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Regulatory Watch

General

ESIGN (Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act of 2000) (Copy of Public Law)
www.cio.noaa.gov/itmanagement/pl106229.pdf

US Department of Commerce/Federal Trade Commission Report on ESIGN (June 2001) www.ftc.gov/os/2001/06/esign7.htm

Joint Federal Trade Commission/Commerce Department Report Released on "Reasonable Demonstration" Requirement of ESIGN (No Amendment of the Statute Recommended at this Time) www.ftc.gov/opa/2001/06/esign.htm

The ESIGN Effect (InfoWorld By Jennifer Jones and Brian Fonseca August 4, 2000 1:01 pm PT) www.infoworld.com/articles/hn/xml/00/08/07/000807hndigital.html

Education

The No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 (NCLB) (Public Law)
www.ed.gov/legislation/ESEA02/107-110.pdf

No Child Left Behind – White House Overview
www.whitehouse.gov/news/ reports/no-child-left-behind.html

FERPA (Federal Education Rights and Privacy Act and Recent Changes) ifap.ed.gov/eannouncements/attachments/0412FERPA.pdf

Healthcare

HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act) (Public Law) aspe.hhs.gov/admnsimp/pl104191.htm

Privacy of Health Records (Office of Civil Rights HHS)
www.hhs.gov/ocr/hipaa/privacy.html

HIPAA Privacy Rule and its impact on research (NIH)
privacyruleandresearch.nih.gov

HIPAA Basics: Medical Privacy in the Electronic Age (Privacy Rights Clearinghouse) www.privacyrights.org/fs/fs8a-hipaa.htm

Justice

USA Patriot Act of 2001 (Copy of Public Law)
news.findlaw.com/cnn/docs/terrorism/hr3162.pdf

The USA Patriot Act: A Sketch (A condensed-left analysis Congressional Research Service) www.fas.org/irp/crs/RS21203.pdf

USA Patriot Act Reauthorization in Brief (A condensed-left analysis Congressional Research Service) fpc.state.gov/documents/organization/51133.pdf

Patriot Debates (US Patriot Act Reauthorization)
www.patriotdebates.com

President Signs USA PATRIOT Improvement and Reauthorization Act (March 9, 2006) www.whitehouse.gov/news/ releases/2006/03/20060309-4.html