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<p>DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
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National Telecommunications and Information Administration
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Notice: Call for Nominations, Online Safety and Technology Working
Group
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AGENCY: National Telecommunications and Information Administration
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ACTION: Notice and Request for Nominations of Representatives to Serve
on Working Group
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SUMMARY: The National Telecommunications and Information Administration
(NTIA) is seeking nominations of individuals to represent the business
community, public interest groups, and other appropriate groups
interested in serving on the <a
href="http://www.cybertelecom.org/cda/child.htm#stevens">NTIA Online
Safety and Technology Working Group</a>
(OSTWG) for a single fifteen (15) month term to commence in January
2009. At the conclusion of the working group's term, the OSTWG will
provide a report to the Assistant Secretary for Communications and
Information and NTIA Administrator and to Congress on ways to promote
and to preserve a <a href="http://www.cybertelecom.org/cda/child.htm">safe
environment for children using the Internet</a>.
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<strong>DATES: Nominations must be postmarked or electronically
transmitted on or before December 12, 2008.</strong>
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ADDRESSES: An organization wishing to submit a nomination of an
individual to represent that organization's interests relevant to the
work of the OSTWG should send the individual's resume or curriculum
vita and a biographical statement summarizing the individual's interest
in serving on the working group and relevant qualifications to the
attention of Tim Sloan by mail to Office of the Assistant Secretary,
National Telecommunications and Information Administration, 1401
Constitution Avenue N.W., Room 4725, Washington, DC 20230; by facsimile
transmission to (202) 482-6173; or by electronic mail to
<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:ostwg@ntia.doc.gov">ostwg@ntia.doc.gov</a>. Individuals may also self-nominate by submitting
the same information listed above, as well as an indication of support
from the organization or group that the individual will represent.
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<p>FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Eric Stark at (202) 482-1880 or
<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:estark@ntia.doc.gov">estark@ntia.doc.gov</a>; or Tim Sloan at (202) 482-1899 or
<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:tsloan@ntia.doc.gov">tsloan@ntia.doc.gov</a>.
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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On October 10, 2008, the President signed
into law the ''<a
href="http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d110:s.01492:">Broadband
Data Improvement Act</a>'' (the Act), Pub. L. No. 110-385. Section 214
of that Act directs NTIA to establish the OSTWG to review and evaluate:
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• The status of industry efforts to promote online safety through
educational efforts, parental control technology, <a
href="http://www.cybertelecom.org/cda/filters.htm">blocking and
filtering software</a>,
age-appropriate labels for content or other technologies or initiatives
designed to promote a safe online environment for children;
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<p>• The status of industry efforts to promote online safety among
providers of electronic communications services and remote computing
services by reporting apparent <a
href="http://www.cybertelecom.org/cda/cppa.htm">child pornography</a>,
including any obstacles to such reporting;
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• The practices of electronic communications service providers and
remote computing service providers related to <a
href="http://www.cybertelecom.org/security/records.htm">record
retention</a> in connection with crimes against children; and
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• The development of <a
href="http://www.cybertelecom.org/cda/filters.htm">technologies to
help parents shield</a> their children from inappropriate material on
the Internet.
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The OSTWG must report its findings and recommendations to the Assistant
Secretary and to Congress within one (1) year after its first meeting.
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