[ga] Hearings in Washington

[DannyYounger@cs.com]

I was able to attend yesterday's U.S. Senate committee hearing on Privacy & 
the Internet, and I am pleased to report that the privacy concerns of 
individuals seem to be shared by many U.S. legislators.  There seemed to be a 
general agreement that the DOC's Safe Harbor program is meeting with success. 
 For more information on Safe Harbor, you may visit the following URL:  
http://www.export.gov/safeharbor/

While unable to attend today's House Hearings on the WHOIS database, the 
preliminary testimony appears to be quite encouraging:  
http://www.house.gov/judiciary/4.htm
Some of the most interesting comments were put forth by the President of 
Junkbusters Corp.:  http://www.house.gov/judiciary/catlett_071201.htm

Also, please note that it appears that our efforts with regard to WHOIS will 
closely be examined:

"Earlier this month, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers 
announced that it has launched a study to gauge the privacy concerns raised 
by the public accessibility of the whois database. This study is directed to 
anyone who has ever used the service, both in the global top level domains 
and in the 244 country-code top level domains. I look forward to seeing the 
results of this study, and comparing them to what we hear today from our 
witnesses."  -- http://www.house.gov/judiciary/berman_071201.htm

As results from the WHOIS survey will soon be released, I encourage you to 
put forward your thoughts on this topic.  Our GA-SYS list has been dealing 
with this topic.  So far, the WHOIS survey, as of the date of the NC 
teleconference, has generated 1300 responses.

Perhaps Paul Kane, the NC Whois Committee Chair can provide us with an update 
and indications of his plans going forward...
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