof the Computer and Business Equipment Manufacturers Association (CBEbIA) objected-to the lack of clear policy guidance in Federal statutes which regulate East-West trade; he specifically objected to the \"national interestn criteria used in assessing specific license applications under the Export Administration Act. McCloskey urged that Department of Commerce Technical Advisory Committees (which include industry representatives) be given a greater voice in formulation of policy related to technology export. He also argued that criticism of East-West trade policy relating to com2uter technology is unfounded, stating that \"no significant military contribution has accrued to the U.S.S.R.\" as a result of U.S. computer exports.",
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                "text": "The National Science Board o f t h e National Science Foundation has released a report e n t i t l e d Sccence Indigo.tors, 2974 (#, enclose $4.60) which shows a weakening in U,S. science and technology. I n a separate development, Armer provided comment through AFIPS on the proposed amendments to t h e Federal Reserve's Regulation J, which deals with wire t r a n s f e r s between Federal Reserve Banks, and other aspects o f the Federal Reserve's automated payments system. The l e t t e r comment submitted by Armer was i n i t i a l l y drafted by Dan McCracken, Vice Chairman of the AFIPS committee, and was reviewed by committee members p r i o r t o submission.",
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                "text": "The conqnents focused on cwo s p e c i f i c areas. F i r s t , Armer pointed o a t t h a t while privacy and confidentiality of account information was addressed i n the amended regulation, the area was treated i n a very cursory manner. In t h e absence of a specific definition of \"adequate safeguards,\" prescribed appeal procedures f o r consumers, and r e l a t e d penalties on financial i n s t i t u t i o n s and t h e i r employees f o r unauthorized d i~c l o s u r e , he argued, the proposed t r e a t m e~t was nearly meaningless. Second, Armer pointed out t h a t while the press release d e s c r i b i~g the proposed amendment made reference t o Ifpayments on magnetic tape\" (and implied the t r a n s f e r of funds by physical delivery of tapes), t h e proposed regulation defined acceptable \"mediat1 much more broadly than magnetic tape, in a way t h a t would make",
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                "text": "the Regulation applicable t o a f u l l s c a l e Electronic Fund Transfer System. Armer urged the Board t o r e s t r i c t the d e f i n i t i o n of media t o only t r a n s f e r s on magnetic tape, and t o gain relevant experience i n t h i s area before publishing broad regulations which would reach EFT systems more generally.",
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                "text": "The Director of the AFIPS Washington Office met i n March with s t a f f members of t h e",
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                "section": "AFlPS PRESIDENT RALSTON URGES CONTU TO EXPLORE COMPUTER-RELATED COPYRIGHT",
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                "text": "Natiunal Commission on New Technological Uses af Copyrighted Works and was t o l d t h a t the Commissiork would, a t i t s April 1 meetihg i n New York, determine whether i t would investigate and make recommendations on copyright matters r e l a t e d t o computer t ethnology (Washington Report, 3/ 76)",
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                "text": "As a r e s u l t , AFIPS President Anthony RalSton has written t h e Commission, urging t h e Commissioners t o go forward with investigation of these tlimportantll issues, and t o make recommendati~ns which wauld lead t o clarification of t h e resevant law.",
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                "text": "Ralston emphasized that AFIPS1 i n t e r s s t i n this area i s n o t commercial, b u t r s t h e r , t h a t the Federation wished t o see the legal treatment of the arca,developed i n a manner which i s technically sound. \"Both the Congress and the Federal Judiciary, by the nature of these i n s t i t u t i o n s , are i n a d i f f i c u l t position t o consider a l l aspects (i.s., legal Mosher has predicted t h a t H.R. 214, a bill: which would require c~u r t orders f o r government surveillance of many kinds of communications, w i l l be approved within the month by the House Subcommittee on Courts, Civil Liberties and the Administration of Justice. The b i l l , as revised by the Subcommittee, is expected t o include coverage of non-aural