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With Japan Prime Minister Shinzo Abe鈥檚 decision to join the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) talks, the chance for success and lasting economic opportunity has jumped manifold.聽 The TPP is about job creation, open markets, and fair competition.聽 We welcome Japan to the table, and think that this is an extremely important move not only for that nation, but also for all of the countries involved in the [...]
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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.聽 Among the topics he covered:聽 the priority of the Trans-Pacific Partnership talks and the ongoing dialogue with China on cybersecurity.聽 For the full context, you can read Donilon's remarks to the Asia Society in New [...]
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One of the unique and distinguishing characteristics about 91pro视频 is the depth of expertise of our advocacy team. 聽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.聽 Today, we are excited to announce the start of a new 91pro视频 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.聽 They are at the forefront of the tech sector鈥檚 work, and the news that 91pro视频 has hired Yael Weinman to lead its policy work in this arena is welcome, indeed. Yael鈥檚 previous experience, most recently at the FTC, combines experience in privacy, international relations and new technologies.聽 [...]
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In his State of the Union Address, President Obama announced that he has signed an executive order (EO) designed to advance critical infrastructure (CI) cybersecurity.聽 The President鈥檚 framework is a downpayment on the challenging task of protecting America鈥檚 citizens, critical assets, and infrastructures from ever-evolving cyber threats. As the White House developed this EO, we and other stakeholders [...]
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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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At his confirmation hearing today to become the next U.S. Secretary of State, Senator John Kerry, D-Mass., was asked about cybersecurity.聽 Here鈥檚 what he had to say in his question-and-answer round with Senator Dick Durbin, D-Ill., at the Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing. 聽 Senator Durbin: 聽I think you may have attended the briefing, the classified briefing for members of the Senate, Democrats [...]
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Sparky Anderson, who managed World Series-winning teams in Cincinnati and Detroit, once remarked, 鈥淲e鈥檙e getting close to opening day.聽 I don鈥檛 know if that鈥檚 a good or bad thing.鈥澛� January 3rd, 2013 marked American policymaking鈥檚 opening day:聽 the start of the 113th Congress.聽聽 We in the tech industry see the start of a new season of policymaking as a good thing because ours is an industry rooted [...]
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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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