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Washington is full of speculation about Tuesday’s election and what Congress may or may not consider in the lame duck session. With lawmakers set to return from the campaign trail soon, it is time to remind Congress of some unfinished business they could quickly act on that will go a long way in helping tech companies here in the U.S. and in the global marketplace. FISA Reform. In the Senate, we are [...]
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Earlier this week, ITI submitted comments to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) in connection with the agency’s workshop last month that explored the impact of big data on consumers, including low income and underserved consumers. I attended the workshop, and based on the discussion at the event, there’s no doubt that there is widespread recognition that big data can yield tremendous benefits to consumers [...]
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Representatives from over 170 governments and industry, nongovernmental organizations, and civil society organizations have descended upon Busan, Korea, for the 19th Plenipotentiary (PP-14) meeting of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU). For the next few weeks over 1500 participants are gathering to consider and debate a wide range of issues. Cybersecurity is one issue, in particular, [...]
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When the House and Senate return for an expected ‘lame duck session’ after the election, one of the proposals they plan to focus on will be the FY15 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA). To speed up the proverbial legislative sausage making, the House and Senate Armed Services Committees are pre-conferencing their separate proposals now because it is unlikely the Senate could complete passage [...]
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A little more than six months after the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) released the Framework for Improving Critical Infrastructure Cybersecurity (Framework) version 1.0, the agency issued a request for information (RFI) to get feedback from stakeholders’ on their experiences with the Framework and their recommendations on next steps. NIST is seeking input, and sharing responses, [...]
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Soon I will have the privilege of visiting South Africa for the first time. I will be meeting with government and business leaders, as well as students, to talk about the opportunities and possibilities a free and open Internet will offer Africans. I am very excited about this opportunity. While I arrive as a newcomer, South Africa is not a stranger to me. As president of the Information Technology [...]
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On October 8, 2014, information communications technology (ICT) industry representatives and governments from Japan, the United States, and Europe held a meeting to discuss problematic policies known as “Forced Localization Measures.” Dozens of representatives from some of the world’s leading technology companies gathered in Tokyo to discuss the challenge of forced localization measures, which harm [...]
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In the wake of scandals involving disgraced former Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich and a culture of “pay to play” deals in which political contributions were exchanged for government contracts, state lawmakers and Governor Pat Quinn in 2009 enacted several pieces of reform legislation intended to stop similar fraud and abuse. However, problems quickly became apparent with some of the more extreme [...]
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With Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s arrival on the political scene in India and now his arrival in our nation’s capital this week, the winds of change may be blowing in ways that point to a new beginning. Coming into office on the heels of an historic landslide electoral victory in May, Mr. Modi’s promise of change is long overdue. Mr. Modi, himself, may be the first Indian prime minister who really [...]
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Global industry has weighed in today with a strong statement of support for bringing the negotiations to expand product coverage of the Information Technology Agreement (ITA) to a conclusion before the leaders of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) economies meet in Beijing on November 10-11. The ITA is a World Trade Organization (WTO) agreement that eliminates tariffs on tech products but [...]
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