February 22, 2000 The Honorable Kumar P. Barve Dear Chairman Barve: In early February, Stanley Klein, a Maryland constituent and a volunteer for the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers-United States of America (IEEE-USA), appeared before your committee during its hearing on the Maryland Uniform Computer Information Transactions Act (H.B.19, S.B.142) and shared a draft IEEE-USA position statement expressing our concerns with the proposed UCITA law. I am writing in follow-up to let you know that IEEE-USA's Board of Directors subsequently confirmed that position, a final copy of which is attached by overnight and can also be retrieved on-line at http://www.ieeeusa.org/forum/POSITIONS/ucita.html. This position statement outlines our substantial concerns with the proposed law, and its negative consequences for consumers and innovation. We hope that you will take these concerns into account as you deliberate on this bill. IEEE-USA promotes the career and technology interests of IEEE's 240,000 U.S. members, including the approximately 10,000 electrical, electronics, computer and software engineers who are IEEE members and who live and work in the state of Maryland. Please let me know if I can provide any additional information or be of further assistance. You can reach me at 202-785-0017 (ext. 8347) or by email to c.brantley@ieee.org Sincerely, Chris Brantley The Institute of Electrical and Electronics
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