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*    INFOSYS: The Electronic Newsletter for Information Systems     *
*    Volume 3, Number 13      ISSN: 1173-3764      May 14, 1996     *
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* EDITOR'S NOTE - Going Away?                                       *
* NEWS - From Innovation                                            *
* ANNOUNCEMENT: ISWorld Net Faculty Directory                       *
* CONTENTS - Journal of Global Information Management, v4 n1        *
* CONFERENCE - Cooperative Information Systems (CoopIS'96)          *
* CALL FOR PAPERS - Pacific Asia Conference on Info Systems         *
* CALL FOR PAPERS - Evaluation of Information Technology            *
* CALL FOR PAPERS - Telecooperation in Organisations                *
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* NEWS - From Innovation                                            *
* Dennis Viehland, Massey University <[e-mail]>      *
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REQUIREMENTS ENGINEERS ARE NOT TEMPORARY WORKERS: How do you train
people to determine the requirements of a complex system that needs
to be designed? By making them go through the complete life cycles
of system projects. "A requirements engineer must embrace end-to-end
responsibility for a product's requirements. This support begins
with the initial customer discussions, continues through
development, and is sustained into maintenance." So the best way to
let requirements engineers gain the needed skills is to have them
experience the system life cycle from beginning to end. A project is
over when the system is (eventually) replaced... and not a moment
sooner. (IEEE Software Mar 96 p12)

WHAT RESOURCE INCREASES AS YOU USE IT? As organizations experiment
with new organizational forms and management technologies (often
referred to as NFMT), designed to reduce barriers of communication
between cross-functional units through horizontal organizational
processes intended to empower decision-making at lower levels in the
organization, "those firms which can not make the transition from
bureaucracy relative to new forms will find themselves at a
competitive advantage relative to the firms that can adapt." It's
as simple as this: in the information age, competitive advantage
can be achieved only by expanding and leveraging the organization's
information, knowledge, and learning capability -- which can be
accomplished only by sharing information, not containing it. (M.L.
Tucker & G.D. Meyer, "Organizational Communication: Development Of
Internal Strategic Competitive Advantage," Journal of Business
Communication 1996 33(1) p51)

BIG SCREEN PC: Gateway 2000's Destination multimedia TV/PC system
combines a Pentium 120 MHz processor, 16 MB DRAM, a 6x CD-ROM drive,
and a large-screen (31 inches) monitor. The Destination features a
remote keyboard and a remote control mouse which can be used 10-15
feet away from the screen. (Broadcasting & Cable 18 Mar 96 p55)

NEW EXECUTIVE TITLES ON THE HORIZON: Companies will begin moving
beyond the chief information officer job title in the next few
years, with new hires filling such roles as VP of best practices,
VP of progress reengineering, and VP of strategic planning. The
titles already exist at many information technology consulting firms
and systems integrators, and reflect the belief that reengineering
is a continuous process rather than a one-time event. "The chief
information officer cannot be the only executive to take
responsibility in leveraging IT to deliver business solutions that
help make a company more competitive," says a Forrester Research
analyst. "The IT people and CIO need to be the keeper of the
technology flame, but there need to be executives and managers at
the business-unit level that have a good understanding of how
technology can be used to address business problems." (Information
Week 25 Mar 96 p120)

DON'T CALL IT A DATABASE -- IT'S A CONTENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM: As
more companies set up Web sites and tie them into databases to find
out who's clicking on what, mining that information for clues on
how to market more successfully will become an integral part of most
businesses. "Except you won't really call it a database anymore,"
says the managing director for Hambrecht & Quist. "It will be a
content management system. The advent of the Internet and Web
technology is spawning a proliferation of content, like audio,
video, graphics and text." And data won't be just 2-dimensional any
more. NASA has hired Hughes Information Technology Systems to set
up a massive environmental monitoring system that uses "spatial"
tracking and analysis, allowing researchers to compare two different
points in space, based on latitude, longitude and altitude. (Forbes
ASAP 8 Apr 96 p49)

