May 21 Hearing: The House Energy and Commerce Committee will hold a hearing on cybersecurity with witnesses from intelligence and critical infrastructure backgrounds. 10 a.m., 2123 Rayburn Building The Research and Technology Subcommittees of the House Science, Space and Technology Committee will hold a hearing on biometric technologies. 10 a.m., 2318 Rayburn Building The Communications [...]
May 8 Hearing: The Subcommittee on Crime and Terrorism of the Senate Judiciary Committee will hold a hearing on responses to cyberthreats. 9 a.m., 226 Dirksen Building May 9 Hearing: The Subcommittee on Government Operations of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee will hold a hearing on biometric identification. 9:30 a.m., 2154 Rayburn Building
As part of the President’s Executive Order on Cybersecurity, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is required to develop a Cybersecurity Framework (Framework). This Framework, per Section 7 of the Executive Order, would “include a set of standards, methodologies, procedures, and processes that align policy, business, and technological approaches to address cyber risks.” [...]
April 24 – Edited to Add Do Not Track hearing April 24 Hearing: The Subcommittee on Research of the House Science, Space, and Technology Committee will hold a hearing on computing and ‘big data.’ 10 a.m., 2318 Rayburn Building The Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee will hold a hearing on the status of voluntary [...]
On April 10 the House Intelligence Committee will review H.R. 624, the Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act. The Committee approved an almost identical bill last year, and USACM released a statement expressing serious concerns with the bill. While press reports indicate that several amendments will be up for consideration during tomorrow’s hearing, the text [...]
As Renee mentioned, President Obama issued an Executive Order establishing the Presidential Commission on Election Administration. The Commission was a promise made in the President’s State of the Union address this year, and responds to concerns over long waiting times for voters in the 2012 elections. The Commission is charged with identifying best practices and [...]
March 19 Hearing: The Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security and Investigations Subcommittee of the House Judiciary Committee will hold a hearing on the Electronic Communications Privacy Act. 10 a.m., 2141 Rayburn Building The Oversight and Management Efficiency Subcommittee of the House Homeland Security Committee will hold a hearing on Homeland Security Department information technology. 2 p.m., [...]
March 13 Hearing: The House Homeland Security Committee will hold a hearing on the Department of Homeland Security’s role in cybersecurity of critical infrastructure. 10 a.m., 311 Cannon Building (rescheduled from March 6) The Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security and Investigations of the House Judiciary Committee will hold a hearing on investigating and prosecuting [...]
After a long hiatus, the ACM Washington Update – a newsletter of computing policy activity published by the ACM Public Policy Office – is back. Yesterday we published a new issue, the second one in this new format. ACM Washington Update, Volume 17, Issue 1 (February 25, 2013) ACM Washington Update, Volume 17, Issue 2 [...]
On Thursday Senator Rockefeller of West Virginia introduced legislation to establish an option for people to opt out of tracking their online activity. It is S.418 and can be reviewed online. The Senator introduced a similar bill in 2011. He did not vigorously pursue the measure, in part because of efforts by several parties to [...]
March 6 Hearing: The House Homeland Security Committee will hold a hearing on the Department of Homeland Security’s role in cybersecurity for critical infrastructure. 10:30 a.m., 311 Cannon Building March 7 Hearing: The Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee will hold a hearing with the Senate Homeland Security and Government Affairs Committee on government and [...]
By David B. | Published: February 25, 2013
February 26 Hearing: The Research Subcommittee and the Technology Subcommittee of the House Science, Space and Technology Committee will hold a joint hearing on cybersecurity research and development. 10 a.m., 2318 Rayburn Building February 27 Hearing: The Immigration and Border Security Subcommittee of the House Judiciary Committee will hold a hearing on E-Verify, an electronic [...]
By David B. | Published: February 15, 2013
On Tuesday, as part of the State of the Union address, President Obama issued an executive order on cybersecurity. The order focuses on the cybersecurity of critical infrastructure – defined in the order as “systems and assets, whether physical or virtual, so vital to the United States that the incapacity or destruction of such systems [...]
By David B. | Published: February 12, 2013
February 14 Hearing: The House Select Committee on Intelligence will hold a hearing on advanced cyber threats. 10 a.m., HVC-210 Capitol Visitors Center The Research Subcommittee of the House Science, Space and Technology will hold a hearing focused on applications of information technology research and development. 2 p.m., 2318 Rayburn Building
By David B. | Published: January 11, 2013
On January 3rd, the Federal Trade Commission completed its antitrust review of Google. After 19 months of investigation, the Commission announced that Google will make changes to its search and other business practices in order to allay concerns that the company is engaged in anti-competitive behavior. Some critics consider the FTC actions soft and the [...]
