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BIOGRAPHY
Mr. Weiss began work with the Strategic Planning and Policy Office of National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration, National Weather Service, in March 2000. His responsibilities include domestic and international data policy issues, with a view towards fostering a healthy public/private partnership. Mr. Weiss was a Senior Policy Analyst/Attorney in the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and Budget, since 1991. Mr. Weiss analyzed policy and legal issues involving information resources and information technology management, with particular emphasis on Electronic Data Interchange and electronic commerce. He is primary author of the information policy sections of OMB Circular No. A-130, "Management of Federal Information Resources", and was a member of the Administration's Electronic Commerce Working Group. (See, "A Framework for Global Electronic Commerce, http://www.iitf.nist.gov/eleccomm/ecomm.htm). From 1990-1991, Mr. Weiss was Deputy Associate Administrator for Procurement Law, Office Federal Procurement Policy. In this position, he analyzed legal and policy issues affecting the procurement process. Major projects included examination of legal and regulatory issues involving procurement automation, policies and FAR revisions to facilitate EDI, as well as ADP procurement legal and policy issues. From 1985 to 1990, Mr. Weiss was the Assistant Chief Counsel for Procurement and Regulatory Policy, Office of Advocacy, U.S. Small Business Administration. From 1981 to 1985, Mr. Weiss was in private practice in Washington, D.C. Mr. Weiss holds a B.A. from Columbia University and a J.D. from the Catholic
University of America, Columbus School of Law. Recent Publications and Papers "International Information Policy in Conflict: Open and Unrestricted Access versus Government Commercialization," in "Borders in Cyberspace," Kahin and Nesson, eds., MIT Press 1997. "Security Requirements and Evidentiary Issues in the Interchange of Electronic Documents: Steps Toward Developing a Security Policy," John Marshall Journal of Computer and Information Law (October, 1993). "Electronic Data Interchange in the United States Statistical System," (with H. Habermann), International Statistical Conference on New Techniques and Technologies for Statistics, Bonn (February, 1992). "Technology, Access and Dissemination -- A New Challenge," American Society of Access Professionals (September, 1991) "Law and Technology: Can They Keep Abreast?," 8:4 Government Information Quarterly 377 (November, 1991). "Electronic Data Interchange and the Law of Public Contract Formation:
Will the Federal 'Statute of Frauds' Thwart the Paperless Contract,"
12:1 Computer Law Journal 17 (September, 1990).
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