INFORMATION SERVICES

Articles and editorials

FCC Head Defends Cuts in Cable Fees, S4360 [14AP]

Good Money After Bad, S4361 [14AP]

Info-Highway To Nowhere, E1221 [15JN]

Review & Outlook—Blocking the Information Highway, S4360 [14AP]

Rules Issued for Cutting Cable Rates—Industry May Take FCC to Court, S4361 [14AP]

Sees No Evil, S4361 [14AP]

Southwestern Bell, Cox Call Off Cable Merger—FCC's Move To Cut Rates Draws Blame Again, S4360 [14AP]

Southwestern Bell, Cox Call Off Deal, S4361 [14AP]

Bills and resolutions

Census: improve accuracy of address lists (see H.R. 5084), H9600 [23SE]

Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate): authorize available funds for consultant fees (see S. Res. 256), S12963 [19SE]

Computers: require availability of LEGIS and TLS on the Internet (see H. Res. 463), H4958 [23JN]

Credit: accuracy of consumer information maintained by credit reporting agencies (see H.R. 5178), H11000 [5OC]

Crime: availability of information to employers relative to child-related sex offenses (see H. Con. Res. 203), H357 [8FE]

Electronics: establish voluntary standards for data encryption (see H.R. 5199), H11199 [6OC]

Employment: provide access to career information on public networks and electronic media (see H.R. 4872), H6549 [1AU]

FBI: authorize noncompetitive, career or career-conditional appointments for Criminal Justice Information Services employees who do not relocate to Clarksburg, WV (see H.R. 4884), H6698 [2AU]

Freedom of Information Act: establish public access to information in electronic format (see H.R. 4917), H7195 [8AU]

Health care professionals: consumer access to information contained in the National Practitioner Data Bank (see H.R. 4274), H2638 [21AP]

Insurance: public access to information relative to availability of insurance (see S. 1917, 2402), S2779 [10MR], S12099 [18AU]

Library of Congress Revolving Fund: establish (see H.R. 4945), H8052 [12AU]

Medicare: availability of patient record to treating physicians (see H.R. 3907), H865 [24FE]

Medicare and medicaid coverage data bank: repeal (see S. 1933; H.R. 4095), S2963 [15MR], H1780 [21MR]

National Health Information Management Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 208), S8382 [1JY]

North/South Center (organization): cancel Federal funding (see H.R. 4893), H6762 [3AU]

Patents: provide for the publication of patent applications (see S. 2488), S13852 [30SE]

Social Security: prohibit the use of account numbers except for purposes relative to Social Security and social services (see H.R. 3919), H889 [28FE]

Telephones: inclusion of natural disaster survival techniques and information in directories (see H. Con. Res. 213), H889 [28FE]

Documents

Health Coverage Reporting Requirements, S2979 [15MR]

Medicare and Medicaid Coverage Data Bank: Coalition on Employer Health Coverage Reporting and the Medicare/Medicaid Bank, S2976 [15MR]

Letters

Anti-Redlining in Insurance Disclosure Act: several organizations, S2788 [10MR]

Census Address List Improvement Act: Robert D. Reischauer, CBO, H10620 [3OC]

Disclosure of information concerning U.S. POW/MIA personnel: Ann Mills Griffiths, National League of Families of American Prisoners and Missing in Southeast Asia, S7540 [23JN]

———John F. Sommer, Jr., American Legion, S7540 [23JN]

———Patricia Wilson Dunton, Korean/Cold War Family Association of the Missing, S7541 [23JN]

Litigation in the Sunshine Act: Arthur R. Miller, S13042-S13044 [21SE]

———Patrick E. Higginbotham, Judicial Conference of the U.S., S13042 [21SE]

Medicare and medicaid coverage data bank: Angela Williams, S2977 [15MR]

———Anthony J. Knettel, Coalition on Employer Health Coverage Reporting and the Medicare/Medicaid Bank, S2975 [15MR]

———John J. Motley III, National Federation of Independent Business, S2977 [15MR]

———Joseph Semo, National Employee Benefits Institute, S2977 [15MR]

———Kelly L. Traw, Washington Business Group on Health, S2978 [15MR]

———Mark J. Ugoretz, ERISA Industry Committee, S2978 [15MR]

———Stephen E. Sandherr, Associated General Contractors of America, S2978 [15MR]

———Tim Hammonds, Food Marketing Institute, S2978 [15MR]

Press releases

Dept. of Justice seeks improved public access to court rulings, H9084 [12SE]

Remarks in House

Census: improve accuracy of address lists (H.R. 5084), H10618-H10621 [3OC], E1926 [23SE]

