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The importance of cybersecurity and the need for sound cybersecurity policies were highlighted at the confirmation hearing for former Republican Senator from Nebraska, Chuck Hagel, to be the next U.S. Secretary of Defense.聽 Senator Hagel said that cybersecurity 鈥渞epresents as big a threat to security in this country as any one specific threat鈥� and encouraged lawmakers to pass cybersecurity legislation.聽 [...]
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Inside the World Economic Forum鈥檚 (WEF) Congress Center, sheltered from the snow and ice of Davos, this year鈥檚 theme of 鈥淩esilient Dynamism鈥� spurred some provocative conversations at Davos about cybersecurity.聽 We are witnessing a technology upheaval of our society and economy. Though cybersecurity is now a 鈥渕ainstream鈥� topic with the Davos crowd, cybersecurity policy is still in its nascent stage. [...]
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91pro视频's Nilmini Rubin is participating in the World Economic Forum sessions in Davos this week, and posted this blog after her panel discussion on maximizing technology to close the gender divide. 聽The blog is crossposted from the WEF website. *** How can the full potential of information technologies be harnessed to close the gender divide? This is a critical question. Our societies are being transformed [...]
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Time of death: 聽6:11p.m. 聽After a second failed cloture vote on the Cybersecurity Act of 2012 sponsored by Senators Joe Lieberman, ID-Conn., and Susan Collins, R-Maine, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid declared, 鈥淐ybersecurity is dead for this Congress.鈥澛� Despite interest from both sides of the aisle to address the issue of cybersecurity, there simply was not enough bipartisan support for the Cybersecurity [...]
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聽The final candidate on our Veepstakes shortlist is the junior U.S. Senator from South Dakota, John Thune. 聽Senator Thune began his career as a legislative aide to the late Senator James Abdnor, who served as South Dakota鈥檚 Senator from 1981 till 1987. 聽Abdnor was defeated by Tom Daschle in 1986, and Thune subsequently took up a post in President Reagan鈥檚 Small Business Administration before returning [...]
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The next candidate in our Veepstakes series is Garden State Governor, Chris Christie. 聽Governor Christie began his career as a lawyer in New Jersey, before his appointment as New Jersey鈥檚 Attorney General in 2001. In the 2009 gubernatorial election, Christie defeated incumbent John Corzine 48.5 percent to 44.9 percent. The tech community is a keen supporter of a lower corporate tax rate, investment [...]
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Next up in our Veepstakes series, we look at Kelly Ayotte, the freshman Senator from New Hampshire.聽 Senator Ayotte began her career clerking for a Justice in New Hampshire鈥檚 Supreme Court.聽 She then served in several posts in the state鈥檚 Attorney General鈥檚 Office, where she was ultimately appointed Attorney General in 2004.聽 She was elected to the U.S. Senate in 2010, winning more than 60 percent [...]
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We continue our series examining the potential picks for a Republican vice presidential running-mate with a look at Paul Ryan. 聽Representative Ryan was first elected in 1998 to represent Wisconsin鈥檚 First District in the U.S. House of Representatives, and he currently serves as the Chairman of the House Budget Committee. 聽Ryan is a well-known policy wonk and is the House Republicans鈥� point person on [...]
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Continuing our focus on possible running mates for Governor Romney, we look at Governor Bob McDonnell of Virginia and analyze where he stands on tech issues. Bob McDonnell was elected as Virginia鈥檚 governor in November 2009, after serving seven terms in Virginia鈥檚 House of Delegates, and four years as the state鈥檚 Attorney General. Governor McDonnell recognized that incentivizing innovation is crucial, [...]
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In this segment of Veepstakes, we take a look at the Governor from Louisiana, Bobby Jindal. 聽Governor Jindal is seen by many political experts as a future presidential nominee for the Republican Party, and is widely believed to be on Mitt Romney鈥檚 shortlist for running mate. 聽Despite being only 41 years old, he has worked in the George W. Bush Administration as an advisor to the Secretary of Health [...]