A Busy Day In The Tech Policy World
From Tuesday's CongressDaily's AM edition:
Stark IT Bill Differs From Energy And Commerce Version
House Ways and Means Health Subcommittee Chairman Fortney (Pete) Stark, D-Calif., Monday introduced a bill to create a nationwide system of electronic medical records that would use Medicare reimbursement to prod physicians and hospitals to adopt new technologies. Read more here.
Election Could Spur Effort To Limit Spectrum Ownership
The nation's largest and second-largest mobile telecommunications carriers, AT&T and Verizon respectively, could face substantial curbs on their ability to participate in future spectrum auctions under an administration run by Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., in an effort to boost opportunities for small and mid-sized players. Read more here.
ID Theft Bill Approved, On Its Way To President
Legislation intended to combat identity theft passed the House by voice vote Monday after being folded into a bill to extend Secret Service protection to former vice presidents. The bill now goes to President Bush's desk. Read more here.
Commerce To Ask Congress For $7M For DTV Coupons
The Commerce Department is poised to ask Congress for an additional $7 million to cover administrative costs for its $1 billion coupon program designed to help Americans buy digital television converter boxes. Read more here.
From Monday's CongressDaily PM Edition:
Cybersecurity Overhaul To Continue Beyond Inauguration Day
Most officials working on President Bush's governmentwide cybersecurity initiative will continue the massive, multibillion-dollar effort well after Inauguration Day regardless of which administration takes over, a senior Homeland Security Department official said today. Deputy Secretary Paul Schneider, filling in for Homeland Security Secretary Chertoff, assured a high-tech forum that there will not be a "wholesale departure of people" after Jan. 20, and that the transition will be seamless. Read more here.
EU's Tech Agreement Rewrite Under Fire
A high-tech industry trade group today condemned an EU proposal to renegotiate the World Trade Organization's long-standing information technology agreement, calling it an attempt to deflect attention away from its failure to live up to trade obligations and grant zero-tariff status to products covered by the 1996 accord. Read more here.
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