[Ecommerce] DOC E-Commerce/Telecom Polcy reorganization

[Jeff Williams]

James and all,

  Thank you Jamie for posting this URL.  This reorganization has
been in and under discussion for some time now with the
new Homeland Security Department which I had eluded to
over a month ago as I recall...

James Love wrote:

> FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
> Thursday, February 13, 2003
> http://www.commerce.gov/opa/press/2003_Releases/Feb/13_TA_modernization.htm
>
> Commerce Department Announces Plan for Modernization of Technology Agencies
>
> U.S. Secretary of Commerce Don Evans announced today
> that he will propose to modernize the structure for
> the Department’s formulation of technology and
> telecommunications policy. The new structure will
> combine the Technology Administration (TA), the
> National Telecommunications and Information
> Administration (NTIA), and the e- commerce policy
> functions of the International Trade Administration
> (ITA) into one consolidated and well-coordinated
> agency.
>
> “Convergence is the business model in the digital
> economy – it should be the business model in the
> federal government,” said Secretary Evans. “This
> Administration understands that our global marketplace
> has changed and that telecom and technology operate
> together, not separately. We need to adjust our
> thinking and adjust our structure to keep pace with
> the world, our economy and innovation.”
>
> The Department of Commerce currently develops and
> implements technology and telecommunications policy in
> three bureaus: the TA, NTIA, and ITA. To complement
> the recent convergence in the private sector of
> technology and communications companies, Secretary
> Evans is proposing to reorganize Departmental
> personnel and management to facilitate coordination in
> domestic and international policy development for
> these increasingly inter-related sectors of the
> economy.
>
> “These changes make sense -- for the Department, for
> industry, and for the American people,” said Deputy
> Secretary of Commerce Sam Bodman, “and they support
> the President's focus on improving management and
> policy coordination across government.”
>
> “These organizational changes will institutionalize
> the effective and productive working relationship that
> I have developed with TA under the leadership of Under
> Secretary Phil Bond, and this also puts in place a
> workable structure that will benefit our successors in
> the years to come,” said Nancy J. Victory, Assistant
> Secretary for Communications and Information and NTIA
> Administrator. “What matters most is performance and
> results, and we believe these organizational changes
> will help us accomplish our jobs and better serve the
> American people.”
>
> Under the new organizational structure being proposed,
> the Under Secretary for Technology would oversee the
> new agency that would focus on a range of issues
> including technical standards, spectrum management,
> and technology and e-commerce policy issues.
>
> “The synergy between technology and telecommunications
> is a global reality,” added Under Secretary of
> Technology Phil Bond. “Bringing TA together with the
> NTIA and a portion of ITA will enhance the
> Administration’s focus on issues critical to our
> innovation economy and America’s technological
> leadership. We look forward to working with Congress
> on this proposal.”
>
> The proposed changes will require Congressional approval.
>
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