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Order Establishing Electronic Filing Procedures An order issued by US District Court Judge Robertson establishing electronic filing procedures for the Lyons Security Service case. August 2002.
RIO PROPERTIES, INC. v. RIO INTERNATIONAL INTERLINK , 9th Cir,. No. 01-15446, March 20, 2002. Although not a contract case, the 9th Circuit affirms a decision allowing service via e-mail under FRCP 4(f)(3). To my knowledge this is the first Circuit Court opinion on this issue.
IT'S NOT THE CONTRACTED FOR RISKS, IT'S THE RISKS OF CONTRACTING, (pdf version)-"A Risk Driven View of Electronic Contracting". by Charles J. Miller, Esq. An excellent and thought provoking paper posted with permission of the author. Word Version
Joint FTC/Commerce Department Report Released on "Reasonable Demonstration" of the Consumer Consent Requirement of ESIGN. June 27, 2001. [180k pdf file]
The Information Security Committee of the American Bar Association Section of Science and Technology announces the release for public comment of its five-year project - the PKI Assessment Guidelines (the "PAG"). The PAG is available on the ABA site at http://www.abanet.org/scitech/ec/isc/pag/pag.html
S. 803, "E-Government Act of 2001" May 1, 2001. A bill to enhance the management and promotion of electronic Government services and processes by establishing a Federal Chief Information Officer within the Office of Management and Budget, and by establishing a broad framework of measures that require using Internet-based information technology to enhance citizen access to Government information and services, and for other purposes. Includes provisions for the Federal Bridge, Share-In-Savings contracts and other items.
Draft X.509 Certificate Policy For The Federal Bridge Certification Authority (FBCA). March 12, 2001 Draft which defines four certificate policies for use by the Federal Bridge Certification Authority (FBCA) and Agency CAs, representing four different assurance levels (Rudimentary, Basic, Medium, and High) for public key digital certificates. This Certificate Policy (CP) is consistent with the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) Public Key Infrastructure X.509 (IETF PKIX) Part 4 Certificate Policy and Certification Practice Statement Specification. [340K pdf file]
NOTICE REGARDING ELECTRONIC FILINGS IN BID PROTESTS The General Accounting Office invites comments on the use of e-filing to file protected documents in bid protest matters. Comments are requested by March 28, 2001.
Advances and Remaining Challenges to Adoption of Public Key Infrastructure Technology, GAO Report 01-277, February, 2001. GAO's assessment of the government's PKI strategy and initiatives. [741K pdf file]
Electronic Authentication Policy-Financial Management Service, Fiscal Service, Treasury.
66FR 394, January 3, 2001.
SUMMARY: The Office of Management and Budget (OMB), as part of its
procedures to implement the Government Paperwork Elimination Act
(GPEA), directed the Department of the Treasury (Treasury) to develop,
in consultation with Federal agencies and OMB, policies and practices
for the use of electronic transactions and authentication techniques in
Federal financial transactions, including payments and collections. In
accord with this directive, Treasury is publishing this Electronic
Authentication Policy. PDF Version
Legal Considerations in Designing and Implementing Electronic Processes: A Guide for Federal Agencies Department of Justice, November 2000.
From DOJ's web page: "This guide addresses legal issues that agencies are likely to face in converting to electronic processes and provides suggestions on how to address these issues. The rise of electronic commerce offers departments and agencies exciting opportunities to convert or redesign existing processes. At the same time, creating a more accessible and efficient government requires us to maintain public confidence in the security and reliability of the Government's electronic transactions, processes, and systems. Thus, in designing electronic systems, departments and agencies should ensure that essential data are available when need and that the data and the underlying processes are legally sufficient, reliable and in compliance with all applicable legal requirements."
OMB Provides E-SIGN Guidance OMB issues guidance to agencies on the implementation of E-Sign which became effective, for the most part, on October 1, 2000.
Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act, H. Rept 106-661. Conference report passed June 14, 2000 by House on 426-4 vote. Senate expected to pass on 6/16/2000 and President expected to sign. [PDF File 136K, may wish to download to disk.]
OMB-Implementation of the Government Paperwork Elimination Act, Procedures and Guidance;, OMB, 65 FR 25508, May 02, 2000. The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) provides procedures and guidance to implement the Government Paperwork Elimination Act (GPEA). GPEA requires Federal agencies, by October 21, 2003, to allow individuals or entities that deal with the agencies the option to submit information or transact with the agency electronically, when practicable, and to maintain records electronically, when practicable. The Act specifically states that electronic records and their related electronic signatures are not to be denied legal effect, validity, or enforceability merely because they are in electronic form, and encourages Federal government use of a range of electronic signature alternatives. [pdf version]
Announcing Approval of Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS) 186-2, Digital Signature Standard (DSS). 65 FR 7507, February 15, 2000. Commerce adds an additional voluntary industry standard for the federal agencies to use in generating and verifying digital signatures. These new standards are ANSI X9.31, Digital Signature Using Reversible Public Key Cryptography, and ANSI X9.62, Elliptic Curve Digital Signature Algorithm (ECDSA).
1999 Report- Electronic Purchasing and Payment in the Federal Government This report discusses the activities the Federal government is undertaking to strengthen and integrate buying and paying processes through the use of electronic commerce (EC). This report is required by section 30 of the Office of Federal Procurement Policy Act.
THE EMERGING DIGITAL ECONOMY II A second report on Electronic Commerce. June 1999, 58 pages.
The Emerging Digital Economy-I, PDF version, 608K. The first report, April, 1998. Quite comprehensive. 260 pages including appendices.
Technical Management of Internet Names and Addresses The Administration posts a proposal for comment. A Federal Register notice will follow shortly
Government Paperwork Elimination Act, Pub.L. 105-277, 112 Stat. 2681-749, October 1998.