April 3, 2008 Meeting

Our speaker at our Thursday, April 3, meeting will be Frederick ("Rick") Joyce, chair of the Communications Group of Venable LLP.  Rick's topic will be "Electronic Privacy Issues in the Government Workplace."  Rick will provide information on the constitutional foundation for electronic privacy laws, the various privacy laws, and the various challenges agencies face because of the numerous electronic devices employees use both in and out of the workplace.

Rick Joyce has represented some of the world's largest Internet backbone service providers, interexchange carriers, wireless messaging, cellular and PCS operators, satellite providers, and other telecommunications companies in a variety of commercial transactions, certifications, ratemakings and other regulatory proceedings before state and Federal agencies, courts, and legislative bodies.  He has written extensively and testified before Congress on these issues and is a frequent lecturer on telecommunications law, including at the last OGE ethics conference.  Rick graduated magna cum laude with a BA from George Washington University and received his JD from Georgetown University Law Center.   For those who feel like brushing up on this topic prior to next week, Rick has recently authored the following articles:

“Liability for All, Privacy for None: The Conundrum of Protecting Privacy Rights in a Pervasively Electronic World,"

Valparaiso

University

Law Review, Vol. 41, Number 4, 2007.

"The NSA's Surveillance Program and Your Business: Why You Should Care About Hepting v. AT&T" BNA's Privacy & Security Law Report, August 21, 2006.

Our April 3rd meeting will take place from 12:15-1:30 in the OTS auditorium,

1700 G Street, N.W.

(the corner of 17th and G Streets).  Individuals who are on the IEC roster need not pre-register for this meeting.  Ethics officials who are not on our roster but who wish to attend our April meeting can pre-register by contacting Patrick Carney not later than Monday, March 31st. Those who are neither on the IEC roster nor pre-registered can still be admitted to our meeting site by showing a Government ID to OTS Security personnel and signing in.