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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 May 11
Tuesday, May 12, 2015 Hearing: Fiscal Year 2016 Funding Request and Budget Justification for the Federal Communications Commission Senate Appropriations Subcommittee...
From U.S. Public Policy Committee of the ACM
Technology and Computing Inventors to Be Inducted into U.S. National Inventors Hall of Fame
Distinguished technology and computing inventors are among the 2015 Class of Inductees to the U.S. National Inventors Hall of Fame. Inductees will be honored at...
From U.S. Public Policy Committee of the ACM
Hill Tech Happenings, Week of May 4
Tuesday, May 5, 2015 Hearing: Continuing America’s Leadership: Realizing the Promise of Precision Medicine for Patients Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor...
From U.S. Public Policy Committee of the ACM
USACM Comments on NIST Roadmap for Usability and Accessibility of Next Generation Elections
USACM submitted comments on the NIST roadmap for usability and accessibility of future voting technologies and systems. The roadmap represents a positive and achievable...
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
Washington News – Alerts and Updates
* ACM named Michael Stonebraker of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) recipient of the 2014 ACM A.M. Turing Award for fundamental contributions to...
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
Washington News – Alerts and Updates
* Congress continues to hold budget hearings. * The White House invites nominations for the National Medal of Science. The deadline is April 27. * The White House...
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
Washington News – Alerts and Updates
* USACM sent congratulatory letters to the three new Commissioners of the U.S. Election Assistance Commission. The letter recommends reestablishing the Technical...
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