CIA: efficiency of information services, H5470 [12JY]

Computers: improvement in access of information through computer networks, E1221 [15JN]

Credit: accuracy of consumer information maintained by credit reporting agencies (H.R. 1015), H4355-H4367 [13JN], E1247 [16JN]

———accuracy of consumer information maintained by credit reporting agencies (H.R. 5178), H10930 [5OC]

Dept. of Justice: establish databases for public and Government access, H9083 [12SE]

Electronics: establish voluntary standards for data encryption (H.R. 5199), E2118 [6OC]

FBI: authorize noncompetitive, career or career-conditional appointments for Criminal Justice Information Services employees who do not relocate to Clarksburg, WV (H.R. 4884), H8427-H8429 [16AU]

Freedom of Information Act: establish public access to information in electronic format (H.R. 4917), E1676 [8AU]

Government: disclosure of information concerning U.S. POW/MIA personnel, E1712 [11AU], E1776 [19AU]

Health care professionals: consumer access to information contained in the National Practitioner Data Bank (H.R. 4274), E757 [21AP]

Medicare: availability of patient record to treating physicians (H.R. 3907), E253 [24FE]

Medicare and medicaid coverage data bank: repeal (H.R. 4095), H1791 [22MR], E519 [22MR]

National Telecommunications and Information Administration: funding for information infrastructure grants, H5105-H5108 [27JN]

News media: negative publicity, reporter biases and failures to correct false reporting, E2265 [8OC]

Telephones: inclusion of natural disaster survival techniques and information in directories (H. Con. Res. 213), E285 [1MR]

Remarks in Senate

Census: improve accuracy of address lists (H.R. 5084), S14405 [6OC]

Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate): authorize available funds for consultant fees (S. Res. 256), S13092 [21SE]

Computers: network security, S946 [4FE]

Courts: treatment of protective orders, sealing cases, disclosures of discovery information in civil actions (S. 1404), S5315 [5MY], S13041 [21SE]

———treatment of protective orders in civil liability actions, S7770 [28JN]

Education: parental access to their children's education records, S10290 [2AU]

Freedom of Information Act: public access to information in an electronic format (S. 1782), S12646 [25AU]

Government: disclosure of information concerning U.S. POW/MIA personnel, S7539-S7542 [23JN]

Insurance: public access to information relative to availability of insurance (S. 1917), S2779-S2781 [10MR], S2867-S2869 [11MR]

———public access to information relative to availability of insurance (S. 2402), S12099, S12100 [18AU], S12227 [19AU]

Medicare and medicaid coverage data bank: repeal (S. 1933), S2974 [15MR]

National Health Information Management Week: designate (S.J. Res. 208), S8403 [1JY], S144070 [6OC]

Patents: provide for the publication of patent applications (S. 2488), S13863 [30SE]

Telecommunications: impact of FCC regulations, S4359 [14AP]

Reports filed

Electronic Freedom of Information Improvement Act: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate) (S. 1782), S12289 [22AU]

———Committee on the Judiciary (Senate) (S. 1782) (S. Rept. 103-365), S12940 [14SE]

Fair Credit Reporting Act (H.R. 1015) (H. Rept. 103-486), H2913 [28AP]

Information Resources Management in a Reconfigured Dept. of Agriculture: Committee on Government Operations (House) (H. Rept. 103-610), H5870 [19JY]

Statements

Product Liability Settlements: Marlo Mahne, S7770 [28JN]

Texts of

H.R. 1015, Consumer Reporting Reform Act, H4355-H4365 [13JN]

H.R. 3907, availability of medicare patient record to treating physicians, E253 [24FE]

H.R. 4095, repeal medicare and medicaid coverage data bank, E519 [22MR]

H.R. 4884, Criminal Justice Information Services Placement Assistance Act, H8427 [16AU]

H.R. 5084, Census Address List Improvement Act, H10618 [3OC]

H.R. 5178, accuracy of consumer information maintained by credit reporting agencies, H10930-H10943 [5OC]

S. 1782, Electronic Freedom of Information Improvement Act, S12646 [25AU], S12726-S12728 [12SE]

S. 1917, Anti-Redlining in Insurance Disclosure Act, S2781-S2788 [10MR]

S. 1933, repeal medicare and medicaid coverage data bank, S2975 [15MR]

S. 2402, Homeowners Insurance Disclosure Act, S12227-S12233 [19AU]

S. 2488, Patent Application Publication Act, S13863 [30SE]

S. Res. 256, authorize available Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate) funds for consultant fees, S12968 [19SE], S13093 [21SE]

S.J. Res. 208, National Health Information Management Week, S14825 [7OC]