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Subject: OpenDocument Workshop promotion: Updegrove
Andy Updegrove gave us some great exposure for our OpenDocument Workshop next month. Please continue to think about ways we can promote this event. Thanks, Carol -----Original Message----- From: ConsortiumInfo.org [mailto:consortiuminfo.org@gesmer.com] Sent: Tuesday, March 06, 2007 2:49 PM To: carol.geyer@oasis-open.org Subject: The Role of Government in ICT Standardization CONSORTIUM STANDARDS BULLETIN A Journal of News, Ideas and Analysis February 2007 EDITORS NOTE: THE COMPLEX RELATIONSHIP OF GOVERNMENT WITH STANDARDS http://www.consortiuminfo.org/bulletins/feb07.php#editorsnote EDITORIAL: ICT, ACCESSIBILITY AND SELF-REGULATION Today, a building in the United States with public access must by law be accessible to those with disabilities - but a computer program does not, even if the inability to use it might be a bar to employment. As modern society becomes ever more dependent on information and communications technology, both the private sector as well as the public sector needs to become more mindful of accessibility needs and other issues that can be favorably addressed through standards. http://www.consortiuminfo.org/bulletins/feb07.php#editorial FEATURE ARTICLE: THE ROLE OF GOVERNMENT IN ICT STANDARDIZATION Governments interact with standards as developers (when they draft laws), adopters (when they reference standards in regulations), influencers (when they join SSOs), and as end-users. To date, government involvement with ICT standards has been light. But as more and more essential services continue to redeploy across the Internet, the workplace becomes ever more IT dependent, and paper public records give way to exclusively digitized data, its time for that role to be re-evaluated. http://www.consortiuminfo.org/bulletins/feb07.php#feature UPDATE: FTC CAPS RAMBUS ROYALTIES Last August, the Commissioners of the Federal Trade Commission voted unanimously to find semiconductor designer Rambus, Inc. guilty of abusing the standards system, but deferred a penalty verdict pending further testimony and deliberations. In February they issued their verdict, and capped the royalties that Rambus could earn to license its SDRAM patents to implement the JEDEC standard at issue. It could have been worse for Rambus - and almost was, with two out of five Commissioners filing an opinion advocating a harsher penalty. http://www.consortiuminfo.org/bulletins/feb07.php#update STANDARDS BLOG: THE FORWARD MARCH OF OPEN FORMATS IN STATE LEGISLATION Legislators in three states (thus far) this year have introduced coordinated bills uniformly addressing a key standards-related policy issue: how can governments best protect public records? http://www.consortiuminfo.org/bulletins/feb07.php#blog CONSIDER THIS: LANGUAGE CODES AND A "PHILOSOPHY OF THREE-PART SERVICE" What could be more boring than a standard listing arbitrarily assigned three-letter codes identifying languages? You might be surprised. http://www.consortiuminfo.org/bulletins/feb07.php#considerthis FEATURED MEETING: OPENDOCUMENT WORKSHOP: ADOPTION, ACCESSIBILITY, PROGRAMMABILITY AND THE FUTURE http://www.consortiuminfo.org/bulletins/feb07.php#meeting ___________________ IMPORTANT NOTICES TO REMOVE YOURSELF FROM OUR SUBSCRIPTION LIST: Please reply to this e-mail with the word REMOVE in the subject line. ADVERTISING/SOLICITATION. This email may constitute "advertising" or "solicitation" under applicable laws (including the CAN-SPAM Act of 2003 and rules regulating attorney conduct). This email does not constitute the rendering of legal advice by Gesmer Updegrove LLP or its attorneys. _______________________ GENERAL INFORMATION: The Consortium Standards Bulletin is a source of news, ideas and analysis relevant to the standard setting community. For more of the latest news critical to technical standards, updated on a daily basis, use the RSS feed at, or bookmark: http://www.consortiuminfo.org/news/ For more information about ConsortiumInfo.org, click http://www.consortiuminfo.org/presscenter/ ConsortiumInfo.org is sponsored by Gesmer Updegrove LLP. Please access the GU Web site at http://www.gesmer.com/practice_areas/consortium.php to learn about the firm's consortium and standards practice. TO RECEIVE FUTURE ISSUES OF THIS FREE JOURNAL: Please register at: http://www.consortiuminfo.org/subscribe/, or send an email to: consortiuminfo.org@gesmer.com with the word REGISTER in the subject line. ______________________________________ Gesmer Updegrove LLP 40 Broad Street Boston, MA 02109 ------------------------------ ph: 617-350-6800 fax: 617-350-6878 http://www.gesmer.com Copyright 2007 Andrew Updegrove. All rights reserved.
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