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IEI Signs Coalition Letter in Support of the Strengthening Agency Management and Oversight of Software Assets (SAMOSAA) Act
Read the Full Coalition Letter Here
Surrendering Privacy to Protect Children Online
A variety of legislative proposals across the country attempt to limit “children’s” or minors’ ability to be online, to see certain content or contribute content, or to set up user accounts. Most enforce this by targeting the technology with heavy fines if the...
Star Trek Tech: If Government Stays Out of the Way
In Star Trek, Captain Kirk communicates to his allies and enemies via a giant video wall on his space ship’s holodeck. Decades ago, those science fiction fantasy technologies seemed far fetched, but apps like Zoom and Apple’s Facetime have made real-time video chat a...
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Latest From the Ecosystem
Technical Standards are Public Policy, and Must Be Monitored by the States
Technical standards are public policy. Many people tune out at the very mention of standards, but they are part of the public policy world as their impact can be broad and dramatic for any number of activities in a state, either enabling or hobbling them. Technical...
ALEC, the Supreme Court and Intellectual Property
The Supreme Court is currently considering a case, Google v. Oracle America, that could have a dramatic effect on copyright law in general and specifically on the copyright protection for software. So important is this case for intellectual property (IP) that ALEC...
The Health Tech We Knew We Needed but Never Got Around to Having
According to the Kaiser Family Foundation, physicians say, by a margin of 2 to 1, that the increased use of heath information technology is a positive for overall quality of care. As has been demonstrated on multiple occasions, infusing technology in healthcare can...
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