Comments by the Information Infrastructure Standards Panel on The Need For Strengthened International Coordination

Oliver Smoot, Chair, IISP; Executive Vice President, Information Technology Industry Council (ITI)

1/01/2005
(Original Publish Date: 4/1/1998)

The Information Infrastructure Standards Panel (IISP) appreciates the opportunity to comment on the Commission's Communication, as solicited in the referenced document. IISP is a U.S.-based organization, sponsored by the American National Standards Institute (ANSI), whose mission is to identify standards critical to the implementation of the Global Information Infrastructure (GII)/Global Information Society (GIS). It is a cross-industry effort focused on facilitating standards cooperation among the many sectors converging in the GIS (computer, telecommunications, cable, broadcast, wireless, satellite, etc., and interested users such as government agencies, representatives of the disabled, publishers, etc.). IISP makes the results of its programs, including IISP-identified standards needs, widely available, especially to national, regional and international standards organizations, to encourage the global focus so critical to the GIS. IISP has a very active international liaison program.