Category: legislation
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First-ever ACLU congressional testimony on artificial intelligence highlights secret algorithms used for a state’s government decision-making
WASHINGTON – Ritchie Eppink, an attorney Of Counsel with the ACLU of Idaho, testified before the United States Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Government Affairs about the harms of automated systems and artificial intelligence (AI) in government decision-making. Eppink was invited by the committee because of his involvement in K.W. v. Armstrong, the ACLU Idaho…
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State Legislative Bodies Advance Computer Science and Technology bills for High School Graduation and new Workforce STEM Requirements
NASHVILLE, TN—Tennessee’s General Assembly reconvened January 11, 2022 and on April 14, 2022 the Tennessee Senate unanimously passed Senate Bill 2406 (SB 2406) requiring their Department of Education (DOE) to adopt standards for computer science education by the 2023-2024 school year. Under the new bill, by the 2024-2025 school year all high school students in Tennessee would…
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Judiciary Antitrust Subcommittee Investigation Reveals Digital Economy Highly Concentrated, Impacted By Monopoly Power
WASHINGTON—The House Judiciary Committee’s Antitrust Subcommittee released the findings of its more than 16-month long investigation into the state of competition in the digital economy, especially the challenges presented by the dominance of Apple, Amazon, Google, and Facebook and their business practices. The report, entitled Investigation of Competition in the Digital Marketplace: Majority Staff Report…
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Implementing Diversity from the Top
LAS VEGAS, NV — Chief diversity officers (CDOs) from internationally-recognized brands in tech shared their best practices during CES® – the world’s largest and most influential tech event – for integrating diversity and inclusion (D&I) initiatives creating innovative cultures which have resulted in positive changes across their respective organizations. One of industry’s new innovative initiatives…
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DASHBOARD Act could force more disclosures from BigTECH, consumer data profits, and usage
WASHINGTON — U.S. Senators Mark R. Warner (D-VA) and Josh Hawley (R-MO) introduced the Designing Accounting Safeguards to Help Broaden Oversight And Regulations on Data (DASHBOARD) Act, bipartisan legislation that will require data harvesting companies such as social media platforms to tell consumers and financial regulators exactly what data they are collecting from consumers, and how…
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Tech juggernauts are returning to Capitol Hill for a new round of hearings
WASHINGTON — Now under attack by POTUS, meet the new wolves of ‘K Street’. Ahead of tech executives from Facebook, Google, and Twitter heading to more hearings in front of the U.S. Senate, in this video Loup Ventures’ Gene Munster discusses what he expects to hear from these powerful companies. What are their new agenda items,…
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Cyber ROTC
The House Passes Fiscal Year 2017 Defense Policy Bill WASHINGTON — The House voted on Wednesday, May 18th, 2016, to add billions to a list of Pentagon weapons programs and training, then signed off on a $583 billion Pentagon budget. The final vote was 277-147. H.R. 4909, the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017, also…
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Senator Feinstein Pushes for Final Passage of Cyber-Security Bill
eWeek 11.11.15 WASHINGTON—Saying that losses due to cyber-attacks could cost the U.S. economy more than $400 billion this year, Senator Diane Feinstein (D-CA) argued passionately for final approval of the Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act, which was passed by the Senate at the end of October. Quoting recent studies from Industry on the costs of cyber-crime,…