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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 - September 2009 (Vol. 52, No. 9)
Below is a list of items with policy relevance from the September issue of Communications of the ACM. As always, much of the material in CACM is premium content...
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Hill Tech Happenings, Week of September 14
September 14 Hearing: The Senate Homeland Security and Government Affairs Committee will hold a hearing on cyberattacks and industry. 10 a.m., 342 Dirksen Building...
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ACM Washington Update, Vol. 13.7 (September 9, 2009), 2009)
CONTENTS [1] Newsletter Highlights [2] ACM Urges That Education Funding Include Computer Science [3] USACM Comments on Government Web Tracking Policies [4] USACM...
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Hill Tech Happenings, Week of September 7
Congress has returned from its August recess. September 10 Meeting: The Consumer Advisory Committee of the Federal Communications Commission will meet to discuss...
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Lecture on Human-Computer Interaction and Public Policy
Event Date: September 21, 2009 The Washington DC Chapter of the Association for Computing Machinery, with support from the New America Foundation, will hold a...
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ACM Comments on Reach for the Top Education Fund
The Association for Computing Machinery recently submitted comments (PDF) on the Race to the Top Fund, an Education Department program set up to address some of...
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Health Information Technology Inches Forward
While health care legislation is stalled, movement continues on increasing the use of both health information technology and electronic health records. The National...
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FCC Seeks Comments on Definition of Broadband
As part of the National Broadband Plan that is within the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) seeks "tailored comment...
From Apophenia
Some Thoughts on Technophilia
The New Media Consortium is hosting a Symposium for the Future October 27-29. I was asked to write a few thoughts that might provoke conversation in preparation...
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Policy Highlights from Communications of the ACM - August 2009 (Vol. 52, No. 8)
Below is a list of items with policy relevance from the August issue of Communications of the ACM. As always, much of the material in CACM is premium content,...
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USACM Comments on Government Website Policy on Web Tracking Technologies
In response to a request for comment from the Office of Science and Technology Policy, today USACM submitted comments on how federal government websites should...
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Hill Tech Happenings, Week of August 3
August 6 Meeting: The President's Council of Advisers on Science and Technology (PCAST) will hold its initial meeting (PDF) of the Obama Administration (continues...
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Hill Tech Happenings, Week of July 27
July 29 Hearing: The House Oversight and Government Reform Committee will hold a hearing on peer-to-peer file sharing, with a focus on inadvertent file sharing...
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Hill Tech Happenings, Week of July 20
July 21 Hearing: The Subcommittee on Immigration, Border Security and Citizenship of the Senate Judiciary Committee will hold a hearing on changes to employment...
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Policy Highlights from Communications of the ACM - July 2009 (Vol. 52, No. 7)
Here are some items in the July 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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ACM Washington Update, Vol. 13.6 (July 14, 2009)
CONTENTS [1] Newsletter Highlights [2] USACM Completes Reorganization [3] USACM Members Testify on Cybersecurity [4] USACM Co-Chair Outlines Mechanics of Behavioral...
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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...
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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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