Date
|
Description
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| 7 Nov. 2000 |
Letter to the Virginia JCOTS UCITA Advisory Committee endorsing proposed amendments by Mark Pruett of Virginia Linux
Systems to the Virginia Uniform Computer Information Transactions Act |
| 7 Nov. 2000 |
Letter to the Virginia JCOTS UCITA Advisory Committee endorsing proposed amendments by IEEE member Tamara Maddox to the
Virginia Uniform Computer Information Transactions Act |
| 2 Nov. 2000 |
Statement to
the Virginia JCOTS UCITA Advisory Committee proposing an amendment
(concerning use of computer software with competing products) to the Virginia Uniform
Computer Information Transactions Act |
| 31 Oct. 2000 |
Letters to
the House Commerce Subcommittee on Energy and Power and the Senate Energy and Natural
Resources Committee forward proceedings of the IEEE-USA Symposium on "Ensuring Electric Power Reliability -- The Challenges Ahead." |
| 17 Oct. 2000 |
Statement to
the Virginia JCOTS UCITA Advisory Committee proposing amendments
to the Virginia Uniform Computer Information Transactions Act |
| 6 Oct. 2000 |
Letter to
the U.S. Senate urging passage of the Retirement Security and
Savings Act (H.R. 1102). |
| 6 Oct. 2000 |
Coalition
letter to House Speaker Dennis Hastert urging House action on comprehensive federal civilian R&D authorizing legislation. |
| 6 Oct. 2000 |
Coalition
letter to House Science Committee Chair James Sensenbrenner asking his support for House
action on comprehensive federal civilian R&D authorizing
legislation. |
| 28 Sept.
2000 |
Letter to
the U.S. Department of Labor recommending appointment of George F. McClure to the ERISA
Advisory Council. |
| 28 Sept.
2000 |
Letter to
House and Senate leaders and the House Commerce Committee urging passage of the Electric Reliability 2000 Act (S. 2071) |
| 27 Sept.
2000 |
Letter to
the Senate Majority and Minority Leaders urging Senate action on the Retirement Security and Savings Act (H.R. 1102) |
| 25 Sept.
2000 |
Coalition
letter to House-Senate conferees on the FY2001 Commerce, Justice, State appropriations
bill supporting the Senate's proposed funding levels for the NIST
Advanced Technology Program. |
| 18 Sept.
2000 |
Letter to
the House Appropriations Committee endorsing recommendations in April testimony by the
American Society of Mechanical Engineers on FY 2001 funding for NASA
aeronautics programs. |
| 18 Sept.
2000 |
Electronic
Action Alert supporting passage of pension vesting, portability and IRA-expansion
provisions in the Senate version of the Comprehensive Retirement Security and Pension
Reform Act (H.R. 1102). |
| 15 Sept.
2000 |
Letter to
President Clinton asking for support of pension reform and IRA
expansion provisions contained in the Retirement Security and Savings Act (H.R. 1102)
as approved by the Senate Finance Committee. |
| 14 Sept.
2000 |
Coalition
statement, endorsed by IEEE-USA, to Congress concerning the crisis
in aviation research and technology. |
| 11 Sept.
2000 |
Letter to
the Federal Trade Commission on the Uniform Computer Information
Transactions Act (UCITA) in response to the FTC's High-Tech Warranty Project Notice (Comment, P994413). |
| 11 Sept.
2000 |
Electronic
Action Alert requesting help to reverse cuts in FY 2001 Congressional appropriations for
research and development. |
| 6 Sept. 2000 |
Letter to
the Senate Finance Committee strongly supporting pension portability and IRA expansion
provisions in the proposed Retirement Security and Savings Act. |
| 6 Sept. 2000 |
Letter to
U.S. Presidential Candidates posing questions on policy issues
of concern to IEEE-USA. |
| 10 Aug. 2000 |
Letter to
members of the Senate Appropriations Committee urging strong support for federal R&D funding in the FY 2001 appropriation. |
| 18 July 2000 |
Letter to
U.S. House of Representatives endorsing the pension vesting,
portability and IRA-expansion provisions of the Comprehensive Retirement Security and
Pension Reform Act (H.R. 1102). |
| 28 July 2000 |
Placed an ad
in conjunction with the American Association for the Advancement of Science, American
Society for Microbiology, American Chemical Society, American Physical Society, Council on
Competitiveness, FASEB and Research! America in local Florida, Illinois, and Mississippi
newspapers with circulation to the districts of Reps. C. W. Young and Dennis Haestert and
Sen. Trent Lott. The ad headline reads: "Leadership is vital to increase
support for research across disclipines." Copy available upon request. |
| 17 July 2000 |
Full page ad
in Roll Call newspaper by the Savings Coalition of America (listing IEEE-USA as a member)
urging Congress to uncap the IRA contribution limit
(supporting efforts to pass H.R. 1102). |
| 14 July 2000 |
Letter to
Key Senate Appropriators and to the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office urging restoration of PTO funding levels cut by the House of
Representatives in the FY 2001 Commerce, Justice, State and Judiciary Appropriations Bill
(H.R. 4690). |
| 10 July 2000 |
Electronic
Legislative Alert supporting pension vesting, portability and IRA-expansion provisions of
the Comprehensive Retirement Security and Pension Reform Act (H.R. 1102). |
| 5 July 2000 |
Amicus
Curiae brief supporting appropriate uses of reverse engineering,
submitted to the California Sixth District Court of Appeals in the case of Brunner vs.