By David B. | Published: January 9, 2013
The major political debates last week focused on the so-called ‘fiscal cliff.’ The cliff included a series of tax increases and spending cuts (the cuts are sometimes referred to as ‘sequestration’) that were set to happen last Tuesday, January 2. A last-minute deal didn’t resolve the situation entirely. Tax revenues were the main focus of [...]
By David B. | Published: January 8, 2013
During his appearance at a meeting of the President’s Council of Advisers on Science and Technology, federal Chief Technology Officer Todd Park indicated that there would be new government data policies announced in 2013. This follows on the Digital Government Strategy announced in the summer of 2012. One of these policies will be to “makes [...]
By David B. | Published: December 21, 2012
On Wednesday the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced the final updated rules for implementing the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA). Passed in 1998, COPPA rules had not been updated to reflect changes in technology, most notably the rise of mobile internet access and mobile applications. The final rules will take effect on July 1, [...]
By David B. | Published: December 20, 2012
The National Science Foundation (NSF) sought comments on the Federal Cybersecurity Research and Development Plan. The plan was released in late 2011, and NSF was interested in getting feedback from the research community on the effectiveness of the plan. Yesterday USACM submitted comments in response to this request, outlining our interests in cybersecurity research and [...]
By David B. | Published: September 17, 2012
September 19 Markup: The Senate Foreign Relations Committee will review pending legislation, including a concurrent resolution expressing the sense of Congress that the current Internet multistakeholder governance model should be maintained. 2:15 p.m., S-116 Capitol Building September 20 Hearing: The Securities, Insurance, and Investment Subcommittee of the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee will [...]
By David B. | Published: September 11, 2012
Part of the response to the reported excesses in conference spending involving the General Services Administration has been to restrict conference and travel spending across the government. Several pieces of legislation are working through Congress to implement such restrictions. However, we believe that the legislation, as currently written, would have unintended consequences for scientific, technical [...]
By David B. | Published: September 11, 2012
Congress has returned from its August break, and will attempt to get a little work done before it breaks for fall campaigning in early October. September 12 Hearing: The Emergency Preparedness, Response and Communications Subcommittee of the House Homeland Security Committee will hold a hearing on resilient communications and cybersecurity. 2 p.m., 311 Cannon Building
The Senate will consider cybersecurity legislation this week. Several amendments will be introduced and debated on the floor. July 31 Hearing: The Oversight of Government Management, the Federal Workforce and the District of Columbia Subcommittee of the Senate Homeland Security and Government Affairs Committee will hold a hearing on federal data security and privacy law. [...]
July 24 Briefing: The Information Technology and Innovation Foundation is holding a briefing on assistive voting technology for veterans. 9:30 a.m., 188 Russell Building Hearing: The House Judiciary Committee will hold a hearing on sales and use tax laws, including sales conducted online. 10 a.m., 2141 Rayburn Building July 25 Hearing: The Intellectual Property, Competition [...]
July 17 Hearing: The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee will hold a hearing on the electric grid and cybersecurity. 10 a.m., 366 Dirksen Building July 18 Hearing: The Subcommittee on Privacy, Technology and the Law of the Senate Judiciary Committee will hold a hearing on facial recognition technology, including its online applications. 2:30 p.m., [...]
One of the consequences of the recent East Coast storm was that several cloud computing services were knocked off line for several hours. As government services and information make greater use of the web and cloud services, interruptions to those services will have a greater impact during the next outage. To address such a situation, [...]
July 10 Discussion: Deputy Chief Technology Officer Daniel Weitzner will be featured in a discussion on federal Internet policy making. 12 noon, The Hudson Institute, 1015 15th St. NW, Washington. (also available online) July 12 Meeting: The National Telecommunications and Information Administration will host a day long meeting on developing a consumer data privacy code [...]
June 27 Hearing: The Communications and Technology Subcommittee of the House Energy and Commerce Committee will hold a hearing on changes in video technology 10 a.m., 2123 Rayburn Building The Intellectual Property, Competition and the Internet Subcommittee of the House Judiciary Committee will hold a hearing on international enforcement of intellectual property rights. 10 a.m., [...]
