OK, before you all get your knickers in a twist....
The article is written by Declan McCullagh. While this is not necessarily a bad thing, he has a very strong bias on IP issues. As such, this should be treated more like an opinion piece than a factual report of the current and near-future state of affairs.
For example: The report cited in the article is specifically a report on IP Enforcement. It's not designed as a guideline for legislation, rather it states the goals and efforts of a variety of law enforcement relating to IP.
As to the report itself, it discusses increasing transparency, inter-agency cooperation, international coordination, securing supply chains (e.g. for pharmaceuticals) and lots of enforcement against non-digital counterfeiting for profit. There is one small section on digital IP, which recommends a combination of continued law enforcement and -- shudder gasp -- education, getting the private sector to assist with infringement for profit (e.g. illegitimate online pharmaceutical sales), and a focus on "entities that view infringement as a money-making venture."
(Nor should it be a cause for terror that a report on enforcements of IP laws list the actions taken by law enforcement relating to IP infringements.)
There is no particular reason for a report on IP enforcement to discuss "fair use," by the way, since that's a legal activity. It'd be like an ATF report on firearms discussing skeet shooting, hunting, target practice and other legal uses at length -- it's just not necessary and is not within the scope of the report.
To top it off, so far the only source for this claim is McCullough himself. Again it may be an accurate claim, but if so then it is the quietest official announcement of a new round of IP laws I've ever seen.
I won't say there is no cause for concern. However, the reality is that no laws have actually been proposed yet, nor is the IP Enforcement Report an 80s screed that demands draconian IP laws on digital content.
As such, there isn't anything to get upset about, at least not yet. Don't let McCullagh play you like a violin.