[LINK] New CIPA Web Site Launched, FCC Releases CIPA NPRM (ALAWON v.10 n.3)

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>Date: Tue, 23 Jan 2001 19:46:35 -0500
>From: "ALAWASH E-MAIL" <ALAWASH@alawash.org>
>To: ALA Washington Office Newsline <ala-wo@ala1.ala.org>
>Subject: [ALA-WO:583] CIPA: New CIPA Web Site Launched, FCC Releases CIPA NPRM
>	(ALAWON v.10 n.3)
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>
>ALAWON: American Library Association Washington Office Newsline
>Volume 10, Number 3
>January 23, 2001
>
>In this issue:
>[1] ALA Washington Office and Office for Intellectual Freedom
>Launch New CIPA Web Site
>[2] FCC Releases CIPA Notice of Proposed Rule Making
>
>
>[1] ALA Washington Office and Office for Intellectual Freedom
>Launch New CIPA Web Site
>Congress passed the Children's Internet Protection Act (CIPA)
>www.ala.org/cipa/Law.PDF)   and the Neighborhood Internet Protection Act
>(NCIPA) as part of a major spending bill (H.R. 4577) on December 15, 2000.
>The President signed the bill into law on December 21, 2000 (Public Law
>106-554). The Acts place restrictions on the use of funding that is
>available through the Library Services and Technology Act, Title III of the
>Elementary and Secondary Education Act, and on the Universal Service
>discount program known as the E-rate. These restrictions take the form of
>requirements for Internet safety policies and technology which blocks or
>filters certain material from being accessed through the Internet. The law
>will become effective on April 20, 2001.
>
>The new ALA CIPA Web site (www.ala.org/cipa) is a joint effort of
>ALA's Office for Intellectual Freedom and Washington Office
>designed to provide you with information about ALA's activity
>regarding CIPA and the Neighborhood Internet Protection Act.
>Information on these pages will be updated often - please check
>frequently for new developments.
>
>[2] FCC Releases CIPA Notice of Proposed Rule Making
>
>Today the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) released its
>Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) regarding the Children's
>Internet Protection Act (PL 106-554).
>
>The FCC plans to publish the NPRM in the Federal Register on
>Friday, Jan. 26, 2001. (You may download the NPRM now at
>www.ala.org/cipa/FCC Rulemaking.pdf.)  Comments are due 15 days
>after publication (February 10, 2001) and Reply Comments are due 7
>days later (February 17, 2001).  The procedures for making
>Comments and Reply Comments are provided in the NPRM on pages
>eight through ten; and must be strictly followed.
>
>Stay tuned to ALAWON for further developments. 
>
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