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How the “Frontier” Became the Slogan of Uncontrolled AI
Artificial intelligence (AI) has been billed as the next frontier of humanity: the newly available expanse whose exploration …
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ACM Washington Update Vol. 15.1 (February 16 2011)
CONTENTS [1] Newsletter Highlights [2] USACM Comments on Proposed Web Accessibility Guidance [3] USACM Responds to Department of Commerce Online Privacy Report...
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Hill Tech Happenings, Week of February 14
This week the President released his Fiscal Year 2012 budget request. As a result, there will be several events, many of them today, where federal agencies discuss...
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DC ACM Chapter Co-Hosts Discussion on Digital Government
On February 17th, the D.C. Chapter of the Association for Computing Machinery an the New America Foundation will co-host a panel discussion, "The Open Government...
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Hill Tech Happenings, Week of February 7
February 10 Hearing: The Immigration Policy and Enforcement Subcommittee of the House Judiciary Committee will hold a hearing on the E-Verify program, an electronic...
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Policy Highlights from Communications of the ACM - November 2010 (Vol. 53, No. 11)
Below is a list of items with policy relevance from the November issue of Communications of the ACM. As always, much of the material in CACM is premium content,...
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USACM Responds to Department of Commerce Online Privacy Report
Last month the Internet Policy Task Force (a Commerce Department group drawing on expertise from the Patent and Trademark Office, the International Trade Administration...
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Save the Date - Computers, Freedom and Privacy Conference 2011
The Computers, Freedom and Privacy Conference (CFP) will take place this year June 14 through the 16th in Washington D.C. ACM is one of the conference sponsors...
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USACM Comments on Proposed Web Accessibility Rules
The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) was passed in 1990, and did not address the Internet. However, the Department of Justice established, most notably through...
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Hill Tech Happenings, Week of January 31
January 31 Event: The Information Technology and Innovation Foundation will host an event on the bandwidth cost of online piracy. noon, 1101 K Street NW February...
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Let the Feds Know Your Thoughts on K-12 Computer Science Education
The federal government asks for advice about education fairly regularly. But it isn't often that it asks specifically what is needed to advance K-12 computer science...
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Hill Tech Happenings, Week of January 10
January 13 Meeting: The Technical Guidelines Development Committee of the Elections Assistance Commission will meet (continues January 14) 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m....
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President Signs COMPETES Reauthorization
On Tuesday President Obama signed into law the reauthorization of the America COMPETES Act. The bill continues (among other things) the increasing funding trend...
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ACM Washington Update Vol. 14.5 (January 2011)
CONTENTS [1] Newsletter Highlights [2] FCC Draws Line in the Net Neutrality Sand [3] Computer Science Education Week Extends its Reach [4] USACM Vice Chair Felten...
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FCC Draws Line in the Net Neutrality Sand
In what is arguably the end of the beginning of the fights over net neutrality, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) voted yesterday, 3-2 to establish rules...
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Commerce Department and Federal Trade Commission Seek Guidance on Online Privacy
In the first half of December the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and the Commerce Department's Internet Policy Task Force (IPTF) each issued reports focused on...
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PCAST Issues Report on NITRD program
On December 16 the President's Council of Advisers on Science and Technology (PCAST) issued the latest in its Congressionally required assessments of the Networking...
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Computer Science Education Week Extends Its Reach
This is a repost from Blog@CACM, the blog connected to Communications of the ACM It was written by Debra Richardson, Chair of the 2010 Computer Science Education...
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White House Issues Federal IT Reform Plan
Last Thursday the national Chief Information Officer (CIO), Vivek Kundra, issued an implementation plan for reforming federal information technology. It's a very...
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Hill Tech Happenings, Week of November 29
December 2 Hearing: The Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade and Consumer Protection of the House Energy and Commerce Committee will hold a hearing on 'do-not-track'...
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