From Schneier on Security
Artificial intelligence (AI) has been billed as the next frontier of humanity: the newly available expanse whose exploration
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According to Wired.com's Threat Level, the new California law requiring "organizations in California to report suspected incidents of intentional and unintentional... From U.S. Public Policy Committee of the ACM | July 13, 2009 at 09:05 PM
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... From U.S. Public Policy Committee of the ACM | July 13, 2009 at 08:42 PM
Chief Technology Officer Vivek Kundra unveiled the IT Dashboard yesterday. The focus of this website is providing detail on all information technology investments... From U.S. Public Policy Committee of the ACM | June 30, 2009 at 06:10 PM
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... From U.S. Public Policy Committee of the ACM | June 30, 2009 at 03:44 PM
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... From U.S. Public Policy Committee of the ACM | June 24, 2009 at 08:37 PM
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... From U.S. Public Policy Committee of the ACM | June 22, 2009 at 03:09 PM
June 16
Hearing:
The Research and Science Education and the Technology and Innovation Subcommittees of the House Science and Technology Committee will hold a... From U.S. Public Policy Committee of the ACM | June 15, 2009 at 01:29 PM
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... From U.S. Public Policy Committee of the ACM | June 11, 2009 at 04:59 PM
June 10
Hearing:
The Research and Science Education subcommittee of the House Science and Technology Committee will hold a hearing on research and development... From U.S. Public Policy Committee of the ACM | June 8, 2009 at 01:38 PM
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... From U.S. Public Policy Committee of the ACM | June 6, 2009 at 07:03 PM
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... From U.S. Public Policy Committee of the ACM | June 5, 2009 at 07:26 PM
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... From U.S. Public Policy Committee of the ACM | June 4, 2009 at 11:44 PM
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... From U.S. Public Policy Committee of the ACM | June 3, 2009 at 08:59 PM
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... From U.S. Public Policy Committee of the ACM | June 2, 2009 at 05:40 PM
Today the Obama Administration released its cybersecurity review, a 60 day review of federal cybersecurity activity headed by Melissa Hathaway and completed in... From U.S. Public Policy Committee of the ACM | May 29, 2009 at 09:20 PM
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... From U.S. Public Policy Committee of the ACM | May 28, 2009 at 05:19 PM
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... From U.S. Public Policy Committee of the ACM | May 28, 2009 at 02:17 PM
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 | May 27, 2009 at 03:08 PM
Today the House passed by voice vote H.R. 2020, which is a bill to amend the High Performance Computing Act. Part of this law establishes the National Information... From U.S. Public Policy Committee of the ACM | May 13, 2009 at 07:35 PM
On May 20th, ACM will co-sponsor a briefing on Capitol Hill with the House STEM Education Caucus and the Congressional Black Caucus. The event, "Bringing Innovative... From U.S. Public Policy Committee of the ACM | May 12, 2009 at 08:12 PM