PRIVACY Forum Digest Friday, 21 July 1995 Volume 04 : Issue 16
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CONTENTS S.974 - Beyond Clipper and Digital Wiretap (Jim Gillogly) Guest Workers (Phil Agre) Announcing the CPSR Newsletter (Marsha Woodbury) Video Resources (Gary Meyer) CQL'96: Symposium on Computers & the Quality of Life (Al Whaley)
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VOLUME 04, ISSUE 16
Quote for the day:
"Watch out for that tree!" -- From the theme for "George of the Jungle" (Jay Ward; 1967-1970)
Date: Wed, 19 Jul 95 19:20:53 PDT From: Jim Gillogly <jim@rand.org> Subject: S.974 - Beyond Clipper and Digital Wiretap
Sen. Grassley introduced a bill in the Senate on 27 Jun 1995 which he calls "The Anti-electronic Racketeering Act", defining newly-identified computer crimes to be subject to the confiscatory RICO laws. It betrays an astonishing lack of understanding of the Net it tries to regulate, but its draconian penalties for ill-defined acts still make it potentially a very effective means of selectively harassing privacy advocates. While it has a good chance of stalling out in the Judiciary Committee, even a 10% chance of passage would be too high for comfort whether or not its most startling malapropisms were made coherent.
The bill includes total inanities, such as making it "unlawful for any person to damage or threaten to damage electronically or digitally stored data." You evidently can't delete or edit files under the new regime. Further, "It shall be unlawful to use a computer or computer network to transfer unlicensed computer software, regardless of whether the transfer is performed for economic consideration." This means no more code fragments, shareware, or freeware to be distributed on the Net. Are they thinking just of commercial software? Are they thinking? The key concepts such as "computer network" are not defined, another source of concern.
The main assaults on privacy are intentional though, outlawing distribution of encryption programs (strong or weak) and anonymous financial transactions, and explicitly weakening the parts of the Privacy Act that the government violated in the Steve Jackson case. The encryption part:
`Sec. 1030A. Racketeering-related crimes involving computers `(a) It shall be unlawful-- ... `(2) to distribute computer software that encodes or encrypts electronic or digital communications to computer networks that the person distributing the software knows or reasonably should know, is accessible to foreign nationals and foreign governments, regardless of whether such software has been designated as nonexportable;
Since foreign nationals and foreign governments are on virtually all networks, including (for example) my company's internal network, this means no encryption code can be distributed on any network at all. The "regardless" clause indicates that the bill isn't restricting just strong encryption programs, but any encryption programs at all -- well beyond the already onerous ITAR restrictions.
An exception is given that allows distribution of encryption programs under one circumstance:
`(c) It shall be an affirmative defense to prosecution under this section that the software at issue used a universal decoding device or program that was provided to the Department of Justice prior to the distribution.'.
This is even more restrictive than the ill-judged Clipper initiative, which was to have key escrow be (a) voluntary, and (b) distributed between two agents which were not necessarily in DoJ. Further, since the issue at hand is software rather than hardware, it means in effect that there must be a back door in the encryption algorithm itself, since otherwise the algorithm could be used with keys that had not been handed over to DoJ.
If the intent of the bill is to prevent racketeers from using encryption, it misses the mark entirely by not making encryption itself illegal. It makes net-based authors responsible for acts committed by their users. Encryption, and even strong encryption, is an integral part of many commercial packages available to foreign nationals and others in U.S. software stores; this bill does not address distribution of strong (or weak) encryption through commercial channels.
[Sarcasm mode ON.] This would seem at first to ignore the international nature of the Net, since obviously people in Finland, the U.K., Italy, and Germany have excellent cryptography FTP sites accessible to foreign (i.e. non-U.S.) nationals. However, this is covered also:
`(g)(1)(A) Any act prohibited by this section that is committed using any computer, computer facility, or computer network that is physically located within the territorial jurisdiction of the United States shall be deemed to have been committed within the territorial jurisdiction of the United States. `(B) Any action taken in furtherance of an act described in subparagraph (A) shall be deemed to have been committed in the territorial jurisdiction of the United States. `(2) In any prosecution under this section involving acts deemed to be committed within the territorial jurisdiction of the United States under this subsection, venue shall be proper where the computer, computer facility, or computer network was physically situated at the time at least one of the wrongful acts was committed.'.