ELECTRONIC POST-IT NOTES: 3M, original maker of the now ubiquitous
Post-It Note, is extending its quickie reminder concept to the
corporate PC. A $25 Post-it Software Notes program attaches a
colorful electronic note anywhere in a document in any application.
A 30-day trial version is on 3M's Web site:
< http://www.mmm.com/psnotes >. (Information Week 25 Mar 96 p94)

KNOWLEDGE AND COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE: Knowledge is power in any age
-- but especially in the Information Age, where it is the power to
transform yourself to adapt to rapidly changing environmental
pressures. "Knowledge (what people know about product and process
strategies, work flows, and others' performances within these flows)
creates the basis for efficiencies and/or competitive advantages
utilizing new organization forms and management technologies." And
what makes it possible to run an organization using such new
organizational forms as special ad-hoc work teams operating outside
the existing organizational structure? One thing: the ability to
communicate, because information transactions account for such an
enormous percentage of the modern organization's total activity.
And so a modern organization's success will be a function of its
ability to process information .. and if the organization fails, its
failure will be traceable to the same root. (M. L. Tucker, G.D.
Meyer, J.W. Westerman, "Organizational Communication: Development Of
Internal Strategic Competitive Advantage," Journal Of Business
Communication 33(1) Jan 96 p51)

THE (RIGHT) PRICE OF SECURITY: Ed Sheehan of AT Kearney in
Annapolis, Maryland, says there are just a few simple steps to
developing a comprehensive policy for protecting the information in
your organization: First, decide what information truly needs
protection, rather than wasting a great deal of money protecting
everything, as though every bit of data were a state secret. Second,
decide the real value of each piece of information, not spending
more money on protecting information than the information is worth.
Finally, develop a high-level management policy, that can be clearly
understood, and then make sure it's communicated throughout the
whole organization. (Sales & Marketing Management Apr 96 p39)

THE ONE BOOK: MIT Media Lab instructor Joseph Jacobson is developing
a computer that's shaped like a book, complete with pages, but
whose content can be changed countless times. The electronic book
will comprise 200 very thin and flexible display panels, stacked one
on top of the other, like pages. The content is controlled by a
display driver hidden in the book's spine. Software would then
dictate which text is displayed on the panels. Text size could even
be changed by the reader for optimal viewing. (Technology Review
May/June 96 p12)

Editor's Note: Innovation offers a weekly summary of trends,
strategies, and innovations in business and technology. This is an
abbreviated list of news items of interest to the IS community from
the March 25, April 8, 15, 29, 1996 issues. Subscriptions are
available at $15 a year. For a trial copy of Innovation, type the
word "subscribe" in the body (not subject) of a message to
[e-mail].


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* ANNOUNCEMENT: ISWorld Net Faculty Directory                       *
* David Naumann, University of Minnesota <[e-mail]>    *
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Editor's Note: ISWorld Net is the world's best on-line resource for
the global IS community (yes, even better than INFOSYS). Regularly
a new Web page is announced or an exciting new initiative is
launched. For various reasons, including space limitations, INFOSYS
does not publish all of these announcements. However some
announcements such as this one are too significant to ignore. Hats
off to Dave Naumann at Minnesota, all of the directory compilers
listed in Dave's message and to Blake Ives, the moving and
motiviating force in ISWorld Net. ISWorld Net can be found at:
USA: http://www.isworld.org/isworld.html
Australia: http://www.dis.unimelb.edu.au/isworld.html
Ireland: http://http://smagal.ucd.ie/isworld.html

We are very pleased to announce that we now have available on the
World Wide Web a complete revision of the ISWorld Net Faculty
Directory. The directory now features:
--complete, current contents of the US-Canada directory maintained
  at Minnesota by Jan DeGross
--complete, newly updated contents of the Asia Pacific  directory
  compiled by Guy Gable at Queensland University of Technology
--complete, newly updated European directory courtesy of Niels
  Bjorn-Andersen at Copenhagen
--new southern Africa directory compiled by Derek Smith at Cape Town
--all the directories combined in one single searchable database
--built-in update capability so that you can submit changes to your
  own record
--a new entry feature for IS faculty and researchers who are not
  listed in a directory
--a new section for doctoral students only
--more features and contents being developed

Please do use the update facility to keep your page current. Add
your e-mail address and URL to the database. Use the database to
find others with your interests from around the globe.

