Online Publishers Association Comments on H.R. 29, the SPY ACT.NEW YORK New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of -- Yesterday, the Online Publishers Association (OPA OPA: see Office of Price Administration. ) submitted its full position on H.R. 29, the SPY ACT SPY ACT Securely Protect Yourself Against Cyber Trespass Act (proposed US privacy legislation) , to the House Energy and Commerce Committee elaborating on its initial comments submitted on January January: see month. 25, 2005, pursuant to the Committee's formal request. The OPA is pleased to be one of the many industry groups providing input into this important piece of legislation and will remain appropriately engaged with lawmakers throughout the legislative process. The OPA's full position on the Act is published at www.online-publishers.org/spyact. About the Online Publishers Association Founded in June 2001, the Online Publishers Association (OPA) is an industry trade organization whose mission is to advance the interests of high-quality online publishers before the advertising community, the press, the government and the public. Members of OPA represent the standards in Internet Internet Publicly accessible computer network connecting many smaller networks from around the world. It grew out of a U.S. Defense Department program called ARPANET (Advanced Research Projects Agency Network), established in 1969 with connections between computers at the publishing with respect to editorial quality and integrity, credibility and accountability. OPA member sites have a combined, unduplicated reach of 113.4 million visitors, or 70.4 percent of the total U.S. Internet audience (Source: comScore Media Metrix, December 2004 combined home/work/university data). For more information about the Online Publishers Association, visit www.online-publishers.org. This press release may be found at http://www.online-publishers.org |
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