Do we look forward to a U.S. commando raid on an FTP site in Milan to bring the perpetrators back to stand trial here? [Sarcasm mode OFF.]
Declaring these new crimes racketeering under the RICO statutes is the real perniciousness of the bill. Any act of accessing the software by a foreign national is considered a separate offense, so that (for example) posting a simulation of the Captain Midnight Secret Squadron Decoder Badge to Usenet would result in millions of separate violations, making your computer subject to confiscation without due (or any) process.
Sen. Grassley regards this as a positive feature, and has even gone further. When introducing the bill he said:
It is not enough to simply modernize the Criminal Code. We also have to reconsider many of the difficult procedural burdens that prosecutors must overcome...
... for law enforcers--both State and Federal--who have seized a computer which contains both contraband or evidence and purely private material, I have created a good-faith standard so that law enforcers are not shackled by undue restrictions...
So what can we do about it? Petitions appear to be ineffective: the one we sent to Sen. Leahy made no impression at all -- perhaps Net people have been so demonized lately that having their bad opinion is considered a positive good. We could try supporting lobbying organizations, but we need to be careful that the ones we support will oppose these bills -- many privacy advocates felt betrayed in the Digital Wiretap fight. We could try to educate our own representatives, but there's no evidence that they read incoming mail any further than checking the "favors" or "opposes" box on the "constituent responses" form. Do we engage in pro-active resistance, such as making sure widespread plug-and-play strong cryptography and digital cash are firmly in place before nonsensical legislation like this or its successors can be enacted?
Whatever we do, we'd better do it soon: Washington has discovered the Net, and they <will> pass regulations, whether they understand what they're doing or not. When the trial balloon for Clipper was floated it seemed clear to many of us that it didn't make sense as long as it was voluntary. This proposed bill would outlaw distribution of effective crypto software, and the next one could well criminalize encryption itself.
I gather that I was a little too indirect in my comment about guest workers in my message to the Privacy digest about tracking devices. Many countries have "guest worker" programs that let noncitizens work at jobs in the country without obtaining full resident or citizen status. These programs are usually controversial since they risk creating a second-class status with regard to a whole range of civil rights. The United States has a particularly problematic system. It has various categories of legal alien status, and it has something resembling a guest worker program that is mostly for seasonal agricultural workers. But it also has a significant part of its economy that depends on the work of people who have no legal status. These people are in the country illegally. The Constitution's due process and other such rights apply to everyone in the country, though, and not just citizens, and so a great deal of controversy has surrounded the "illegal alien" status. The big problem is that the undocumented immigrants (the intendedly non-pejorative term for such people) who work at legitimate jobs can be, and routinely are, grossly exploited, for if they complain about their working conditions (e.g., whether they get paid) then they can be, and routinely are, deported. The governor of my own state, California, recently saved his political career from certain ruin by signing on to a remarkably virulent campaign against illegal aliens, resulting in the clearly unconstitutional Proposition 187 against them. Having a proper guest worker program would alleviate these problems somewhat.
Announcing the Latest Edition of the CPSR Newsletter, devoted to Freedom of Information. To learn more about joining CPSR or obtaining this issue, email to cpsr@cpsr.org or check the Web, at
http://www.cpsr.org/dox/home.html
****Computers, Government, and Access to Electronic Records****
Guest Editor: Marsha Woodbury, Director at Large, CPSR
Excerpts from the introduction:
The articles in this issue should update your knowledge of what freedom of information laws are, how these laws treat electronic records, and what we, as computer professionals and concerned citizens, should know about our responsibilities for creating, maintaining, and using databases. Our purpose herein is to discuss how computers and digitized records will change your access to government data. In order to focus on the topic, I left the issues of copyright, maintaining the integrity and authenticity of records, and protecting personal privacy for future editors to cover.
One piece of advice: always try to obtain information without resort to the law. Once you make a formal request, the government officials can find many reasons for not filling it, and you may wait for years. You can catch more bytes with honey than with vinegar, as it were. Freedom of Information...
Freedom of information, or "the right to know," is an emotional issue. The concept's undergirding philosophy recognizes that the public, as "the people" with a common interest in the common good, has "the right to know." In contrast, a totalitarian government doesn't even go through the motions of openness. Those who believe in the right to know hold that an informed public is a safeguard against governmental abuse of power; yet, no matter how open a government aspires to be, it can hardly avoid reining in access to and release of information, in order to govern.
....
