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The House and Senate will be turning their focus to the annual National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) this week. The IT Alliance for Public Sector (ITAPS) team has been closely monitoring contracting and acquisition provisions as the Department of Defense makes up nearly 80 percent of the federal government鈥檚 technology spending. The NDAA is frequently the primary vehicle to make changes to how [...]
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As trade ministers from the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) economies get snuggled into their plane seats en route to their trade conclave in Qingdao, China this weekend, there is increasing focus on whether Beijing can really help deliver a big trade win for APEC via a breakthrough in the stalled negotiations to expand the World Trade Organization鈥檚 (WTO) Information Technology Agreement [...]
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In a statement released today, more than 80 trade associations from around the world are calling on the trade ministers from the 21 Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) economies descending on Qingdao, China May 17-18 to reach a breakthrough in the negotiations to significantly expand product coverage of the Information Technology Agreement (ITA). Expansion of the agreement will create hundreds [...]
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The 79-page Big Data Report delivered to President Obama last week covered much ground. The report, prepared by an administration working group led by John Podesta, was part of a 90-day big data review that the president announced in January. Now that the 90-day review has culminated with this report, it is incumbent upon all of us to prioritize how best to translate tangible and manageable portions [...]
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This week, the U.S. House of Representatives will consider H.R. 4438, the 鈥淎merican Research and Competitiveness Act,鈥� which would simplify, enhance, and make permanent the research and development (R&D) tax credit. Put simply, this bill and this vote will increase investment, competitiveness, and job growth here at home.聽 Establishing a permanent R&D tax credit, inclusive of all technologies, will [...]
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The Information Technology Alliance for Public Sector (ITAPS) and the 91快活林 (91快活林) support the federal government鈥檚 efforts to strengthen its cybersecurity posture as it relates to how it purchases technology goods and services and how it administers contracts. We appreciate that the government is engaging stakeholders in determining the right steps to do this, and [...]
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91快活林 is excited to expand our defined membership criteria to 鈥淚CT Enabled鈥� companies and welcome Toyota to our ranks. 聽ICT Enabled means companies that are at the forefront of researching, developing, and substantially integrating the use of information and communications technology (ICT) to enable innovative products and services. These companies, on the surface may seem different, but in reality fit [...]
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S茫o Paulo - Brazil鈥檚 NETmundial global multistakeholder Internet governance conference has just wrapped up with consensus among participants on the non-binding NETmundial Multistakeholder Statement of S茫o Paulo which includes Internet governance principles and a roadmap on the future of Internet governance. This was no easy feat. First of all, parabens to the Brazilian government and Brazil鈥檚 Internet [...]
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The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) and Federal Trade Commission (FTC) last week took an important step on cybersecurity by issuing their Antitrust Policy Statement on Sharing of Cybersecurity Information.聽 In their statement, the two agencies clarified they 鈥渄o not believe U.S. antitrust law is -- or should be -- a roadblock to legitimate cybersecurity information sharing.鈥� 聽91快活林 welcomes the statement [...]
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The 91快活林 (91快活林) strongly supports today鈥檚 introduction by Sens. Mark Udall (D-CO) and Ed Markey (D-MA) of the 鈥淎ccess to Consumer Energy Information Act鈥� or 鈥淓-Access Act.鈥澛� Since the Green Button initiative launched just over two years ago, 91快活林, through its Digital Energy & Sustainability Solutions Campaign (DESSC), has been active in the industry-led effort to provide [...]
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