Anne Wells Branscomb has died. She was 68. A longtime communications and computer lawyer, she significantly shaped the world of information and Net-policy. (I met her once, at a Computers Freedom and Privacy conference.) Her short biography is at: http://www.ngi.org/AWB/ On a different note, congratulations to: * Solveig Singleton, the new director of information studies at the Cato Institute. * Bruce Schneier and EPIC's Dave Banisar, for their book released last month, "The Electronic Privacy Papers." * EPIC's Marc Rotenberg and Phil Agre, for their book released this month: Technology and Privacy: The New Landscape, edited by Philip E. Agre and Marc Rotenberg (Cambridge: MIT Press, 1997). * Bob Palacios, former webmaster for the Center for Democracy and Technology, who's moving on to a new job at a Rockville, MD software company. (I understand CDT needs a new webmaster.) Also, I hear the Competitive Enterprise Institute, a free-market thinktank in Washington, DC, is looking for a full-time analyst to do Internet policy work for them. Stuff like privacy, Net-regulation, free speech. Email me for contact info. -Declan ------------------------- Declan McCullagh Time Inc. The Netly News Network Washington Correspondent http://netlynews.com/