Re: [legalxml-enotary] TC participation reminder

[Jerry Johnson <jerry.johnson@dir.state.tx.us>]

Here is my "a short blurb"  :-)
I have worked for the Texas Department of Information Resources (DIR)
since January 1991. As Senior Policy Analyst, I am responsible for
researching and development of statewide information resources
technology standards. Prior to joining DIR, I served in the United
States Army from 1965-1990.  Education - MS & BS in Computer Science.

Part of my job is to participate in selected standards and technology
related organizations to represent the state's interests and report on
the development of new standards and technologies to the Information
Resource Management (IRM) community - we currently have over 240 state
agencies and universities.  

Currently we have several related initiatives:
Statewide Electronic Court Filing a Step Closer in Texas Courts System
http://www.dir.state.tx.us/DIR/press_release_080802-2.html

XML Conference October 16 for State & Local Government
http://www.dir.state.tx.us/training/XML_Forum/index.html

and a draft XML Guideline that includes: Authenticating Signed
Electronic Records:
http://www.dir.state.tx.us/standards/srrpub15.htm
 
Note: I just found this: A Notary Public for the Digital Age - here is
a short extract:
 Levine, a researcher in NIST's Time and Frequency Division, recently
received a patent (no. US 6,393,566 B1) for a system that applies a
signed time stamp to any digital file, proving that it existed at a
certain date and time in a specific form. The time stamp in the
signature is traceable to the NIST time standard. Any user can verify
the authenticity of the file and its time stamp. The authentication
procedure does not require NIST participation, and NIST does not need to
maintain a copy of the original file. If the file or original NIST time
stamp have been altered in any way since the NIST signature was applied,
the authentication process will fail.
The full copy of the release is available at 
http://www.nist.gov/public_affairs/techbeat/tb2002_0708.htm#Time

                            Cheers - Jerry

>>> John Messing <jmessing@law-on-line.com> Wednesday, August 21, 2002
10:53:31 >>>
This communication is intended to update the list of participating TC
members pending attendance at the telephonic first meeting on September
19.

Oasis rules provide:"To become a member of this new TC you must 1) be
an employee of an OASIS member organization or an Individual member of
OASIS; 2) notify the TC chair, John Messing (jmessing@law-on-line.com)
of your intent to participate at least 15 days prior to the first
meeting; and 3) attend the first meeting on 19 September. You should
also subscribe to the TC's mail list. Note that membership in OASIS TCs
is by individual, and not by organization. You must be eligible for
participation at the time you time you notify the chair."

So far my records show the following persons have complied, subject to
attending the first meeting, in chronological order:

Manoj Srivastava, manoj@infomosaic.com, Infomosaic Corporation
Pieter Kasselman, pkasselman@baltimore.com, Baltimore Technologies
Daniel J. Greenwood, dang@mit.edu, Individual member
Rolly L. Chambers, rlchambers@justice.com, Individual member
Charles Gilliam, Charles.Gilliam@contentguard.com, ContentGuard.Inc.
Don Bergeron, Donald.Bergeron@lexisnexis.com, Lexis-Nexis
John Messing, jmessing@law-on-line.com, Individual member
Roger Winters, Roger.Winters@metrokc.gov, Washington State Courts
Dr. Laurence Leff, D-Leff@wiu.edu, individual member
Eric Cohen, eric.e.cohen@us.pwcglobal.com, individual member
Ram Austryjak Moskovitz, ram@verisign.com, VeriSign
Krishna Sankar, ksankar@cisco.com, Cisco Systems
Jerry Johnson, jerry.johnson@dir.state.tx.us, Texas Department of
Information Resources 

Other persons have subscribed to the TC list as Oasis members, but have
not yet expressed an intention to participate in the telephonic meeting
on September 19, which, if it is an oversight, can be easily rectified
through a private email to me, John Messing, jmessing@law-on-line.com
Please do so by September 4, 2002.

This group includes:

robin@isogen.com 
Diane.Lewis@usdoj.gov 
tjsmith@itdecision.com 
robert.zuccherato@entrust.com 

I would appreciate a short blurb from each participating TC member
prior to the first meeting letting the others know something about you,
your goals in joining the TC, and your background. I know a number of
you personally, and I think it would be useful to all of the members to
have at least some brief information about each other going into the
first telephonic meeting. Alternatively, a url containing information
about yourself that is posted on the web would also be appropriate.

Our newest member, Jerry Johnson of the Texas Department of Information
Resources. has a broad grasp of developments in the authentication and
signature areas involving state and federal governments. For those who
may be interested, I highly recommend a draft article that his agency
has prepared which is publicly available on the web, as an example of a
public agency's emerging views on some of the issues we will be
addressing. See
http://www.dir.state.tx.us/standards/e-Record_Retention.htm 

Best regards.

John Messing
Chair
LegalXML Oasis
eNotarization TC

Chair
American Bar Association
Electronic Filing Committee