interception of electronic communications ( i . e . , d a t a communications) sent over wire; AFIPS had e a r l i e r been asked t o provide technical commenAt upon t h i s aspect of the b i l l (Washington Report, 2/76) While the proposed s t a t u t e would not reach non-wire data communications, it would for the first time provide Federal s t a t u t o r y privacy protection f o r computer data transmissions, telegrms, and other non-verbal trallsmisslons over wire. AFIPS societies have permission to use material in the AFIPS Wsrsh.ington Report f o r their own publications, except t h a t where an a r t i c l e title appears with an \"[*)\" clearance must first be obtained from the AFIPS Washington Office. Documents indicated by t h e symbol ll[#)'T are available on request to the AFIPS , Washington Office. Mere price is noted. make checks payable to \" A X E . \" The J o h t o n program. The Johnston program, which is being sold as a computer program t o banks and data processing companies, would read a magnetically encoded d i g i t on customer checks and i n t e r p r e t it as a s p e c i f i c category of expenditures. The program would then s t o r e and s o r t t h i s information such t h a t it could produce a periodic statement organized according t o cus tomer-speci f i e d categories .",
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                "text": "Rationale zrnder e&sting patent criteria. Under e x i s t i n g law, patent protection. may be granted only t o ideas which a r e new, useful and non-obvious . Each of these c r i t e r i a are a Itterm of.artI1 i n patent law, having a s p e c i f i c and detailed definition. ~tNon-obvious~ i s taken by the courts to mean t h a t the subject matter sought t o be patented must not be ltobvious a t the time the invention was made t o a person having ordinary s k i l l i n the a r t . . . .I1 The Court found t h a t Johnston's invent i o n was obvious under t h i s standard f o r two reasons; first, banks already use computers extensively t o process customer account information (including processing multiple accounts f o r the same customer), and second, t h e Johnston application, was q u i t e similar t o an e x i s t i n g system which used a computer t o maintain account information f o r the various divisions of large business enterprises .",
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                "section": "In response t o a recent",
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                "text": "S t a h of softuare patentabitlty. Under the new Supreme Court ruling, t h e availa b i l i t y of patent protection f o r software remains uncertain. While some observers view t h e Court Is limited holding, which did not r u l e against p a t e n t a b i l i t y of s o f tware, as i n indication t h a t it may be willing t o allow patent protection for pmgrams which meet the normal requirements f o r patentability, the point i s conjectural a t t h i s time. Within the framework of the law it now stands, however, it remains possible t h a t the Supreme Court w i l l utlimately r u l e i n favor of software patentability.",
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                "text": "FCC CHA1RhlA.N ANNOUNCES PROPOSAL FOR NEW COhiPUTER INQUIRY",
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                "text": "House Off ice of Telccammunications Policy. (OTPg), FCC Chairman Richard Wi1e)r announced his proposal f o r a new FCC llComputer Inquiry\" which would re-examine the i n t e r r e l a t i o n s h i p between computer and comnlunications technologies. h'ilcy is spcci f i c a l l y proposing t o t h e Comrnissiorlers that t h e FCC i n i t i a t e n notice of inquiry and proposed r u l e making, and t h a t it undertake a s e r i e s of p u b l i c sessions which would reach both t h e commercial and research c a m u n i t i e s regarding new technologies (both current and planned) and t h e i r applications, Particularly s i g n i f i c a n t , Wiley indicated an innovative approach i n which these public sessions would become p a r t of t h e record i n t h e formal Conlputer Inquiry proceedings, The public sessions will be i n two formats, F i r s t , Wilcy indicated t h a t he would propose a ''Future Planning Conference\" which ubuld be oriented toward ne\\r. developments i n computer coi~ununications and their impact on FCC regulatory r e s p o n s i b i l it i e s ; while the Future Planning Confcr'ences are not themselve-s new t o the FCC, Wileyts proposal t o incorporate the t r a n s c r i p t of the Conference i n t o t h e Computer Inquiry record represents a novel approach t o obtaining technical information from the research community-, which i s n o t normally a party t o FCC proceedings. Second, Wiley described a proposed \"Commission Demonstration Programt1 which would supplement w r i t t e n comments submitted i n t h e course of t h e Computer Inquiry with l i v e demonstrations and debate regarding communications equipment (including terminal devices). This program would attempt t o e l i c i t information p e r t a i n i n g t o vendors, u s e r s and uses of such equipment; vendors would be allowed t o comnlent on t h e i r own as we11 as competitors equipment,",
