ACM Washington Update is a biweekly electronic publication of the US Public Policy Office of the Association for Computing Machinery (USACM). The Association for Computing Machinery is an international professional society whose 75,000 members (60,000 in the US) represent a critical mass of computer scientists in education, industry, and government. The USACM provides a means for promoting dialogue on technology policy issues with US policy makers and the general public. The Washington Update reports on activities in Washington that may be of interest to those in the computing and information policy communities and will highlight USACM's involvement in many of these issues.