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01-08-21-Simons-StanfordCourseOutline.txt
01-11-05-PostNewsweek-IT.txt
02-08-12-CNETNews-GeeksShouldProbablyStickToTechnology.txt
02-12-31-TechNews-Review-TechPoliciesInThe107thCongress.txt
02-12-31-TechNews-TechPoliciesInThe107thCongress.txt
03-01-07-WashPost-RulemakingShiftsAwayFromCongress.txt
03-08-04-ACM-USACM2003AnnualReport.txt
03-12-00-Syllabus-DigitalTrendsFor2004.txt
03-12-21-ZDNet-Farber-WhatsInStoreForITIn2004.txt
03-12-23-CNETNews-2003TechLawReview.txt
03-12-24-Salon-TopInternetStoriesOf2003.txt
03-12-29-Wired-WishListsFor2004.txt
03-12-30-BusWeek-TopTechTrendsFor2004.txt
04-01-07-IndepDig-ComputersWillBeEverywhere.txt
04-01-10-CNETNews-LawmakersPromiseActionOnTechIssues.txt
04-01-23-ACMCampus-USACMMarksTenYearsOfPolicyWork.txt
04-02-24-FutureOfMusic-ConferenceAnnouncement.txt
04-04-20-CFP2004-WhoIsWatchingTheWatchers.txt
04-04-22-PCWorld-CFPConfDiscussesSeveralIssues.txt
04-04-28-ACMUbiquity-Review-RightsandRegulations-TPRC2002Papers.txt
04-09-22-PCMag-BushAndKerryTechAgendas.txt
05-01-00-CEOMag-Agenda2005-TopChallengesFacingCEOs.txt
05-01-04-ITMgmt-NewCongress-OldTechIssues.txt
05-02-11-InetNews-ITExecutivesSwarmCapitolHill.txt
05-02-28-USACM-CongressOrganizes-ITPolicyImplications.txt
05-03-10-ITWorld-SenateRepublicansSetTechPoicyGoals.txt
05-04-27-PCWorld-TechPolicyColumn-TechGov.txt
05-07-14-InfoCommTech-InternationalConfOnPoliticsAndInfoSystems.txt
05-09-30-USACM-CyberCrimeOnRise.txt
05-10-00-NatlAcadSci-InfomationTechnologyAndTheResearchUniversity.txt
05-12-08-DailyPrincetonian-FeltenToLeadCenterForInfoAndTechPolicy.txt
05-12-21-SIGCHI-PublicPolicyWorkshopPlannedForCHI2006.txt
06-01-12-PBS-CringelyPredictionsFor2005And2006.txt
06-05-06-TidBITS-ReviewOfCFP2006.txt
06-06-06-WashPost-BrinFindsGoogleNotAPlayerInWashingtonDC.txt
06-11-13-USACM-OutlookFortechPolicyInTheNextCongress.txt
06-12-14-PCWorld-Top5ItemsForLegislativeTechAgenda.txt
07-01-09-CNET-NewCongressMakesSlowStartOnTechIssues.txt
07-02-02-StanfordLaw-RepBoucherToReflectOnCongressionalTechAgenda.txt
07-06-19-Google-GoogleLaunchesPublicPolicyBlog.txt
07-06-19-MediaNews-GoogleLaunchesPublicPolicyBlog.txt
==========> 01-08-21-Simons-StanfordCourseOutline.txt==========
http://barbara.simons.org/CourseOutline.html
STS 260. Information Technology in Society: Legal and Policy Perspectives
(Also CS 377A)
Barbara Simons, Spring Quarter 2000-2001
The course will deal with some of the issues that are on the boundary between
law, computer science, and technology. These include, but are not necessarily
limited to:
==========> 01-11-05-PostNewsweek-IT.txt==========
Lawmakers Grapple With IT Issues
11/05/01
By Gail Repsher Emery,
Staff Writer
Anthrax Scare Brings Confusing Finale to the Budget Cycle
As U.S. lawmakers take up a raft of bills affecting the information technology
industry, anthrax scares and the temporary closing of congressional offices
have exacerbated the normal confusion that accompanies the legislative process.
==========> 02-08-12-CNETNews-GeeksShouldProbablyStickToTechnology.txt==========
http://news.com.com/2010-1071-949275.html
Geeks in government: A good idea?
By Declan McCullagh
August 12, 2002, 4:00 AM PT
WASHINGTON--There's a lot for a politically aware geek to be alarmed about
nowadays.
