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"Evaluation of the Church in the U.S.A." (1982, 1983)
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XV. Human Microchip Implants: National Academies279 Christine Mirzayan Internship Program Seminar on Human Microchip Implantation: November 15, 2002, Washington, DC

Posted: January 5, 2004

The National Academies Internship Program Seminar on "Human Microchip Implantation: It's More Than Skin Deep" was scheduled on Friday, November 15, 2002 from 12:30 pm to 2:30 pm at The National Academies, 500 5th Street, NW, Room 100, Washington, DC.

A. According to an announcement on the National Academies Web site, questions that were scheduled to be discussed included:

1. "What are the possible applications of this technology?"

2. "Under what circumstances can a microchip device be used?"

3. "Which applications are beneficial and which may have negative consequences to the general public?"

4. "What information can be collected and by whom?"

5. "Can this technology endanger the bearer?"

B. "Distinguished Speakers" who were scheduled for the seminar were:

1. Clyde Wayne Crews Jr. is the director of technology studies at the Cato Institute in Washington, D.C.

2. Philip J. Phillips is the Deputy Director of Science and Regulatory Policy in the Office of Device Evaluation at the FDA's Center for Devices and Radiological Health. Mr. Phillips is responsible for the evaluation of medical devices that are the subject of premarket submissions requesting FDA authorization for distribution in the United States. The FDA regulates devices that are defined in Section 201(h) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act. Mr. Phillips will address the risk factors inherent with this technology.

3. Marc Rotenberg is the Executive Director of the Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC) in Washington, DC. His interests include focusing public attention on emerging civil liberties issues and protecting privacy, the First Amendment, and constitutional values. He teaches information policy law at Georgetown University Law Center...

4. Dr. Richard Seelig is the Director of Medical Applications at Applied Digital Solutions, VeriChip Corporation. VeriChipTM is a miniaturized, implantable identification technology with possible financial, healthcare, and security applications. Dr. Seelig is a former surgeon who was the first to embed a VeriChipTM in his arm and hip.280






279The National Academies, described as "Advisers to the Nation on Science, Engineering, and Medicine," consist of four organizations including the National Academy of Sciences, and are private organizations that are created by congressional charter, with 85 percent of funding by federal government funds. "The Committee on the Judiciary of the U.S. House of Representatives reviews the Treasurer's Report of the National Academy of Sciences each year." It is noted that, "industry cannot provide more than 50 percent of the support for a project." Further one learns, the "National Academies strive to be similarly responsive to requests from the executive and the legislative branches of government for guidance on scientific and technological issues." The foregoing information was based on "Organization of the National Academies;" The National Academies; published 2002; http://www.nationalacademies.org/about/faq1.html; pp. 1-2 of 11/13/02 8:21 AM printout
280"Human Microchip Implantation: It's More Than Skin Deep;" National Academies Christine Mirzayan Internship Program; scheduled November 15, 2002; http://www7.nationalacademies.org/internship/Third_Seminar.html; p. 1 of 11/12/02 4:46 PM printout.




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