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                "text": "OTP COmlENTS ON FEDERAL RESERVE'S PROPOSED REGU1,ATION J",
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                "text": "The White House Office of Telccsmmu~ications Folicy r e c e n t l y submitted crsmmcnts on t h e Federal Reserve Board's proposed Regulation J . (See R'L~sl:!)zgtorz .Scp,-rt, 4 / 7 6 ) . OTP1s comments indicated concern t h a t t h e proposed changes would permit t h e a c t u a l provision of EFT s e r v i c e s by t h e Federal Reserve, an a c t i v i t y which would be \"inappropriate and unwise.\" I n a l e t t e r t o t h e Director of rhc AFIPS Washington Office, OTP Acting Director John Eger described OTP1s s p e c i f i c concerns: \" F i r s t , we have been witnessing for some t i m e the steady development by t h e p r i v a t e s e c t o r of the generic type of s e r v i c e s now proposed by t h e Federal Reserve Board. There do not appear t o be any economic o r technological reasons f o r the Federal Reserve t o involve i t s e l f i n the actual provision of these services. Accordingly, absent any compelling j u s t i f ication f o r government e n t r y i n t o t h i s market, t h e p r i v a t e s e c t o r should be l e f t t o provide e l e c t r o n i c funds t r a n s f e r services i n an environment t h a t i s f r e e from government operational involvement.",
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                "text": "Our second concern r e l a t e s t o t h e control of and access t o t h e comprehensive body of s e n s i t i v e and c o n f i d e n t i a l financial information t h a t w i l l eventually be carried by e l e c t r o n i c funds t r a n s f e r systems. Operat i o n of such systems by t h e Federal Reserve would give i t d i r e c t and automatic access t o t h i s information. We s e r i o u s l y question the wisdom of c r e a t i n g an environment wherein a government agency xould have such ready and unprecedented access t o t h i s vast amount o f information concerning t h e day-to-day f i n a n c i a l a f f a i r s o f t h e public.\"",
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                "text": "President Ford has signed a compromise version of legislation to establish a White House Science Adviser* passed by the House and Senate on April 26, It was anticipated that the President would sign the bill, since the compromise version was without mest aspects of the Senate bill which he had found objectionable (Wasungton Report, 1/76). President Ford is expected to name the new science adviser very shortly; amid varcious rumors, Dr, Simon Ramo of TRW is considered to be a leading candidate' for the new position.",
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                "text": "The compromise bill (#) will give the new White House Office of Science and Technology Policy relatively limited budgetary authority, to \"advise the President on scientific and technological considerations with regard to Federal budgets, and assist the Office of Management and Budget with an annual review and anaylsis of funding proposed for research and development in budgets of all Federal agencies\" (emphasis supplied). The bill creates a Presfdent's Committee on Science and Technolagy (similar to a prcdccessor committee, the President's Science Advisory Committee) to bring together leading scientists for a two-year study of the Federal science and technology program. While the bill will make the new science adviser a member of the White House Domestic Council, one of t h e legislative coinpromises will preclude the adviser's membership on the National Security Council, Finally,, the, measure eliminates a proposed grant to each state, which would have been applied to development of state science and technology programs.",