Big companies are wielding copyright threats to stifle legitimate security
==========> 02-12-31-TechNews-Review-TechPoliciesInThe107thCongress.txt==========
Tech Policy Priorities Changed in Wake of Terrorist Attacks
War on Terrorism Shifted Attention Away From Telecom, Copyright Issues
By TechNews.com Staff
Tuesday, December 31, 2002; 12:00 AM
In the two years of the 107th Congress, the technology industry started out
with a presence on Capitol Hill that was as strong as its high-flying stock
performance. Broadband Internet access regulations, corporate tax breaks
and fast-track trade authority for the president dominated the tech
business agenda, while consumer concerns abounded -- from what constitutes
==========> 02-12-31-TechNews-TechPoliciesInThe107thCongress.txt==========
Tech Policy Priorities Changed in Wake of Terrorist Attacks
War on Terrorism Shifted Attention Away From Telecom, Copyright Issues
By TechNews.com Staff
Tuesday, December 31, 2002; 12:00 AM
In the two years of the 107th Congress, the technology industry started out
with a presence on Capitol Hill that was as strong as its high-flying stock
performance. Broadband Internet access regulations, corporate tax breaks
and fast-track trade authority for the president dominated the tech
business agenda, while consumer concerns abounded -- from what constitutes
==========> 03-01-07-WashPost-RulemakingShiftsAwayFromCongress.txt==========
Washington Post
Rulemaking Shifts Away From the Hill
By Cindy Skrzycki
Tuesday, January 7, 2003; Page E01
For business, it's like a "Home Alone" movie.
There are no pesky Democratic committee chairmen in the new Congress to
hold prying oversight hearings when the Bush administration decides to
roll back Clinton-era rules. There is no Democrat in the White House with
==========> 03-08-04-ACM-USACM2003AnnualReport.txt==========
ANNUAL REPORT OF THE
U.S. PUBLIC POLICY COMMITTEE OF THE ACM
(USACM)
For the FY2003 Period
July 1, 2002 to June 30, 2003
USACM Overview
USACM is the U.S. Public Policy Committee of ACM. It is composed of about
==========> 03-12-00-Syllabus-DigitalTrendsFor2004.txt==========
http://www.syllabus.com/article.asp?id=8574
Syllabus Magazine
Tracking the Digital Puck into 2004
Kenneth C. Green
"Legend has it that when Wayne Gretsky was asked why he was so successful as a
hockey player he responded by saying that he always tried to skate to where the
puck was going to be, not to where it was.
==========> 03-12-21-ZDNet-Farber-WhatsInStoreForITIn2004.txt==========
http://techupdate.zdnet.com/techupdate/stories/main/farber_2004_predictions2.htm
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What's in store for 2004
By Dan Farber
December 21, 2003
As I outlined in a previous column, 2004 won't be much different from 2003 in
terms of the trends that dominate the technology landscape. In this column, I
offer my outlook on offshore outsourcing, on-demand computing, Web services and
==========> 03-12-23-CNETNews-2003TechLawReview.txt==========
http://news.com.com/2010-1028_3-5131781.html
Unexpected twists in Internet law
December 23, 2003, 4:00 AM PT
By Doug Isenberg
Internet law in 2003 was full of surprises, with Congress passing an antispam
bill, the courts blessing pop-up advertising, the music industry losing
lawsuits and the Supreme Court finally upholding an Internet law.
==========> 03-12-24-Salon-TopInternetStoriesOf2003.txt==========
http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2003/12/24/year_in_review_2003/index_np.html
The return of the Internet
In 2003, Howard Dean scored big with the Web, while India took advantage of
online communications to grab thousands of white-collar jobs from the West. The
Net, it turns out, still matters.
Editor's note: Every year, Salon's Technology & Business staff rounds up the
biggest stories of the previous 12 months.
==========> 03-12-29-Wired-WishListsFor2004.txt==========
http://www.wired.com/news/culture/0,1284,61726,00.html
The Fantasy and Reality of 2004
By Michelle Delio
02:00 AM Dec. 29, 2003 PT
Fling dishes or flaming furniture out the window, fire off celebratory gunfire,
jump off chairs, ring bells, beat drums, clutch silver as the clock strikes
midnight or sweep bad juju out of the house with a kitchen broom -- these are
some of the ways people welcome in the New Year.
==========> 03-12-30-BusWeek-TopTechTrendsFor2004.txt==========
http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/dec2003/tc20031230_9935.htm
DECEMBER 30, 2003 • Editions: Edition Preference
NEW YEAR OUTLOOK
Tech's Top Trends for 2004
Yes, it will be a better year, especially for consumers, overseas telecoms, and
China -- which will become ever-more important
In 2003, the tech industry hit bottom and bumped through yet another bad year.
