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Significant alignment between the U.S. and EU standards and regulations approaches can mean significant new opportunities for our economies, including new jobs and innovative products and services for consumers.聽 Today in Brussels, U.S. Trade Representative Mike Froman made that evident. 聽 Our goals for T-TIP are clear.聽 A successful negotiation will create a comprehensive agreement, which not only [...]
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We welcome the constructive steps that President Obama outlined today to improve the transparency and openness of the nation鈥檚 surveillance programs. 聽We not only support greater transparency on the part of government, but also greater discretion on the part of business to be more transparent about their responses to government surveillance requests. 聽These are important steps not just to increase [...]
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Tonight, the U.S. information and communications technology (ICT) industry gained a thoughtful voice within the U.S. government for tech policies that embrace and advance innovation. With Senate confirmation of Daniel Sepulveda, many of the pressing international issues facing the ICT sector are now in the capable hands of the State Department鈥檚 new Deputy Assistant Secretary and U.S. Coordinator for [...]
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It's not often that more than 100 leaders representing our nation鈥檚 most dynamic industry speak with one clear voice.聽 But when it comes to reforming our immigration system, there is no dissent within high tech:聽 It鈥檚 time for the Senate to approve S. 744, bipartisan comprehensive immigration reform legislation that would give a major lift to our innovation economy and create jobs here at home. Senators [...]
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Technology is a transformative force for good, and must be harnessed toward the challenge of environmental sustainability.聽 That is the reality of the moment as well as the opportunity for the future that we focused on today at 鈥淗ow Green Is the Internet,鈥� held at Google鈥檚 Mountain View campus. There are two things that jump out at me coming away from the session.聽 One is the unique power and ability [...]
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How green is the Internet?聽 That鈥檚 a great question.聽聽 Not coincidentally, it鈥檚 also the name of a summit meeting today at Google headquarters.聽 (You can watch live at www.youtube.com/googlegreen.) Participants make up an intriguing mix of experts from industry, academia, government and NGOs.聽聽 For our part, 91pro视频 is helping to explore emerging questions around the environmental impacts and benefits [...]
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Deputy Assistant Secretary of State and U.S. Coordinator for International Communications and Information Policy in the State Department鈥檚 Bureau of Economic and Business Affairs. It鈥檚 a title that barely fits on a business card, but a job that is essential to the long-term success of the tech industry and the continued strength of the digital economy. For nearly four years, the post has been held [...]
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We all know that it鈥檚 easy in Washington to make almost any issue political, including tax policy.聽 However, there is a clear difference in asking legitimate, tough questions in a political atmosphere versus asking politically charged questions under the guise of legitimacy.聽 Unfortunately we are about to see more of the latter from Michigan Senator Carl Levin when the former is what鈥檚 needed. Tomorrow, [...]
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President Obama today nominated two leaders for posts that are about, as their core mission, creating new U.S. jobs and building new global opportunities for America鈥檚 businesses.聽 Mike Froman promises to be a strong leader as our next U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), and his nomination comes at a critical juncture for U.S. trade policy.聽 With the push to complete the Information Technology Agreement [...]
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Dateline Beijing: Spending this week in Beijing -- participating in the U.S.-China Internet Industry Forum, meeting with government and industry officials from both countries, talking with Chinese entrepreneurs and tech investors -- has given me fresh perspective on how to address the challenges facing both countries, especially as it relates to technology issues. I鈥檓 not suggesting there is a magic [...]
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