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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
USACM Comments on New Electronic Voting Legislation
USACM recently sent a letter to Representative Rush Holt commenting on his new electronic voting legislation. The bill, H.R. 2894, is similar to Rep. Holt's earlier...
From U.S. Public Policy Committee of the ACM
Over 800 Reports of Health Data Breaches in California this Year
According to Wired.com's Threat Level, the new California law requiring "organizations in California to report suspected incidents of intentional and unintentional...
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Hill Tech Happenings, Week of July 13
July 14 Meeting: The Election Assistance Commission will meet and hold a public hearing. Part of the agenda will focus on accessibility and voting technologies...
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Track Federal IT Spending Online
Chief Technology Officer Vivek Kundra unveiled the IT Dashboard yesterday. The focus of this website is providing detail on all information technology investments...
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Policy Highlights from Communications of the ACM - June 2008 (Vol. 52, No. 6)
Here are some items in the June issue of Communications of the ACM that have policy relevance. As always, much of the content in CACM is premium content, and free...
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USACM Selects Final Council Members
As part of its elevation from committee to council, USACM recently completed elections for at-large seats on its Council. The voting members of the Council are...
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Hill Tech Happenings, Week of June 22
June 25 Hearing: The House Science and Technology Committee will hold a hearing on cybersecurity activity at NIST and the Department of Homeland Security. 2 p...
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Hill Tech Happenings, Week of June 15
June 16 Hearing: The Research and Science Education and the Technology and Innovation Subcommittees of the House Science and Technology Committee will hold a...
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House Science and Technology Committee Starts Hearings on Cybersecurity
On June 10 the Research and Science Education subcommittee of the House Science and Technology Committee held a hearing on cybersecurity. This is the first of...
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Hill Tech Happenings, Week of June 8
June 10 Hearing: The Research and Science Education subcommittee of the House Science and Technology Committee will hold a hearing on research and development...
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Policy Highlights from Communications of the ACM - May 2008 (Vol. 52, No. 5)
Here are some items in the May issue of Communications of the ACM that have policy relevance. Remember, much of the material in CACM is considered premium content...
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CFP Panel on Voting and the Internet
Yesterday, during the Computers, Freedom and Privacy Conference (CFP), USACM coordinated a panel to speak on voting and using the internet. It was chaired by Ed...
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ACM Washington Update, Vol. 13.5 (June 4, 2009)
CONTENTS [1] Newsletter Highlights [2] ACM Co-sponsors Hill Briefing on Computer Science Education [3] USACM Elevated to Council Status in ACM [4] Congress Moves...
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EAC Announces Proposed Revisions to 2005 Voluntary Voting System Guidelines
On Monday the Election Assistance Commission (EAC) released a draft of the Voluntary Voting System Guidelines (VVSG) Version 1.1 for public comment. This version...
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USACM Elevated to Council Status in ACM
The ACM Executive Council recently elevated its U.S. Public Policy Committee - USACM - to council status. This change reflects ACM's increasing attention to public...
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President Obama Releases Cybersecurity Review
Today the Obama Administration released its cybersecurity review, a 60 day review of federal cybersecurity activity headed by Melissa Hathaway and completed in...
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Federal Advisory Board Recommends Updates to Nation
The Information Security and Privacy Advisory Board (ISPAB) recently released a report to the Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) on the need...
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White House To Try Online Brainstorming for Open Government
One of the earliest official actions of the Obama Administration was to issue a memorandum requesting a set of recommendations to inform an Open Government Directive...
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Education Policy Hill Briefing Highlights Computer Science Education
A Hill briefing co-sponsored by the ACM Education Policy Committee, with the support of the House STEM Education Caucus and the Congressional Black Caucus covered...
From U.S. Public Policy Committee of the ACM