Washington — The Computer & Communications Industry Association has joined 28 international business organizations in a statement asking governments to adopt guidance for communications and essential workers as they help with response to the pandemic. The following can be attributed to CCIA President Matt Schruers: “As technology services and telecom providers help to keep businesses,…
Washington – President Obama began his State of the Union address calling on Congress to focus on creating new jobs, not new crises. He said the nation that “goes all in on innovation” is the one that will lead the global economy. To promote innovation, he advocated for more basic research, immigration reform this year…
Washington – An independent federal privacy watchdog group is issuing its 238-page report today, which finds the government’s program to collect bulk metadata is illegal and should end, according to various news reports. The Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board report comes less than a week after President Obama announced modest changes to the way…
Washington – President Obama announced changes to the way the government collects and stores bulk metadata on citizens and foreigners’ electronic communications during a speech at the Department of Justice today. The Computer & Communications Industry Association is encouraged that the president acknowledged the potential for abuse of this private information, but wished the reforms…
Washington – As the Senate Finance Committee considers bipartisan legislation to authorize the Obama administration’s Trade Promotion Authority, it held a hearing Thursday “Advancing Congress’s Trade Agenda, The Role of Trade Negotiating Authority.” The Computer & Communications Industry Association released its written statement for the hearing thanking senators for beginning to recognize the growing importance…
Washington – A federal appeals court has struck down the FCC’s Open Internet rule on a technicality because the FCC did not employ the right statutory authority when it adopted its open Internet order to prevent discrimination by Internet Access Providers. The court said the FCC lacked authority because Internet access is still classified as…
Washington – Today leadership of the Senate Finance and House Ways & Means Committees introduced bipartisan legislation aimed at authorizing Trade Promotion Authority for the Administration. The bill, the “Bipartisan Congressional Trade Priorities Act of 2014,” comes at a time when the U.S. is negotiating with trade partners across the Atlantic and the Pacific, as…