The articles should broaden our knowledge of what has been happening to federal, state, and local FOIAs as records are increasingly stored in electronic form.
The first article, by the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press, defines many of the issues and offers guidance about how to prepare a FOIA request. Next, David Morrisey, a professor in Colorado, writes about the lack of government preparation for electronic access. In the subsequent article, Eileen Gannon describes how the Environmental Working Group acquires and translates data in order to provide information to the public.
Archivists have many legitimate concerns about how the government stores its records electronically. The Society of American Archivists has written a position statement on archival issues to guide your planning. This statement is followed by the concerns of James Love, who fills us in on public and private networks in regard to the status of public records and open meetings under FOIA.
David Sobel has contributed an update on the CPSR and EPIC lawsuits, some of which concern FOIA issues. Joel Campbell gives some tips for starting a state freedom of information organi-zation. Dave Gowen relates his own experience in acquiring electronic data. Finally, we include a list of listservs, Gopher, web, and FTP resources for further information. I hope this newsletter will do three things:
1. Help you to obtain and use information stored in digital form, whether browsing it online, doing research, or monitoring the government.
2. Make us all more aware of the pitfalls and plusses of digital record-keeping, and how we can use our expertise to help others.
3. Lend support to the journalists, archivists, and activists who are working hard to insure our right to know. People who save a tree or historic building enjoy more publicity since their acts are visual and dramatic. A person who stops a mass "delete" or puts up government web pages earns little public acclaim. This newletter gives them the attention they deserve.
References
Scalia, Antonin. "The Freedom of Information Act Has No Clothes." Regulation 6(2) 1982: 14-19.
****************** Table of Contents
Access to Electronic Records 3 Will Washington Share Its Electronic Bounty? 5 Solving Environmental Problems with Information Technology 9 Archival Issues Raised by Information Stored in Electronic Form 11 Public and Private Networks, and the Status of Public Records, Open Meetings, and FOIA 13 CPSR and EPIC FOIA Cases: Current Status 14 FOI and First Admendment-related Resources on the Internet 16 Six Tips for Starting a State Freedom of Information Organization 19 CPSR Executive Director Search 20 Confidentiality and Availability of Public Information 21 Chapter Updates 22
The CPSR newsletter is sent free to members and is available for $5 an issue by U.S. mail for non-members -- please send your postal address.
Marsha Woodbury, Ph.D. Associate Director of Education, Sloan Center for Asynchronous Learning Environments (SCALE) University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign marsha-w@uiuc.edu Director at Large, CPSR http://w3.scale.uiuc.edu/marsha/
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Date: Wed, 24 May 1995 22:47:32 -0800 From: cfpvideo@earthlink.net (Gary Meyer) Subject: Video resources
THE VIDEO LIBRARY OF COMPUTERS, FREEDOM & PRIVACY VIDEOTAPES AVAILABLE:
SERIES #1
cfp-101 THE CONSTITUTION IN THE INFORMATION AGE (75 mins)
Keynote address:
How can constitutional provisions written two centuries ago be applied to a world defined by the rapidly evolving netwoked communication technologies of the late 20th century? This is the speech that moved journalists to proclaim CFP1 *The First Constitutional Convention of Cyberspace.*
Harvard Law professor and expert on Constitutional Law, Laurence Tribe, proposes a 27th Constitutional Amendment, extending Bill of Rights protections to the domain of Cyberspace.
Laurence Tribe, Prof., Harvard Law School; Jim Warren, Chair
cfp-102 TRENDS IN COMPUTERS AND NETWORKS (90 mins)
An exciting look into the near future by six outstanding scientists who explain the technical aspects of network technology and cryptography as they impact personal privacy, business security, and equitable access to information.
Peter Denning, Research Inst. for Advanced Computer Science John Quarterman, Texas Internet Consulting Peter Neumann, SRI International Martin Hellman, Professor, Stanford University David Chaum, Prof., Amsterdam, *Electronic Money and Beyond* David Farber, Professor, University of Pennsylvania
cfp-103 INTERNATIONAL PERSPECTIVES AND IMPACTS (75 mins)
How do other countries protect personal information? What models exist for securing private communications and granting access to information gathered by governments? Includes look at the European Community's trans-border data flow and accountability policies. Chair: Ron Plesser.
