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Building on the Supreme Court’s historic decision to protect LGBTQ+ workers in the federal workplace and President Biden’s recent Executive Order expanding on those protections, those of us in the tech industry and the larger tech community are more committed than ever to continuing to fight for equity in the workplace. From advocating for passage of the Equality Act to implementing much-needed reforms [...]
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The year 2021 marks the 52nd anniversary of the Stonewall uprisings in New York City, one of the most pivotal displays of LGBTQ+ resistance in U.S. history. Rioters at Stonewall were tired of having limitations placed on their livelihoods and means of self-expression. A year after those initial uprisings, the first Pride march took place on June 28, 1970, in New York City to celebrate the varied identities [...]
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Recent cybersecurity incidents, notably the sophisticated nation-state backed supply chain compromise of SolarWinds and the profoundly disruptive ransomware attack of the Colonial Pipeline, have placed the cybersecurity posture of the U.S. in sharp focus. Of particular interest to U.S. policymakers is understanding the lessons that can be learned from these significant cybersecurity incidents. The [...]
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While a consensus has emerged in Washington, D.C. that securing the federal and commercial ICT supply chain is a U.S. priority, many questions remain on how to address the current patchwork of disparate and duplicative compliance regimes. On June 15, ITI brought legislative and executive branch stakeholders together with industry experts to explore these questions in an interactive conversation, “Facilitating [...]
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May is dedicated to celebrating people of Asian American Pacific Islander (AAPI) heritage and their contributions throughout U.S. history. Particularly, this year it is also an important opportunity to address the acts of intolerance that have placed AAPI people, communities, and businesses in danger. Many of these incidents were sparked by the prejudiced rhetoric around the COVID-19 pandemic, though [...]
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In the early months of the Biden Administration, the federal government contracting world has received significant attention. While it is generally well-known that the government uses private sector contracts for innovative products and services, federal contracts are now being used as the catalyst to drive important policy changes in areas including racial equity, climate change, and most recently, [...]
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Podcast guest-host and ITI Public Affairs intern Cydney Knotts is joined by Betsy Cooper, founding director of the Aspen Tech Policy Hub, for a wide-ranging conversation on her background and career trajectory, cybersecurity policy, women in STEM, and much more. You can listen to this episode on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, or Spotify.
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As economies around the world are sputtering back to life following an unprecedented global pandemic, the EU and U.S. continue to face a massive disruption to a key business driver – the transfer of data between the two regions. In the Schrems II case last July, Europe's highest court ruled that Privacy Shield, an EU-U.S. data transfer agreement, was invalid. The ruling also cast doubt upon the reliability [...]
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Every American should have the right to participate in its democracy by voting. The tech industry firmly believes that the right to vote is fundamental to a functioning democracy. Technology gives us the tools to make it easier for everyone to exercise that sacred civic duty. Technological advances are making voting easier, more accessible, and more secure. As this consequential conversation continues, [...]
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Sound tax policy helps to drive economic growth, research and development (R&D), and innovation. These factors are essential to ensuring the global competitiveness of companies doing business in the United States, including leading innovative firms across the technology sector. ITI supports a U.S. tax system that fuels growth and a global tax system that provides much-needed certainty for companies [...]
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