----------------------------------------------------------------------------- _____ _____ _______ / ____| __ \__ __| ____ ___ ____ __ | | | | | | | | / __ \____ / (_)______ __ / __ \____ _____/ /_ | | | | | | | | / /_/ / __ \/ / / ___/ / / / / /_/ / __ \/ ___/ __/ | |____| |__| | | | / ____/ /_/ / / / /__/ /_/ / / ____/ /_/ (__ ) /_ \_____|_____/ |_| /_/ \____/_/_/\___/\__, / /_/ \____/____/\__/ The Center for Democracy and Technology /____/ Volume 2, Number 31 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- A briefing on public policy issues affecting civil liberties online ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- CDT POLICY POST Volume 2, Number 31 September 16, 1996 CONTENTS: (1) Join Rep. Anna Eshoo (D-CA) Live Online Tuesday Sept 17, 8:00 pm EDT (2) How to Subscribe/Unsubscribe (3) About CDT, contacting us ** This document may be redistributed freely with this banner intact ** Excerpts may be re-posted with permission of <editor@cdt.org> ** This document looks best when viewed in COURIER font ** ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- (1) Join Rep. Anna Eshoo (D-CA) Live Online Tuesday Sept 17, 8:00 pm EDT Representative Anna Eshoo (D-CA) will be live online on Tuesday September 17 at 8:00 pm EDT (5:00 pm PDT) to discuss her efforts bring privacy and security to the Internet through the reform of US encryption policy. Eshoo will also take questions from Netizens during the discussion. Representative Eshoo, who represents the heart of California's Silicon Valley, is a co-sponsor of HR 3011, the "Security and Freedom through Encryption (SAFE) Act of 1996", a founding member of the Congressional Internet Caucus, and a strong advocate for enlightened Internet policies. Momentum in Congress for real reform of US encryption policy remains strong. The House Judiciary Committee is scheduled to hold a hearing on HR 3011 on Wednesday September 25, 1996, and the Senate Commerce Committee is expected to vote on the Burns/Leahy "Pro-CODE" bill (S. 1726) soon. DETAILS ON HOW TO PARTICIPATE IN THE DISCUSSION: At 8:00 pm EDT (5:00 pm PDT), point your browser to: http://www.hotwired.com/wiredside/ To participate you will need to have RealAudio installed on your computer (available free at http://www.realaudio.com/). You also need to be a registered HotWired member (there is no charge for registration - visit http://www.hotwired.com/ for details). This forum is the 6th in a series of events organized by the Center for Democracy and Technology and the Voters Telecommunications Watch with the purpose of bringing the Internet Community into the debate over critical Internet policy issues. For further information, please visit the following sites: * For Background on the Encryption Issue: The Encryption Policy Resource Page: http://www.crypto.com/ CDT's Encryption Policy Issues Page: http://www.cdt.org/crypto/ * For details on Congress and the Internet: CDT's Congress and the Net Page http://www.cdt.org/net_congress/ Voters Telecommunications Watch: http://www.vtw.org/ HotWired's WiredSide Chat: http://www.hotwired.com/ ----------------------------------------------------------------------- (2) SUBSCRIPTION INFORMATION Be sure you are up to date on the latest public policy issues affecting civil liberties online and how they will affect you! Subscribe to the CDT Policy Post news distribution list. CDT Policy Posts, the regular news publication of the Center For Democracy and Technology, are received by nearly 10,000 Internet users, industry leaders, policy makers and activists, and have become the leading source for information about critical free speech and privacy issues affecting the Internet and other interactive communications media. To subscribe to CDT's Policy Post list, send mail to policy-posts-request@cdt.org with a subject: subscribe policy-posts If you ever wish to remove yourself from the list, send mail to the above address with a subject of: unsubscribe policy-posts ----------------------------------------------------------------------- (3) ABOUT THE CENTER FOR DEMOCRACY AND TECHNOLOGY/CONTACTING US The Center for Democracy and Technology is a non-profit public interest organization based in Washington, DC. The Center's mission is to develop and advocate public policies that advance democratic values and constitutional civil liberties in new computer and communications technologies. Contacting us: General information: info@cdt.org World Wide Web: URL:http://www.cdt.org/ FTP URL:ftp://ftp.cdt.org/pub/cdt/ Snail Mail: The Center for Democracy and Technology 1634 Eye Street NW * Suite 1100 * Washington, DC 20006 (v) +1.202.637.9800 * (f) +1.202.637.0968 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- End Policy Post 2.31 9/16/96 -----------------------------------------------------------------------