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In the past year, U.S. cybersecurity policy has taken significant steps forward, moving away from proposed regulation-heavy regimes to a framework that embraces innovation as central to effective cyber protections.聽 Most recently, President Obama鈥檚 cyber executive order (EO) and the House-passed Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act each focus on voluntary, collaboratively developed standards [...]
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A global alliance of trade associations has joined together to urge China to take a fresh look at its position regarding the Information Technology Agreement (ITA) expansion聽negotiations and return to the table with a proposal that can lead to a strong outcome.聽 In a joint letter signed by the heads of 35 trade associations from developing and developed countries around the world, we urged Vice Premier [...]
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The Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) presents significant opportunities for new job creation and economic growth for both the United States and the European Union 鈥� if negotiators can forge an agreement that reflects the dynamic, innovative marketplace in both regions. That鈥檚 the message 91快活林鈥檚 Dean Garfield will offer at a Wednesday House hearing on TTIP. Dean鈥檚 testimony is going [...]
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Earlier today, Representatives Doris Matsui, Brett Guthrie, Adam Smith, and Duncan Hunter introduced the Efficient Use of Government Spectrum Act.聽 As our nation puts together the pieces of the puzzle necessary to address the spectrum shortage for mobile broadband, this is exactly the type of bill that brings several of those pieces together.聽 It is going to take hard work by Congress, the FCC, NTIA, [...]
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This spring, my 9-year-old son decided he wanted to play Little League baseball, which means he'll now be facing a big transition in hitting expectations. At this level, all players are expected to hit live pitching. Throughout my son's youth baseball experience, he has advanced through a number of different skills stages - from hitting off the tee to coach pitching and now to live batting. And while [...]
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Dateline Geneva 鈥� Despite great progress leading up to this week to close the deal on expansion of the WTO Information Technology Agreement (ITA), China showed up to the talks two days late and far more than a dollar short.聽 In fact, China made almost no move to cut its staggering list of sensitive products it wants removed from the negotiating table. 聽 聽 So no one was surprised when the e-mail notice [...]
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Mobile technology is a driving force behind virtually every industry, not to mention the myriad ways that we each use mobile computing in our daily lives.聽 These technologies are fundamental to virtually every economic and social activity conducted globally.聽 Mobile networks are as intrinsic to the U.S. and global economies as transportation and energy networks.聽 And a report recently published by [...]
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Earlier this month a bipartisan group of members in the House of Representatives introduced HR 2536, the Computer Science Education Act (CSEA).聽 The CSEA is a modest and rather innocuous proposal that would redefine computer science as a 鈥渃ore academic subject鈥� in the Elementary and Secondary Education Act.聽 In the simplest terms, this means that federal funds could be used to support the teaching [...]
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Dateline Geneva:聽 Trade negotiators from around the world have arrived to a pleasantly cool and sunny Geneva to begin what we hope will be the final round of talks this week to expand the WTO鈥檚 Information Technology Agreement. Recall this tariff-elimination effort kicked off a little more than a year with a major conference at the WTO to commemorate the 15th anniversary of this important agreement.聽 [...]
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This piece was originally posted by Schneider Electric. In a year of political impasse where we can鈥檛 agree on a budget, immigration reform or gun control, an area of agreement and bi-partisan support has emerged; energy efficiency.聽聽Depending on which side of the aisle you sit, energy efficiency either gets support as a job creator, a reducer of government waste or a step forward towards solving our [...]
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