Electronic Filing Committee
Chair: John H. Messing

The Electronic Filing Committee considers the improved efficiencies and privacy implications occasioned by the use of electronic processes to enable information transfers between private persons or entities and public repositories, whether they are conducted to facilitate official decision-making, to establish personal jurisdiction over corporations and registered agents, or to effectuate significant commercial and private transactions. The current focus of the committee is upon court and administrative filings in state and federal proceedings, electronic voting, authentication and identification of persons and official roles, including electronic notarizations of electronic documents, and tamper-evident protective seals to protect official electronic data from unauthorized modifications. Articulation of best technology practices can assist in a review and meaningful revision of official policies, statutes and rules, and the development of interoperable standards to achieve compatibility in technology solutions across jurisdictional boundaries.

Documents of the Committee include:

• Best Practices for Electronic Service of Process (9/2/04)

• Comments sent by the Section of Science & Technology Law to the Secretary of Commerce,"ESIGN Notices, Requests for Comments: Court Documents Exception"

• Comments sent by the Section of Science & Technology Law to the Department of Homeland Security, Bureau of Citizenship & Immigration Services on "Electronic Signature on Applications and Petitions for Immigration and Naturalization Benefits; Interim Final Rule" CIS No. 2224-02
  
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Rolly Chambers, Chair
Subcommittee on Efiling and eService Model Court Rules

Wade Bennett, Chair
Subcommittee on Electronic Service of Process

John Aveni and Susan Larson, Co-Chairs
Subcommittee on Public Access to Electronic Filings

John Messing, Chair
Subcommittee on E-Trust