The ISWorld Net Faculty Directory can be found through ISWorld Net
(see URLs above) or directly at:
http://webfoot.csom.umn.edu/isworld/facdir/home.html


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* CONTENTS - Journal of Global Information Management, v4 n1        *
* Prashant Palvia, Univ of Memphis <[e-mail]>     *
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Journal of Global Information Management, vol 4, no 1

Coverage: In general, we seek original contributions concerning any
aspect of global information resources management dealing with
development, usage, failure, success, policies, strategies, and
applications of this valuable organization resource. The Journal
invites contributions from both scholars and practitioners involved
in research, management and the utilization of information resources.

The Table of Contents of the Winter 1996, JGIM, Vol.4 No.1 is:

"The Development of Future Global Business Leaders" by Karen Loch
(editorial preface)

"Globalizing Software Development" by C.J.Meadows

"Study of the Lagged Response Effect in the Indian IT Industry" by
Aryya Gangopadhyay

"Informatics in Uruguay: Evolution and Implications" by Hernandez,
Gibson, and McGuire

Interview with Yoshihoro Horiuchi (the General Manager of
Information Innovating Department, NKK Corporation)

"Strategic Alliances - an entrepreneurial approach to globalization"
by Michael Yoshino and Srinivasa Rangan (book review)

For more information contact:
Prashant Palvia , Editor in Chief
Journal of Global Information Management
Dept. of MIS/DS
The University of Memphis
Memphis, TN 38152 USA
Voice:  (901)-678-3569
Fax:    [phone]
E-Mail: [e-mail]


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* CONFERENCE - Cooperative Information Systems (CoopIS'96)          *
* Don Potter, University of Georgia <[e-mail]>      *
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First IFCIS International Conference on Cooperative Information
Systems (CoopIS'96)
June 19-21, 1996
Brussels, Belgium

The First IFCIS International Conference on Cooperative Information
Systems (CoopIS) is the premier event sponsored by the
International Foundation on Cooperative Information Systems (IFCIS).
The Foundation and the conference series bring together the
scientific community previously served by the international
workshops on Interoperability in Multidatabase Systems (IMS) and
the conference series on Cooperative Information Systems (CoopIS &
ICICIS).

The conference will be held at:
Auditorium Aula QC
Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB)
Campus Etterbeek
Pleinlaan 2 Gate "VUB-13"
B-1050 Brussel

Invited talks/keynote address:
--Marek Rusinkiewicz: "From Interoperability to Cooperation"
--Ray Whitehouse: "Live, Learn, Play, and Do Business With
  Information"
--Christopher Stone: "The Future of Software is Distributed
  Components"

Tutorial Registration (June 18-19, 1996): Tutorial check-in will
be held at the conference one hour prior to the tutorial. The
tutorial fee is US$200 (BEF 6000) for first tutorial and US$150
(BEF 4500) for additional tutorials for participants from the same
company or institute. The tutorials are:
--Michael L. Brodie: "From Legacy To Cooperative Information
  Systems: Visions and Challenges For Large-Scale Deployment"
--Ramez Elmasri and Sumi Helal: "Standards for Database
  Interoperability and Portability: CORBA, ODMG, and SQL3"
--Jiawei Han: "Data Mining Techniques: An Overview From A Database
  Perspective"
--John Mylopoulos, Giorgio De Michelis, Florian Matthes: "An Agenda
  for Research on Cooperative Information Systems"

Registration will be handled during the mornings of June 19-20 at
at the conference check-in desk. A registration form from Mrs.
Kathleen DeSmyter at [e-mail].

