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AFTERNOON HIGHLIGHTS:

LABOR: High-tech officials braced for criticism of the program for hiring
skilled foreign workers when the latest data on H1-B visas is released.

PRIVACY: A coalition of civil liberties and privacy groups mounted a
last-ditch effort to prevent an expansion of secret searches.

TAXES: Sen. Michael Enzi, R-Wyo., introduced a bill that resurrects the
effort to link the Internet tax ban to a reform of state sales-tax systems.

BROADBAND: Telecom industry officials acknowledged that Congress is not
likely to enact a tax credit for high-speed Internet access in the short term.


TECH DAILY AFTERNOON FEATURE:
Executive Summary: Editor Sharon McLoone pens a concise digest of the
week's top high-tech policy news.
Click here to go directly to the feature -
http://nationaljournal.com/pubs/techdaily/features/execsumm/exec011019.htm


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   http://nationaljournal.com/members/adspotlight/2001/10/1019tjal1.htm


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