June 19 Hearing: The Intellectual Property, Competition and the Internet Subcommittee of the House Judiciary Committee will hold a hearing on the public policy implications of new mobile and online technologies. 10 a.m., 2141 Rayburn Building The Technology and Innovation Subcommittee of the House Science, Space and Technology Committee will hold a hearing on best [...]
In late April the House considered and passed several pieces of cybersecurity legislation. At the time USACM released a statement with general recommendations for cybersecurity bills. Of the bills that passed the House, H.R. 3523, the Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act (CISPA), has attracted the most concern. The bill is currently in the Senate [...]
May 31 Hearing: The Communications and Technology Subcommittee of the House Energy and Commerce Committee will hold a hearing on international proposals to regulate the Internet. 10:15 a.m., 2322 Rayburn Building June 1 Hearing: The Capital Markets and Government Sponsored Enterprises Subcommittee of the House Financial Services Committee will hold a hearing on cybersecurity and [...]
May 17 Hearing: The Crime, Terrorism and Homeland Security Subcommittee of the House Judiciary Hearing will meet on the Geolocational Privacy and Surveillance Act, H.R. 2168. 10 a.m., 2141 Rayburn Building
May 9 Hearing: The Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee will hold a hearing on the consumer privacy reports issued by the Federal Trade Commission and the Obama Administration. 2:30 p.m., 253 Russell Building
While Congress has tried to pass major cybersecurity legislation for the last few years, this week marks what could be a major step forward in finally getting a bill to the President’s desk. The House leadership has scheduled four cybersecurity bills for votes on Thursday and Friday of this week. The bills up for consideration [...]
April 26 – Edited to note that the E-Verify hearing has been postponed. April 24 – Edited to add E-Verify hearing for April 27. The House is expected to consider four cybersecurity bills on Thursday and Friday, April 26 and 27. April 24 Hearing: The Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee will hold a hearing [...]
April 17 – Edited to add House Homeland Security markup on April 18 April 18 Markup: The House Oversight and Government Reform Committee will review a bill to update the Federal Information Security Management Act. 10 a.m., 2154 Rayburn Building The House Homeland Security Committee will review a bill on information sharing related to cybersecurity. [...]
Part of the Obama Administration’s proposed online privacy initiative involves consumer data privacy codes of conduct. These codes would be developed through a multi-stakeholder process, and the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) is responsible for convening those processes. To that end, NTIA released a request for comment in early March (the deadline was extended [...]
Yesterday the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) released the final version of its report on consumer privacy online. It issued a draft report in December 2010 and received over 450 comments in response, including those filed by USACM. The final report retains the same general framework outlined in the December 2010 draft, and is broadly consistent [...]
March 27 – edited to reflect time change for Thursday’s hearing on public access. Original Post: March 27 Hearing: The Technology and Innovation Subcommittee of the House Science, Space and Technology Committee will hold a hearing on the effect of federal policies on innovation. 10 a.m., 2318 Rayburn Building March 28 Hearing: The Communications and [...]
March 21 Hearing: The Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security of the House Judiciary Committee will hold a hearing on the REAL ID Act’s standards for driver’s licenses and identification cards. 10 a.m., 2141 Rayburn Building The Technology, Information Policy Intergovernmental Affairs and Procurement Reform Subcommittee of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee [...]
The Association for Computing Machinery has awarded the 2011 A.M. Turing Award, considered the equivalent of a Nobel Prize in Computing, to Judea Pearl, a Professor of Computer Science at the University of California, Los Angeles. Pearl is recognized for his work in transforming research in artificial intelligence (AI). From his Turing citation: “Judea Pearl’s [...]
March 6 Hearing: The Science and Space Subcommittee of the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee will hold a hearing on research and development investments. 2:30 p.m., 253 Russell Building March 7 Hearing: The Communications and Technology Subcommittee of the House Energy and Commerce Committee will hold a hearing on communications networks and cybersecurity. 10 [...]
On Monday USACM submitted comments to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) on the Menlo Report, which was issued in September 2011. The goal of the report was to extend ethical guidelines for research involving human subjects to computer and information security research. It based its framework on the Belmont Report for 1979, which developed [...]
By David B. | Published: February 27, 2012
February 29 Hearing: The Investigations and Oversight Subcommittee of the House Science, Space and Technology Committee will hold a hearing on cybersecurity at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. 2 p.m., 2318 Rayburn Building
By David B. | Published: February 13, 2012
February 16 Hearing: The Senate Homeland Security and Government Affairs Committee will hold a hearing on the Cybersecurity and Internet Freedom Act of 2012. 2:30 p.m., 342 Dirksen Building February 17 Hearing: The House Science, Space and Technology Committee will hold a hearing on science research and development funding for fiscal year 2013. 9:30 a.m., [...]