==========> 04-01-07-IndepDig-ComputersWillBeEverywhere.txt==========
http://news.independent.co.uk/digital/features/story.jsp?story=478649
The ultimate global network
Within 20 years computers will be everywhere, and they'll all be talking to
each other. Daunting? Not if we're prepared, says a group of British
scientists. Richard Sarson reports
07 January 2004
You may think that computers have taken over most aspects of your life. But you
ain't seen nothing yet. It's predicted that in 20 years' time, "there will be
==========> 04-01-10-CNETNews-LawmakersPromiseActionOnTechIssues.txt==========
http://news.com.com/2100-1028_3-5138908.html
Congressional leaders promise action on tech
Last modified: January 10, 2004, 11:30 AM PST
By David Becker
Staff Writer, CNET News.com
LAS VEGAS--Federal lawmakers are ready to help the technology industry solve
its problems--at least some of the issues.
==========> 04-01-23-ACMCampus-USACMMarksTenYearsOfPolicyWork.txt==========
http://campus.acm.org/public/membernet/storypage.cfm?story=7
USACM Marks 10 Years as Shaper of Computing Policies
"Unfortunately, [the] impact [of these proposals] is likely to be harmful to
continued innovations in computing if enacted."
-- Jeff Grove, Director, ACM Washington Office of Public Policy
In their role as overseers of the nation's technology policies and priorities,
==========> 04-02-24-FutureOfMusic-ConferenceAnnouncement.txt==========
http://www.futureofmusic.org/events/hastings04/index.cfm
Future of Music presented by
Hastings Association of Communications, Sports and Entertainment Law
Comm/Ent, Hastings Communications and Entertainment Law Journal
Hastings Intellectual Property Organization
Future of Music Coalition
and Noise Pop
SCHEDULE | ONLINE REGISTRATION | MCLE REGISTRATION | DIRECTIONS | HOTELS
==========> 04-04-20-CFP2004-WhoIsWatchingTheWatchers.txt==========
http://campus.acm.org/public/membernet/storypage.March.2004.cfm?story=6
"Who's Watching the Watchers" Focus of 14th Computers, Freedom and Privacy
Conference
April 20-23, 2004
"The program lineup, with topics virtually grabbed from the headlines, is clear
evidence that these security and privacy issues are central to the way we live
and work."
-- Deirdre Mulligan, Chair, CFP2004
==========> 04-04-22-PCWorld-CFPConfDiscussesSeveralIssues.txt==========
http://www.pcworld.com/news/article/0,aid,115818,00.asp
Privacy Advocates Swap Horror Stories
Computers, Freedom and Privacy conference questions policies and practices, and
names the infamous.
Andrew Brandt, PC World
Thursday, April 22, 2004
BERKELEY, CALIFORNIA -- Privacy concerns at the ballot box, across the Internet
by voice or data, and even on behalf of the homeless are among the focus of
==========> 04-04-28-ACMUbiquity-Review-RightsandRegulations-TPRC2002Papers.txt==========
http://www.acm.org/ubiquity/book_reviews/v5i9_bedingfield.html
Rethinking Rights and Regulations — Institutional Responses to New
Communications Technologies
Like it or not, as users of new technologies we are playing the
telecommunication game by an increasingly complicated set of rules.
Reviewed by Carl Bedingfield
Acm Ubiquity, Volume 5, Issue 9, April 28 - May 4, 2004
Rethinking Rights and Regulations — Institutional Responses to New
==========> 04-09-22-PCMag-BushAndKerryTechAgendas.txt==========
http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,1759,1649561,00.asp
Inside Kerry and Bush's Technology Agendas
September 22, 2004
By Michael J. Miller
While technology policy isn't the most central issue of the current
presidential campaign, government policy, rules, and regulations have had
significant effects on the development and spread of many of the technologies
we use. So I recently posed a series of technology questions to both major
==========> 05-01-00-CEOMag-Agenda2005-TopChallengesFacingCEOs.txt==========
http://www.chiefexecutive.net/mag/204/index.html#2
Agenda 2005
Top Challenges Facing CEOs
Securing America and the World
There’s much more CEOs need to achieve.
