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 & 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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#TBT to our VFI blog on the rural broadband divide. We're more energized than ever to make real strides on this issue for all Americans in 2019: https://t.co/hPQth9371D
#ICYMI: VFI has made it easy to ask Congress to close the digital divide for millions of Americans with #TVWhiteSpace. Visit our Action Center for more: https://t.co/bRo4yt2dRC
The Voices for Innovation community is cheering on this exciting new #CSed initiative in schools across Colorado! Read more: https://t.co/PrsgvJyEJL
2018 was a great year for tech innovation and progress. To learn more about the top tech issues to keep an eye on in 2019, read Microsoft President @BradSmi's latest blog: https://t.co/D98N6JRXRa
Learn what steps Utah state officials are taking to close the computer science education gap: https://t.co/5jRBcaU4jK #CSEd
Great article. Even further evidence to learn some coding...problem-solving and tech skills are relevant to any profession #CSed https://t.co/OgvNDAh3lf
Gear up for #TVWhiteSpace progress in 2019 by reflecting on the current state of the digital divide: https://t.co/hPQth9kIqd
One last advocacy opportunity before the year ends! Take some time today to advocate for #TVWhiteSpace and help close the digital divide. https://t.co/bRo4yt2dRC
We need to bring the benefits of high-speed internet connectivity to our entire nation. Read more about how #TVWhiteSpace can bridge the digital divide to reach millions of Americans: https://t.co/hPQth9kIqd
Fairness, transparency, accountability, non-discrimination, consent, and lawful surveillance. Read more about Microsoft's guiding six principles for its facial recognition work: https://t.co/uXFnbPGwfN
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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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Update: April 2018 On March 23, 2018, after a multi-year advocacy effort, the Clarifying Lawful Overseas Use of Data Act (the “CLOUD Act”) was signed into law as part of omnibus legislation. Passage of the CLOUD Act represents a milestone for digital privacy. (...)
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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