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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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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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Hill Tech Happenings, Week of November 16
November 17 Hearing: The Senate Judiciary Committee will hold a hearing on cybersecurity, with an emphasis on fighting terrorism and protecting privacy. 10 a.m...
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Senate Judiciary Committee Approves Data Security Bills
In a markup session yesterday, the Senate Judiciary Committee approved two bills on the protection of consumer data. S 1490, the Personal Data Privacy and Security...
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Hill Tech Happenings, Week of November 2
November 4 Markup: The Technology and Innovation Subcommittee of the House Science and Technology Committee will review the Cybersecurity Coordination and Awareness...
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Hill Tech Happenings, Week of October 26
October 27 Hearing: The Technology and Innovation Subcommittee of the House Science and Technology Committee will hold a hearing on Department of Homeland Security...
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Hill Tech Happenings, Week of October 26
October 27 Hearing: The Technology and Innovation Subcommittee of the House Science and Technology Committee will hold a hearing on Department of Homeland Security...
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A Week For Computer Science Education
Computer science education reform is going to come in fits and starts working on issues from the top down (national media, federal policy, etc.) and the bottom...
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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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