BY FREDERICK W. SMITH
Since September 11, 2001, more than 3,000 suspected terrorists have been
==========> 05-01-04-ITMgmt-NewCongress-OldTechIssues.txt==========
http://itmanagement.earthweb.com/erp/article.php/3454071
New Congress, Old Tech Issues
January 4, 2005
By Roy Mark
IT Management
The 109th Congress convenes at noon today facing the same technology policy
questions the 108th Congress was uninterested, unable or unwilling to render
judgments on. Leftovers from the last session include the regulation of
==========> 05-02-11-InetNews-ITExecutivesSwarmCapitolHill.txt==========
# "IT Execs Swarm Capitol Hill"
InternetNews.com (02/11/05); Mark, Roy
The nation's capital was a beehive of dialogue between IT executives and
congressional legislators at a series of hearings, trade shows, and other
events this past week. The House Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the
Internet heard testimony from the CEOs of Motorola, Lucent, Alcatel, and others
on why regulation of IP-based networks and services should be loose, while
House and Senate staffers attended a Congressional Internet Caucus-hosted
briefing on key technology issues. The Business Software Alliance (BSA) brought
==========> 05-02-28-USACM-CongressOrganizes-ITPolicyImplications.txt==========
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ACM Washington Update Vol. 9.2 (February 28, 2005)
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[6] CONGRESS ORGANIZES (MOSTLY): IT POLICY IMPLICATIONS
By mid-February in any normal year a new Congress is completely organized. This
is not a normal year as numerous changes in the Senate and organizational
fights between the House of Representatives and Senate have delayed the
process. Congress has finally (although not completely) organized itself enough
==========> 05-03-10-ITWorld-SenateRepublicansSetTechPoicyGoals.txt==========
http://www.itworld.com/Man/2681/050310techpolicy/
Senate Republicans set high-tech policy goals
IDG News Service 3/10/05
IT World
Grant Gross, IDG News Service, Washington Bureau
U.S. Senate Republicans want to pass patent reform, a permanent Internet tax
moratorium and a permanent research and development tax credit in the next two
years, members of the Senate Republican High Tech Task Force (HTTF) said
==========> 05-04-27-PCWorld-TechPolicyColumn-TechGov.txt==========
http://www.pcworld.com/resource/columnist/0,colid,27,findid,46936,00.asp
Tech.gov
From the DMCA to voice over IP, from Congress to the courts, Senior Editor
Anush Yegyazarian looks at tech policy and its impact on you.
==========> 05-07-14-InfoCommTech-InternationalConfOnPoliticsAndInfoSystems.txt==========
http://www.confinf.org/pista05/website/default.asp
The 3rd International Conference on Politics and Information Systems:
Technologies and Applications (PISTA '05).
July 14-17, 2005 - Orlando, Florida, USA
Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) are transforming our
societies, our governments, and other political systems, at a remarkable speed.
Government departments are seeing the importance of ensuring services which are
delivered electronically. Political parties are increasingly using ICT in their
==========> 05-09-30-USACM-CyberCrimeOnRise.txt==========
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ACM Washington Update
Vol. 9.9
30 September 2005
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[5] CYBERCRIME ON THE RISE
A recent Internet security report revealed significant increases in Internet
related crime, or cybercrime. The report, released by Symantec Corp., examined
==========> 05-10-00-NatlAcadSci-InfomationTechnologyAndTheResearchUniversity.txt==========
http://www.issues.org/22.1/ellisman.html
Information Technology and the Research University
MARK H. ELLISMAN
Cyberinfrastructure and the Future of Collaborative Work
Issues - National Academies of Science
Fall 2005
Online sharing of data, computing power, and expensive equipment is
transforming research and blazing the trail for widespread advances in
==========> 05-12-08-DailyPrincetonian-FeltenToLeadCenterForInfoAndTechPolicy.txt==========
http://www.dailyprincetonian.com/archives/2005/12/08/news/14065.shtml
Felten to lead new center for IT policy
Dec. 8, 2005
Viola Huang
Princetonian Senior Writer
Computer science professor Ed Felten will direct the new Center for
Information and Technology Policy (CITP), which will bring faculty and students
from the Engineering and Wilson schools together with experts from outside the
==========> 05-12-21-SIGCHI-PublicPolicyWorkshopPlannedForCHI2006.txt==========
Workshop on SIGCHI Public Policy @ CHI 2006
Benjamin B. Bederson, University of Maryland
Harry Hochheiser
Jeff Johnson, UI Wizards
Clare-Marie Karat, IBM Research
Jonathan Lazar, Towson University
[Accessed Dec. 21, 2006]
Designing user interfaces to technology is a political act. It is
political because it influences - sometimes even determines - what
==========> 06-01-12-PBS-CringelyPredictionsFor2005And2006.txt==========
http://www.pbs.org/cringely/pulpit/pulpit20060112.html
January 12, 2006
Win Some, Lose Some
Bob's Prediction Average Was Down for 2005, but 2006 Is Looking Better Thanks
to Apple and Burst
PBS
By Robert X. Cringely
It is time for my list of predictions for high-tech in the year ahead. Two
==========> 06-05-06-TidBITS-ReviewOfCFP2006.txt==========
http://db.tidbits.com/getbits.acgi?tbart=08519
Originally published in TidBITS#828/08-May-06; see
for more information.
