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Hill Tech Happenings, Week of July 12
From U.S. Public Policy Committee of the ACM

Hill Tech Happenings, Week of July 12

July 14 Markup: The House Science and Technology Committee will markup pending legislation 10 a.m., 2318 Rayburn Building July 15 Hearing: The Technology and...

Policy Highlights from Communications of the ACM - June 2010 (Vol. 53, No. 6)
From U.S. Public Policy Committee of the ACM

Policy Highlights from Communications of the ACM - June 2010 (Vol. 53, No. 6)

Below is a list of items with policy relevance from the June issue of Communications of the ACM. As always, much of the material in CACM is premium content, and...

USACM Releases Issue Brief on Military and Overseas Internet Voting
From U.S. Public Policy Committee of the ACM

USACM Releases Issue Brief on Military and Overseas Internet Voting

The U.S. Public Policy Council of the Association for Computing Machinery (USACM) has developed an issue brief on internet voting as it relates to military and...

Hill Tech Happenings, Week of June 28
From U.S. Public Policy Committee of the ACM

Hill Tech Happenings, Week of June 28

July 1 Hearing: The House Oversight and Government Reform Committee will hold a hearing on using cloud computing for federal information technology needs. 10...

Hill Tech Happenings, Week of June 21
From U.S. Public Policy Committee of the ACM

Hill Tech Happenings, Week of June 21

June 22 Hearing: The Competitiveness, Innovation, and Export Promotion Subcommittee of the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee will hold a hearing...

PCAST Seeks Advice on Critical Infrastructures for Technology Innovation
From U.S. Public Policy Committee of the ACM

PCAST Seeks Advice on Critical Infrastructures for Technology Innovation

The President's Innovation and Technology Advisory Committee (PITAC) is seeking public input on infrastructures that are critical to innovation in information technology...

Hill Tech Happenings, Week of June 14
From U.S. Public Policy Committee of the ACM

Hill Tech Happenings, Week of June 14

June 15 Hearing: The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee will hold a hearing on cyberspace as a national asset, with an emphasis on legislation...

Senator Lieberman and Colleagues Introduce Another Cybersecurity Bill
From U.S. Public Policy Committee of the ACM

Senator Lieberman and Colleagues Introduce Another Cybersecurity Bill

Cybersecurity legislation is sort of popular in this Congress. Several bills have been introduced, but there are enough cybersecurity bills working through the...

USACM Comments on Internet Privacy Bill Discussion Draft
From U.S. Public Policy Committee of the ACM

USACM Comments on Internet Privacy Bill Discussion Draft

Representatives Rick Boucher (D-Virginia) and Cliff Stearns (R-Florida), who are the chair and ranking member of the House Subcommittee on Communications, Technology...

Policy Highlights from Communications of the ACM - May 2010 (Vol. 53, No. 5)
From U.S. Public Policy Committee of the ACM

Policy Highlights from Communications of the ACM - May 2010 (Vol. 53, No. 5)

Below is a list of items with policy relevance from the May issue of Communications of the ACM. As always, much of the material in CACM is premium content, and...

Hill Tech Happenings, Week of May 24
From U.S. Public Policy Committee of the ACM

Hill Tech Happenings, Week of May 24

May 25 Meeting: The Data Privacy and Integrity Advisory Committee of the Department of Homeland Security will meet. 12:30 p.m., Harding Hall, 710 North Capitol...

Hill Tech Happenings, Week of May 17
From U.S. Public Policy Committee of the ACM

Hill Tech Happenings, Week of May 17

May 20 Hearing: The Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee will hold a hearing on the nomination of Carl Wieman to be the Associate Director for...

ACM Education Policy Committee and USACM Offer Support for COMPETES Reauthorization Bill
From U.S. Public Policy Committee of the ACM

ACM Education Policy Committee and USACM Offer Support for COMPETES Reauthorization Bill

The House Science and Technology Committee recently marked up a bill to reauthorize the America COMPETES Act. In recognition of this effort, the ACM Education...

Hill Tech Happenings, Week of May 10
From U.S. Public Policy Committee of the ACM

Hill Tech Happenings, Week of May 10

May 13 Hearing: The Subcommittee on Communications, Technology and the Internet of the House Energy and Commerce Committee will hold a hearing on the national...

ACM Washington Update, Vol. 14.3 (May 6, 2010)
From U.S. Public Policy Committee of the ACM

ACM Washington Update, Vol. 14.3 (May 6, 2010)

CONTENTS [1] Newsletter Highlights [2] Competes Act Reauthorization Gets Rolling [3] Open Government Plans Released and Guidance Issued on Social Networking [4]...

Draft Internet Privacy Bill Released
From U.S. Public Policy Committee of the ACM

Draft Internet Privacy Bill Released

Representative Rick Boucher, Chairman of the Subcommittee on Communications, Technology and the Internet released a discussion draft of an internet privacy bill...

COMPETES Act Reauthorization Takes First Step Through Congress
From U.S. Public Policy Committee of the ACM

COMPETES Act Reauthorization Takes First Step Through Congress

Last Wednesday at the end of a long markup session, the House Science and Technology Committee approved a bill that would reauthorize the American COMPETES Act,...

Hill Tech Happenings, Week of May 3
From U.S. Public Policy Committee of the ACM

Hill Tech Happenings, Week of May 3

May 5 Hearing: The Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties of the House Judiciary Committee will hold a hearing on updating the Electronic...

Policy Highlights from Communications of the ACM - April 2010 (Vol. 53, No. 4)
From U.S. Public Policy Committee of the ACM

Policy Highlights from Communications of the ACM - April 2010 (Vol. 53, No. 4)

Below is a list of items with policy relevance from the April issue of Communications of the ACM. As always, much of the material in CACM is premium content, and...

Hill Tech Happenings, Week of April 26
From U.S. Public Policy Committee of the ACM

Hill Tech Happenings, Week of April 26

April 28 Markup: The House Science and Technology Committee will mark up a reauthorization of the America COMPETES Act. 10 a.m., 2318 Rayburn Building
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