JCP 2.8 contains a number of required measures to ensure transparency of the operation of the Expert Group. JCP 2.8 JSR Specification Leads are free to come up with their own implementations of these requirements, but one way of doing them is to create a project on java.net for the JSR. This page explains how to do this.

The JCP program office released a set of changes to JCP.org this week that provides some usability modifications. Read more here.

JSR 348, Towards a new version of the Java Community Process, is Final. You can read an Article on the JCP site that highlights the main areas of changes.
In light of these developments, the program office has completed work to upgrade the current JCP program from JCP 2.7 to JCP 2.8. You can view the new documents, such as an overview of the changes, the EC standing rules, and procedures on the JCP site. One of the other new pages in the Spec Lead (SL) Guide includes instructions for using java.net to meet some of the requirement of JCP 2.8. Materials for Spec Leads on the Multimedia page include Transparency (December 2011 call), JCP 2.8 Overview (October 2011 call).

The Program Office will host another call at 14:00 PST 16 February with special guest Martijn Verburg, JCP EC (alternate) representative for the London Java Community on the JCP SE/EE EC. Martijn also has updated the "Adopt a JSR" program pages on java.net, including the addition of a section for Spec Leads and EG members "I'm a Spec Lead / EG member - how do I bring 'Adopt a JSR' to our standard!". This has the potential to be a great resource for Spec Leads to leverage the Java developer community.

Read the latest EC Meeting materials and minutes here; 4 EC Members have temporarily lost their voting rights: AT&T, Samsung, SK Telecom and Twitter. Join the first public EC Teleconference on 26 June details here.