DVD Copy Control Association (No. H021153) |
| 28 June 2000 |
Electronic
Legislative Advisory on legislative measures to provide marriage penalty
tax relief. |
| 22 June 2000 |
Letter to
U.S. House of Representatives conferees urging support for inclusion of House-passed Association Health Plan provisions in the conference committee
report accompanying the Quality Care for the Uninsured Act (H.R. 2990). |
| 21 June 2000 |
Letter to
members of the House Committee on Education and Workforce urging support for the National Science Education Acts (H.R. 4271, 4272, and 4273). |
| 21 June 2000 |
Joint Letter
with CPSR and ACM to Senators Orrin Hatch (UT) and Charles Schumer (NY) expressing
concerns regarding the Internet Integrity and Critical
Infrastructure Protection Act of 2000 (S.2448). |
| 19 June 2000 |
Letter to
the U.S. House Ways & Means Committee communicating support for proposed pension reform and IRA expansion legislation. |
| 13 June 2000 |
Letter to
the U.S. House of Representatives supporting employment-based immigration reform and
inclusion of workforce protections in final H-1B visa legislation. |
| 31 May 2000 |
Letter to
the U.S. House of Representatives urging "Green Cards, Not Guest Workers"
alternative to H-1B visa legislation. |
| 26 May 2000 |
Electronic
Legislative Alert supporting immigration
reform and opposing the increases in the H-1B Visa Cap for entry of temporary
high-tech guestworkers proposed in pending legislation (S.2045, H.R. 4227) |
| 16 May 2000 |
Letter to
the U.S. House of Representatives urging sponsorship of the National
Science Education Acts (H.R. 4271, 4272, and 4273) |
| 15 May 2000 |
Letter to
Rep. Vernon Ehler's expressing support for the National Science
Education Acts (H.R. 4271, 4272, and 4273) |
| 10 May 2000 |
Letter to
the U.S. Senate concerning H-1B Legislation, including S. 2045. |
| 5 May 2000 |
Letter to House Judiciary
Committee concerning H-1B Legislation, including H.R. 4227. |
| 1 May 2000 |
Open Letter to Congress
urging "Green Cards, Not
Guest Workers" arranged in conjunction with the Immigration Reform Coalition.
(Appears as a Roll Call newspaper advertisement). |
| 12 April
2000 |
Coalition testimony by
AAES to the House Appropriations Subcommittee on VA, HUD & Independent Agencies in
support of the National Science Foundation's FY 2001 budget request. |
| 28 March
2000 |
Letter to Okahoma
Representatives Opio Toure and Jari Askins expressing concerns regarding the Oklahoma Uniform Computer Information Transactions Act (S.B.
1337) |
| 20 March
2000 |
Letter to District of
Columbia Mayor Anthony Williams and Councilmember Sharon Ambrose expressing concerns
regarding the District of Columbia Uniform Computer Information
Transactions Act (Bill 13-607) |
| 13 March
2000 |
Coalition letter by ASME,
NFPA, AAES, CGSA, ASTM, IEEE-USA, IEEE Standards Association and ASCE to Rep. Constance
Morella supporting hearings on implementation of the National Technology Transfer and
Advancement Act as it relates to government utilization of voluntary standards. |
| 6 March 2000 |
Letter to Maryland
General Assembly expressing concerns regarding the Maryland
Uniform Computer Information Transactions Act (H.B. 19, S.B. 142) |
| 1 March 2000 |
Letter to Senate
Judiciary Committee (and U.S. Senate) expressing concerns regarding the American Competitiveness in the 21st Century Act of 2000 (S.2045). |
| 29 Feb. 2000 |
Letter to United States
Senate urging support for passage of the Networking and
Information Technology Research and Development (NITRD) Act, H.R. 2086, legislation
which would authorize $6.9 billion in federal IT-related research in the FY 2000-2004
period. |
| 29 Feb. 2000 |
IEEE-USA Testimony on Temporary Visa Programs and IT Labor Markets in the United States
before the National Research Council's IT Workforce Committee. |
| 29 Feb. 2000 |
Intersociety Statement to
the U.S. Congress on K-12 Science, Math, Engineering and
Technology Education. |
| 28 Feb. 2000 |
IEEE-USA Action Alert to
IEEE-USA volunteers Urging Them to Contact Their Senators to Oppose
the American Competitiveness in the 21st Century Act of 2000 (S.2045). |
| 22 Feb. 2000 |
IEEE-USA Letter to
Maryland Delegate Kumar Barve concerning Maryland House Bill 19
and forwarding IEEE-USA's position statement Opposing Adoption of UCITA By the States. |
| 17 Feb. 2000 |
Letter to the Department
of Health and Human Services providing comments on a proposed rule (CFR 160-164) setting standards for protection of health information mandated by the
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996. |
| 12 Feb. 2000 |
IEEE-USA Action Alert
urging members to write their U.S. Senators opposing passage of the American
Competitiveness in the 21st Century Act of 2000 (S.2045). |
| 5 Jan. 2000 |
Letters to the Federal
Trade Commission recommending Dr. Helga Rippen and Dr. Michael Rozen for appointment to the FTC's Advisory Committee
on Online Access and Security |
