Brussels, 17 July 2008 – “CompTIA is studying the IDABC’s lengthy new draft proposal to update the European Interoperability Framework.  The importance of the framework cannot be overstated.  Though it seeks to guide how diverse governments’ bodies across multiple borders use ICT to “talk” to each other, it sends a powerful market signal to ICT developers here and abroad.  To this end, CompTIA remains concerned about the proposal’s promotion of ICT standards and development models that reject valid intellectual property protections.