Larry Irving is the President and CEO of the Irving Information Group, a consulting firm providing strategic advice and assistance to international telecommunications and technology companies, technology and media startups and foundations and non-profit organizations. Prior to founding the Irving Information Group, Mr. Irving served for almost seven years as Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Communications and Information and Administrator of the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA), where he was a principal advisor to the President, Vice President and Secretary of Commerce on domestic and international telecommunications and information technology issues.

During his tenure as Assistant Secretary, the focus of Mr. Irving's work was opening domestic and foreign telecommunications markets to competition, ensuring consumer choice, and spurring development of advanced telecommunications and information infrastructures in rural and under served areas. Mr. Irving was one of the principal architects and advocates of the ClintonAdministration's telecommunications

and Internet policies, and was a point person in the Clinton Administration's successful efforts to reform the United States telecommunications laws. Those efforts resulted in passage of the Telecommunications Act of 1996, the most sweeping change in America s telecommunications laws in 60 years.

Similarly, in international fora, Irving was an ardent advocate of regulatory reform on behalf of the Clinton Administration. He represented the United States Government as Sherpa (lead coordinator for the U.S. Government) at the G-7's first Ministerial meeting on the Global Information Society in Brussels, and at the Information Society and Development Conference in South Africa, the first Ministerial meeting between developing countries and developed countries to discuss the Global Information Infrastructure. Mr. Irving was also a key member of the United States team that negotiated the World Trade Organization (WTO) agreement on basic telecommunication services.

On behalf of the Clinton Administration, Mr. Irving led or participated in trade missions and global conferences in all corners of the world to promote principles of competition, liberalization, and privatization of telecommunications and information technology sectors. Mr. Irving also has been an ardent advocate of regulatory forbearance with regard to new information technologies, particularly the Internet, and helped establish domestic and international policies regarding the emerging Electronic Commerce marketplace.

Mr. Irving is widely credited with coining the term the digital divide and sparking global interest in the growing problem it represents. He initiated and was the principal author of the landmark Federal survey, Falling Through the Net, which tracked access to telecommunications and information technologies, including telephones, computers and the Internet, across racial, economic, and geographic lines. In large part due to his work to promote policies and develop programs to ensure access to advanced telecommunications and information technologies, Mr. Irving was named one of the fifty most influential persons in the 'Year of the Internet' by Newsweek Magazine.

He received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Northwestern University in 1976, and is a recipient of the University s Alumni Merit Award for distinguished professional achievement. He is also a graduate of Stanford University School of Law, where he was President of the Class of 1979.

He is married to Leslie Annett Wiley and resides in the District of Columbia.

Bruce P. Mehlman is co-founder of Mehlman & Vogel, Inc., a public affairs consulting firm based in Washington, D.C. A technology industry leader for many years, Mehlman helps high tech players understand, anticipate and navigate the public policy environment and trends likely to impact the global marketplace. As Executive Director of the Computer Systems Policy Project, the leading CEO-led information technology association, Mehlman works with the CEOs of Dell, EMC, HP, IBM, Intel, Motorola, NCR and Unisys to identify and promote public policies that encourage innovation leadership and tech-led economic growth. Mehlman works with other clients on a variety of issues including software, telecom and emerging technologies.

Mehlman previously served as Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Technology Policy. Nominated by President Bush and confirmed by the U.S. Senate, Assistant Secretary Mehlman led the Office of Technology Policy s efforts to maximize technology s contribution to U.S. economic growth and global competitiveness.

At Commerce Mehlman worked closely with leaders from industry, federal labs, universities and governments on critical policy issues impacting technology creators and users including innovation policy, broadband, biotechnology, open source software, tech-led economic growth, technology transfer, nanotechnology and the IT workforce. Assistant Secretary Mehlman appeared before more than 200 audiences, from large national conferences of industry analysts to thought leaders at leading universities, from middle school students in computer classrooms to testimony before Congressional committees. Many of Mehlman's speeches can be found at http://www.technology.gov/Speeches.htm.

Prior to joining the Department of Commerce, Mehlman served as Telecommunications Policy Counsel for Cisco Systems, Inc. At Cisco, Mehlman worked with public policy leaders and technologists throughout the information technology community on issues of broadband deployment, wireless networking, e-commerce strategies and Internet policy. He frequently appeared on behalf of Cisco at public policy conferences and gatherings of industry analysts.

Before joining Cisco Systems, Mehlman served as Policy Director and General Counsel at the House Republican Conference, the House of Representatives leadership office headed by Oklahoma Congressman J.C. Watts, Jr.. Mehlman formerly served as General Counsel of the National Republican Congressional Committee under Chairmen Bill Paxon (NY) and John Linder (GA), advising Members of Congress and congressional candidates on election law, political broadcast regulations and ethics regulations. He also worked as a commercial litigation attorney in the Washington, D.C. law firm of Wiley, Rein & Fielding.

Bruce serves on Advisory Boards of the NanoBusiness Alliance, the Princeton University Plasma Physics Lab and the Junior Statesmen of America (Washington Advisory Board). He is a term member of the Council on Foreign Relations and co-chairs the working group on Infrastructure & Environment as part of the Council on Competitiveness National Innovation Initiative. Mehlman received his B.A. from Princeton University (cum laude) and his J.D. from the University of Virginia School of Law, where he served on the Virginia Law Review.