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InterNational Committee for Information Technology Standards
INCITS Secretariat, Information Technology Industry Council (ITI)
1250 Eye St. NW, Suite 200, Washington, DC 20005
Telephone 202-737-8888; Fax 202-638-4922;
Email: incits@itic.org

Date: February 12, 2003
Reply to: Jennifer Garner
Phone: (202) 626-5737
Email: jgarner@itic.org


Subject: Standards Policy Board Recommendations for Consideration at the February 2003 INCITS Executive Board Meeting




At the February 12-13, 2003 meeting of the Standards Policy Board it was agreed that the following recommendations would be submitted for consideration by the INCITS Executive Board:

Recommendation 1:

INCITS Executive Board remands the B10, T10 and T11 contributions contained in in030067 for consideration by the Procedures Board Committee. (Agenda Item 3.1 - SPB agenda)

Recommendation 2:

The INCITS Executive Board will post discussion on the nature of the new INCITS organization for consideration at the April 2003 Executive Board meeting.  A call for questions related to the following topics will be issued by the INCITS Secretariat: reaccreditation, relationship between INCITS and ITI, and the actual functioning of the new INCITS organization with respect to the TAG function.    (Agenda Item 3.2 - SPB agenda)

Recommendation 3:

The INCITS Executive Board will respond to JTC 1 N 6966 - Request for Identification of Candidate New Study Areas and Call for Experts to Actively Participate and/or Provide Convenership Responsibilities for JTC 1 Study Groups, indicating interest in all three potential JTC 1 Study Groups to explore new areas (middleware, web services and privacy management) with representatives to be named upon formation of the Study Groups.  The US National Body will also consider providing a convener candidate.  (Agenda Item 4.1.2 - SPB agenda)

Recommendation 4:

The INCITS Executive Board approves the submission of the INCITS contribution on the JTC 1 e-Commerce Market Trial as contained in in030227 for consideration by the ANSI ISO Council.

Recommendation 5:

INCITS recommends that on behalf of the US National Body, ANSI propose a resolution to ISO Council commending JTC 1 for its diligence in responding to the questions raised by the ISO Council and the IEC Council Board regarding the JTC 1 Programme of Work.  (Agenda Item 4.2.2 - SPB agenda)