[SwaroopH]

EIR[1] has worked on a temporary solution to resolve this by re-interpreting the laws for L and O making it more startup friendly. This was further confirmed by Doug Rand (from whitehouse) at GAN[2] conference but no ETA on formalization.

[1]. http://www.uscis.gov/eir [2]. http://gan.co/

[HistoryInAction]

Right, EIR program has been dark since their cancellation of the July webcast of the GA Tech event that was supposed to be the wrap up of their first 90 days.

Anyone hear anything from them since then?

[SwaroopH]

I got the details from Paul Ford, he is one of my mentors and is on the panel. Also, Doug Rand confirmed this at the GAN conference.

[HistoryInAction]

Paul's good people, likewise Doug. I heard Lisa Atkins on a panel say that L and O reinterpretations to be more startup-friendly were coming, but I haven't seen anything concrete or public—and that was at the July conference at the Institute for Peace in DC. When was the GAN conference?

Can you point me to anything?

[SwaroopH]

Nothing concrete, all this was verbal. The whole idea is about allowing L for small companies like startups. And O for startup founders who have gone through accelerator programs since that's an "extra-ordinary" ability. I am crossing my fingers for O since that's where I fit in.