Robert Veeder, US Office of Management and Budget Tom Riley, Canadian Specialist, Int'l Computer Privacy Issues David Flaherty, Professor, Univ. of Wstrn. Ontario, Canada Ronald Plesser, Gen.Cnsl, US Privacy Protection Study Cmmsn.
cfp-104 PERSONAL INFORMATION & PRIVACY - I (75 mins)
Who does your personal information belong to? Government and private companies routinely collect, collate and market data about your lifestyle, work, health, schooling, children, voting, taxes, finances, and buying habits. Should they? What restrictions should apply? Chair: Lance Hoffman.
Janlori Goldman, Dir., Proj. on Privacy & Technology, ACLU John Baker, Sr. V.P., Consumer & Govt Affairs, EQUIFAX, INC.
DEBATE: Should individuals have absolute control over secondary use of their personal information?
Alan Westin, Professor, Columbia University, NYC
Marc Rotenberg, Washington D.C. Dir., CPSR
cfp-105 PERSONAL INFORMATION & PRIVACY - II (75 mins)
There is a new information Economy gold rush. *Strip Mining* data for resale has become lucrative, but what are the ethics of this new industry? Do individuals have a right to know how their personal information is being used? Assessment of the areas in which consumers currently have and do not have protection under the law from infringements upon privacy. Industry speakers predict a return to *old-fashioned, small town* type commerce as they have more intimate details about their customers. They claim consumers will be happier. Others see Armageddon. Chair: Lance Hoffman.
Simon Davies, Univ. of New South Wales, Australia Evan Hendricks, Editor / Publisher, Privacy Times Tom Mandel, SRI International Willis Ware, RAND Corporation
cfp-106 NETWORK ENVIRONMENTS OF THE FUTURE (41 mins)
Professor Eli Noam addresses the overwhelming amount of information that is barraging people today. He calls this *the problem of the last twenty inches*--the twenty inches being the distance from the display terminal to the human brain. Noam argues for common carriage *rights of way* to prevent the bottlenecks that can occur when information crosses subnetworks that set their own rules. Telecommunications policy focus is on issues of *interconnection, of integration of the various network parts.* Chair: Marc Rotenberg.
Eli Noam, Professor, Columbia University
cfp-107 LAW ENFORCEMENT PRACTICES AND PROBLEMS (90 mins)
Law enforcement speaks out! The investigators and prosecutors on the front lines of computer crime explain their procedures, including due process and concern about deterring criminal behavior. Details of the notorious *Operation Sundevil* discussed, plus a candid look at the Secret Service's work (10,000 arrests and 96% conviction rate since 1985). Unique problems of jurisdiction in cyberspace, plus strong appeal for computer professionals to work with Law Enforcement to educate officers as well as to set ethical standards among computer users. Chair: Glenn Tenney.
Robert Snyder, Pub. Sfty Dept., Div. of Police, Columbus, OH Donald Delaney, Sr. Investigator, New York State Police Dale Boll, United States Secret Service, Wash. D.C. Don Ingraham, Assistant District Attorney, Alameda County
cfp-108 LAW ENFORCEMENT AND CIVIL LIBERTIES (83 mins)
Controversy abounds as law enforcement , defense attorneys and network users grapple with the core issues that made CFP necessary. Has new technology derailed law enforcement's ability to define proper procedures against unwarranted search & seizure? Does the Bill of Rights apply to cyberspace? A look at the legal standards that should apply in the networked nation. Chair: Dorothy Denning
Sheldon Zenner, Atty, Katten, Muchin & Zavis Kenneth Rosenblatt, Deputy District Atty., Santa Clara County Mitchell Kapor, Pres., Electronic Frontier Foundation Mike Gibbons, Supervisory Special Agent, FBI Cliff Figallo, Executive Director, The WELL Sharon Beckman, Atty, Silverglate & Good Mark Rasch, Attorney, U.S. Dept. of Justice
cfp-109 LEGISLATION AND REGULATION (82 mins)
Insigtful probe into legislative and regulatory roles protecting privacy and insuring access to public information; legal problems posed by computing and computer networks; approaches to improving government processes; caution about limits to legislative solutions. Chair: Bob Jacobson
Jerry Berman, ACLU Information Technology Project Paul Bernstein, Atty, LawMUG BBS and Electronic Bar Assn. Bill Julian, Committee Chf. Cnsl., Calif. State Assembly Steve McLellan, Washington Utilities & Transportation Cmmsn. Elliot Maxwell, Pacific Telesis Craig Schiffries, Senate Judiciary Committee
cfp-110 COMPUTER-BASED SURVEILLANCE OF INDIVIDUALS (90 mins)
