LEGISLATIVE/ REGULATORY AFFAIRS COMMITTEE Eric Breese - Chair

ACUTA QUARTERLY COMMITTEE COLLABORATION CALL DECEMBER 12, 2013

CURRENT MEMBERS

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Eric Breese, Chair (Director, User & Technical Services, Illinois Institute of Technology)

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Randal Hayes (Voice Services Manager, University of Northern Iowa)

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Andy Hulsey (Director, Telecommunications, University of Central Florida)

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Holly King (Network Communications Project Manager, Northwestern University)

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Dave Mongeluzi (Senior IT Project Leader, University of Pennsylvania)

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Bill Phillips (Associate Director, Customer Solutions, The Ohio State University)

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Kevin Shaffer (Policy Development and Regulatory Compliance, University of Cincinnati)

CURRENT MEMBERS

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Greg Sparks (Director, Communication Technologies, North Carolina State University)

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Doris Stock (Special Assistant To AVP Network Infrastructure & Services, Virginia Tech)

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Doug Stoyko (Director, IST Computer/Network Services, University of Manitoba)

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Rodney Peterson (Senior Policy Advisor for SecuriCORE, Indiana University)

CURRENT Ex Officio MEMBERS

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Ron Kovac, ACUTA President Ball State University

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Sharon Moore, Deputy CIO, Smith College

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Corinne Hoch, ACUTA Chief Executive Officer

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Ken Salomon, Thompson Coburn, LLP, Legal Counsel

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J. G. Harrington, Cooley, LLP, Legal Counsel

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Joanna Grama, EDUCAUSE

CORE MISSION

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The scope of the committee is limited to national policies, issues and/or issues at a state or regional level that have national implications.

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Identify and solicit executive level focus from legal firms on key legislative/regulatory activities that may impact higher education

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Cooley, LLP - Washington, D.C.,

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Thompson Coburn, LLP - Washington, D.C.,

Monitor and review FCC & CRTC regulatory activity, information communications technology related to court decisions and Congressional legislative actions. In this review process, if the committee recommends any intervention on behalf of ACUTA, such recommendation shall be submitted to the Board of Directors for approval.

DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES

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Regularly review publications relevant to legislative/regulatory matters

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Provide information to ACUTA members on legislative and regulatory issues of concern to higher education, via a monthly newsletter, documents posted on ACUTA’s website, e-mail broadcast, or other appropriate means

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Provide information communications technology compliance information as a member of the Higher Education Compliance Alliance for posting on the website maintained by NACUA

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Any other duties which seem a natural function of the Committee and which are in the best interests of ACUTA, all as approved and directed by the President.

ACCOMPLISHMENTS

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ACUTA DAS comments were incorporated into the 2/20/13 FCC amendments to the booster ruling.

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Continued to provide compliance resources to the Higher Education Compliance Alliance

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Nominated an ACUTA member (Holly King, Northwestern U.) for the DAS (now HetNet) Forum Working Group

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Continued monitoring issues for colleges & universities with the help of Dow Lohnes, LLC (now Cooley, LLP) & Thompson Coburn, LLP, such as creating the recent Alert for the need to certify compliance with Section 255 of the Communications Act

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FCC CTO meeting – The Committee had an informal “fireside chat” with the Chief Technology Officer of the FCC, Dr. Henning Schulzrinne of Columbia University.

ACCOMPLISHMENTS (continued)

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Created podcasts of the monthly legislative/regulatory attorney updates

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Added Canadian legislative/regulatory content to the ACUTA website

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Added Canadian committee member (Doug Stoyko, U. of Manitoba)

COLLABORATIVE EFFORTS

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Program/Content Committee – provided speakers for Fall 2012 Seminar, Winter 2013 Seminar, Annual 2013 Conference

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Online Learning Subcommittee – provided speakers for 2 timely webinars

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Publications/Media Committee – contributed to/responsible for the Fall 2013 Legislative/Regulatory-themed Journal

Issues Being Watched

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Wireless Signal Boosters / DAS

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Next Generation E911

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ITU Control of the Internet

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Universal Service Fund

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National Broadband Plan

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Privacy & Data Security Legislation / Cybersecurity

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Network Neutrality

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Intercarrier Compensation

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Lifeline Program

THE FUTURE

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Potential comments on FCC NRPMs 

NTIA request for comments

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Accelerate Wireless Deployment

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Copyright Policy, Creativity, and Innovation in the Digital Economy

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New issues as they arrive from our legislative and regulatory bodies

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Will provide speakers for the 2014 Annual Conference in Dallas, TX