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                "text": "The Consumer Communications Reform Act of 1976, a bill which would radically modify to the benefit of ATET recent Federal Commurlications Commission (FCC) policy on specialized carriers and interconnection, has recently been introduced in various versions in both the House and Senate (primarily H.R. 12323 (#) and S . 3192(#)). The Act, which closely follows AT&T1s or'iginal proposal, carries four key provisions First, it would resrrict approval of specialized carrier ( e -g . , providers of data communications services) applications by requiring t h e appZicatzt t o show that the proposed service will :lot result in increased charges for telcpllone exchange service or \"wasteful or trmeces~ary~~ duplication of common carrier facilitfes, and will not significantlj. lmpzir the technical i n t e g r i t y of, or capacity for unified planning in the nationwide telephone network. Second, it would preclude t h e FCC f~o m fequirlng charges for new common carrier services which exceed the increnlental cost of providing such service; opponents argue this provision would allow ATET to subsidize i t s new offerings through existing services, thereby forcing specialized carriers out of the market. Third the bill would allow acquisition of a common carxiear by another common carrier. Finally, it would put jurisdiction over 5nterconnection policy [regarding the connection of non-bell instruments to the net-WOFQ ex~lusively under state jirisdiction, which would have a nullifying effect onthe xecent FCC interconnection decision (Nashingtun Report, 12/75).",
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                "text": "Rep. Torbert Macdonald [Mass.), chairman of the House Subcommittee on Comunications has responded to the Act by arguing that competicion against comon carriers would not necessarily increase local rates (contrary to ATET's position), nor would it cause other undesirable redistributions of rates; he stated it to be in the national interest to allow competitive costs to determine rate structure. Specialized oariers (e.g.; hlCI and Datran) have also denounced t h c bill as an ATGT effort to SegisIatively eliminate competition, despite contrary policies implemented by the FCC .and the courts.",
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                "text": "ATGT Chairman John deButts replied in recent comments at the ATGT shareholder meeting that FCC decisions allowing interconnection and selective competition in highp r o f i t markets ( i . e . , high-volume urban markets) threatened the technical integrity of the network as well as AT&Tfs ability t o ,plan its facilities and operations. The Colnmerce Department has reported favorable trade balances in 1975 in electronics and business machines, with an 11% increase over the previous year i n the approximately $2 b i l l i o n positive balance in computers and related equipment.",
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                "text": "NSF has published Federal Funds for Research, Dcvclopment, and Other Scientific Activities, Fiscal Years 1 9 7 4 , 1975, In all cases, the participants spoke eithcr as individual experts, or presented g sununary of comments from varibus experts within their society,",
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                "text": "The comments reflected a fairly widely perceived need far some form of software protection. While there was little support for the proposition that copyright provided the best legal vehicle for such protection (in contrast to approaches such as patent or trade secret), there appeared to be greater agreement within the societies on the desirable charaotsriat~cs of software protection, and on the principle that protection should encourage software development by allowing a reasonable commercial return, mile existing copyright law precludes only copying of protected materials, the participantsf conmcnts supported the suggestion that software protection should be extended to include use (i.e., execution) as well. Further, the comments indicated that \"copyingvr should be defined to include the reading (or copying) of a program into core memory for execution, a necessary prerequisite to \"use.\" The commentators all indicated that approaches other than copyright may constitute the best solution; there was some.indication that an entirely new legal system of protection ($,em, outside of patcnt and trade secret as well) should be considered. While there were divergent statements on whether software protection should extend beyond program code itself, the participants indicated that programs other than literal copies in the same computer language should, in some eases,. constitute an infringing copy. ",
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                "text": "Office \"can become a very great resource t o us i n the Congress in determining hbw we can draw gown and promulgate t h e best kind of policy f o r t h e country, for your industry, f o r a l l concerns of t h e Anerican public , . . . Ll]t may be a grcat and a very useful linkage between your orgnnization'and t h e Congress o f t h e United S t a t e s . I c a n ' t emphasize it enough.\"",
