ALAWON: American Library Association Washington Office Newsline Volume 11, Number 46 June 4, 2002 In This Issue: NTIA Invites Comments Evaluating Effectiveness of Technology and Policies Protecting Children's Safety on the Internet The U.S. Department of Commerce's National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) has initiated a notice and comment proceeding to evaluate whether currently available Internet blocking or filtering technology measures adequately address the needs of educational institutions and to evaluate the effectiveness of children's Internet safety policies. Section 1703 of the Children's Internet Protection Act of 2000 (CIPA) directs NTIA to examine the following issues: **Whether currently available technology protection measures adequately address the needs of educational institutions in protecting children's safety on the Internet; **How to foster development of measures that meet such needs; **The development and effectiveness of local Internet safety policies currently in operation after community input. Information about how to submit comments is included in the Federal Register notice located at http://www.ntia.doc.gov/ntiahome/frnotices/2002/cipa_52202.htm NTIA will use the comments as a basis for recommendations to Congress on how to foster the development of technology protection measures that meet the needs of educational institutions. ****** ALAWON (ISSN 1069-7799) is a free, irregular publication of the American Library Association Washington Office. All materials subject to copyright by the American Library Association may be reprinted or redistributed for noncommercial purposes with appropriate credits. To subscribe to ALAWON, send the message: subscribe ala-wo [your_firstname] [your_lastname] to listproc@ala.org or go to http://www.ala.org/washoff/alawon. To unsubscribe to ALAWON, send the message: unsubscribe ala-wo to listproc@ala.org. ALAWON archives at http://www.ala.org/washoff/alawon. ALA Washington Office, 1301 Pennsylvania Ave., N.W., Suite 403, Washington, D.C. 20004-1701; phone: 202.628.8410 or 800.941.8478 toll-free; fax: 202.628.8419; e-mail: alawash@alawash.org; Web site: http://www.ala.org/washoff. Executive Director: Emily Sheketoff. Office of Government Relations: Lynne Bradley, Director; Camille Bowman, Mary Costabile, Don Essex, Patrice McDermott and Miriam Nisbet. Office for Information Technology Policy: Rick Weingarten, Director; Jennifer Hendrix, Carrie Russell, Claudette Tennant. ALAWON Editor: Bernadette Murphy.