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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 …
From U.S. Public Policy Committee of the ACM
Hill Tech Happenings, Week of April 13
April 14 Markup: The House Homeland Security Committee will markup legislation. Scheduled for this session is H.R. 1731, The National Cybersecurity Protection Advancement...
From U.S. Public Policy Committee of the ACM
National Telecommunications and Information Administration Seeks Comment on Multistakeholder Process for Drones
The National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) issued a Request for Comments on a multistakeholder process for commercial and private use...
From U.S. Public Policy Committee of the ACM
Hill Tech Happenings, Week of March 23
March 24 Hearing: The Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee will hold a hearing on “Continuing America’s Leadership: Advancing Research and Development...
From U.S. Public Policy Committee of the ACM
Hill Tech Happenings, Week of March 16
March 17 Hearing: The House Oversight and Government Reform Committee will hold a hearing on “FCC: Process and Transparency.” 10 a.m., 2154 Rayburn Building The...
From U.S. Public Policy Committee of the ACM
Hill Tech Happenings, Week of March 9
The Senate is scheduled to vote this week on the nominations of Michelle Lee to be the Director of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and Daniel Marti as the...
From U.S. Public Policy Committee of the ACM
Hill Tech Happenings, Week of March 2
March 3 Markup: The House Judiciary Committee will markup legislation, and H.R. 1147, The Legal Workforce Act, is scheduled for review. This bill covers the expansion...
From U.S. Public Policy Committee of the ACM
Administration Releases Discussion Draft for Consumer Privacy Bill of Rights
On February 27 the Obama Administration released its discussion draft for a Consumer Privacy Bill of Rights. The Administration released a framework for a Consumer...
From U.S. Public Policy Committee of the ACM
Hill Tech Happenings, Week of February 23
February 25 Hearing: The Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee will hold a hearing titled “Preserving the Multistakeholder Model of Internet Governance...
From U.S. Public Policy Committee of the ACM
President and FAA Act On Drone Activity
On February 15th the President issued an Executive Memorandum on the domestic use of unmanned aerial systems (UAS/drones). That same day the Federal Aviation Administration...
From U.S. Public Policy Committee of the ACM
USACM Congratulates New EAC Commissioners
USACM has sent letters to each of the three newly sworn-in Commissioners of the Election Assistance Commission (EAC): Thomas Hicks, Matthew Masterson and Christy...
From U.S. Public Policy Committee of the ACM
President Speaks at Cybersecurity Summit and Signs Information Sharing Executive Order
Today the White House hosted a Cybersecurity and Consumer Protection Summit at Stanford University. The event was announced last month as part of the Administration’s...
From U.S. Public Policy Committee of the ACM
USACM Submits Comments For Security Research DMCA Exemption
On February 6 USACM submitted a short comment to The Copyright Office in support of an exemption to the prohibitions against circumvention outlined in the Digital...
From U.S. Public Policy Committee of the ACM
Hill Tech Happenings, Week of February 9
February 11: The Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee will hold a hearing titled “The Connected World: Examining the Internet of Things.” 10 a.m...
From U.S. Public Policy Committee of the ACM
Hill Tech Happenings, Week of February 2
Today the President released his Fiscal Year 2016 Budget. Congressional committees will hold hearings over the next several days to review portions of that budget...
From U.S. Public Policy Committee of the ACM
Hill Tech Happenings, Week of January 26
January 27 Conference: The 2015 State of the Net Conference takes place. 8 a.m., The Newseum, 555 Pennsylvania Avenue Hearing: The Commerce, Manufacturing and Trade...
From U.S. Public Policy Committee of the ACM
NIST and EAC Sponsoring Symposium on Voting Systems Technology
The Future of Voting Systems Technology Symposium II will take place February 9-10 at the Department of Commerce headquarters in Washington, D.C. Registration...
From U.S. Public Policy Committee of the ACM
Hill Tech Happenings, Week of January 20
January 20 President Obama will give his State of the Union address. 9 p.m., Capitol Building January 21 Hearing: The Communications and Technology Subcommittee...
From U.S. Public Policy Committee of the ACM
Administration Includes Computing Initiatives In State of The Union Preview
This week the Obama Administration has been previewing some of the topics the President will cover in his State of the Union address. That speech will take place...
From U.S. Public Policy Committee of the ACM
President Signs Cybersecurity Legislation
The President signed several cybersecurity bills toward the end of 2014. Much of the legislation signed by President Obama affects various cybersecurity functions...
From U.S. Public Policy Committee of the ACM
Senate Confirms Three Commissioners To The Election Assistance Commission
For several months the Election Assistance Commission (EAC) has been without any Commissioners. In December the Senate confirmed three nominees as Commissioners...12