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                "text": "With regard t o present Congressional systenrs, Rose described the usefulness of d a t a bases such a s t h e Library of Congress \"Scorpio\" system ( \\~h i c h con\"iains dig e s t s o f a l l b i l l s presently before the Congrcss, and b r i e f s on major issues) and t h e Fedcra 1 Assistance* Program Retrieval Service He emphasized, however, that the most important aspect of Congressional computer capabilities has yet to be implemented; Rose described the system which he envisions as follows:",
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                "text": "''The greatest challenge that we are faced with in the Congress is making the legislative branch of government an effective overseer of the Executive, Branch. ThatPs our constitutional mandate. . . .",
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                "text": "\"We need to have the legislative branch of government tied into the executive branch, When t h e executive branch writes a check o r transfers a fund or encumbers or rescinds money or does anything to a dollar, including spending it, their computer needs t o notify our computer in the House of Representatives. Our computer can be programmed to notify the subcommittees of the House that have jurisdiction over that particular area so that a judgment and decision can be made as to whether that particular transaction is within the Congressional intent or was outside the scope of what we orginially intended.\"",
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                "text": "The Federal Home Bank Board (FHLBB) has amended its regulations (as earlier proposed --Washington Report, 4 / 761, to extend the experimental use of remote service units to December 31, 1977, and to reopen the application period for operation of such units from August 1, 1976 to March 31, 1977, The Board has taken the posit,ion that operation of electronic fund transfer systems will furnish information which will be useful to both itself (in developing permanent regulatians) and the National Commission on EFTS.",
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                "text": "The Comptroller of the Currency, a different Federal agency which regulates national banks, has issued guidelines for the evaluation of EFT systems. According to an article appearing in EFTS-Industry Report, these grlidelincs indicate a need to deal with consumer and security issues prior to the interim or final reports of the National Commission on EFTS. The guidelines recommend that a bank should assure its customers that the personal and financial information which it accumulates will be used only for banking purposes, and that it should not be sold or divulged without written customer consent, unless required by law or within tlgenerally accepted banking practices;\" further, infarmation processed by outside services must be treated with the same degree of confidentiality as transactions handled entirely within the bank.",
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                "text": "In the area of security, the Comptroller suggested that the National Bureau of standards encryption algorithm be considered as a means oP protecting transmissions between banking terminals and central processors, and recommend ed a number of other specific technical security procedures,",
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                "text": "The recently introduced \"Bell B111\" (Cons3mer Communicatiorjs Reform Act of 1976 -see Washington Report, 5 / 7 6 ) promises to make Federal communications regulation a major political issue in the next year. Approximately 35 substantially similar bills have been introduced i n the Congress to date, by approximately 75 members.",
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                "text": "The primary policy issue in the contro-vorsy is whether ATGT should be allowed to reassert i t s monopo). status i n communications, in contravention of recent FCC policies allowing limited competition by specialized carriers and valueadded carriers, parti~u~arly in data communications. However, a major factuaZ issue has recently emerged which w i l l play a key role in the controversy: whether revenues in those ATGT services subject to competition subsidize res i d e n t i a l rates, ATGT staunchly maintains that competition will raise resigential rates, while i t s competitors maintain that this is not the case; t h e FCC has stated that careful studies must be undertaken to determine who ( $ , e m , which user groups) subsidizes whom, Congress is expected to hold extensive hearings on these and related issues.",
