It's Time To Connect the Rest of America
High-speed broadband is a vital part of our 21st-century infrastructure, but more than 19 million rural Americans don’t have adequate access—and as many as 162.8 million Americans don’t access the internet at broadband speeds. You can help close the digital divide and connect more Americans to educational, employment, and business opportunities to keep our economy growing.
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Voices for Innovation’s Executive Briefings provide weekly updates on technology policy and news, including highlights from Capitol Hill, breaking tech news, clips of relevant articles from traditional and new media, and a roundup of thought leader quotes and tweets.
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Sensible Public Policies Needed for Facial Recognition
Recently, Microsoft President Brad Smith called for “governments in 2019 to start adopting laws to regulate” facial recognition. He discussed this issue as well at an event at the Brookings Institution in ...
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Accurate broadband mapping data is key to closing the #digitaldivide. Read more about the challenge of expanding rural broadband access in this article from @_aizaguirre. https://t.co/BecSMIh2kb
USAC updates data on map showing location-specific rural broadband deployment stemming from Connect America Fund and other FCC rural support programs: https://t.co/TWQVEvQGXO #FCCMaps
Voices for Innovation empowers business leaders to advocate for the #techpolicy issues that they care about. Sign up today to be part of a growing community of tech thought leaders and advocates. ✍️ #MSPartner https://t.co/KYAOrSIFYY
VFI connects #MSPartners with opportunities to learn and grow their business. Thanks @marianbreeze for joining us on our ATF Summit!
We're honored to be featured on a #ChewNChat! Thanks @meetdux and @RyanRisley for your advocacy. #MSPartner
We're talking about #datasecurity #newsguard #dataprivacy #Azuresphere and more. https://t.co/WlDDHgaDcY
#ICYMI: A bipartisan bill introduced in the House last week could establish an advisory committee of cyber professionals to help @DHSgov take on cyber issues. https://t.co/zVKwzodKD6
Voices for Innovation on Capitol Hill
Voices for Innovation members came to Washington, DC to meet with their members of Congress and the House Small Business Committee and advocate for 21st century technology policies.
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Technology Brings Internet to Underserved Communities Though the United States is a global technology leader, roughly 25 million Americans—including more than 19 million in rural communities—do not have adequate, affordable access to high-speed internet. Credit: Wall Street Journal Without (...)
The United States leads the world in technology innovation, but this leadership is jeopardized by insufficient support for computer science education in our nation’s K-12 schools. We cannot maintain an innovation-driven economy and prepare students for future success in the digital economy if (...)
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Voices for Innovation (VFI) is a Microsoft supported community of technology professionals and everyday Americans who help advance technology, IT job growth, and businesses of all sizes. As empowered citizen advocates, we work together to shape public policies for our 21st century digital economy and society.