Washington – Today, the House Judiciary Committee approved H.R. 3086, the Permanent Internet Tax Freedom Act, by an overwhelmingly bipartisan 30-4 vote. The bill would make permanent the moratorium on Internet access taxes and on multiple or discriminatory taxation of e-commerce. Action on the bill faces a deadline of November 1, the date on which…
A majority of the House of Representatives has now co-sponsored H.R. 1852, the Yoder-Graves-Polis legislation that would update to the Electronic Communications Privacy Act (ECPA) to create a bright-line, warrant-for-content standard. The bill has been steadily gaining momentum in Congress for the past year and has been endorsed by the White House. Any proposed exceptions…
This week, the Department of Homeland Security announced the publication of two rules: one to extend employment authorization to spouses of certain H-1B workers, and another to enhance opportunities for highly-skilled workers by removing obstacles to their remaining in the United States. DHS characterized these rules as “part of the Administration’s continuing commitment to attract…
Going in, the business sector hoped for some consensus on both substantive Internet governance principles and a process roadmap for the future evolution of the governance ecosystem. We were not disappointed. Opportunities to speak from a microphone in the cavernous convention hall dwindled from 2 minute slots to 30 seconds each, but CCIA made good…
Washington – As the US delegation prepares for NetMundial next week in Sao Paulo, many other attendees from around the world are welcoming the recent news about the US Government’s progress in transitioning ICANN functions to multistakeholder venues where participants from all continents are welcome. Legacy US oversight of the root server and domain name housekeeping…
Washington – On April 7, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced that it had received enough H-1B temporary work visa petitions to hit the annual statutory cap for FY 2015, less than a week after it had begun accepting petitions on April 1. The general cap of 65,000 and the advanced degree holder…
Brussels — What do social ridesharing, e-commerce and 3D printing have in common? It seems far more than most people would expect. At least this is what became very clear during an event organized by the CCIA at the European Parliament on ‘Disruptive Innovation’, hosted by MEP Ró?a Thun und Hohenstein. To be more precise,…
As Americans’ mobile use of the Internet and smart electronic devices escalates, the FCC must get creative and sophisticated about packing more users into the limited virtual real estate of our finite electromagnetic radio spectrum. The agency could always use more engineers, particularly in Commissioner’s offices, but the engineers currently at the FCC are doing…
There has been a lot of action around intellectual property lately. Below is a list of recent and upcoming inquiries and events around copyright and patent, much of which CCIA is involved in: Copyright The House Judiciary IP subcommittee held a hearing on the notice and takedown provisions of the DMCA (titled “Section 512 of…
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