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                "text": "Groups opposing the ATGT legislation have organized the Ad Hoc Committee for Competitive Telecommunications (ACCT) , which will establish a \\Yashington o f f~c e and expects to expend on the order of $500,000 in its first year of operations. Present Committee members are Datran, ITT1s U.S. Transmission Systems, blCT, and others; Satellite Business Systems, the North American Telephone Association, and Telenet are reported to support the Committee, while not becoming membcrs. Both t h e Computer and Business Equipment FIanufacturers Association and the Computer Industry Association oppose the legislation, and are expected to issue position statements soon, ATGT has been allegcd by several of the opposition organizations to have undertaken extensive lobbying activities, including making personal contact with most members of the Congress and sending letters to its 3 million shareholders.",
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                "text": "A recent series of reports released by the General Accourlting Office (GAO) on the subject of computer-related pkdblems in the14Federal government have received considerable attention by Sen. Ribicoff, chairman o f the Senate Committee or\\ Government Operations. The series of three GAO reports deal with (1) computer-related crimes, ( 2 ) unreviewed automated dec'ision making by computers, and ( 3 ) protection of Federal computer facilities against sabotage, fire and flood, fraud and human eryor, Regarding computer crlme, GAO reported 69 instances of computer abuse resulting in losses of over $2 million; most of the fraud involved lluncomplicated actstt made possible by inadequate management controls. GAO also reported that computer7 programmed for auton~atic decisions can cost the government a large but undetermined amount of money by issuing unreviewed paynlents and instigating unreviewed (and incorrect) actions in Federal agencies.",
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                "text": "Sen. Ribicoff described these reports in considerable detail in remarks in the CongressionaZ Record, and indicated that his committee staff is conducting a preliminary investigation into the problems identified by the GAO reports; he is expected to hold Senate hearings on the subject by the end of the year.",
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                "text": "Tymshare has filed an application with the Federal Cornn~unicatTons Commission (FCC) requesting authorization for a new subsidiary, Tymnet, to operate as a value-added carrier. Tymsharets non-regulated status has been an issue at the FCC tor some time, in an informal proceeding brought by 'I'clcnet, a regu-lated competitor of. Tymkhare (Washington Report, 11/75). The proposed new service would include such capabilities as speed and Code conversion, and storeand-forward message services.",
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                "text": "Fiscal Year 1977 budget (Washington Report, 2/76) has been cut $60 million by the House Appropriations Committee, but was latcr restored to the Administration's propased level by the Senate Appropriations Committee; #the iikcly result will be a compromise on half the cut proposed by the House. The House Committee on International Relations has produced a committee print on $cisnee, TechnoZogy, and DipZornacy in the Age of Interdependence (#I, The Federal Privacy Protection Study Commission has produced ~t s first Annual Report (#) , as well as ~t s first report ofi a major area of investigation, Federal Tax Return ConfidentiaZ$ty (#enclose $1.4-5) .",
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                "text": "The Institute for Computer Sciences 6 Technology of the Natlonal Bureau of Standards now provides disk calibration services for low, medium and high (12-disk pack) data surfaces ; requests for inforhation or submissions for calibration should be addressed to: Data Acquisltlon and Storage Section (magnetic disk), Computer -Computer communications b r i e f i n g s t o t h e Fccleral Conunul~ications.",
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                "text": "SUPREME COURT DENIES SOFTWARE PATENTThe U.S. Supreme Court has ruled i n D m v. Johnston t h a t the program developed by Thomas R, Johnston i s not patentable under existing law, The Court did not reach the broader i s s u e of software patentability even though it was spocificqlly raised by t h e p e t i t i o n e r i n the case, C. Marshall Dann, t h e C~mmissioner of patents and Trademarks, While the Court very properly decided the cade as narrowly as possible, Le., on Johnston's s p e c i f i c application f o r patent as opposed t o the broader question of software patentability, i t could conc-eivably have reached t h e l a t t e r issue.",
