[8854] in Commercialization & Privatization of the Internet
Minutes of First Meeting of Info. Infrastructure Task Force
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (The future Ross Stapleton-Gray)
Tue Dec 7 22:44:46 1993
Date: Tue, 7 Dec 1993 20:42:28 -0700 (MST)
From: The future Ross Stapleton-Gray <STAPLETON@bpa.arizona.edu>
To: com-priv@psi.com, nren-discuss@psi.com, ietf@cnri.reston.va.us
[All capitals indicate emphasis in original document. Ross]
THE CLINTON ADMINISTRATION'S
INFORMATION INFRASTRUCTURE TASK FORCE
Chair: Ronald H. Brown, Secretary of Commerce
Public Minutes of October 27, 1993, Meeting
TIME AND PLACE: 1:00 p.m. Vice President's Ceremonial Office,
Old Executive Office Building
PURPOSE: To demonstrate a broad commitment to the Administration's
goals outlined in "The National Information Infrastructure: Agenda for
Action" and to achieve concensus on an ambitious and productive
workplan for the Task Force.
SUMMARY OF TASK FORCE ACTIONS
* Agreed that ALL FEDERAL EMPLOYEES SHOULD HAVE ACCESS TO
GOVERNMENT-WIDE ELECTRONIC MAIL and directed the Applications
and Technology Committee (previously called the "Applications
Committee") (through its Government Information Technology
Services Working Group) to report to the IITF in January on its
progress. To assist in this effort, the inter-agency Electronic
Mail Task Force will launch a survey to gather baseline
statistics on agency connectivity.
* Directed the Applications and Technology Committee to report to
the Task Force in January with an inventory of all agencies'
current and planned activities to promote the NII. Agencies are
required to report to the Applications and Technology Committee
by DECEMBER 27 on NII-related efforts, including how each agency
will use networking and computer technology to "reinvent
government."
* Approved the charters and workplans of the Task Force's
Committees -- TELECOMMUNICATIONS POLICY, APPLICATIONS AND
TECHNOLOGY, AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY. The Committees and
their working groups are summarized below.
IITF COMMITTEE CHARTERS AND WORKPLANS
The TELECOMMUNICATIONS POLICY COMMITTEE, chaired by Larry Irving,
Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Communication and Information and
Administrator, National Telecommunications and Information
Administration, will formulate consistent Administration positions on
key telecommunications and infrastructure issues. Two working groups
report to the Telecommunications Policy Committee: the Universal
Service Working Gorup, chaired by Larry Irving, and the International
Telecommunications Policy Working Group, chaired by Carol Darr, Deputy
General Counsel of the Department of Commerce. The Universal Service
Working Group will work to ensure that all Americans have access to
and enjoy the benefits of the NII. The International
Telecommunications Policy Working Group will examine
telecommunications issues in an international context.
The INFORMATION POLICY COMMITTEE is addressing critical information
policy issues and has three working groups: Intellectual Property
Rights, Privacy, and Government Information. The Information Policy
Committee is chaired by Sally Katzen, Administrator of the Office of
Information and Regulatory Affairs at the Office of Management and
Budget (OMB).
The Working Group on Intellectual Property Rights is chaired by Bruce
Lehman, Assistant Secretary of Patents and Trademark of the Department
of Commerce. It will develop proposals for protecting copyrights and
other intellectual property rights in an electronic world.
The Working Group on Privacy is headed by Pat Faley, Acting Director
of the Office of Consumer Affairs, Department of Health and Human
Services. This group will design Administration policies to protect
individual privacy despite the rapid increase in the collection,
storage and dissemination of personal data in electronic form.
The Working Group on Government Information is chaired by Bruce
McConnell, Chief of OMB's Information Policy Branch, Office of
Information and Regulatory Affairs. This group focuses on ways to
promote the dissemination of personal [sic] data in electronic form.
[Having worked with this group, the above typo in the minutes should
be read "government data in electronic form."]
The APPLICATIONS AND TECHNOLOGY COMMITTEE is coordinating the
Administration's efforts to develop, demonstrate, and promote
applications of information technology in manufacturing, education,
health care, government services, libraries, and other social
services. Arati Prabhakar, Director of the National Institute of
Standards and Technology, chairs the Committee. Reporting to the
Applications and Technology Committee is the newly created Government
Information Technology Services (GITS) Working Group which is chaired
by James Flyzik, Director of Telecommunications Management for the
Department of the Treasury, The purpose of the GITS Working Group is
to oversee the implementation of the National Performance Review
recommendations on technology. In addition, it will work in
conjunction with OMB and the General Services Administration to
establish procurement and implementation policies designed to improve
productivity and reduce costs.
ISSUES DISCUSSED
* Electronic filing of FCC licenses
* Electronic conferencing for procurement and small business
* Computer security
* Mechanisms of software licensing
* Fair information practices and principles
* Dissemination of government information
* Private sector outreach
These discussions will be expanded within the Task Force structure.
ATTENDEES:
Vice President Al Gore
Secretary Ronald H. Brown
Kathy Aterno, EPA
David Barram, DOC
Walter Broadnax, HHS
James Baker, DOC
Anne Bingaman, DOJ
Wally Beyer, USDA
Dick Beaird, DOS
Mel Ciment, NSF
Michele Farquhar, DOC
Jim Flyzik, Treasury
Brian Fontes, FCC
Cita Furlani, DOC
Jack Gibbons, OSTP
Dan Golden, NASA
Carol Hamilton, DOC
Sally Ann Harper, EPA
Michael Huerta, DOT
Richard Hernandez, SBA
Jim Huff, USDA
Larry Irving, DOC
Skip Johns, OSTP
Roger Johnson, GSA
Anita Jones, DOD
Sally Katzen, OMB
Tom Kalil, NEC
Chalres Kalina, NCO
Debra Knopman, DOI
Neal Lane, NSF
Bob Litan, DOJ
David Lytel, OSTP
Bruce McConnell, OMB
Denise Michel, DOC
Alicia Munnell, Treasury
Ed Murphy, Treasury
Dave Nelson, DOE
Mike Nelson, OSTP
Emmett Paige, DOD
Bob Pepper, FCC
Rob Portman, DOL
Linda Roberts, DOEducation
Jonathan Sallet, DOC
Greg Simon, OVP
Ross Stapleton, CIA [for the IC Mgmt Staff]
Robert Stein, DOC
Joe Stiglitz, CEA
Tom Sugrue, DOC
Jane Wales, OSTP
[End of 27 October 1993 IITF minutes]
