Tue 14 Nov 2006 - REVISIT US EBUSINESS INITIATIVES POST AUS-USA FTA

Please submit your comments by 17:00 Fri 17 Nov 2006 to Stephen GOULD

Following the Senate Approval for the Aus-USA Free Trade Agreement in 2004
certain eInitiatives in the US were reviewed to track US progress with eCommerce.

These initaitves included:

A	Next Generation 9-1-1
B	Universal Electronic Freight Manifest

A	NEXT GENERATION 9-1-1

07:21 Mon 11 Oct 2004							REF: UDTACAN1   

TO:	James POL			FM:	Stephen GOULD   
	SIG Co-ordinator			eProjects Co-ordinator   
	NEXT GENERATION 9-1-1			HALISA INTERNATIONAL NETWORK   

Hi James - I read with interest that    

>Background: America's current 9-1-1 system cannot handle the text,    
>data, images and video that are increasingly common in personal   
>communications and critical to future transportation safety and mobility    
>advances. A fundamental reexamination of the technological approach to   
>9-1-1 is essential as the public safety emergency network struggles to   
>accommodate the challenges of wireless communications.    

UPDATE 14 NOV 2006
>
>The Nation's current 9-1-1 system is designed around telephone technology 
>and cannot handle the text, data, images and video that are increasingly
>common in personal communications and critical to future transportation 
>safety and mobility advances.
>
>The Next Generation 9-1-1 (NG 9-1-1) initiative will establish the foundation 
>for public emergency communications services in a wireless mobile society. 
http://www.its.dot.gov/ng911/  

Please advise what the time-scale, national framework and deployment   
plan is for the development for the Next Generation 9-1-1 System   

This information is requested so that we can determine if some of our   
members can participate in the meetings   

NEXT STEPS   

It would be appreciated if you could advise the following:   

1	Dates of meetings   

2	Venues for meetings   

3	Objectives and deployment plan    

4	Requirements for joining Interest Group   

Many thanks   


Regards   


Stephen GOULD   
eProjects Co-ordinator   
HALISA INTERNATIONAL NETWORK   
07:43 M	2004/10/11	Syd	2065   

E:	sggould@halisa.net   
M:	0416-009-468   
W:	Experience with eCommerce

B	UNIVERSAL ELECTRONIC FREIGHT MANIFEST

08:09 Mon 11 Oct 2004							REF: UDTACBN1     

TO:	Kate HARTMAN			FM:	Stephen GOULD     
	SIG Co-ordinator			eProjects Co-ordinator     
	eFREIGHT MANIFEST			HALISA INTERNATIONAL NETWORK     

Hi Kate - I read with interest that      

>Background: International trade is 25% of America's GDP and growing.    
>Freight volumes by 2020 are forecasted to increase by 70% from 1998    
>totals, and freight  volumes through primary gateway ports could more     
>than double.     
>    
>Improvements in speed, accuracy and visibility of information transfer    
>in a freight exchange could reap large rewards for America's economic    
>vitality. This initiative directly targets that information exchange.     
>   
>Milestones: Architecture for the Universal Electronic Freight   
>Manifest will be developed and tested for the international truck-air    
>freight supply chain.   
http://www.its.dot.gov/newinit_index.htm   

UPDATE 14 NOV 2006
Universal Electronic Freight Management

Please advise what the time-scale, national framework and deployment     
plan is for the development for the Architecture for the Universal   
Electronic Freight Manifest     

This information is requested so that we can determine if some of our     
members can participate in the meetings     

NEXT STEPS     

It would be appreciated if you could advise the following:     

1	Dates of meetings     

2	Venues for meetings     

3	Objectives and deployment plan      

4	Requirements for joining Interest Group     

Many thanks     


Regards     


Stephen GOULD     
eProjects Co-ordinator     
HALISA INTERNATIONAL NETWORK     
08:12 M	2004/10/11	Syd	2065     

E:	sggould@halisa.net     
M:	0416-009-468     
W:	Experience with eCommerce