Earlier today, the U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments in Microsoft’s data privacy case against the U.S. government. This historic case has the potential to impact privacy rights, international relations, and trust in technology.
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The CLOUD Act (S.2383, H.R.4943) represents an important step in addressing the digital privacy concerns of businesses and consumers while also enabling law enforcement to engage in actions that protect public safety.
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Yesterday, nearly 300 groups and individual from 37 countries signed on to 23 amicus legal briefs that were filed with the U.S. Supreme Court to support Microsoft’s position in its challenge to the U.S. government’s search warrant seeking access to customer emails stored at a data center in Ireland.
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To close America’s digital divide, the FCC must preserve 3 channels of TV white spaces spectrum for wireless high-speed internet in every U.S. market.
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Last week, Voices for Innovation officially filed a letter with the Federal Communications Commission voicing support for TV white spaces broadband.
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Access Smart CEO and VFI Member Dovell Bonnett presents a petition to improve cybersecurity procurement. The alarm bells are ringing: it is now clear that cybersecurity represents a critical challenge to businesses and government.
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Though I’ve been a business leader for more than 15 years, until recently, I’d never been directly involved in policy advocacy as part of my professional activities. This all changed in 2017.
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) needs to ensure that three TV white spaces channels are available for wireless broadband in every U.S. market.
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On May 24, the U.S. Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime and Terrorism held a hearing on a critical digital policy issue, “Law Enforcement Access to Data Stored Across Borders: Facilitating Cooperation and Protecting Rights.”
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Last month, a group of sixteen members of Voices for Innovation’s Advisory Task Force (ATF) traveled to Microsoft headquarters for a day and a half of intensive briefings, tours, and training.
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Advisory Task Force leaders met with their members of Congress during National Entrepreneurship Week.
VFI Leaders Meet Members of Congress During National Entrepreneurship Week Read More »
Over a 35-plus-year career in the technology sector, Voices for Innovation member Laurie Carey has seen a lot of change in the industry and been through many career transitions. Her career journey has taken her from an electronics assembly technician at Fairchild Test Systems, to an account manager at Novell, to Founder and Executive Director
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