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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
Policy Highlights from Communications of the ACM - July 2010 (Vol. 53, No. 7)
Below is a list of items with policy relevance from the July issue of Communications of the ACM. As always, much of the material in CACM is premium content, and...
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House Passes Bill to Improve Accessibility on the Web
The House recently passed H.R. 3101, the 21st Century Communications and Video Accessibility Act. Sponsored by Rep. Markey of Massachusetts, the bill seeks to...
From U.S. Public Policy Committee of the ACM
Hill Tech Happenings, Week of July 26
July 27 Hearing: The Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee will hold a hearing on consumer online privacy. 2:30 p.m., 253 Russell Building July...
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USACM Comments on National Strategy for Trusted Identities in Cyberspace
In late June the White House issued a second Draft of the National Strategy for Trusted Identities in Cyberspace. They opened a public comment process only on...
From Apophenia
MySpace and Facebook: How Racist Language Frames Social Media (and Why You Should Care)
(This post was written for Blogher and originally posted there.) Every time I dare to talk about race or class and MySpace & Facebook in the same breath, a public...
From U.S. Public Policy Committee of the ACM
Hill Tech Happenings, Week of July 19
July 20 Hearing: The Health Subcommittee of the House Ways and Means Committee will hold a hearing on encouraging the use of Health Information Technology. 1 p...
From U.S. Public Policy Committee of the ACM
ACM Washington Update, Vol. 14.4 (July 9, 2010)
CONTENTS [1] Newsletter Highlights [2] USACM and ACM's Education Policy Committee Offer Support for COMPETES [3] USACM Releases Issue Brief on Internet Voting ...
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Hill Tech Happenings, Week of July 12
July 14 Markup: The House Science and Technology Committee will markup pending legislation 10 a.m., 2318 Rayburn Building July 15 Hearing: The Technology and...
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Policy Highlights from Communications of the ACM - June 2010 (Vol. 53, No. 6)
Below is a list of items with policy relevance from the June issue of Communications of the ACM. As always, much of the material in CACM is premium content, and...
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USACM Releases Issue Brief on Military and Overseas Internet Voting
The U.S. Public Policy Council of the Association for Computing Machinery (USACM) has developed an issue brief on internet voting as it relates to military and...
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Hill Tech Happenings, Week of June 28
July 1 Hearing: The House Oversight and Government Reform Committee will hold a hearing on using cloud computing for federal information technology needs. 10...
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Hill Tech Happenings, Week of June 21
June 22 Hearing: The Competitiveness, Innovation, and Export Promotion Subcommittee of the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee will hold a hearing...
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PCAST Seeks Advice on Critical Infrastructures for Technology Innovation
The President's Innovation and Technology Advisory Committee (PITAC) is seeking public input on infrastructures that are critical to innovation in information technology...
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Hill Tech Happenings, Week of June 14
June 15 Hearing: The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee will hold a hearing on cyberspace as a national asset, with an emphasis on legislation...
From U.S. Public Policy Committee of the ACM
Senator Lieberman and Colleagues Introduce Another Cybersecurity Bill
Cybersecurity legislation is sort of popular in this Congress. Several bills have been introduced, but there are enough cybersecurity bills working through the...
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USACM Comments on Internet Privacy Bill Discussion Draft
Representatives Rick Boucher (D-Virginia) and Cliff Stearns (R-Florida), who are the chair and ranking member of the House Subcommittee on Communications, Technology...
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Policy Highlights from Communications of the ACM - May 2010 (Vol. 53, No. 5)
Below is a list of items with policy relevance from the May issue of Communications of the ACM. As always, much of the material in CACM is premium content, and...
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Hill Tech Happenings, Week of May 24
May 25 Meeting: The Data Privacy and Integrity Advisory Committee of the Department of Homeland Security will meet. 12:30 p.m., Harding Hall, 710 North Capitol...
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Hill Tech Happenings, Week of May 17
May 20 Hearing: The Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee will hold a hearing on the nomination of Carl Wieman to be the Associate Director for...
From U.S. Public Policy Committee of the ACM