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Subject: IP: elliot maxwell to take DOC Post on Electronic Commerce!
Date: Tue, 20 Oct 1998 16:31:26 -0400
From: "vinton g. cerf" <vcerf@MCI.NET>
To: farber@cis.upenn.edu
Dave,
in the midst of the sad news about Jon Postel, here is some very good news.
Elliot's a first rate player in networking and electronic commerce. Perhaps
this should be shared with your IP list.
Vint
http://www.fcc.gov/Bureaus/Miscellaneous/News_Releases/1998/nrmc8053.txt
October 14, 1998
ELLIOT MAXWELL, DEPUTY CHIEF OF FCC'S OFFICE OF PLANS AND POLICY, NAMED
SPECIAL ADVISOR TO THE SECRETARY OF COMMERCE FOR THE DIGITAL ECONOMY
Elliot Maxwell, who has served as Deputy Chief of the FCC's Office of
Plans and Policy since February 1996, has been named the Special Advisor to
the Secretary of Commerce for the Digital Economy.
In that position he will be coordinating Commerce Department
activities regarding electronic commerce. The Department has a wide range
of interests in that area, including privacy, reform of the Uniform
Commercial Code to accomodate electronic contracts, privacy, consumer
protection, formation of technical standards, and protection of
intellectual property.
This is not Maxwell's first time at Commerce. From 1993 to 1996 he
worked at Commerce as Director of International Technology Policy. In that
position he led efforts to ensure that U.S. international policies serve to
promote the development and diffusion of U.S. technology and to increase
the access of U.S. private sector firms to foreign technology and foreign
government technology programs. Before assuming that position at ommerce,
he spent nearly ten years working for Pacific Telesis Group in San
Francisco, supervising a multidisciplinary staff charged with integrating
business, technical and public policy planning.
Prior to his time at PacTel, he served at the FCC as Special Assistant
to the Chairman; from 1980 to 1981 he was Deputy Chief of the Office of
Science and Technology (now called
the Office of Engineering and Technology).
FCC Chairman Kennard said, "I am sorry to see Elliot go but his new
position at Commerce will allow him to continue to use his unique talents
in the service of our country. Elliot's broad understanding of both
technology and business has served the FCC well in the time he has been
here. I wish him well."
Maxwell received his B.A. cum laude from Brown University and his
J.D. from Yale University where he was a member of the Yale Law Journal
Board of Editors. He also is the recipient of a Fulbright Fellowship for
study of telecommunications technology and policy in Japan.
- FCC -
G-98 78
For Immediate Release Contact: Mary Hanley
Wednesday, Oct.14, 1998
(202)482-4883
www.doc.gov/opa
COMMERCE SECRETARY WILLIAM M. DALEY APPOINTS
SPECIAL ADVISOR FOR ELECTRONIC COMMERCE
WASHINGTON--Elliot Maxwell, a lawyer and business strategist, has been
named
to the new post of Special Advisor to Commerce Secretary William M. Daley
for the
Emerging digital economy, the Commerce Department announced.
Maxwell will coordinate Commerce Department activities relating to
electronic
commerce. The Department deals with a wide range of issues including the
legal
framework for electronic contracts, authentication and digital signatures,
privacy,
consumer protection, development of information and telecommunications
infrastructures, opening of foreign markets to U.S. providers, formulation
of technical standards and
protection of intellectual property.
"The President's directive last July gives Commerce a leadership role in
fostering
electronic commerce, charging the department with overseeing seven of 13
electronic
commerce policy initiatives," Secretary Daley said.
"Elliot Maxwell's experience as a business strategist will be invaluable as
the
Department seeks to implement the President's strategy for fostering
increased
business and consumer confidence in the use of electronic networks for
commerce,"
Daley said.
Before coming to Commerce, Maxwell served as Deputy Chief of the Federal
Communications Commission's Office of Plans and Policy. His work there
focused on the treatment of advanced networks and services and the
fostering of local competition.
He led the Commission's efforts to implement the telehealth portions of the
1996 Telecommunications Act. Maxwell's FCC experience also included a stint
from 1978 to 1980 as Special Assistant to the Chairman and from 1980 to
1981 he served as Deputy Chief of the Office of the Science and Technology.
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>From 1993 to 1996, he was Director of International Technology Policy at
Commerce
where he supervised efforts to ensure that U.S. international policies
serve to promote development and diffusion of U.S. technology and to
increase the access of U.S. firms to foreign technology. Prior to that,
Maxwell worked for Pacific Telesis Group in San
Francisco where he supervised a multi disciplinary staff charged with
integrating business,
technical and public policy planning.
Maxwell obtained his B.A. cum laude from Brown University and his J.D. from
Yale
University where he was a member of the Yale Law Journal Board of Editors.
He also
received a Fulbright Fellowship for study of telecommunications technology
and policy
in Japan.
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