1. How Recent Government Initiatives Will Impact IT on Your Campus, October 10, 2000 Preconference Seminar 13P - How Recent Government Initiatives Will Impact IT on Your Campus

2. How Recent Government Initiatives Will Impact IT on Your Campus, October 10, 2000 Agenda The EDUCAUSE Policy Process Key Federal Issues Covered by EDUCAUSE in 2000 Break 2:00-2:30 (Ryman Exhibit Hall B5) State Perspectives Appropriations and future predictions Communicating w/the federal government Shared Experiences

3. How Recent Government Initiatives Will Impact IT on Your Campus, October 10, 2000 The EDUCAUSE Policy Process How does the EDUCAUSE Policy team choose the issues? Partnering with other associations and DC policy wonks Communicating to the higher education community

4. How Recent Government Initiatives Will Impact IT on Your Campus, October 10, 2000 How Does EDUCAUSE Work With Other Associations? Coordinate Visits to the Hill/Federal Agencies Sign-on Letters to Congress Member of Higher Education Alliance for Information Technology Participate in Ad-hoc issue groups

5. How Recent Government Initiatives Will Impact IT on Your Campus, October 10, 2000 Communication EDUCAUSE Washington Update –http://listserv.educause.edu/archives/update.html –E-mail: “subscribe update firstname lastname Policy Page on EDUCAUSE Website –http://www.educause.edu/policy/policy.html

6. How Recent Government Initiatives Will Impact IT on Your Campus, October 10, 2000 Legislative Initiatives Access and Promoting Deployment of Advanced Networks Distance Learning Privacy and Security Federal Funding of Information Technology Research

7. How Recent Government Initiatives Will Impact IT on Your Campus, October 10, 2000 Access & Promoting Deployment of Advanced Networks Status of Open Access Legislation Broadband Internet Access Act of 2000 Reciprocal Compensation Copyright Office Anti-Circumvention Rulemaking http://www.loc.gov/copyright/1201/anticirc.html

8. How Recent Government Initiatives Will Impact IT on Your Campus, October 10, 2000 Distance Learning Congressional Commission on Web-based Education http://www.hpcnet.org/webcommission 12 Hour Rule Status of Codifying Copyright Office Recommendations

9. How Recent Government Initiatives Will Impact IT on Your Campus, October 10, 2000 Privacy and Security Napster: Just the beginning Congressional Initiatives –Digital Signatures –Internet Gambling –Internet filtering http://www.epic.org/privacy/bill_track.html

10. How Recent Government Initiatives Will Impact IT on Your Campus, October 10, 2000 BREAK (Resume at 2:30)

11. How Recent Government Initiatives Will Impact IT on Your Campus, October 10, 2000 State of Maryland’s 2000 Technology Goals Protect and expand Maryland’s businesses by establishing a bold framework for the digital economy, encouraging growth, and preventing fraud Provide security for our families with strong consumer protections, privacy guarantees, and aggressive efforts to protect our children from the dangers of the Internet

12. How Recent Government Initiatives Will Impact IT on Your Campus, October 10, 2000 State of Maryland’s 2000 Technology Goals Dramatically improve consumer service by making Maryland a national leader in delivering government services over the Internet Enable law enforcement to fight digital crime

13. How Recent Government Initiatives Will Impact IT on Your Campus, October 10, 2000 Maryland Information Technology Board Internet Policy Recommendations Creating a more efficient and citizen-focused government through Internet applications Promoting electronic commerce in Maryland Facilitating information technology research and the development of new technologies Fairness and neutrality in tax policy Bridging the digital divide

14. How Recent Government Initiatives Will Impact IT on Your Campus, October 10, 2000 Recommendations (continued) Protecting citizen privacy Unsolicited bulk e-mail The Internet’s emerging role in health care Federal Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act Internet and Computer-based crimes

15. How Recent Government Initiatives Will Impact IT on Your Campus, October 10, 2000 State of Maryland’s Technology Agenda eMaryland: Becoming the number one e- commerce state in the nation Establishing a CEO board of advisors for e- commerce Expanding the Internet Technology Investment Fund to provide for Application Service Provider (ASP)Projects

16. How Recent Government Initiatives Will Impact IT on Your Campus, October 10, 2000 Technology Agenda (continued) Expanding government services on-line Restructuring the Information Technology Board Guaranteeing the right to privacy for citizens Protecting citizens from computer crimes

17. How Recent Government Initiatives Will Impact IT on Your Campus, October 10, 2000 State of Maryland’s 2000 Technology Agenda General Assembly’s Initiatives –Adopting Uniform Electronics Transactions Act (UETA) –Adopting the Uniform Computer Information Transactions Act (UCITA) –Helping start-up Companies grow and thrive –Regulating Unsolicited e-mail –Prohibiting unauthorized access to computers

18. How Recent Government Initiatives Will Impact IT on Your Campus, October 10, 2000 General Assembly Initiatives (continued) –Expanding anti-child pornography laws to the Internet –Enabling law enforcement to seize child pornography materials

19. How Recent Government Initiatives Will Impact IT on Your Campus, October 10, 2000 “Digital Dozen” eMaryland initiative Electronic Government initiative State IT board membership and duties Privacy policies and data security Computer privacy Uniform Electronic Transfers Act (UETA)

20. How Recent Government Initiatives Will Impact IT on Your Campus, October 10, 2000 “Digital Dozen” (continued) Uniform Commercial Information Transactions Act (UCITA) Maryland Technology Development Corporation Circuit Courts Business and Technology Division Motor Vehicle’s Administration - Driver’s license and ID cards

21. How Recent Government Initiatives Will Impact IT on Your Campus, October 10, 2000 “Digital Dozen” (continued) Public libraries - Internet Access by minors - obscene materials Sales and Use Tax - exemption for digital telecommunications machinery and equipment

22. How Recent Government Initiatives Will Impact IT on Your Campus, October 10, 2000 Racing to the Finish Line Appropriations Authorization (Frist-Rockefeller) The Impact of the Elections What You Can Do

23. How Recent Government Initiatives Will Impact IT on Your Campus, October 10, 2000 What You Can Do Importance of hometown contacts Writing the effective letter to Congress Other communications: fax, phone, e-mail Planning & executing an effective Hill visit Follow-up

24. How Recent Government Initiatives Will Impact IT on Your Campus, October 10, 2000 Shared Experiences What are we missing? What are your experiences with policy? Send comments/questions: policy@educause.edu

25. How Recent Government Initiatives Will Impact IT on Your Campus, October 10, 2000 http://www.educause.edu/netatedu/events/Net2001/