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                "text": "Conferonce, urging members o f t h e information processing f i e l d t o a s s i s t t h eCongrcss i n understanding computer technclogy and i t s c a p a b i l i t i e s , and i n formulating a r a t i o n a l Federal government ''information policy. \" Present aspects of pozicy. Mr. Rose began by o u t l i n i n g s e v e r a l areas i n whichFederal information policy has begun t o take shape, lie c i t e d the Brooks B i l l as an e a r l y e f f o r t ( i n 1965) t o deal with problems of Federal government comp u t e r procurement; he added, however, t h a t t h e Brooks B i l l i s not being implemented completely, and t h a t the Bill will need t o be amended a s technology changes. He a l s o noted t h a t t h e new l e g i s l a t i o n e s t a b l i s h i n g a P r e s i d e n t i a l science adviser (wash;ngton Report, 5/76) encourages the improved t r a n s f e r o f s c i e n t i f i c and technological information, and d i r e c t s the new Ofsfice of Science and Technology Policy t o maintain adequate data bases on science, engineering an6 techn-y. Rose a l s o pointed out the e f f o r t s of the National Commission on New Technological Uses o f Copyrighted Works i n t h c area of software protect i o n (see Washingt~n Rcport, 5/76), Rose s p e c i f i c a l l y urged AFIPS t o consider a p o s i t i o n on t h e suggestion r ecently, made by Joh:~ Eger, a c t i n g d i r e c t o r of t h e I\\?lite House Office of Telecommunications Policy, t o c r e a t e a j o i n t C o~~g r e s s i o n a l c o r n i t t e e on information policy. The committee would e s t a b l i s h a Congressional focal point f o r formul a t i n g such policy, i n c o n t r a s t t o t h e present s i t u a t i o n where decisions a r e made in numerous groups within t h e Executive Branch. ~ongressional use of computing. Rose gave h i s primary emphasis t o Congressional use of computing, p a r t i c u l a r l y d a t a base access, Here he c i t e d t h e need f o r educating t h e Congress, both f o r t h e i r own immediate needs and f o r a b e t t e r understanding o f t h e technical aspects o f information policy, and challenged computer professionals t o provide t h e needed help, through t h e AFIPS Ivashington Of f i c c .",
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                "text": "Systems Engineering Division, Room B-212, Bldg. 225, National Bureau of Standards, Washington, D. C. 20234. NSF has released Federa2 Support to Universities, CoZZeges and SeZected Nonp r o f i t Institutions, Fiscal Year 1974.AFXPS IN WASHINGTONWASHINGTON OFFICE MAKES FIRST YEAR REPORT TO AFIPS BOARDThe first annual r e p o r t of t h e AFIPS WashingtonOffice was submitted t o t h e AFIPS Board o f D i r e c t o r s f o r i t s June, 1976 meeting a t the National Computer Conference. The r e p o r t , summarized below, described t h e a c t i v i t i e s of t h e Office i n pursuing i t s objectives of informing t h e AFIPS s o c i e t i e s of signifi c a n t Washington developments and providing technological information t o t h e Federal government. sununary of t h e report. The Office has become i n t e g r a t e d i n t o the Washington community, and i s becoming a f o c a l point for dialogue on an increasing nwpbeiof Federal issues r e l a t e d t o information processing. I n terms o f disseminating information, t h e AFIPS ft7asIt5ngtan Report has been e s t a b l i s h e d as a r e g u l a r monthly p u b l i c a t i o n . hi's p u b l i c a t i o n ( t o which complimentary s u b s o r i p t i o n s are a v a i l a b l e upon request)ydescribes r e c e n t Federal developments as w e l l a s our c u r r e n t AFIPS a c t i v i t i e s i n Washington. I n February o f t h i s year the O f f i c e arranged, i n cooperation with AFIPS Headquarters, a White House b r l e f i n g t o s e n i o r officials of t h e AFIPS s o c i e t i e s . A t t h i s b r i e f i n g , Federal o f f i c i a l s from t h e IVhite House. and various agencies discussed t h e c u r r e n t Government outlook regarding computers and telecommunic a t i o n s , Federal r e s e a r c h and development i n information processing, and i n t e r n a t i o n a l t r a n s f e r o f computer technology (Washington Repore, 3/76) . With regard t o providing t e c h n o l o g i c a l information t o t h e Federal government, the following comments and briefings ( i n approximate chronology) were arranged through t h e Washington O f f i c e : -An address t o t h e U.S. Interagency Co~runittec on ADP, by the chairman of t h e AFIPS \\Vashington A c t i v i t i e s Conunittee. -B r i e f i n g t o t h e executive d i r e c t o r of t h e White House Domestic Council Conunlttec on t h e Right o f Privacy, on t h e subject of Federal government \"information policy.