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Date: Wed, 16 Jul 1997 18:24:10 -0500 (EST)
From: Paul Hurst <phurst@mail.steptoe.com>
Subject: Comments From Steptoe & Johnson LLP
To: ecforum@nist.gov, sbaker@ns.us.net, salbertazzi@ns.us.net
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     Dear Mr. Roback:
     
     In response to your request for public comments for the Public Forum, 
     attached please find some charts detailing the current status of 
     digital signature laws in the United States.
     
     In addition, pursuant to our phone call today, I will also forward to 
     you comments from Visa by about 12 noon tomorrow (July 17).  
     
     Regards,
     
     Paul Hurst
     Steptoe & Johnson LLP
     1330 Connecticut Avenue NW
     Washington, DC 20036
     (202) 429-8089
     phurst@steptoe.com 

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