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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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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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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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