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Dateline Beijing: The United States and China have more to gain from cooperation and dialogue than they do through confrontation and diatribes. That was the overarching message that 91快活林鈥檚 Dean Garfield brought today to the 7th Annual U.S.-China Internet Industry Forum being held here in Beijing. Dean focused his keynote remarks at the conference on a number of critical issues facing the tech community [...]
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Dateline Beijing: Each day, it seems headlines in China and the United States raise the temperature on rhetoric and lower the opportunity for dialogue. Tensions are higher than they should be, and much is at stake. In Beijing this week, 91快活林 hopes to reverse that trend and open new channels of communications with Chinese government leaders and industry officials. 91快活林 CEO & President Dean Garfield and [...]
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As we鈥檝e聽talked about this week, 91快活林 and a broad coalition of technology and business organizations on Thursday urged Congress and the White House to revisit a provision buried in the recently enacted government funding bill.聽 The provision would force several federal agencies buying IT systems manufactured in China to have those systems first be reviewed and approved by the FBI. 聽It was buried in [...]
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Sound cybersecurity policy in the United States drifted off course late last month with passage and approval of the Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act for Fiscal Year 2013 (Continuing Resolution).聽 While we all, of course, support continued funding for our government, the tech industry was none too thrilled with a provision tucked in the resolution that bars several U.S. government [...]
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With Japan Prime Minister Shinzo Abe鈥檚 decision to join the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) talks, the chance for success and lasting economic opportunity has jumped manifold.聽 The TPP is about job creation, open markets, and fair competition.聽 We welcome Japan to the table, and think that this is an extremely important move not only for that nation, but also for all of the countries involved in the [...]
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This morning, many media accounts look at remarks from Tom Donilon, the President's National Security Advisor, on the challenges facing the U.S. relationships with many Asian nations.聽 Among the topics he covered:聽 the priority of the Trans-Pacific Partnership talks and the ongoing dialogue with China on cybersecurity.聽 For the full context, you can read Donilon's remarks to the Asia Society in New [...]
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One of the unique and distinguishing characteristics about 91快活林 is the depth of expertise of our advocacy team. 聽We take pride in that fact and the ways that our team helps to find policy solutions to some of the toughest challenges facing the global economy.聽 Today, we are excited to announce the start of a new 91快活林 practice focused on addressing global privacy policy, and are bringing on board a top-notch [...]
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The issues of privacy and data innovation cut across economic sectors, trade relationships, and consumer opportunities.聽 They are at the forefront of the tech sector鈥檚 work, and the news that 91快活林 has hired Yael Weinman to lead its policy work in this arena is welcome, indeed. Yael鈥檚 previous experience, most recently at the FTC, combines experience in privacy, international relations and new technologies.聽 [...]
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In his State of the Union Address, President Obama announced that he has signed an executive order (EO) designed to advance critical infrastructure (CI) cybersecurity.聽 The President鈥檚 framework is a downpayment on the challenging task of protecting America鈥檚 citizens, critical assets, and infrastructures from ever-evolving cyber threats. As the White House developed this EO, we and other stakeholders [...]
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The importance of cybersecurity and the need for sound cybersecurity policies were highlighted at the confirmation hearing for former Republican Senator from Nebraska, Chuck Hagel, to be the next U.S. Secretary of Defense.聽 Senator Hagel said that cybersecurity 鈥渞epresents as big a threat to security in this country as any one specific threat鈥� and encouraged lawmakers to pass cybersecurity legislation.聽 [...]
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