Conference Fees
Registration for the entire conference US$450 (BEF 13500). The
Conference dinner on Thursday evening is not included. Registration
for Industry day only (includes lunch) is US$350 (BEF 10500).

More information about the conference is available from the
Conference Web site at http://www.cs.uga.edu/LSDIS/activities
Local information is available through
http://dinf.vub.ac.be/vub/vub3D.html
http://dinf/dinf/dinfhome.html


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* CALL FOR PAPERS - Pacific Asia Conference on Info Systems         *
* Guy Gable, Queensland Univ of Technology <[e-mail]>   *
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Pacific Asia Conference on Information Systems (PACIS'97)
"The Confluence of Information Systems Theory and Practice"
Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
2-5 April 1997

The Pacific Asia Conference on Information Systems (PACIS'97),
sponsored by the Association for Information Systems (AIS), aims to
be the premier Information Systems event in the Asia Pacific region.
Its purpose is to provide a high-quality international forum for
researchers, practitioners and policy makers to exchange ideas on
the adoption of leading information-related technologies and
practices.

PACIS'97 will be held at Queensland University of Technology (QUT).
PACIS'97 will include a one-day doctoral consortium on 2nd April
1997 followed by the 2-1/2 day conference proper. The International
Program Committee reflects many notable researchers including
representatives from each country in the Asia Pacific.

The theme of PACIS'97, "The Confluence of Information Systems Theory
and Practice" seeks a balance between the relevance and rigour of
Information Systems research. The program committee, co-chaired by
Professors Guy Gable and Ron Weber, is now inviting full papers,
research-in-progress papers, and proposals for panels or other
activities pertaining to the conference theme as well as other
aspects of information system development, management, strategy and
impact. Suggested topics include, but are not limited to:

IS education in Pacific Asia countries
--Enterprise-wide application packages
--Quality and criticality of information systems
--Qualitative research in information management
--IT in small and medium enterprises
--Marketing on the internet
--Government information industry strategy
--Government information infrastructure, policy and regulation
--Information security management
--Electronic commerce
--Implementation and management strategies for telework
--Business process engineering
--Information brokering
--Information literacy
--Groupware and workflow
--Multi-social and cross-cultural studies in information systems
--Societal impacts of information systems
--Future directions for information management

Important Dates
Submission:                     15 October 1996
Notification of Acceptance:    15 December 1996
Camera-Ready Copy:              1 February 1997
Doctoral Consortiuum:              2 April 1997
Conference:                      3-5 April 1997

To find submission guidelines and obtain up-to-date information on
PACIS'97, please visit
http://www.fit.qut.edu.au/PACIS97/

Questions relating to the conference program should be referred to
the program co-chair, Dr. Guy Gable <[e-mail]>. Queries
relating to the doctoral consortium should be related to Ryutaro
Manabe <[e-mail]>. For information on other than
Program, panel, tutorial or paper submissions, contact the Conference
Chair, Dr. Alan Underwood <[e-mail]>.


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* CALL FOR PAPERS - Evaluation of Information Technology            *
* Ann Brown, City University Business School <[e-mail]> *
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3rd European Conference on The Evaluation of Information Technology
29 November 1996
University of Bath, UK

The conference will bring together academics and practitioners from
Europe and elsewhere who are involved in the study, management,
development and implementation of IT. The advisory group for the
conference invites submissions of papers on both the theory and
practice of all aspects of evaluation:
--methodologies for both appraisal and post implementation evaluation
--the decision making process for new investment
--the management of benefits
--research methods for evaluation
--the management of IS development and IT departments
--the impact of IS on work and organisations.
The group is seeking quantitative, qualitative and experience based
papers. Papers and also invited for two workshops, one on research
proposals and the second on work in progress.

Submission details:
--Paper details: No more than 5000 words, author names on title
  page only.
--File type: Word for Windows or text file with diagrams in a
  separate Windows compatible graphic file.
--E-mail: To speed up the review process we request that submissions
  be e-mailed as attachments to Ms Ann Brown, Programme Chair, at
  [e-mail]. Details on how to transmit long documents are
  available from this e-mail address.

