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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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Beginning to Rethink CS Education at NSF
The President released his $3.8 trillion budget on Monday setting off a flurry of activity in the Nation's Capital. The budget sets the Administration's priorities...
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ACM Washington Update, Vol. 14.1 (February 1, 2010)
CONTENTS [1] Newsletter Highlights [2] First Computer Science Education Week Finishes Strong [3] USACM Supports Expanded FCC Technical Advice [4] FY 2010 Budgets...
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Hill Tech Happenings, Week of February 1
There will be various events all week in connection with the rollout of the President's Fiscal Year 2011 Budget Request. Check with agency websites for additional...
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Policy Highlights from Communications of the ACM - January 2010 (Vol. 53, No. 1)
Below is a list of items with policy relevance from the January issue of Communications of the ACM. As always, much of the material in CACM is premium content,...
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Hill Tech Happenings, Week of January 25
January 25 Meeting The Election Assistance Commission is holding a meeting to handle regular business. 1 p.m., 1225 New York Avenue, Suite 150, Washington January...
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USACM Supports Bill to Expand FCC Technical Capacity
USACM has sent Senator Olympia Snowe (R-Maine) a letter of support for her bill to expand the technical advising capacity of the Federal Communications Commission...
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Hill Tech Happenings, Week of January 18
January 20 Hearing: The House Science and Technology Committee will hold a hearing on the reauthorization of the America COMPETES Act, taking testimony from business...
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Bono Still Hasn
I don't get to blog much about technology policy issues anymore, but every once in a while something juicy comes along that is worth spending a few minutes responding...
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Policy Highlights from Communications of the ACM - December 2009 (Vol. 52, No. 12)
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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Technical Guidelines Development Committee Meets After Two Year Hiatus
The Technical Guidelines Development Committee (TGDC), responsible to the Election Assistance Commission (EAC) for the drafting guidance for voting system standards...
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Administration Finally Releases Open Government Initiative
After a few months of waiting, the Obama Administration released its Open Government Initiative last week. The initiative was just the start of what appears to...
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House Passes Legislation on
On December 9 the House passed two bills that could affect how consumers use peer-to-peer software and how their personal information is used. We wrote about these...
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Fiscal Year 2010 Budget Almost Done; Science Agencies See Modest Gains
Peter Harsha at the Computing Research Association has the specifics at the CRA Government Affairs Blog. In the current conference agreement most of the science...
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ACM Washington Update, Vol. 13.9 (December 7, 2009)
CONTENTS [1] Newsletter Highlights [2] Computer Science Education Week Launches [3] Cybersecurity Receives Congressional Attention [4] Data Security Bills Approved...
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Hill Tech Happenings, Week of December 7
December 9 Meeting: The Technical Guidelines Development Committee of the Elections Assistance Commission will meet. (continues December 10) 8:30 a.m., 100 Bureau...
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Google Books Narrows its Scope in Proposed Amended Settlement
The Google Books project, where the company scans books, indexes them, and makes either snippets, selections, or the whole work available online, has a long legal...
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Policy Highlights from Communications of the ACM - November 2009 (Vol. 52, 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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Hill Tech Happenings, Week of November 30
December 3 Meeting: The Department of Homeland Security's Data Privacy and Integrity Advisory Committee will meet 8:30 a.m.-2 p.m., 490 L'Enfant Plaza S.W., Washington...
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PASS ID Moves Forward in Congress
PASS ID, S. 1261, is a bill introduced in June as an attempt to break through the impasse over REAL ID. That law, passed as part of a budget bill in 2005, was...
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