Why does privacy matter? Excellent look at the role of privacy in a democracy. Examines recent erosion of privacy standards: Monitoring of electronic mail, library records, electronic bulletin boards, electronic *publications* and their subscribers, and public and private teleconferences. Details alarming level of computer-aided monitoring of individuals: our work performance, buying habits, and personal lifestyles. Chair: Susan Nycum
David Flaherty, Professor, University of Western Ontario Judith Krug, American Library Association Gary Marx, Professor, M.I.T. Karen Nussbaum, National Assn. of Working Women
Explanation of the FBI's National Crime Information Center (NCIC) system, with its 64,000 terminals nationwide, including many mobile units in police cars. Discussion of controversial files in the system, including *rap sheets* with criminal history information and U.S. Secret Service files on individuals with no arrest records yet considered threats by the Bureau. Audience menbers raise the issue of who has access to NCIC records, and the problem of privacy protection when the information is being broadcast over radio frequencies.(Library Hi-Tech News) Chair: Dorothy Denning
William Bayse, FBI Asst.Director of Technical Services
cfp-112 ELECTRONIC SPEECH, PRESS AND ASSEMBLY (91 mins)
Phenomenal growth in Bulletin Board Systems (BBS), from one in 1978 to over 60,000 in 1991, illustrates the importance of this communications medium to business, education and individuals. Establishing thye right to speak, assemble and publish electronically, without undue prior restraint or the chilling effects of monitoring is explored--with a look at possible justifications for monitoring and alternatives. Chair: Eric Lieberman
Eric Lieberman, Esq. John McMullen, Newsbytes George Perry, V. President & Gen. Cnsl, Prodigy Services Co. Jack Rickard, Editor, Boardwatch Magazine Lance Rose, Esq. David Hughes, Old Colorado City Communications
cfp-113 ACCESS TO GOVERNMENT INFORMATION (89 mins)
Addresses implementation of individual and corporate access to federal, state and local information about communities, corporations, legislation, administration, the courts and public figures. How can a balance be struck between dual goals of allowing access while protecting privacy? What about associated costs? Does privatization of government information deny the public access to data collected with their tax dollars? What role do public libraries play in this issue? Chair: Harry Hammitt
David Burnham, Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse Harry Hammitt, Publisher, Access Reports Katherine Mawdsley, Assoc. Librarian, UC, Davis, California Robert Veeder, Office of Management & Budget
cfp-114 ETHICS AND EDUCATION (83 mins)
Presents ethical principles for individuals, system administrators, organizations, corporations and governements in copying of data, copying of software and distributing confidential information. Computer education and computer law is examined. Includes a stirring and eloquent call for re-thinking fundamental engineering ethics. Chair: Terry Winograd
Sally Bowman, Computer Learning Foundation Jonathan Budd, National Institute of Justice Dorothy Denning, Prof., Georgetown University John Gilmore, Cygnus Support Richard Hollinger, Assoc. Prof., University of Florida Donn Parker, SRI International
cfp-115 WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE? (82 mins)
Recommendations and commitments by participants from differing interest groups, proposing next steps they will pursue to protect personal privacy, protect fundamental freedoms and to encourage responsible private-sector and public-sector policies and legislation. Chair: Jim Warren
Mary Culnan, Assoc. Prof., Georgetown University David Hughes, Old City Colorado Communications Donald Ingraham, Asst. D.A., Alameda County, California Mitch Kapor, President, Electronic Frontier Foundation Eric Lieberman, Esq. Paul Bernstein, Esq. Donn Parker, SRI International Craig Schiffires, Senate Judiciary Committee Robert Veeder, Office of Management and Budget
SERIES #2
cfp-201 FREEDOM IN CYBERSPACE (50 mins)
Keynote address:
Allen Neuharth, founder of USA Today, takes aim at the American Newspaper Publishers' stance on government regulation and the developing world of electronic publishing. He cites differing regulatory constraints on publishers of newspapers, owners of television stations and the telephone services. Makes predictions about the future of newspapers, arguing that the rights to freedom of the press which have protected print media for 200 years must apply equally to evolving telecommunications-based information services. Examines the public's right to information, new threats to individual privacy, and potential for grave government abuses of the balance of privacy and freedom in the twentyfirst century.