By David B. | Published: February 8, 2012
Yesterday the House Science, Space and Technology Committee approved legislation updating the High Performance Computing Act of 1991. That law, among other things, established the Networking and Information Technology Research and Development program (NITRD). NITRD was established to coordinate federal research and development in computing, and as computing knowledge and technology change, the law should [...]
By David B. | Published: February 6, 2012
February 7 Markup: The House Science, Space and Technology Committee will review pending legislation, including a bill to amend the High Performance Computing Act of 1991. 10 a.m., 2318 Rayburn Building February 8 Hearing: The Communications and Technology Subcommittee of the House Energy and Commerce Committee will hold a hearing on the cybersecurity of communications [...]
By David B. | Published: January 30, 2012
February 1 Markup: The Subcommittee on Cybersecurity, Infrastructure Protection and Security Technologies of the House Homeland Security Committee will mark up legislation on cybersecurity and information sharing. 10 a.m., 311 Cannon Building
By David B. | Published: January 18, 2012
This week, as opposing views on the Preventing Real Online Threats to Economic Creativity and Theft of Intellectual Property Act of 2011 (S. 968, the PROTECT IP Act, or PIPA) and the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA – H.R. 3261), come increasingly increasingly into focus—Wikipedia and other opposing organizations stage a blackout, the Motion Picture [...]
By David B. | Published: December 12, 2011
December 14 Hearing: The Subcommittee on Communications and Technology of the House Energy and Commerce Committee will hold a hearing on ICANN’s top-level domain program. 9 a.m., 2123 Rayburn Building
By David B. | Published: December 5, 2011
December 6 Hearing: The Cybersecurity, Infrastructure Protection and Security Technologies Subcommittee of the House Homeland Security Committee will hold a hearing on a draft legislative proposal on cybersecurity. 10 a.m., 311 Cannon Building
By David B. | Published: November 22, 2011
Below is a list of items with policy relevance from the September issue of Communications of the ACM. As always, much of the material in CACM is premium content, and free content one month may slip behind a pay wall the next. You need to be a member of ACM or a subscriber to CACM [...]
By David B. | Published: November 14, 2011
The Joint Committee on Deficit Reduction is the formal name of the “Supercommittee” that is supposed to recommend at least $1.2 trillion in deficit reduction over the next 10 years. USACM sent a letter today to the supercommittee that notes the value of computing to the nation, a value that needs consistent investment in order [...]
By David B. | Published: November 14, 2011
November 15 Hearing: The Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism and Homeland Security of the House Judiciary Committee will hold a hearing on cybersecurity. 10 a.m., 2141 Rayburn Building November 16 Hearing: The House Judiciary Committee will hold a hearing on the Stop Online Piracy Act. 10 a.m., 2141 Rayburn Building
By David B. | Published: November 9, 2011
Below is a list of items with policy relevance from the August issue of Communications of the ACM. As always, much of the material in CACM is premium content, and free content one month may slip behind a pay wall the next. You need to be a member of ACM or a subscriber to CACM [...]
By David B. | Published: October 31, 2011
UPDATE (November 2 added): November 2 Markup: The Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee will review pending legislation. A bill on data security is scheduled for this session. 2:30 p.m., November 3 Hearing: The Research and Science Education Subcommittee of the House Science, Space and Technology Committee will hold a hearing on STEM (science, technology, [...]
By David B. | Published: October 27, 2011
The Department of Heath and Human Services is planning to revise what it calls the Common Rule – the regulations overseeing federally funded research involving human subjects. These regulations were last updated in the early 1990s, so the proposed changes try to catch up with the advances in research and in computing since that time. [...]
By David B. | Published: October 12, 2011
October 12 Hearing The Research and Science Education Subcommittee of the House Science, Space and Technology Committee will hold a hearing on education approaches in science, technology, engineering and mathematics subjects. 10 a.m., 2318 Rayburn Building
By David B. | Published: October 4, 2011
In August USACM submitted comments on the draft green paper “Cybersecurity, Innovation and the Internet Economy” issued by the Internet Policy Task Force of the Department of Commerce. This work by the Task Force is an important recognition of how cybersecurity and privacy can support each other as they help ensure that the online environment [...]
