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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 March 30
March 31 Markup: The Research and Science Education Subcommittee of the House Science and Technology Committee will markup pending legislation, including the STEM...
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Internet Privacy Bill Possible in this Congress
The Bits blog at The New York Times recently ran an interview with Representative Rick Boucher (D-VA) the new Chair of the Subcommittee on Communications, Technology...
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Policy Highlights from Communications of the ACM - March 2008 (Vol. 52, No. 3)
This post will be the first in a monthly series to highlight policy-relevant articles in ACM's flagship publication, Communications of the ACM (CACM). There is...
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Educating NITRD
As far as obscure government acronyms go, NITRD is a pretty good one. It stands for the National Information Technology Research and Development program. This...
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Hill Tech Happenings, Week of March 15
March 17 Meeting: The Election Assistance Commission will hold a meeting. One of the agenda items concerns voter registration databases., 11 a.m., 1225 New York...
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ACM Turing Award Goes to Creator of Influential Innovations in Computer Software Design
MIT's Liskov, First U.S. Woman Ph.D. in Computer Science, Pioneered the Standard for Modern Programming Language and Software Reliability ACM, the Association...
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ACM Washington Update, Vol. 13.2 (March 8, 2009)
CONTENTS [1] Newsletter Highlights [2] USACM Outlines Technical Principles for Open Government [3] USACM Hails Boosts in Research Funding [4] NIST Presents New...
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Hill Tech Happenings, Week of March 9
March 10 Hearing The Senate Judiciary Committee will hold a hearing on patent reform, with a focus on recent court decisions and possible legislation. 10 a.m.,...
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Physical Sciences May Have Modest Gains in 2009 Budget
On Wednesday the House passed a bill to cover spending for most federal agencies for the last six months of fiscal year 2009. The first six months were covered...
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NIST Presents Research Status on Voting Systems
In response to a request from the Election Assistance Commission (EAC), the National Institute of Standards and Technology conducted research on six specific areas...
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USACM Applauds Increased Investment in Research
Today President Barack Obama signed into law the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. This legislation provides billions in funding intended to spur economic...
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Congress Finalizes Massive Boost in Science Funding
Late last night Congress released the first high-level details on the final agreement for the American Recovery and Reinvestment package. (For background, this...
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Make Recovery.Gov Web 2.0 Friendly
All eyes are on one piece of legislation currently being considered by Congress -- The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. This legislation is essentially a...
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USACM Makes E-Government Recommendations
With the explosion of user-created content on the web, it is clear that the Federal government should take advantage of this trend by adopting policies that promote...
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E-Verify Contractor Rule Delayed; Program Could Appear in Stimulus Package
The E-Verify program, a proposed national electronic employment verification system, continues to stagger toward full implementation. As we noted last fall, some...
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ACM Washington Update, Vol. 13.1 (February 2, 2009)
CONTENTS [1] Newsletter Highlights [2] Economic Stimulus to include Science and Technology [3] Net Neutrality Connected to Broadband Stimulus [4] ACM Urges Obama...
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Net Neutrality Connected to Broadband Stimulus
Funds for broadband deployment are part of the economic stimulus package currently under construction on Capitol Hill. Worth noting is that this funding has at...
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Science and Technology Have Piece of Stimulus Pie
While the stimulus has not been finalized, the House Appropriations Committee has circulated a summary of the major components. From the committee summary: Scientific...
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ACM Urges Obama To Include Computer Science As A Core Component Of Science And Math Education
Yesterday President-Elect Obama announced his intention to nominate Arne Duncan for the Secretary of Education. Mr. Duncan is currently CEO of Chicago's school...
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