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This spring, my 9-year-old son decided he wanted to play Little League baseball, which means he'll now be facing a big transition in hitting expectations. At this level, all players are expected to hit live pitching. Throughout my son's youth baseball experience, he has advanced through a number of different skills stages - from hitting off the tee to coach pitching and now to live batting. And while [...]
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Dateline Geneva – Despite great progress leading up to this week to close the deal on expansion of the WTO Information Technology Agreement (ITA), China showed up to the talks two days late and far more than a dollar short. In fact, China made almost no move to cut its staggering list of sensitive products it wants removed from the negotiating table. So no one was surprised when the e-mail notice [...]
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Mobile technology is a driving force behind virtually every industry, not to mention the myriad ways that we each use mobile computing in our daily lives. These technologies are fundamental to virtually every economic and social activity conducted globally. Mobile networks are as intrinsic to the U.S. and global economies as transportation and energy networks. And a report recently published by [...]
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Earlier this month a bipartisan group of members in the House of Representatives introduced HR 2536, the Computer Science Education Act (CSEA). The CSEA is a modest and rather innocuous proposal that would redefine computer science as a “core academic subject” in the Elementary and Secondary Education Act. In the simplest terms, this means that federal funds could be used to support the teaching [...]
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Dateline Geneva: Trade negotiators from around the world have arrived to a pleasantly cool and sunny Geneva to begin what we hope will be the final round of talks this week to expand the WTO’s Information Technology Agreement. Recall this tariff-elimination effort kicked off a little more than a year with a major conference at the WTO to commemorate the 15th anniversary of this important agreement. [...]
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This piece was originally posted by Schneider Electric. In a year of political impasse where we can’t agree on a budget, immigration reform or gun control, an area of agreement and bi-partisan support has emerged; energy efficiency. Depending on which side of the aisle you sit, energy efficiency either gets support as a job creator, a reducer of government waste or a step forward towards solving our [...]
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In terms of legislative process, the path forward for immigration reform remains a work in progress. In terms of economic impact, the path forward for our country if immigration reform becomes law is crystal clear: The United States will experience increased productivity, new businesses and jobs, and a revitalized, more innovative economy. A new White House report outlines the potential economic [...]
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There’s good news from New Delhi today as the Government of India (GOI) has opted to take a closer look at its highly controversial policy designed to compel foreign companies to manufacture electronic products in India if they want to sell there. After a meeting of India’s key economic and security policy advisors, the Prime Minister’s Office announced its decision today to revisit and review the [...]
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In my previous blog, I talked about the importance of standards, and how the Responsible Recycling (R2) standard set the bar for the safe recycling of electronics. When I wrote that blog, the R2 Technical Advisory Committee (TAC) was in the final stages of updating the original R2 Standard (R2:2008) to become the new, improved R2:2013 Standard. Since that blog, the R2 Board of Directors (which includes [...]
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Xi Jinping mentioned the new political slogan “the Chinese dream” numerous times in his first speech to the nation as the President of China in March 2013. But what does it mean? To put the dream into practice, it appears the Chinese government’s first priorities are to improve food safety and address the pollution problem in China. In response to the toxic smog in Beijing and other major cities, [...]
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