By David B. | Published: October 3, 2011
October 4 The House Select Intelligence Committee will hold a hearing on cyber threats. 10 a.m., HVC-210, Capitol Visitor Center October 6 Hearing: The Cybersecurity, Infrastructure Protection and Security Technologies Subcommittee of the House Homeland Security Committee will hold a hearing on cloud computing. 10 a.m., 311 Cannon Building
By David B. | Published: September 26, 2011
Budget issues should dominate what little time Congress intends to spend in town this week. September 26 Hearing: The House Science, Space and Technology Committee will hold a field hearing on science, technology, engineering and mathematics education. 10 a.m., Sullivan Performing Arts Center, Texarkana, Texas.
By David B. | Published: September 23, 2011
Yesterday, Senator Bob Casey (D-Pennsylvania) and Representative Jared Polis (D-Colorado) introduced legislation to strengthen computer science education in the United States. Called the Computer Science Education Act (CSEA), the bill focuses on K-12 education. Here’s a summary of the key objectives of the bill, taken from the ACM press release: Fund planning grants for states [...]
By David B. | Published: September 22, 2011
Dr. Robert Schnabel, Dean of the School of Informatics at the University of Indiana and Chair of ACM’s Education Policy Committee, testified before the House Research and Science Education Subcommittee on Thursday. The hearing focused on the Networking and Information Technology Research and Development program (NITRD), a U.S. government program that coordinates the various federal [...]
By David B. | Published: September 19, 2011
September 21 Hearing: The Technology and Innovation Subcommittee of the House Science, Space and Technology Committee will hold a hearing on Cloud Computing. 10 a.m., 2318 Rayburn Building The Research and Science Education Subcommittee of the House Science, Space and Technology Committee will hold a hearing on the Networking and Information Technology Research and Development [...]
By David B. | Published: September 15, 2011
Those in the Washington, D.C. area next Wednesday, September 21, may want to attend a Congressional briefing hosted by the Task Force on American Innovation (ACM and USACM have participated in Task Force efforts in the past). The briefing is also hosted by Representatives Hultgren (Illinois), McCaul (Texas), and Quayle (Arizona). Titled Deconstructing the iPad, [...]
By David B. | Published: September 12, 2011
September 14 Hearing: The Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit Subcommittee of the House Financial Services Committee will hold a hearing on cybercrime and the financial sector. 10 a.m., 2128 Rayburn Building September 15 Hearing: The Commerce, Manufacturing and Trade Subcommittee of the House Energy and Commerce Committee will hold a hearing on the U.S. impacts [...]
By David B. | Published: September 6, 2011
Congress has returned from its August recess. The Fiscal Year 2012 budget should be high on the agenda, as that year starts October 1. September 7 Hearing The Senate Judiciary Committee will hold a hearing to discuss updates to the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act. 10 a.m., 226 Dirksen Building
By David B. | Published: August 17, 2011
Below is a list of items with policy relevance from the July issue of Communications of the ACM. As always, much of the material in CACM is premium content, and free content one month may slip behind a pay wall the next. You need to be a member of ACM or a subscriber to CACM [...]
By David B. | Published: August 15, 2011
Like many federal agencies, the Social Security Administration (SSA) is trying to provide more services in a time of limited resources. As part of its efforts to better serve the public, the SSA is working on an online authentication system to help ensure that the people it is interacting with online are indeed the people [...]
By David B. | Published: August 13, 2011
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 free content one month may slip behind a pay wall the next. You need to be a member of ACM or a subscriber to CACM [...]
By David B. | Published: August 12, 2011
Often things slow down in the summer, but that’s not been the case for USACM this year. We’ve been busy commenting on various government proposals related to computing and will post about that work over the next few days. The National Strategy for Trusted Identities in Cyberspace (NSTIC) is a government-wide effort to work with [...]
By David B. | Published: August 11, 2011
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 free content one month may slip behind a pay wall the next. You need to be a member of ACM or a subscriber to CACM [...]
Shortly before Vivek Kundra’s scheduled departure from the position of federal Chief Information Officer, the White House has named his replacement. Steven VanRoekel moves into the position from the U.S. Agency for International Development, where he was its Executive Director of Citizen and Organizational Engagement. He worked for the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) before that, [...]
Yes, there is more to Washington right now than negotiations and voting on the results. August 2 Briefing: The Strategic Forces Subcommittee of the Senate Armed Services Committee will receive a closed briefing on cybersecurity. 2:30 p.m., Capitol Visitors Center August 3 Hearing: House Science, Space and Technology Committee will hold a hearing on the [...]
