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Obama DOJ Withdraws Bush Administration Antitrust Directive

News & Events

Assistant Attorney General Christine Varney’s announced this morning at the Center for American Progress that the Department of Justice is withdrawing a 2008 Bush administration report that made it more difficult to police anticompetitive behavior. Ed Black, the President & CEO of the Computer & Communications Industry Association spoke on the antitrust panel that followed…

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CCIA Releases 110th Congress High Tech Scorecard

News & Events

Twenty-two senators scored above 80 percent on tech and innovation votes during the second session of the 110th Congress, which ended earlier this year. In the House, 32 members scored in the top tier with a score of over 84 percent. The Computer & Communications Industry Association released its annual High-Tech Scorecard Wednesday in conjunction…

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CCIA Calls for More Openness in Cloud Openness Plan

News & Events

As an organization that has advocated for open markets, open systems and open networks for 38 years, the Computer & Communications Industry Association appreciates a recent effort to get agreement on openness in the growing area of cloud computing. If cloud computing is the next stage in the development of the Internet, openness will be…

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CCIA Reaction To Potential IBM, Sun Microsystems Merger

News & Events

According to various news reports, IBM is in merger talks with Sun Microsystems Inc. These high tech giants have several overlapping products and services and are key players in numerous markets, including the critical server market, and a merger will impact the key area of cloud computing. The Computer & Communications Industry Association was founded…

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Shapiro To Return To Justice Department

News & Events

The Computer & Communications Industry Association is praising the return of a top information economy and antitrust expert to the Department of Justice. President Obama has appointed economist Carl Shapiro to become the chief economist for the DOJ’s antitrust division, according to various news reports. Shapiro served in the Clinton administration, is the author of…

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