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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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Hill Tech Happenings, Week of October 19
October 21 Hearing: The Elections Subcommittee of the Committee on House Administration will hold a hearing on modernization of election registration. 10 a.m.,...
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Computers, Freedom and Privacy 2010 Conference
The Computers, Freedom and Privacy (CFP) Conference has just released its call for proposals for the 20th edition of the conference. It will take place June 15...
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Hill Tech Happenings, Week of October 12
October 13 Meeting: The Election Assistance Commission is holding a roundtable discussion on research on assistive voting technologies. 9 a.m.-4 p.m., Kellogg...
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Policy Highlights from Communications of the ACM - October 2009 (Vol. 52, No. 10)
Below is a list of items with policy relevance from the October issue of Communications of the ACM. As always, much of the material in CACM is premium content,...
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ACM Washington Update, Vol. 13.8 (October 8, 2009)
CONTENTS [1] Newsletter Highlights [2] ACM Argues for Computer Science Education in Kansas [3] FCC Chairman Plans to Create Net Neutrality Rules [4] House Committee...
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Hill Tech Happenings, Week of October 5
October 7 Meeting: The Information Security and Privacy Advisory Board will meet. The focus of the meeting will be on the NIST Information Technology Laboratory...
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Data Breach and P2P Bills Pass House Committee
The House Energy and Commerce Committee marked up two bills this morning addressing concerns over the use of consumers' personal information and the potential exposure...
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Hill Tech Happenings, Week of September 28
September 30 Hearing: The Crime, Terrorism and Homeland Security Subcommittee of the House Judiciary Committee will hold a hearing on cyberbullying and other safety...
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CS Education in the States
If you've read a recent piece I co-wrote in Communications of the ACM (membership required), you know that the States largely drive education decisions in the...
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FCC Will Tackle Net Neutrality
Earlier this week Federal Communications Commission Chairman Julius Genachowski announced his intention to establish an expanded definition of net neutrality to...
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Committee Considers Changes to Cybersecurity Research and Development
This morning the Research and Science Education Subcommittee of the House Science and Technology Committee met to mark up legislation that would amend the Cyber...
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USACM Looks Back at FY 2009
The ACM?s Policy Office staff and USACM?s leadership have compiled USACM?s annual report for the past fiscal year - 2009 (which ended June 30). This year?s report...
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Hill Tech Happenings, Week of September 21
September 21 Presentation: The DC Chapter of the Association for Computing Machinery and the New America Foundation host a discussion with Prof. Jonathan Lazar...
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Hill Tech Happenings, Week of September 21
September 21 Presentation: The DC Chapter of the Association for Computing Machinery and the New America Foundation host a discussion with Prof. Jonathan Lazar...
From U.S. Public Policy Committee of the ACM
Policy Highlights from Communications of the ACM - September 2009 (Vol. 52, No. 9)
Below is a list of items with policy relevance from the September issue of Communications of the ACM. As always, much of the material in CACM is premium content...
From U.S. Public Policy Committee of the ACM
Hill Tech Happenings, Week of September 14
September 14 Hearing: The Senate Homeland Security and Government Affairs Committee will hold a hearing on cyberattacks and industry. 10 a.m., 342 Dirksen Building...
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ACM Washington Update, Vol. 13.7 (September 9, 2009), 2009)
CONTENTS [1] Newsletter Highlights [2] ACM Urges That Education Funding Include Computer Science [3] USACM Comments on Government Web Tracking Policies [4] USACM...
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Hill Tech Happenings, Week of September 7
Congress has returned from its August recess. September 10 Meeting: The Consumer Advisory Committee of the Federal Communications Commission will meet to discuss...
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Lecture on Human-Computer Interaction and Public Policy
Event Date: September 21, 2009 The Washington DC Chapter of the Association for Computing Machinery, with support from the New America Foundation, will hold a...
From U.S. Public Policy Committee of the ACM