July 26 Hearing: The Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee of the House Energy and Commerce Committee will hold a hearing on cybersecurity and critical infrastructure. 11 a.m., 2322 Rayburn Building
July 11 Meeting: The Data Privacy and Integrity Advisory Committee of the Department of Homeland Security will meet. 10 a.m., 111 Massachusetts Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C. July 13 Meeting: The Information Security and Privacy Advisory Board will meet (continues through July 15) 8 a.m., Homewood Suites, 1475 Massachusetts Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C. July 14 Meeting: [...]
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 free content one month may slip behind a pay wall the next. You need to be a member of ACM or a subscriber to CACM [...]
July 7 Hearing: The House Oversight and Government Reform Committee will hold a hearing on cybersecurity threats and threat assessment.
June 29 Hearing: The Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee will hold a hearing on consumer data privacy. 10 a.m., 253 Russell Building The House Financial Services Committee will hold a field hearing on cybercrime and financial institutions. 2 p.m., National Computer Forensics Institute, 2020 Valleydale Rd. Hoover, Ala.
Patent reform is one of many issues that has been stalled in the halls of Congress over the last several years. However, this particular effort may get somewhere soon. H.R. 1249, the America Invents Act, was approved by the House Judiciary Committee and reported to the full House for consideration and a vote. The White [...]
Below is a list of items with policy relevance from the March issue of Communications of the ACM. As always, much of the material in CACM is premium content, and free content one month may slip behind a pay wall the next. You need to be a member of ACM or a subscriber to CACM [...]
Cybersecurity appears to be the word for committees this week. June 21 Hearing: The Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee will hold a hearing on cybersecurity in the financial sector. 10 a.m., 538 Dirksen Building The Subcommittee on Crime and Terrorism of the Senate Judiciary Committee will hold a hearing on the administration’s cybersecurity [...]
June 14 Conference: The Computers, Freedom and Privacy Conference takes place (continues through June 16) Georgetown University Law Center, 600 New Jersey Avenue, NW, Washington, D.C. June 15 Hearing: The Commerce, Trade and Manufacturing subcommittee of the House Energy and Commerce Committee will hold a hearing on proposed consumer data protection legislation. 10 a.m., 2322 [...]
UPDATE (June 1) – The House Oversight and Government Reform Committee hearing scheduled for June 1 has been postponed. While the Senate is not in session this week, the House is. June 1 Hearing: House Oversight and Government Reform Committee will hold a hearing on cybersecurity. 9:30 a.m., 2154 Rayburn Building The Intellectual Property, Competition [...]
May 23 Hearing: The Senate Homeland Security and Government Affairs Committee will hold a hearing on the Administration’s cybersecurity proposal. 10:30 a.m., 342 Dirksen Building May 25 Hearing: The Intellectual Property, Competition and the Internet Subcommittee and the Crime, Terrorism and Homeland Security Subcommittee of the House Judiciary Committee will hold a joint hearing on [...]
May 19 Meeting: The President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology will meet. The meeting will be webcast. 9 a.m., Marriott Metro Center, 775 12th Street NW Hearing: The Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee will hold a hearing on consumer protection and privacy in mobile devices. 10 a.m., 253 Russell Building Meeting: The [...]
The Securities and Exchange Commission recently issued a request for comments on proposed changes to the rules regulating asset-backed securities. Part of the suggested changes included a requirement to file a computer program of the contractual cash flow provisions expressed in a particular computer language – Python. In connection with ACM’s Special Interest Group for [...]
The House is presently on recess until after Labor Day, and the Senate is scheduled to join them by the weekend. August 4 (Continues to noon on August 6) The Information Security and Privacy Board will meet to discuss a variety of matters. 1221 22nd Street, NW, Washington, D.C.
Below is a list of items with policy relevance from the July issue of Communications of the ACM. As always, much of the material in CACM is premium content, and free content one month may slip behind a pay wall the next. You need to be a member of ACM or a subscriber to CACM [...]
The House recently passed H.R. 3101, the 21st Century Communications and Video Accessibility Act. Sponsored by Rep. Markey of Massachusetts, the bill seeks to apply standards of accessibility first encouraged by the Americans with Disabilities Act to online services. Specifically the bill would: Extend general accessibility provisions for equipment that provides voice communication to include [...]
