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The world is in the midst of a technological transition that will enhance the way we live, work, and exist in unprecedented ways. Artificial intelligence may sound futuristic but is it already transforming our lives in many concrete ways. From getting directions on your smart phone, to one-click shopping at e-commerce providers, to automated safety features in your automobile, for most of us, AI is [...]
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One of the most exciting aspects of my role at ITI is the privilege of seeing up close the most transformative technologies. In today’s world that means witnessing the power of innovation to improve people’s everyday lives. Never before in human history can so much information be accessed so readily and freely for the betterment of society. New innovations such as self-driving cars, artificial intelligence, [...]
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America and technological innovation are synonymous. From revolutionizing society with the internet, to the smartphones providing us apps that drive our day, to the microchips powering the device you are using now to read this blog, the private sector in the United States has consistently maintained an edge against foreign competition when it comes to innovation. This success, however, is not guaranteed. [...]
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Currently, there is a staggering backlog of 700,000 investigative products, including simple record checks, that are plaguing the federal government. The backlog has grown so egregiously that the government has moved Top-Secret security clearance reinvestigations from five to six years to cope with the backlog. And, it now takes 500 days to obtain a Top-Secret Clearance and 300 days to obtain a Secret [...]
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The North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) agreement negotiated 25 years ago predates many technologies we use every day, even some of the companies that created them, and would benefit from an update. A modernized NAFTA that addresses a wide range of digital priorities would turbocharge the U.S. economy. Already strong U.S. exports of technology goods and services—in 2016, total U.S. exports [...]
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The United States last passed comprehensive tax reform in 1986 before anyone could conceive the transformative impact the digital economy would have on society. Businesses of all sizes are harnessing the power of the internet, entering new markets, selling goods and services, creating over 6.7 million tech jobs in the United States and around the world, and investing capital bolstering our economic [...]
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For the fifth time in seven years, ITI has submitted comments on Net Neutrality as Federal Communications Commission (FCC) again weighs changing the rules—ITI's position supporting a free and open internet remains unchanged. Instead, what has crystalized is the need for Congress to act and settle the matter with certainty for the future of the internet. Over the past two decades, the internet has forever [...]
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The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) took a significant step on fifth generation, or 5G, wireless networks by releasing a notice of inquiry, or proposal, on a range of spectrum bands, last week. Spectrum is the finite and valuable radio frequencies that all wireless communications use. Your smartphone, Bluetooth speaker, streaming devices and connected appliances, cars and commercial equipment [...]
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The G-20 just concluded its annual meetings in Hamburg, Germany, where all the countries except the United States reaffirmed their joint commitment to the Paris Climate accord, an agreement the United States led in brokering. After President Donald Trump announced the United States would withdraw from the climate accord, a groundswell of thousands of states, governors, mayors, cities, businesses and [...]
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The Prime Minister of India, Narendra Modi, is coming to Washington, D.C. next week for his first meeting with President Donald Trump since the president took office. While defense cooperation between the two countries will likely dominate their talks, this first meeting between these two important leaders also presents an opportunity to address economic cooperation in ways that will serve to make [...]
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