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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 May 16
May 19 Meeting: The President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology will meet. The meeting will be webcast. 9 a.m., Marriott Metro Center, 775 12th Street...
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Has the Cybersecurity Logjam Broke?
Congress has been making noise about passing comprehensive cybersecurity legislation for most of the last two years, prompted in part by the Obama Administration's...
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Hill Tech Happenings, Week of May 9
May 12 Hearing: The Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee will hold a hearing on the economic impacts of cyber attacks (previously scheduled for...
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Sony-Prompted Hearing Features Testimony from USACM Chair
Prompted by the massive data breaches of Sony's networks, the Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing and Trade of the House Energy and Commerce Committee held...
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USACM Chair to Testify on Data Breaches
Prompted by the recent data breaches of the PlayStation Network and the email marketing company Epsilon, the Commerce, Manufacturing and Trade Subcommittee of the...
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Hill Tech Happenings, Week of April 11
May 3 Hearing: The House Oversight and Government Reform Committee will hold a hearing on updating the Presidential Records Act to better handle electronic records...
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Policy Highlights from Communications of the ACM - February 2011 (Vol. 54, No. 2)
Below is a list of items with policy relevance from the February issue of Communications of the ACM. As always, much of the material in CACM is premium content,...
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Policy Highlights from Communications of the ACM - January 2011 (Vol. 54, No. 1)
Below is a list of items with policy relevance from the January issue of Communications of the ACM. As always, much of the material in CACM is premium content,...
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Administration Issues National Strategy for Trusted Identities in Cyberspace
Last Friday the Obama Administration released its National Strategy for Trusted Identities in Cyberspace (NSTIC), a plan to leverage private sector tools to make...
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USACM Vice-Chair Testifies on Challenges of Electronic Employment Verification
On April 14, Dr. Annie Ant
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Hill Tech Happenings, Week of April 11
April 12 Hearing: The Subcommittee on Federal Financial Management, Government Information, Federal Services, and International Security of the Senate Homeland...
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Hill Tech Happenings, Week of April 4
April 6 Hearing: The Senate Judiciary Committee will hold a hearing on the Electronic Communications Privacy Act. 10 a.m., 226 Dirksen Building The Subcommittee...
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Hill Tech Happenings, Week of March 28
UPDATE: The March 29 hearing on cyber attacks has been postponed. No new date has been scheduled. March 29 Hearing: The Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation...
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Google Books Settlement Remains Unsettled
The ongoing saga of the Google Books case will continue, according to a recent opinion from the judge overseeing the negotiated settlement. Google Books prompted...
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Policy Highlights from Communications of the ACM - December 2010 (Vol. 53, No. 12)
Below is a list of items with policy relevance from the December 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. 15.2 (March 16 2011)
CONTENTS [1] Newsletter Highlights [2] 2010 ACM A.M Turing Award Recognizes Les Valiant [3] USACM Supports Defense Against FY '11 Cuts [4] USACM Comments on Federal...
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Hill Tech Happenings, Week of March 14
March 14 Hearing: The Intellectual Property, Competition and the Internet Subcommittee of the House Judiciary Committee will hold a hearing on promoting and protecting...
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Senate Passes Patent Reform Bill
On March 8 the Senate passed a bill intended to reform the patent system. S. 23, the Patent Reform Act of 2011, would take steps to harmonize the U.S. patent system...
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2010 ACM A.M. Turing Award Recognizes Les Valiant
Les Valiant, the T. Jefferson Coolidge Professor of Computer Science and Applied Mathematics at Harvard's School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, has been recognized...
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