eduGAIN web site is up and running
The purpose of eduGAIN is to provide the means for achieving interoperation between different Authentication and Authorisation Infrastructures (AAI).
Work has been ongoing with testing and adjusting the infrastructure. We are confident that this work will move to SAML 2.0 shortly 
Nicole Harris announced:
JISC Legal has done investigative work to review current federation policy documentation for federations in higher education and research. This work is now available from http://www.jisc.ac.uk/media/documents/publications/rptamfeasibilityv1.pdf
The analysis and comparison of federation policies help us revise federation policy, as well as facilitate inter-federation work.
The REFEDs group published a set of draft documents on privacy and data protection. The authors discuss requirements from the European Personal Data Directive (95/46/EC) and how this applies to exchanging data for applications in research and education communities.
The check lists should be useful both for service providers connecting to federations, as well as for universities and schools participating in federation