\" Testimony b e f o r e t h e U.S. House o f Representatives Committee on Science and Technology, Subcommittee on Domestic and I n t e r n a t i o n a l S c i e n t i f ic Bf anning and Analysis; hearings on Computer Tethnology Transfer t o t h e Organization o f Petroleum Exporting Countries.",
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                "text": "214 has been reported out of the House Suhcommittec on Courts, Civil Liberties and t h e Administration of J u s t i c e , with the provision protecting computer data transmissions remaining in the bill (Washington Report, 4/76). The National Bureau of Standards Experimental Technology Incentives Program has Federal Circuit Court of Appeals has stayed tho FCC interconnection decision (washington Report, 12/75) pending the determination of a suit filed by AT$T and o t h e r telepl~ono companies,",
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                "text": "and 1976 [#enclose $1.803. AFIPS Washington Office by the National Commissiorl on New Te~hnological Uses of Copyrighted Works (CONTU), AFIPS societies recently commented on the issue of copyright protection for coinputer software. The request from CONTU executive director Arthur Levine enumerated n i n c specific quest i o n s on which t h e Comi$sion sought comment. The AFIPS Washington Office, working through the liaisons f r~m the respective AFIPS societies, arranged comqent from those societies electing, to participate ACFI, DPbH, and the IEEE Computer Society. In addition to preparing written comment, each of those participants (with the exception of Dr. Macon) participated in the hearings which QONTU held in Washington on Hay 6.",
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                "text": "The witnesses generally concurred that software protection, properly implemented, would increase the useful dissemination of software and not unduly restrict users,AFIPS \\VASHINGTON ACTIVITIES COMMITTEE MEETS IN IVASkIINGTONThe AFIPS Washington Activities Commiftee (Keith Uncapher, chairman; Ralph Leatherman; and Frank' Ryan), along with AFIPS executive director Robert Rector, met on April 20 a t the AFIPS Washington Office. The Committee reviewed and discussed AFIPS' activities in Washington over the past year (the period for which the IVnshingtop Office has been in operation), as well as future activities and priorities for the. Washington Office. The Committee also met br'iefly at the Federal Communications Commission, to discuss the planning for a propsestive AFIPS computer communications conference with Mr. Dale Hatfield, chief of the FCC's Office of Plans and Policy. The Committee approved the development of AFIPS-provided testimony for the National Commission on New T e -a 1 Uses of Copyrighted Works (Washington Report, this issue), and directed investigation af several new activities and projects for AFIPS in Washington, AFIPS societies have permission to use material in the APIPS Washington Report for their own publications, except that where an article title appears with an '11(*)11 clearance must first be obtained from the AFIPS Washington Office. Documents indicated by the symbol \" [ # ) \" are available on request to the AFIPS IVashington Office: Where price is noted, make checks payable to I1AFIPS.\" * * * * * * * * * * * & * * * * * * * * * * * * * . * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * 4rnerlcan Federat~on ot !nlormal~on Procuslng Soc~ct~os, Inc , Su~te 420, 2100 L Slrccl, N W. Wash~ngtun, O Rose delivered a keynote address a t the recent.Nationa1 Computer",
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                "text": "Computer Sciences, NSP, Washington, D.C. 20559; or call (202) 632-7344. Assistance may be obtained through the AFIPS Washington Office. Thomas J. Houser has been nominated as the new director of the White House Office of Telecommunications Policy. Dr.. H,.Guyford Stever, who presently serves as National Science Foundation (NSF) director and [within NSF) as Presidential sclence adviser, has iepoztedly been offered the posltion of Presidential Science AdviseY within the newly created White Ibuse Office of Science and Technology Policy;",
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