Committee on Communications Policy (CCP)

Participation

CCP invites IEEE U.S. members who have an interest in public policy coupled with expertise in the field of computers, communications, and Internet technology and who are willing to be active contributors to the committee's activities to join the committee as a Corresponding Member (CM). As CM, you will be invited to recommend committee activities, comment on draft position statements and testimonies, and otherwise participate in the business of the committee.

To become a CM, please provide a brief description of your interest and expertise in this area and submit to:

Deborah Rudolph
(Office) 202-530-8332
(Email) d.rudolph@ieee.org

Committee Organization

IEEE-USA members are invited to serve on the committee to assist with the activities and mission of CCP.

Mission Statement

The Committee on Communications Policy (CCP) promotes formulation of sound legislation, regulation and policies relating to communications technologies. Committee members have focused on such issues as spectrum efficiency, high-performance computing, RFID, digital high-resolution systems, personal communications systems, and privacy.

Meetings

CCP members Eric Burger and Mike Nelson as well as Bill Tonti of the IEEE Technical Activities, gave a talk to 30 Chinese technologists visiting IEEE-USA on the issues of IPv6 and the Internet of Things. (See slide presentations from this meeting below - 15 December 2011.)

• IPv6 Status and Transition
• The IEEE Technology Time Machine
  -English version
  -Chinese version
• IEEE: Internet of Things

Meetings are generally held in IEEE-USA's Washington DC office. Visitors are welcome and active participation is encouraged.

Please contact Deborah Rudolph for future meeting dates and details.

Position Statements

Encryption Encryption Policy 2011 VOIP Voice Over Internet Protocol 2010 NTM Network Traffic Management 2010 Broadband Nationwide High Speed Broadband Data Services 2009 RFID Developing National Policies on the Deployment of Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) Technology 2009

White Papers

•   Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) on Cybersecurity
  (19 December 2011)
•   IEEE-USA submitted a white paper to U.S. Department of Commerce’s (DoC) Secretary Locke addressing DoC's Internet Policy Task Force "green paper" on "Internet and Information, Innovation Sector, Economic Cybersecurity.” (5 October 2011).
• Network Traffic Management and the Evolving Internet
  (2 November 2010)
• Next Generation Internet: IPv4 Address Exhaustion, Mitigation Strategies and Implications for the U.S. (5 August 2009).
• "The State of RFID Implementation and its Policy Implications"
  (15 April 2009).
• Providing Ubiquitous Gigabit Networks in the United States"
  White paper prepared by CCP (14 March 2005).

Policy Communications

• Letter to Members of the House Energy, Science and Homeland Security and Senate Commerce and Homeland Security Committees Forwarding Answers to Frequently Asked Questions on Cybersecurity. 20 December 2011
• Letter to FCC Chair Julius Genachowski Reviewing Progress Towards Goal of Ubiquitous Broadband Deployment. 19 December 2011
• Joint response with the U.S. Public Policy Council of the Association for Computing Machinery to U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ NPRM on Human Subjects Research Protections.  26 October 2011
• Letter to FCC Chair/Commissioners Providing Input to FCC's Technical Advisory Committee on Selected Topics of Investigation. 6 June 2011
• Letter to FCC Chair Julius Genachowski Urging Adoption of "Informal Guidelines" to Promote Exploration of Innovative Wireless Technologies. 18 April 2011
  
• Letter to FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski with copies to selected congressional committees forwarding recommendations and background information on network traffic management.
  10 December 2010
• Letter to Senators Snowe, Warner and Kaufman supporting the FCC Commissioners' Technical Resource Enhancement Act (S. 2881).
  10 October 2010
• Letter to Senators Snowe, Kaufman and Warner supporting the FCC Commissioners’ Technical Resource Enhancement Act (S.2881).
  26 May 2010
• Letter to FCC and NTIA offer suggestions to improve spectrum allocation decisions related to "harmful interference." 6 May 2010
• Letter to FCC Chairman commending the proposed National Broadband Plan and offering assistance on implementation details.
  16 March 2010
• Coalition letter to President's Office of Management and Budget urging continued robust funding for federal computing research in the FY2011 budget. 21 December 2009
• CCP sent an e-mail supporting U.S. Senators Olympia J. Snowe’s and Mark Warner’s legislation to bolster access to technical resources for the Commissioners of the Federal Communications Commission. The Snowe-Warner initiative will update current law to allow each Commissioner to hire an additional staff member -- an electrical engineer or computer scientist -- to provide in-depth technical consultation.  9 December 2009
• Comments to the Federal Communications Commission in response to a notice of inquiry soliciting input on the FCC's "A National Broadband Plan for our Future" proposal. 05 June 2009
• Comments to the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) on the new Broadband Technology Opportunities Program being established by NTIA. 13 April 2009
• Letter to House and Senate leaders supporting the Broadband Technology Opportunities Program provisions of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (Stimulus Bill). 09 February 2009
• Statement to the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee for it's hearing on "Why Broadband Matters." 16 September 2008
• Letter to Senate Commerce Committee endorsing and encouraging Senate action on the Broadband Census of America Act of 2007 (H.R. 3919). 25 July 2008
• Letter to the FCC Chair and Commissioners outlining recommendations for enhancing the technical expertise in FCC decision-making activities. 05 June 2008
• Letter to House Energy and Commerce Committee members endorsing the Broadband Census of America Act of 2007 (H.R. 3919). 29 October 2007

Reports

IEEE International Conference on RFID 2007 Proceedings
Abstracts are available to all. Full articles are available to those who pay for it ($13 per article) or are members of Xplore subscribing institutions.

Conferences

• “The Unfinished Radio Revolution: New Approaches to Handling Wireless Interference ,” Washington, D.C., November 12 : a half-day conference co-sponsored by IEEE-USA, along with Silicon Flatirons, the Information Technology & Innovation Foundation, and others. D.C. SEE Recorded Video, Position Papers!
  

RFID Conferences:

• IEEE RFID 2012
• IEEE RFID 2011
• IEEE RFID 2010
• IEEE RFID 2009
• IEEE RFID 2008
• IEEE RFID 2007
  

Resource Links

Selected Government Sites

• THOMAS - Bills and Legislative Information from the United States Congress
• United States House of Representatives
• United States Senate
• U.S. Congress Internet Caucus (Advisory Committee)
• The White House
• Federal Communications Commission (FCC)
• General Services Administration Office of Information Technology
• Information Infrastructure Task Force
• National Information Infrastructure Virtual Library
• National Institute of Standards and Technology
• National Science Foundation
• National Telecommunication and Information Administration
• Office of Science and Technology Policy

Other Sites/Links

• Association for Computing Machinery
• Benton Communications Policy and Practice
• The Center for Democracy and Technology
• Computers and Communication Archive
• Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility
• Electronic Frontier Foundation
• Electronic Privacy Information Center
• IEEE Computer Society
• Internet2 Project
• Internet Policy Institute (Briefing the President)
• Internet Privacy Coalition
• IT Papers.Com (archive of IT-related white papers)
• The Internet Society
• Congressional Internet Caucus

  Last update: 2 January 2012