FCC Commissioners Meet with VFI Leaders
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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Small Tech Leaders Urge FCC to Support TV White Spaces for Broadband
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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Help Bring Small IT Business Cybersecurity Expertise to Government
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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“I Was Inspired”
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.
Rural Broadband Access Hangs on FCC Action
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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Senate Hearing Highlights Need to Update Data Privacy and Access Laws
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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VFI Leaders Dive Deep into Tech Policies
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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VFI Leaders Meet Members of Congress During National Entrepreneurship Week
Advisory Task Force leaders met with their members of Congress during National Entrepreneurship Week.
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VFI Member Laurie Carey Connects the Dots to Transform Education
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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Tech Reflections on the Elections
The 2016 elections are in the record book. Dramatic changes in Washington will likely impact the U.S. and global tech sectors, as well as businesses of all sizes.
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Microsoft Launches “Cloud for Global Good” Initiative
On October 3, as part of a new worldwide initiative, Microsoft published a wide-reaching, policy-focused book entitled, “A Cloud for Global Good.”
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MIT Technology Review Calls Microsoft’s Brad Smith “Civil Rights Crusader”
MIT Technology Review hails Microsoft President Smith as a “civil rights crusader” for leading Microsoft’s legal and public policy effort to strengthen digital privacy.
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