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From: Dave Farber <farber () cis upenn edu>
Date: Tue, 20 Oct 1998 19:48:02 -0400
Date: Tue, 20 Oct 1998 16:31:26 -0400 From: "vinton g. cerf" <vcerf () MCI NET> To: farber () cis upenn edu Dave, in the midst of the sad news about Jon Postel, here is some very good news. Elliot's a first rate player in networking and electronic commerce. Perhaps this should be shared with your IP list. Vint http://www.fcc.gov/Bureaus/Miscellaneous/News_Releases/1998/nrmc8053.txt October 14, 1998 ELLIOT MAXWELL, DEPUTY CHIEF OF FCC'S OFFICE OF PLANS AND POLICY, NAMED SPECIAL ADVISOR TO THE SECRETARY OF COMMERCE FOR THE DIGITAL ECONOMY Elliot Maxwell, who has served as Deputy Chief of the FCC's Office of Plans and Policy since February 1996, has been named the Special Advisor to the Secretary of Commerce for the Digital Economy. In that position he will be coordinating Commerce Department activities regarding electronic commerce. The Department has a wide range of interests in that area, including privacy, reform of the Uniform Commercial Code to accomodate electronic contracts, privacy, consumer protection, formation of technical standards, and protection of intellectual property. This is not Maxwell's first time at Commerce. From 1993 to 1996 he worked at Commerce as Director of International Technology Policy. In that position he led efforts to ensure that U.S. international policies serve to promote the development and diffusion of U.S. technology and to increase the access of U.S. private sector firms to foreign technology and foreign government technology programs. Before assuming that position at ommerce, he spent nearly ten years working for Pacific Telesis Group in San Francisco, supervising a multidisciplinary staff charged with integrating business, technical and public policy planning. Prior to his time at PacTel, he served at the FCC as Special Assistant to the Chairman; from 1980 to 1981 he was Deputy Chief of the Office of Science and Technology (now called the Office of Engineering and Technology). FCC Chairman Kennard said, "I am sorry to see Elliot go but his new position at Commerce will allow him to continue to use his unique talents in the service of our country. Elliot's broad understanding of both technology and business has served the FCC well in the time he has been here. I wish him well." Maxwell received his B.A. cum laude from Brown University and his J.D. from Yale University where he was a member of the Yale Law Journal Board of Editors. He also is the recipient of a Fulbright Fellowship for study of telecommunications technology and policy in Japan. - FCC - G-98 78 For Immediate Release Contact: Mary Hanley Wednesday, Oct.14, 1998 (202)482-4883 www.doc.gov/opa COMMERCE SECRETARY WILLIAM M. DALEY APPOINTS SPECIAL ADVISOR FOR ELECTRONIC COMMERCE WASHINGTON--Elliot Maxwell, a lawyer and business strategist, has been named to the new post of Special Advisor to Commerce Secretary William M. Daley for the Emerging digital economy, the Commerce Department announced. Maxwell will coordinate Commerce Department activities relating to electronic commerce. The Department deals with a wide range of issues including the legal framework for electronic contracts, authentication and digital signatures, privacy, consumer protection, development of information and telecommunications infrastructures, opening of foreign markets to U.S. providers, formulation of technical standards and protection of intellectual property. "The President's directive last July gives Commerce a leadership role in fostering electronic commerce, charging the department with overseeing seven of 13 electronic commerce policy initiatives," Secretary Daley said. "Elliot Maxwell's experience as a business strategist will be invaluable as the Department seeks to implement the President's strategy for fostering increased business and consumer confidence in the use of electronic networks for commerce," Daley said. Before coming to Commerce, Maxwell served as Deputy Chief of the Federal Communications Commission's Office of Plans and Policy. His work there focused on the treatment of advanced networks and services and the fostering of local competition. He led the Commission's efforts to implement the telehealth portions of the 1996 Telecommunications Act. Maxwell's FCC experience also included a stint from 1978 to 1980 as Special Assistant to the Chairman and from 1980 to 1981 he served as Deputy Chief of the Office of the Science and Technology. -MORE- -2-
From 1993 to 1996, he was Director of International Technology Policy at
Commerce where he supervised efforts to ensure that U.S. international policies serve to promote development and diffusion of U.S. technology and to increase the access of U.S. firms to foreign technology. Prior to that, Maxwell worked for Pacific Telesis Group in San Francisco where he supervised a multi disciplinary staff charged with integrating business, technical and public policy planning. Maxwell obtained his B.A. cum laude from Brown University and his J.D. from Yale University where he was a member of the Yale Law Journal Board of Editors. He also received a Fulbright Fellowship for study of telecommunications technology and policy in Japan. -30- ================================================================= If you are using any email address other than vcerf () mci net, please change your address book to use that address exclusively. See you at INET'99, San Jose, CA, June 25-29,1999 http://www.isoc.org/inet99/
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