Allen Neuharth, Chairman, Freedom Forum
cfp-202 WHO LOGS ON? (82 mins)
High Capacity networks will open broad new services via telecommunications. What are they, and who will benefit? A fast-paced debate about capacity, cost and access.
Linda Garcia, U.S. Ofc of Technology Assessment Alfred Koeppe, New Jersey Bell Brian Kahin, Kennedy School of Gov't, Harvard Univ. Chair: Robert Lucky, AT&T Bell Laboratories
cfp-203 ETHICS, MORALITY, AND CRIMINALITY (89 mins)
What is it like to be a victim of intrusions, viruses, frauds and other telenet criminal behaviors? Who do you call and what should you do?
Scott Charney, US Dept. of Justice James Settle, Federal Bureau of Investigation Mike Godwin, Electronic Frontier Foundation Emory Hackman, Esq., Fmr. pres. Capitol Area Sysops Assn. Don Delaney, New York State Police Chair: J. Michael Gibbons, Federal Bureau of Investigation
cfp-204 FOR SALE: GOVERNMENT INFORMATION (82 mins)
As the government gathers, processes and stores information electronically, what should be the relation between govts and businesses that sell information? Does such information belong to the people or can it be sold to the highest corporate bidder? What urgent public interest questions are emerging?
Dwight Morris, Los Angeles Times Washington Bureau Ken Allen, Information Industry Association Maurice Freedman, American Library Association Evan Hendricks, Privacy Times Fred Weingarten, Computing Research Association Franklin S. Reeder, US Office of Management and Budget Costas Toregas, Public Technology, Inc. Robert R. Belair, Kirkpatrick and Lockhart Chair: George Trubow, John Marshall Law School
cfp-205 FREE SPEECH & THE PUBLIC TELEPHONE NETWORK (81 mins)
Does the prospect of Telcos operating as information providers rather than common carriers present a promise or threat for access, diversity and fair market competition concerns?
Henry Geller, The Markel Foundation Eli Noam, Columbia University John Podesta, Podesta Associates Chair: Jerry Berman, ACLU Information Technology Project
cfp-206 DNA TESTING AND GENETIC DATA BANKS (70 mins)
Right to privacy concerns vs. law enforcement interests in DNA data banks; concern about abuse by third party interests, such as insurers; gaining access to the data.
John Hicks, FBI Laboratory Tom Marr, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Paul Mendelsohn, Neurofibromatosis, Inc. Peter Neufeld, Esq. Madison Powers, Kennedy Center for Ethics
cfp-207 PRIVATE COLLECTION OF PERSONAL INFORMATION (92 mins)
Consumer rights vs. private interest practices in collecting, cross-relating and selling data.
Janlori Goldman, Privacy and Technology Project, ACL John Baker, Equifax James D. McQuaid, Metromail James Rule, SUNY-Stony Brook Mary Culnan, Georgetown University Patrick D. Hadley, Citicorp Chair: Ronald Plesser, Esq., Piper and Marbury
cfp-208 PRIVACY, INTELLECTUAL FREEDOM IN THE DIGITAL LIBRARY (86 mins)
Who wants to to know what you want to know? How can libraries protect confidentiality on the emerging information networks?
Robert A. Walton, CLSI, Inc. Steve Cisler, Apple Computer Inc. Jean Armour Polly, Liverpool (NY) Public Library Chair: Marc Rotenberg, Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility
cfp-209 COMPUTER SURVEILLANCE IN THE WORKPLACE (97 mins)
Employee privacy rights vs. employer monitoring practices are examined.
Gary Marx, MIT Willis Ware, RAND Corp. Kristina Zahorik, Subcommittee on Employment and Productivity, US Senate Labor Committee Chair: Alan F. Westin, Columbia University
cfp-210 CRYPTOGRAPHY, PRIVACY & NATIONAL SECURITY (77 mins) Should the govt be permitted to restrict private use of cryptography? What about restricting export of encripted products? What are the consequences of the FBI's Digital Telephony proposals? Hot issue!
Jim Bidzos, RSA Data Security David Bellin, Pratt Institute John Perry Barlow, Electronic Frontier Foundation John Gilmore, Cygnus Support Whitfield Diffie, Sunsoft, Inc. Chair: Dorothy Denning, Georgetown University
cfp-211 PUBLIC POLICY FOR THE 21ST CENTURY (78 mins) As information technologies alter work, wealth, and boundaries, what kind of world will our current public policies propel us into? Are there better visions? How can we attain them?
