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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 June 18
June 19 Hearing: The Intellectual Property, Competition and the Internet Subcommittee of the House Judiciary Committee will hold a hearing on the public policy...
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USACM Comments on House Cybersecurity Information Sharing Bill
In late April the House considered and passed several pieces of cybersecurity legislation. At the time USACM released a statement with general recommendations for...
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Hill Tech Happenings, Week of May 29
May 31 Hearing: The Communications and Technology Subcommittee of the House Energy and Commerce Committee will hold a hearing on international proposals to regulate...
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Hill Tech Happenings, Week of May 14
May 17 Hearing: The Crime, Terrorism and Homeland Security Subcommittee of the House Judiciary Hearing will meet on the Geolocational Privacy and Surveillance Act...
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USACM Comments on Electronic Health Records
USACM submitted its public comment on the proposed new and revised certification standards and implementation specifications that define the technological capabilities...
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Hill Tech Happenings, Week of May 7
May 9 Hearing: The Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee will hold a hearing on the consumer privacy reports issued by the Federal Trade Commission...
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The House Will Engage With Cybersecurity Legislation This Week
While Congress has tried to pass major cybersecurity legislation for the last few years, this week marks what could be a major step forward in finally getting a...
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Hill Tech Happenings, Week of April 23
The House is expected to consider four cybersecurity bills on Thursday and Friday, April 26 and 27. April 24 Hearing: The Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation...
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Hill Tech Happenings, Week of April 16
April 18 Markup: The House Oversight and Government Reform Committee will review a bill to update the Federal Information Security Management Act. 10 a.m., 2154...
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USACM Offers Recommendations On Data Privacy Codes of Conduct
Part of the Obama Administration’s proposed online privacy initiative involves consumer data privacy codes of conduct. These codes would be developed through a...
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Federal Trade Commission Pushes Forward With Online Privacy Initiative
Yesterday the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) released the final version of its report on consumer privacy online. It issued a draft report in December 2010 and...
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Hill Tech Happenings, Week of March 26
March 27 Hearing: The Technology and Innovation Subcommittee of the House Science, Space and Technology Committee will hold a hearing on the effect of federal policies...
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Hill Tech Happenings, Week of March 19
March 21 Hearing: The Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security of the House Judiciary Committee will hold a hearing on the REAL ID Act’s standards...
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Judea Pearl is the 2011 A.M. Turing Award Recipient
The Association for Computing Machinery has awarded the 2011 A.M. Turing Award, considered the equivalent of a Nobel Prize in Computing, to Judea Pearl, a Professor...
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USACM and SIGCHI Comment on Section 508 Refresh on Accessibility
USACM and SIGCHI submitted comments this week to the Access Board on the Draft ICT Standards and Guidelines on accessibility of federal government information and...
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Hill Tech Happenings, Week of March 5
March 6 Hearing: The Science and Space Subcommittee of the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee will hold a hearing on research and development...
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USACM Comments on the Menlo Report
On Monday USACM submitted comments to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) on the Menlo Report, which was issued in September 2011. The goal of the report...
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Guest Post on Cybersecurity Legislation from Chris Bronk
What follows is a guest post from Chris Bronk, Information Technology Policy Fellow at Rice University’s Baker Institute for Public Policy. He’s a new member of...
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Hill Tech Happenings, Week of February 27
February 29 Hearing: The Investigations and Oversight Subcommittee of the House Science, Space and Technology Committee will hold a hearing on cybersecurity at...
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