Mission
The Committee on Communications Policy (CCP) promotes formulation of sound legislation, regulation and policies relating to communications technologies. Committee members have focused on such issues as spectrum efficiency, high-performance computing, RFID, digital high-resolution systems, personal communications systems, and privacy.
IEEE-USA Policy Positions
- Social Media – Recommendations for Change (Feb 2024)
- Digital Personal Privacy, Awareness and Control (Nov 2021)
Relevant IEEE Global Public Policy Positions
- Universal Access to the Internet (2018)
- In Support of Privacy Engineering (2018)
- In Support of Strong Encryption (2018)
Policy Correspondence
- Response to Advanced Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on FTC Trade Regulation Rule on Commercial Surveillance and Data Security (17 November 2022)
- IEEE-USA and IEEE-SA Comments to NIST on Draft NIST Privacy Framework: A Tool for Improving Privacy Through Enterprise Risk Management (21 October 2019)
- IEEE-USA statement on digital privacy submitted to Federal Trade Commission public hearing (#12) on “The FTC’s Approach to Consumer Privacy.” (30 May 2019)
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Letter to House and Senate leadership urging passage of legislation recognizing every American’s digital privacy rights. (7 January 2019)
White Papers
- Risking it All: Unlocking the Backdoor to the Nation’s Cybersecurity (20 June 2014)
- Clarifying Harmful Interference Will Facilitate Wireless Innovation (31 July 2012)
- Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) on Cybersecurity (19 December 2011)
- Network Traffic Management and the Evolving Internet (2 November 2010)
- Next Generation Internet: IPv4 Address Exhaustion, Mitigation Strategies and Implications for the U.S. (5 August 2009)
- “The State of RFID Implementation and its Policy Implications” (15 April 2009)
- Providing Ubiquitous Gigabit Networks in the United States” White paper prepared by CCP (14 March 2005)
Government Sites
- Congress.gov – Bills and Legislative Information from the United States Congress
- United States House of Representatives
- United States Senate
- U.S. Congress Internet Caucus (Advisory Committee)
- The White House
- Federal Communications Commission (FCC)
- General Services Administration Office of Information Technology
- Information Infrastructure Task Force
- National Institute of Standards and Technology
- National Science Foundation
- National Telecommunication and Information Administration
- Office of Science and Technology Policy
Committee Chair
Jim Isaak
Staff Contact
Erik Heilman
Director, IEEE-USA Government Relations
e.heilman@ieee.org
+1 202 530 8325
Get Involved
CCP invites U.S. IEEE members who have an interest in public policy coupled with expertise in the field of computers, communications, and Internet technology and who are willing to be active contributors to the committee’s activities to join the committee as a Corresponding Member (CM). As CM, you will be invited to recommend committee activities, comment on draft position statements and testimonies, and otherwise participate in the business of the committee.
To become a CM, please provide a brief description of your interest and expertise in this area and submit to:
Erik Heilman
Director, IEEE-USA Government Relations
e.heilman@ieee.org
+1 202 530 8325
