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Policy Highlights from Communications of the ACM - April 2008 (Vol. 52, No. 4)
From U.S. Public Policy Committee of the ACM

Policy Highlights from Communications of the ACM - April 2008 (Vol. 52, No. 4)

Items in the April issue of Communications of the ACM that have policy relevance. Remember, much of the material in CACM is considered premium content. You will...

President Obama Announces New PCAST Members
From U.S. Public Policy Committee of the ACM

President Obama Announces New PCAST Members

Yesterday President Obama announced the full membership of his President's Council of Advisers on Science and Technology (PCAST). This is an advisory body that...

Obama Administration Appoints a Chief Technology Officer
From U.S. Public Policy Committee of the ACM

Obama Administration Appoints a Chief Technology Officer

One of the Administration's campaign promises was to create the position of Chief Technology Officer. While the specific job description was vague during the campaign...

Hill Tech Happenings, Week of April 27
From U.S. Public Policy Committee of the ACM

Hill Tech Happenings, Week of April 27

April 28 Hearing: The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee will hold a hearing on cybersecurity. 10 a.m., 342 Dirksen Building The Federal...

White House Cybersecurity Review Complete; Public Announcement Expected Soon
From U.S. Public Policy Committee of the ACM

White House Cybersecurity Review Complete; Public Announcement Expected Soon

The Obama Administration recently finished a 60-day review of federal cybersecurity efforts. Melissa Hathaway, Acting White House Cyberspace Director, indicated...

What on Earth are Anthropologists Doing Playing With Mobile Phones?
From Putting People First

What on Earth are Anthropologists Doing Playing With Mobile Phones?

What on earth are anthropologists doing playing with mobile phones, asks Ken Banks, founder of kiwanja.net and creator of FrontlineSMS. “It’s widely recognised...

Federal Trade Commission Issues Proposed Breach Notification Rule
From U.S. Public Policy Committee of the ACM

Federal Trade Commission Issues Proposed Breach Notification Rule

On April 16 the Federal Trade Commission issued a proposed rule requiring entities to notify consumers in the event that the security of their electronic health...

Hill Tech Happenings, Week of April 20
From U.S. Public Policy Committee of the ACM

Hill Tech Happenings, Week of April 20

April 23 Hearing: The Communications, Technology and the Internet Subcommittee of the House Energy and Commerce Committee will hold a hearing on recent developments...

Gathering User Ideas
From Putting People First

Gathering User Ideas

Nokia’s IdeasProject website is intriguing. A content focused platform focused on high level discourse, it contains interviews with thought leaders in communications...

Broad-based Cybersecurity Bill Introduced
From U.S. Public Policy Committee of the ACM

Broad-based Cybersecurity Bill Introduced

Senator Rockefeller (D-West Virginia) introduced last week a bill that would increase the role of the federal government in cybersecurity. S. 773 (text not yet...

ACM Washington Update, Vol. 13.3 (April 3, 2009)
From U.S. Public Policy Committee of the ACM

ACM Washington Update, Vol. 13.3 (April 3, 2009)

CONTENTS [1] Newsletter Highlights [2] Computing Groups Call for More Focus on Computing Education [3] 2008 ACM Turing Award Recognizes Dr. Barbara Liskov [4]...

Update on Recovery.Gov
From U.S. Public Policy Committee of the ACM

Update on Recovery.Gov

Recovery.gov is one of the first deliverables of the massive funding package better known as the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA). Mandated by ARRA...

Homeland Security Secretary Puts REAL ID on Back Burner
From U.S. Public Policy Committee of the ACM

Homeland Security Secretary Puts REAL ID on Back Burner

The new Secretary of Homeland Security, Janet Napolitano, indicated on Friday that there were many flaws and problems with the REAL ID law, which is intended to...

Hill Tech Happenings, Week of March 30
From U.S. Public Policy Committee of the ACM

Hill Tech Happenings, Week of March 30

March 31 Markup: The Research and Science Education Subcommittee of the House Science and Technology Committee will markup pending legislation, including the STEM...

Internet Privacy Bill Possible in this Congress
From U.S. Public Policy Committee of the ACM

Internet Privacy Bill Possible in this Congress

The Bits blog at The New York Times recently ran an interview with Representative Rick Boucher (D-VA) the new Chair of the Subcommittee on Communications, Technology...

Policy Highlights from Communications of the ACM - March 2008 (Vol. 52, No. 3)
From U.S. Public Policy Committee of the ACM

Policy Highlights from Communications of the ACM - March 2008 (Vol. 52, No. 3)

This post will be the first in a monthly series to highlight policy-relevant articles in ACM's flagship publication, Communications of the ACM (CACM). There is...

Educating NITRD
From U.S. Public Policy Committee of the ACM

Educating NITRD

As far as obscure government acronyms go, NITRD is a pretty good one. It stands for the National Information Technology Research and Development program. This...

Hill Tech Happenings, Week of March 15
From U.S. Public Policy Committee of the ACM

Hill Tech Happenings, Week of March 15

March 17 Meeting: The Election Assistance Commission will hold a meeting. One of the agenda items concerns voter registration databases., 11 a.m., 1225 New York...

A Transition
From CSDiary

A Transition

The Computing Research Association (CRA) is one of the most important advocacy organizations for computing research. It promotes the cause of computing research...

ACM Turing Award Goes to Creator of Influential Innovations in Computer Software Design
From U.S. Public Policy Committee of the ACM

ACM Turing Award Goes to Creator of Influential Innovations in Computer Software Design

MIT's Liskov, First U.S. Woman Ph.D. in Computer Science, Pioneered the Standard for Modern Programming Language and Software Reliability ACM, the Association...
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