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Earlier this year, I wrote about why it was important for the Florida legislature to bring back the position of state chief information officer (CIO) and reestablish (and also fully fund) a centralized agency focused on managing the state’s information technology. State lawmakers agreed and passed legislation, H.B. 7073, which was signed into law by the governor and goes into effect today. Before [...]
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This week, the Information Technology Industry Council (ITI) and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) jointly convened a dialogue on the ENERGY STAR® program that has reaffirmed the benefits that strong and focused public-private cooperation can generate. The groundwork that was laid this week could evolve the ENERGY STAR program to achieve greater energy savings with significant benefits [...]
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The Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs today will be marking up H.R. 1232, the Federal Information Technology Acquisition Reform Act, or FITARA. It’s significant because it is the first time the Senate will formerly consider the House’s signature acquisition reform bill. What remains to be seen is how similar the Senate’s marked-up version of the bill will be to FITARA. [...]
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We applaud Sens. Marco Rubio (R-FL) and Cory Booker (D-NJ) for introducing S. 2505, the bipartisan Wi-Fi Innovation Act. Americans increasingly depend on smartphones and portable devices that rely on spectrum for connectivity and ITI has long held the view that we must make efficient use of all spectrum to meet our nation’s growing demand. The 5 GHz band provides tremendous opportunity to expand [...]
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With policy wallahs from around the world intensifying their focus on how India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi plans to breathe new life back into his country’s sputtering economy, Information Technology Industry Council (ITI) President and CEO Dean Garfield sent a letter congratulating the new leader on his historic electoral victory and suggested policy recommendations intended to help set the stage [...]
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A majority of House members now support a bill that would update the woefully antiquated Electronic Communications Privacy Act (ECPA), which specifies standards for law enforcement access to electronic communications. With 218 representatives backing H.R. 1852, the bipartisan “Email Privacy Act,” the House of Representatives should seize the opportunity to pass legislation that takes a meaningful step [...]
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Seven months ago, my colleagues and I joined ITI to create a new division called the IT Alliance for Public Sector, or ITAPS as we are commonly known. This week, leaders from across the industry in both the federal and state, local, and education markets participated in our inaugural executive council meetings to discuss our goals and focus for the future. These meetings were an opportunity to look [...]
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Twenty-three associations representing nearly every industry sector of the U.S. economy are applauding the Obama administration’s support for a dynamic and flexible approach to addressing cybersecurity risk. In a letter sent today to Michael Daniel, special assistant to the president and cybersecurity coordinator, industry expressed support for the principles laid out in Daniel’s May 22 blog, Assessing [...]
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A bill meant to promote domestic firms being considered by the New Jersey legislature could cause more harm than good for U.S. businesses. Senate Bill 1811, a so-called “Buy American” bill, would require state agencies, local jurisdictions, boards of education, and institutions of higher learning to only fulfill contracts with products manufactured in the United States. However, requiring the state [...]
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The House of Representatives is scheduled to vote today, June 9th, 2014, on H.R. 4228 - DHS Acquisition Accountability and Efficiency Act. The Information Technology Alliance for Public Sector (ITAPS) issued a letter of support on April 29th as the bill advanced out of Committee. As the bill comes before the House today, we echo our previous support and remain behind H.R. 4228. This bill would be [...]
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