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‘Starting up the Recovery: Internet + Jobs + Growth’
It’s not often that you see a European Commissioner, or any other senior political leader, take off their jacket in favour of a t-shirt at a public event. But then again, Digital Agenda Commissioner Neelie Kroes isn’t ‘any’ politician. For that reason the CCIA, together with Betagroup was delighted to host her on Friday 22nd February for our event ‘Starting Up the Recovery: Internet + Jobs + Growth’.  
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Posted By James Waterworth | 2/28/2013 3:55:28 PM
 
Upcoming Anniversary of SOPA Blackouts; Looking Ahead at the 113th Congress
As the first anniversary of the January 18, 2012 SOPA blackouts approaches, and with a new session of Congress starting, there has been an increase in the usual pieces looking at the impact of the monumental anti-SOPA effort on future policymaking regarding the Internet and copyright.
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Posted By Ali Sternburg | 1/9/2013 5:15:30 PM
 
Social Media, Citizen Advocacy Panel At 'Reboot America"

CCIA Public Policy & Government Affairs Senior Director Dan O’Connor joined experts from Twitter and online democracy groups on a “Future of Social Media for Citizen Advocacy” panel discussion, part of Reboot America’s recent Washington conference.  Happening just days after the U.S. election and moderated by former Washington Post and Politico correspondent Kim Hart – now director of corporate communications at Neustar – the session had a decidedly political bent.

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Posted By Staff | 11/12/2012 10:38:32 AM
 
CCIA Hopes New Congress Sees Tech Issues As Nonpartisan

As new members of Congress head to Capitol Hill next year and key House committees handling tech issues change leaders, CCIA hopes the new chairs and lawmakers recognize tech is an “everybody” issue.

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Posted By Heather Greenfield | 11/8/2012 4:15:50 PM
 
Research, STEM Raised During Foreign Policy Debate

Despite being the foreign policy debate, basic research, competitiveness and science and math education was added in to last night’s face off between President Obama and Governor Romney.

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Posted By Heather Greenfield | 10/23/2012 4:19:49 PM
 
OECD Report Highlights Economic Growth From Internet
Yesterday, the OECD published a new report on the development and future outlook of the Internet economy. Titled “OECD Internet Economy Outlook”, this report reveals the importance of the Internet economy for driving growth and innovation. The report shows how the Internet economy has transformed peoples' and businesses’ lives in a decade full of disruptive change. Below are some key facts that policymakers across the globe should keep in mind when making policies that impact on a sector growing and creating jobs at an unprecedented rate. 
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Posted By Jakob Kucharczyk | 10/5/2012 9:27:45 AM
 
Start Ups Express Frustrations With Washington

Napa -- Start ups and Silicon Valley companies from Personal to Spokeo discussed issues from innovation and competitiveness to cybersecurity and privacy at the Tech Policy Summit in Napa Wednesday.

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Posted By Heather Greenfield | 6/7/2012 12:01:31 PM
 
Senators Introduce Startup Act 2.0

Four Senators have introduced bipartisan legislation this week designed to improve the environment for startup businesses in the U.S.  The Startup Act 2.0 would create an entrepreneur’s visa for legal immigrants to remain in the US and start up a business as long as they hire a certain number of American workers.  The bill would also create a new STEM visa that would provide green cards for foreign students who earn graduate degrees from American universities in science, technology, engineering or math – rather than sending them home to compete against us.  In addition, this legislation would create tax incentives for investment in startup companies and a new tax credit for research and development by those companies.  Further the bill would accelerate the commercialization of taxpayer funded research.

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Posted By Heather Greenfield | 5/24/2012 12:31:04 PM
 
Microsoft CEO Speaks About Upcoming Innovation

McLean, Va., -- Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer told 700 northern Virginia high tech workers at a Thursday breakfast “it’s a fun, interesting time to be in the IT business.” He said the goal is no longer a computer on every desk and in every home, but every TV screen and every pocket. 

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Posted By Heather Greenfield | 4/19/2012 12:58:29 PM
 
State of the Union From a Tech Perspective

Tech industry advocates could easily spot some longstanding items from the innovation agenda within President Obama’s State of the Union address Tuesday night.


President Obama said “innovation demands basic research.” He warned Congress not to gut these programs when they balance the budget. Obama reminded them that federal research is what led to innovations like the computer chip and the Internet.

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Posted By Heather Greenfield | 1/25/2012 4:40:12 PM
 
European Commission Presents E-Commerce Action Plan

On 11 January 2012 the Commission presented its Communication on e-commerce. The Communication sets out an action plan to double online sales and the share of the Internet economy in EU GDP by 2015. To this end, the Communication aims to address the still fragmented nature of Europe’s digital market and highlights five policy priorities:

-    Develop legal and cross-border offers of onlineproducts and services

-       Improve operator information and consumer protection

-       Reliable and efficient payment and delivery systems

-       Combat abuse and resolving disputes more effectively

-  Deploy high-speed networks and advanced technological solutions

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Posted By Jakob Kucharczyk | 1/13/2012 11:59:39 AM
 
Startup Act Could Unleash the Power of Entrepreneurship

Last week, Sen. Jerry Moran (R-KS) and Sen. Mark Warner (D-VA) introduced S. 1965 (the Startup Act). CCIA applauds the bill as a farsighted proposal to unleash the power of U.S. entrepreneurs and harness it for the creation of jobs. In particular, CCIA commends Sen. Moran and Sen. Warner for their focus on attracting and retaining entrepreneurial talent, and for including provisions on conditional visas for advanced STEM degree holders and immigrant entrepreneurs.

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Posted By Ken Kurokawa | 12/16/2011 3:26:19 PM
 
CCIA Releases Cloud Computing Paper on Capitol Hill
As more businesses and governments move their IT operations to the cloud, the Computer & Communications Industry Association released 36 recommendations Tuesday as part of a white paper on how policymakers can enable cloud computing.
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Posted By Staff | 7/22/2011 10:50:57 AM
 
Necessity The Mother of Invention
When it comes to innovation, people often think of a research lab as the setting for new inventions or perhaps more recently the college dorm room or garage. But a new study by scholars including noted technology innovation professor at MIT’s Sloan School of Management Eric von Hippel finds that most innovation is happening on kitchen tables and garage workbenches.
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Posted By Heather Greenfield | 2/11/2011 3:57:19 PM
 
President Outlines Innovation Agenda in SOTU
In last night’s State of the Union address, President Obama urged Congress to put America’s future first by making the investments in innovation, education, and infrastructure that will allow America to “do big things” and maintain our place as the world’s leading economy.

We agree. The nation faces a decision whether to invest and grow or to simply grow stagnate. As the President said, “[r] evolutions in technology have transformed the way we live, work and do business.” We must take the steps necessary to evolve, compete, and win in this changing world – research, education, and infrastructure are the right place to start.

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Posted By Phillip Berenbroick | 1/26/2011 2:11:34 PM
 
 
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