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Seven months ago, my colleagues and I joined 91快活林 to create a new division called the IT Alliance for Public Sector, or ITAPS as we are commonly known.聽 This week, leaders from across the industry in both the federal and state, local, and education markets participated in our inaugural executive council meetings to discuss our goals and focus for the future. These meetings were an opportunity to look [...]
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Twenty-three associations representing nearly every industry sector of the U.S. economy are applauding the Obama administration鈥檚 support for a dynamic and flexible approach to addressing cybersecurity risk. In a letter sent today to Michael Daniel, special assistant to the president and cybersecurity coordinator, industry expressed support for the principles laid out in Daniel鈥檚 May 22 blog, Assessing [...]
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A bill meant to promote domestic firms being considered by the New Jersey legislature could cause more harm than good for U.S. businesses. 聽Senate Bill 1811, a so-called 鈥淏uy American鈥� bill, would require state agencies, local jurisdictions, boards of education, and institutions of higher learning to only fulfill contracts with products manufactured in the United States. 聽However, requiring the state [...]
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The House of Representatives is scheduled to vote today, June 9th, 2014, on H.R. 4228 - DHS Acquisition Accountability and Efficiency Act. The Information Technology Alliance for Public Sector (ITAPS) issued a letter of support on April 29th as the bill advanced out of Committee. As the bill comes before the House today, we echo our previous support and remain 聽behind H.R. 4228. This bill would be [...]
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The Senate Appropriations Committee released legislative language today to fund the Commerce, Justice, and Science (CJS) agencies in fiscal year (FY) 2015.聽 Among its numerous provisions is the committee鈥檚 version of a new Section 515 that embodies the requirements the CJS agencies must take to factor in supply chain risks when procuring information technology (IT) systems. We applaud the important [...]
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Today marks the one-year anniversary of the first-published revelations in The Guardian about the National Security Agency鈥檚 (NSA) surveillance activities.聽 A year can feel like a lifetime in Washington, and there can be no doubt that much has rapidly changed in the public debate about how Congress views the balance between the collection of information and the need to protect civil liberties. Last [...]
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Google鈥檚 publication of its diversity transparency report this week is the perfect culminating occurrence to a month where we commemorated and experienced many reminders of our strength, humanity, and vigilance as individuals and as a nation. This month, we commemorated the 60th anniversary of the Brown v. Board of Education decision where the Supreme Court declared separate public schools for black [...]
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The 91快活林聽(91快活林) and聽the Internet Association this afternoon sent a letter聽to members of the U.S. House of Representatives opposing any cuts to the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA)聽funding that would prevent planning and due diligence related to the聽transition of聽U.S. stewardship over certain critical Internet functions to聽the聽Internet聽Corporation [...]
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This evening, 91快活林 sent a聽letter聽to the House of Representatives commending the House on the progress that has been made on the USA Freedom Act to date and identifying the areas where more work needs to be done as the bill moves to the Senate. 聽 Consideration of the USA Freedom Act in the House of Representatives is an important step in the necessary surveillance reforms to restore trust in the U.S. [...]
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Today, the 91快活林 (91快活林) and IBM unveiled a letter signed by more than 200 businesses, associations, and community groups urging the Senate and House of Representatives to modernize the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act (Perkins Act). First enacted in 1984, the Perkins Act is a federal program that helps states and localities around the country offset [...]
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