CFP 2006: Life, Liberty and Digital Rights
by Jeff Porten
Does it bother you that someone at the National Security Agency might be
listening in on your phone call to your great aunt in Manchester? Does it
matter if that's Manchester, New Hampshire as well as Manchester, England? Ever
==========> 06-06-06-WashPost-BrinFindsGoogleNotAPlayerInWashingtonDC.txt==========
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/06/06/AR2006060601723.
html
Google Is A Tourist In D.C., Brin Finds
By Arshad Mohammed and Sara Kehaulani Goo
Washington Post Staff Writers
Wednesday, June 7, 2006; D01
Dressed in blue jeans, silver mesh sneakers and a black T-shirt and jacket,
Google Inc. co-founder Sergey Brin came to Washington yesterday to lobby
==========> 06-11-13-USACM-OutlookFortechPolicyInTheNextCongress.txt==========
http://www.acm.org/usacm/weblog/index.php?p=435
USACM, November 13, 2006
Meet the New Boss: Outlook for Technology Policy in the Next Congress
The outcome of last week’s election is now clear with the Democrats taking over
the legislative branch. The dust, however, is far from settled. Democrats have
the opportunity to make a profound and lasting impact on technology policy.
What shape this will take is unclear, because much of it will be dictated by
the new House and Senate Chairpersons who have not organized or set any agendas
==========> 06-12-14-PCWorld-Top5ItemsForLegislativeTechAgenda.txt==========
http://www.pcworld.com/article/id,128192-c,legalissues/article.html
Tech.gov: Top 5 Wish-List Items for the 2007 Tech Agenda
A lot of tech bills--good and bad--were relegated to the scrap heap this year,
which leaves the new Congress with a mighty long to-do list.
Anush Yegyazarian, PC World, December 14, 2006 12:00 AM PST
This year lawmakers and regulators failed to earn high marks for productivity
in regard to tech-related issues. Though there was a lot of noise, in the end
it proved to be all sound and fury, signifying nothing--or at least relatively
==========> 07-01-09-CNET-NewCongressMakesSlowStartOnTechIssues.txt==========
http://news.com.com/Congress+off+to+slow+start+with+tech/2100-1028_3-6148312.htm
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Congress off to slow start with tech
By Anne Broache, CNET, Tue Jan 09 07:03:37 PST 2007
When newly empowered Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives launch into
their much-touted 100-hours agenda on Tuesday, don't expect to see much in the
way of issues important to the high-tech industry.
==========> 07-02-02-StanfordLaw-RepBoucherToReflectOnCongressionalTechAgenda.txt==========
STANFORD LAW AND POLICY REVIEW presents
CONGRESSMAN RICK BOUCHER
Rep. Boucher to Reflect on Technology Agenda for the New Congress in a
Speech Entitled "Congress Must Balance its Copyright Agenda"
Feb. 2, 2007 at 10 a.m.
On Friday, February 2, 2007, the Stanford Law & Policy Review and Stanford Law
School will welcome Congressman Rick Boucher (D., Va.) to deliver a speech
entitled "Congress Must Balance its Copyright Agenda" in Room 190 of the
Classroom Building of Stanford Law School at 10 a.m. Rep. Boucher will comment
==========> 07-06-19-Google-GoogleLaunchesPublicPolicyBlog.txt==========
http://googlepublicpolicy.blogspot.com
Taking the Wraps Off Google's Public Policy Blog
Monday, June 18, 2007 at 7:09 AM
Posted by Andrew McLaughlin, Director of Public Policy and Government Affairs
At the beginning of 2005, I was Google's lone public policy guy. Today, there's
a bigger – and growing - team of us scattered around the world, working on
issues like privacy, child online safety, copyright and trademark protection,
content regulation, reform of the patent system, and broadband policy. These
==========> 07-06-19-MediaNews-GoogleLaunchesPublicPolicyBlog.txt==========
http://www.siliconvalley.com/news/ci_6175445
New Google blog looks at public policy issues
By Frank Davies, MediaNews Washington Bureau, 06/19/2007 01:39:34 AM PDT
WASHINGTON - Google raised its profile as a political player Monday, launching
a public policy blog (http:// googlepublicpolicy.blogspot .com) that tackles
several controversial issues, features presidential candidates and seeks user
input.