Hard copy: One paper copy and a disk must also be sent to:
Ms Ann Brown
Programme Chair
IS Division
City University Business School
Frobisher Crescent
Barbican Centre
London EC2Y 8HB
No e-mail? Three copies of the paper and a disk may be sent to the
above address.

Important dates:
Paper submission deadline:        31 July 1996
Notification of acceptance:  30 September 1996
Final copy due:                31 October 1996


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* CALL FOR PAPERS - Telecooperation in Organisations                *
* Schahram Dustdar, University of Art <[e-mail]> *
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Telecooperation in Organisations
Franz Lehner and Schahram Dustdar (Editors)

Questions regarding distribution and cooperation always have had a
significant economic importance for organisations. Telecooperation
describes computer supported cooperation of spatial distributed
individuals and organisations. This research area needs technical as
well as social concepts. Currently the term ,telecooperation" is
about to be established increasingly in organisational practice;
especially in the context of CSCW-Systems (Computer Supported
Cooperative Work) solutions are being propagated and developed. This
new emerging research area "telecooperation" is perceived by some
authors as a discipline of CSCW research. The main focus of
"telecooperation" is to design the cooperation of organisations more
productive, more flexible, more humane and more ecologic etc.
Telecooperation - prophesied to have an enormous economic rate of
growth within the next decade - thus constitutes one of the most
important solutions to the manifold challenges of the modern economy
and public administration.

With the intended book the following aims shall be reached:
--description and assessment of the latest state of the art
--documentation and discussion of experiences
--practice related discussion
--highlighting of visions and perspectives with respect to computer
  supported coordination

Contributions to the following areas are encouraged (but not limited to):
--virtual and network organisations
--Internet and Intranet
--theoretical foundations and research results regarding cooperation
--telecooperation systems (design, implementation, examples and
  experiences)
--multimedia human-computer interaction
--workflow management and workflow processing systems
--economics of telecooperation systems
--ergonomic demands for telecooperation systems
--diffusion and implementation of telecooperation systems
--communications platforms and telecommunications services
--integration with existing information systems
--applications of telecooperation systems (industry, trade,
  financial institutions etc.)
--future developments

Contributions may be in the form of original papers and should not
be published elsewhere. All submissions will be refereed. The length
of the contributions should not exeed 15 A4-pages (including figures
and bibiography). Please send one copy of the paper submission to
each editor:
Prof. Dr. Franz Lehner
Department of Information Systems
University of Regensburg
Universitaetsstr. 31, D-93040
Regensburg, Germany
E-mail: [e-mail]

and

Dr. Schahram Dustdar
Centre for Informatics Services
University of Art
Hauptplatz 8, A-4010
Linz, Austria
E-mail: [e-mail]

Important Dates:
Chapter submission deadline:   1 August 1996
Acceptance notification:      31 August 1996
Camera ready version due:   15 November 1996


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Date:    Tue, 14 May 1996 07:21:21 -0500
From:    Gleason Sackman <[e-mail]>
Subject: NEWSLTR> InterNIC News, May 1996

Date: Tue, 14 May 1996 05:18:40 -0700
From: Tom Newell <[e-mail]>
To: Multiple recipients of list <[e-mail]>
Subject: InterNIC News, May 1996

InterNIC Research and Education Support Services is pleased to announce
the May issue of  the InterNIC News newsletter.  InterNIC News, which
seeks to pick up the thread of the former NSF Network News, offers a
forum for the examination of both technical and non-technical issues and
events affecting the Internet community, as well a vehicle for relating
InterNIC activities and highlighting network resources and activities of
interest to end-users.

