IP: elliot maxwell to take DOC Post on Electronic Commerce!

[Dave Farber <farber () cis upenn edu>]

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. 
                                   
                                                         -30-

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