New year's update on human computer interaction standards: part 1: The U.S.

1 am pleased to say that the Standards column in the SIGCHI Bulletin will be returning as a regular feature. I deeply apologize to those of you who look forward to the regular appearance o f these columns. The absence o f this column was an unfortunate consequence o f my own scheduling problems, and it was a further misfortune to have this occur at the same time that the Bulletin began appearing irregularly. Moving forward, I expect this column to appear several times during the year, and the length and nature o f the column will adapt as the Bulletin itself changes format in the year 2000. Please send any comments, observations, opinions, and topic suggestions to me at heb@acm.org.