The Committee consists of nine data profession-
als within State service. Six represent State agen-
cies, including the office of Comptroller of the
Treasury, Department of Transportation, Depart-
ment of Public Safety and Correctional Services,
University of Maryland, Board of Trustees of the
State Universities and Colleges, and Department
of Budget and Fiscal Planning, whose representa-
tive serves as chairperson. Three members are ap-
pointed by the Governor upon recommendation of
the chairperson. Any agency security officer as-
signed to the Committee may not participate in
any computer system security analysis of his agen-
cy by the Committee.

TASK FORCE TO STUDY DEATHS
RESULTING FROM BUILDING FIRES

Chairperson: Peter Rasmussen, M.D.
Vice-Chairperson: Patricia R. Sher

William F. Bennett; Roger D. Bernstein; Louis A.
Best; Ward W. Caddington; Yale H. Caplan,
Ph.D.; Thomas P. Collins; Robert Eicik; John R.
Frazier; Rocco J. Gabriele; Hugh E. Grunden;
David Hammerman; Martin Jay Hanna III; Joan
Hatfield; John W. Hoglund; Nathan C. Irby, Jr.;
Esther R. Levin; Caroline A. Lewis; Raymond L.
Lloyd; Joseph Lutz; Thomas L. Osbome; David
L. Resh, Jr.; Martin F. Rouse, Jr.; John Scarff;
Harold A. Schaitberger; Frank S. Shore; Guy P.
Smith; Thomas D. Smith, M.D.; Melvyn S.
Tockman, M.D.; Edwin 0. Tremper.

c/o Clinical Laboratories
University of Maryland
22 S. Green St.
Baltimore 21201 Telephone: 328-3447

At the request of the General Assembly, the
Governor created the Task Force to Study Deaths
Resulting from Building Fires in July 1985 (Joint
Resolution no. 6, Acts of 1985). The charge of the
Task Force is to study fire deaths and their cause,
combustibility, flammability, fire gas toxicity, and
suppression and detection systems. The Task
Force will study the safety of building materials
and furnishings and how these contribute to fire
deaths. It will examine hazard analysis that con-
cerns ease of ignition, rate of heat release, smoke
development and products of combustion toxicity.
In addition, the Task Force is to study the effec-
tiveness of protection devices (such as quick-re-
sponse sprinklers) and promote research.

In January 1987, the Task Force submitted an
interim report. Its final report will be submitted to
the Governor and General Assembly in January
1988.

COMMISSION ON STATE DEBT

Chairperson: Lucille Maurer, Treasurer of the
State

Louis L. Goldstein, Comptroller of the Treasury;
H. Louis Stettler III, Secretary of Budget and
Fiscal Planning; Constance Lieder, Secretary of
State Planning; Gene L. Burner, Director of
Assessments and Taxation; Paul B. Meritt, public
member.

Secretary: Robert D. Rader, Director, Bureau of
Revenue Estimates

Goldstein Treasury Building
60 Calvert St.
Annapolis 21401 Telephone: 974-3882

Created by Executive Order, the Commission
on State Debt replaced the former Committee to
Study the State Debt in 1980.

The Commission on State Debt serves as an ad-
visory group. Annually, it recommends to the
Board of Public Works a State tax rate on real
and personal property. This tax rate must provide
sufficient funds to meet debt service requirements
on outstanding general obligation bonds during
the next ensuing fiscal year.

MARYLAND DISABILITY LAW
CENTER

Board of Directors

Chairperson: Bonnie Milstein, 1989

Edwin B. Brager, 1987; J. Patrick McCurdy HI,
1987; Ralph J. Moore, Jr., 1987; Gertrude E.
Nolan, 1987; Conrad W. Vamer, 1987; Mannes F.
Greenberg, 1988; Louise T. Breedon, 1989; Carol
J. Lawson, 1989; Susan P. Leviton, 1989; Gary
Moncauz, 1989; Peg Sullivan, 1989.

Stephen Ney, Executive Director

2510 St. Paul St.
Baltimore 21218 Telephone: 333-7600
TTY for Deaf: 235^227

The Maryland Disability Law Center originated
as the Maryland Advocacy Unit for the Develop-
mentally Disabled which was created in 1977 by