On Wed 2005-09-28T10:03:08 +0100, Ed Davies hath writ:
> The BBC web site has an article about the leap second debate:
>
> http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/4271810.stm
At the end it indicates that UK DTI is creating a response.
I have no idea what branch of government creates it, but contribution
23 on the ITU website indicates Germany also has a response.
http://www.itu.int/md/meetingdoc.asp?lang=e&type=sfolders&parent=R03-WP7A-C
Alas, only ITU cognoscenti get to read it for now.
The draft US document which is under consideration for submission is
available for review and still open for comment
http://www.fcc.gov/ib/sand/irb/weritacrnc/review/nc1985wp7a/01.doc
The significant difference from last year seems to be that leap seconds
would stop not in 2007 but rather five years after the ITU general
assembly approves the change.
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