Serving Muldoon and
Northeast Anchorage

Representative
PETE PETERSEN
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Contact my office:
State Capitol Bldg.
4th Floor, Room 422
Juneau, AK 99801
(907) 465-4939

Contact the Governor
Governor Parnell's Anchorage office may be reached at 269-7450, or e-mail him at sean.parnell@alaska.gov
You can also visit the state website at www.state.ak.us

Congressman Don Young,
Anchorage Office:
907-271-5978
EMAIL: Rep. Don Young

Senator Lisa Murkowski,
Anchorage Office:
907-271-3735,
EMAIL: Sen. Lisa Murkowski

March 25, 2011

Anchorage Caucus Meeting Saturday; Computer Privacy, Pancreatic Cancer Bills on the Move

Dear Friends and Neighbors,

I hope you will be able to make it to the Anchorage Caucus meeting tomorrow (Saturday) at 10 am in the Assembly Chambers at the Loussac Library. I will be chairing the meeting, and it will be a great opportunity for you to share your thoughts and concerns with all the legislators from Anchorage area districts. At the last meeting we had a lot of invited testimony, but this meeting will focus on hearing from the public. This will be a great opportunity to make your voice known on local road and school issues, as well as statewide issues like the proposed Susitna/ Watana hydroelectric project or the governor’s oil tax bill.

Computer Privacy Bill on the Move

Today the House Judiciary Committee moved House Bill 23, my bill to protect computer users’ privacy by updating our computer hacking laws to keep up with new technology. This bill closes a loophole in the current law to make it illegal to use a keystroke logger to steal information. As technology advances, it is important that the laws protecting our privacy are updated to keep pace with new developments. HB 23 got strong bipartisan support in the Judiciary Committee and now goes to the House Finance Committee for consideration.

Representative Petersen, with other legislators and staff, listening to a presentation from Randy Seidl who spent 17 years on Illinois’ death row before being exonerated

House Passes Pancreatic Cancer Resolution

Also today, the House unanimously passed my resolution, HCR 1, to raise awareness for pancreatic cancer. I was asked to introduce this resolution by one of our neighbors in Northeast Anchorage who lost her father to pancreatic cancer. Pancreatic cancer is one of the few cancers that survival rates have not improved significantly in recent decades.

    As always, please call or email me with any thoughts, ideas, or concerns.

Sincerely,

P.S. Remember to get your PFD application in by March 31, you can apply online here.

Representative Pete Petersen
District 19 - Muldoon & Northeast Anchorage
State Capitol, Room 422
Phone: 907-465-4939
Fax: 907-465-2418
Representative_Pete_Petersen@legis.state.ak.us