With our second issue, we take a look at the National Universitys MOO
(MUD Object-Oriented) Internet classroom; report on  the Global School
Networks latest effort, Cyberfair 96; and explore the development of
the Government Information Locator Service (GILS), featuring an
interview with Eliot Christian, United States Geological Survey and
including an agency perspective from Steve Hufford, Environmental
Protection Agency.  Regular features include the Scout Services Update
by Susan Calcari and End Users Corner by Jack Solock

The newsletter is published monthly and is available via the web, ftp,
or mailing list.  We encourage you to visit our website for a full,
graphical version of  InterNIC News:

http://rs.internic.net/nic-support/nicnews

Plain text versions of the newsletter are available either via ftp from:

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Date:    Tue, 14 May 1996 16:36:23 -0500
From:    Gleason Sackman <[e-mail]>
Subject: ALA> ALAWON, Vol. 5, No. 26 (93 lines)

Date: Tue, 14 May 1996 16:43:52 -0400
From: ALAWASH E-MAIL (ALAWASH E-MAIL) <[e-mail]>
To: [e-mail]
Subject: ALAWON, Vol. 5, No. 26 (93 lines)


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ALAWON                                        Volume 5, Number 26
ISSN 1069-7799                                       May 14, 1996
     American Library Association Washington Office Newsline

In this issue: (93 lines)
     OPPOSE H.R. 1946/S. 984,
          PARENTAL RIGHTS & RESPONSIBILITIES ACT
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OPPOSE H.R. 1946/S. 984, PARENTAL RIGHTS & RESPONSIBILITIES ACT

The Parental Rights and Responsibilities Act, S. 984, H.R. 1946,
states that no federal, state or local government _shall
interfere with or usurp the right of a parent to direct the
upbringing of the child of the parent._  This legislation is part
of the Christian Coalition's Contract with the American Family.

Many organizations, including ALA, are concerned that this
legislation, while appearing innocuous, could actually jeopardize
parents' rights.  ALA has joined a coalition of organizations to
formally oppose this act and urge its defeat. Other organizations
in opposition include: American Academy of Pediatric, American
Association of University Women, National Association of Social
Workers, National PTA, and the National School Boards Association
along with a number of church organizations  including the
Episcopal Church, Presbyterian Church, USA Washington Office, and
the Unitarian Universalist Service Committee.

There are numerous arguments for opposing this bill:
  -- State and local laws to protect children and provide health      and
education services would be pre-empted by this          legislation.

  -- The bill pits parents against parents, and encourages       lawsuits,
not cooperation.

  -- Local communities can best address local concerns.

  -- This legislation is unnecessary, unwarranted, and costly.

If this sweeping legislation passes, it is predicted that attacks
could be directed toward virtually any program or policy
affecting children, as well as the individuals that administer
them.  For example, a lawsuit could be brought against:

*    librarian for placing a book about a controversial
     subject on the shelves;

*    a teacher for having a classroom discussion about Romeo
     and Juliet and suicide; and/or

*    a pediatrician for reporting a case of suspected child      abuse.

BACKGROUND:
Some analysts predict, that empowered by this legislation,
right-wing activists could have veto power over any state law or
regulation related to children's education, health and mental
health, and discipline.  Measures to protect the well-being of
children could be overturned.  This legislation has been strongly
promoted by the Christian Coalition, Concerned Women for America,
and other far-right organizations and was passed by the Senate
Judiciary Subcommittee on Administrative Oversight on April 17.

ACTION NEEDED:  The Senate Judiciary Committee may vote on S.984
as soon as May 23.  Library supporters are asked to write the
full Judiciary Committee as soon as possible and ask them to
reject S. 984.

The members of the Judiciary Committee are:
Hatch (R-UT), Thurmond (R-SC), Simpson (R-WY), Grassley (R-IA),
Specter (R-PA), Brown (R-CO), Thompson (R-TN), Kyl (R-AZ), DeWine
(R-OH), Abraham (R-MI), Biden (D-DE), Kennedy (D-MA), Leahy
(D-VT), Heflin (D-AL), Simon (D-IL), Kohl (D-WI), Feinstein
(D-CA), and Feingold (D-WI).

Watch pending ALAWON reports in case this bill gets moved up
suddenly on the committee's legislative calendar.  Earlier
reports indicated that the full committee might vote this week so
opponents of this legislation should be prepared to react
quickly.
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