The history-laden Italian capitol was the backdrop for a policy summit convened by the International Relations Committee of the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC). In addition to government- to-government meetings with Italian officials, delegates also: explored recent history leading to the Good Friday Agreement with His Excellency Daithi O'Ceallaigh, Irish ambassador to the United Kingdomii; reviewed U.S. diplomacy in the Mediterranean with the Honorable Frederick Vreeland, ambassador of the United States to Morocco (retired); and were briefed on the Vatican's work with worldwide media on ethical standards by Most Rev. Archbishop John Patrick Foley, just days before the announcement of his elevation to Cardinal. In the shadow of these encounters with historic architecture and artifacts - not to mention these and other men and women of history - is the matter of tax collection, as practiced in the United States and the United Kingdom. The Policy Summit turned its attention to this arcane but important subject during a session hosted by John Cabot University featuring Baroness Angela Billingham of the British House of Lords, also a member of the U.K.