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CCIA was founded in 1972 to promote open markets, open systems, and open networks in the computer and telecommunications industry. Today, the association continues to evangelize these principles across these increasingly diverse and economically important sectors of the global economy.

Two Upcoming House Judiciary Hearings on Copyright and Technology

Blog, USJuly 24, 2013

The Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet of the House Judiciary Committee has announced two upcoming hearings on copyright, to continue the “House Judiciary Committee’s ongoing review of U.S. copyright law.” The first will be on Thursday, July 25, entitled “Innovation in America: The Role of Copyrights.” The date of the second has not been…

CCIA, Others Ask For More Transparency On Surveillance Practices

News & Events, USJuly 18, 2013

In a letter to President Obama, Attorney General Eric Holder and key House and Senate leaders, a diverse group of more than 50 trade associations, companies, public interest organizations and investors call for more transparency when the government issues security-related data requests. The letter is signed by organizations that are not often on the same side. In…

Will the NSA revelations create barriers to cloud adoption in the developing world?

BlogJuly 18, 2013

What benefits can developing countries expect from cloud computing? And what policies are needed to fully seize its potential? Several questions were discussed at a peer review of the upcoming cloud computing report by the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD). It will be part of the Information Economy Report series – UNCTAD’s yearly flagship…

Panelists Concerned NSA News Will Buoy Efforts To Control Internet

Blog, USJuly 17, 2013

Yesterday, the Open Technology Institute at the New America Foundation put on an event: Safeguarding Human Rights in Times of Surveillance. The event featured a round table with Rebecca Mackinnon, an NAF senior research fellow, Cynthia Wong, a senior researcher at Human Rights Watch, andCarolina Rossini, the Latin American Resource Center Director at NAF. Frank La Rue, the Special Rapporteur…

Immigration Reform in the House

Blog, USJuly 12, 2013

With Senate passage late last month of the Border Security, Economic Opportunity and Immigration Modernization Act, the focus of the immigration reform effort has shifted to the House of Representatives. While some supporters of reform called for the House to take up the Senate bill and pass it swiftly, that was never really a plausible…

CCIA Welcomes Senate Passage of Comprehensive Immigration Reform

News & Events, USJune 28, 2013

The Computer & Communications Industry Association applauds the Senate for approving S. 744, the Border Security, Economic Opportunity and Immigration Modernization Act. This comprehensive immigration reform measure contains provisions that increase availability of green cards and H-1B visas, enabling U.S. technology companies to hire and keep the skilled foreign workers they need to ensure that…

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