Peter Denning, George Mason University Mitchell Kapor, Electronic Frontier Foundation Simon Davies, Privacy International Roland Homet, Executives, Inc. Esther Dyson, EDventure Holding Inc. Chair: Mara Liasson, National Public Radio
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Date: Wed, 19 Jul 1995 20:53:17 -0700 From: Al Whaley <al@Sunnyside.COM> Subject: CQL'96: Symposium on Computers & the Quality of Life
CQL'96: Symposium on Computers & the Quality of Life Sponsored by ACM Special Interest Group on Computers and Society February 14 - 15, 1996 (part of the 1996 ACM Computing Week) Marriot Hotel, Convention Center, Philadelphia, PA
CQL'96 will provide a unique opportunity for multi-disciplinary dialog on the critical computing issues that are shaping our society for the next millennium. We welcome participation from computer scientists, educators, philosophers, social scientists, psychologists, ethicists, lawyers, policymakers, computer industry representatives, and decision-makers in this dialog. The symposium will feature technical sessions, policy discussions, nationally recognized speakers, and tutorials.
We are soliciting research and policy papers, survey articles, case studies, and tutorials to be presented at CQL'96 that address the themes listed below. We are especially interested in papers and proposals that provide guidance and insight into the leadership role that SIGCAS should play in helping to shape the research, teaching and policy agendas related to ethics and social impact for the year 2000.
Major themes: National Information Infrastructure: equity, access, privacy, security Computers in the workplace: health, monitoring, automation Computer applications that benefit society: health, environment Computer applications that adversely impact society Research agenda for social impact of computer technology Teaching ethical and social impact of computer technology
Submission of Papers: Authors should submit five (5) copies of a complete paper, double-spaced, using a 12-point font. A paper should be no more than 10 pages long (about 5,000 words) and should have a separate cover page with the title, subject area, all author+s names, mail and email addresses and phone numbers. The author to whom correspondence should be directed must be identified. The CQL Program Committee will select papers to be included in the symposium. Any paper selected for the presentation at the symposium will be included in the proceedings, provided that at least one author is present at the symposium to deliver the paper. Outstanding papers may also be selected for reprint in the SIGCAS Computers & Society Newsletter.
Panel Proposals: Panel proposals must include a brief abstract of the topic, the resume of the moderator, and the list of proposed panelists. Please submit five (5) copies of any panel proposal.
Tutorial Proposals: Half-day tutorials will be held on Thursday, February 15. Tutorial proposals should include the course title, a one-page course outline, a 200-word description or the tutorial, the intended audience and a brief biography of the instructor(s). Please submit five (5) copies of any tutorial proposal.
Key Deadlines: September 1, 1995 Papers, Panel Proposals, Tutorial Proposals received by Program Co-Chairs October 30, 1995 Notification of acceptance
Materials should be sent to appropriate Program Co-Chair listed below.
Program Co-Chair: Blaise Liffick (Papers) liffick@cs.millersv.edu Computer Science Millersville University Millersville, PA 17551 (717) 872-3536 fax: (717) 871-2320
Joyce Currie Little (Panel and Tutorial Proposals) jclittle@toe.towson.edu Computer and Information Sciences Towson State University Baltimore, MD 21204 (410) 830-2981 fax: (410) 830-2604
Program Committee:
John Artz, George Washington University jartz@gwuvm.gwu.edu David Bellin, North Carolina A & T State University dbellin@ncat.edu Donald Gotterbarn, East Tennessee State University, gotterba@etsu.east-tenn-st.edu Andrew Grosso, attorney-at-law, Washington, DC agrosso@acm.org Chuck Huff, St. Olaf College huff@seas.gwu.edu Deborah Johnson, Rensselear Polytechnical Institute userfp76@mts.rpi.edu Rob Kling, University of California - Irvine kling@ics.uci.edu Irving Levy, Gordon College ilevy@aol.com Keith Miller, Sangamon State University miller@eagle.sangamon.edu Margaret (Micki) Miller, Skyline College, CA millerm@smcccd.cc.ca.us Richard Lynch, Long Island University, rklynch@aurora.liunet.edu Nancy Wahl, Middle Tennessee State University wahl@mtsu.edu -- al@sunnyside.com +1-415 322-5411 Tel, -6481 Fax, Box 60, Palo Alto, CA 94302
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