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This morning, many media accounts look at remarks from Tom Donilon, the President's National Security Advisor, on the challenges facing the U.S. relationships with many Asian nations. Among the topics he covered: the priority of the Trans-Pacific Partnership talks and the ongoing dialogue with China on cybersecurity. For the full context, you can read Donilon's remarks to the Asia Society in New [...]
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The strangest thing happened at a hearing on immigration policy in the U.S. House of Representatives: Everyone – members of Congress and hearing witnesses, Republicans and Democrats – agreed that America’s immigration system is broken and is costing the country jobs and investments. (Watch the hearing archive.) True, the focus of the hearing was on initiatives designed to reform our nation’s immigration [...]
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The President today selected three new leaders for his Cabinet who, together, will be critical for the success of America’s businesses, and particularly the technology sector. The Secretary of Energy, the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and the Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) are three individuals whose work will shape the direction of the United States [...]
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This blog was originally posted on the Microsoft Green Blog. Last Thursday evening our very own TJ DiCaprio was awarded the Environmental Protection Agency Individual Climate Leadership Awardfor the work she has done to reduce carbon pollution and address climate change as Microsoft’s Senior Director of Environmental Sustainability. TJ was recognized for the role she has played in our internal carbon [...]
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One of the unique and distinguishing characteristics about ITI is the depth of expertise of our advocacy team. We take pride in that fact and the ways that our team helps to find policy solutions to some of the toughest challenges facing the global economy. Today, we are excited to announce the start of a new ITI practice focused on addressing global privacy policy, and are bringing on board a top-notch [...]
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The issues of privacy and data innovation cut across economic sectors, trade relationships, and consumer opportunities. They are at the forefront of the tech sector’s work, and the news that ITI has hired Yael Weinman to lead its policy work in this arena is welcome, indeed. Yael’s previous experience, most recently at the FTC, combines experience in privacy, international relations and new technologies. [...]
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I joined a conversation this week (on Feb 26) called the “GreenGov Dialogue on Demand Response” that was hosted by the White House Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ). It brought together leaders from government, the private sector, non-profits and academia to identify opportunities to reduce our nation’s periods of peak energy demand, promote a more stable electric grid, and help the Federal Government [...]
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The Subcommittee on Energy and Power held its Hearing Tuesday on "American Energy Security and Innovation: An Assessment of Private-Sector Successes and Opportunities in Energy Efficient Technologies." The staff background memo, the witness list, written testimony and other info is here. I only caught portions, as the Hearing lasted 4 hours, and was held concurrently with the CEQ-hosted GreenGov Dialogue [...]
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The expansion of the Information Technology Agreement (ITA) is both an ambitious and achievable trade deal that can be completed this year. But it’s going to require a lot more sweat equity from the private sector, as well as the Obama Administration. That’s the message ITI and 19 other major economic and business organizations today sent in a letter to President Obama. In that letter, the heads [...]
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We’re two days from the deadline that Congress and the President set for themselves to find a solution to dodge the indiscriminate, across-the-board cuts to federally funded programs, otherwise known as sequestration. Sequestration, if you remember, was the mechanism approved by Congress and the President in 2011 to spur greater focus by both to take steps address the nation’s deficits. It was believed, [...]
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