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CCIA Presents Recommendations And Hosts Stakeholder Event, As EU And US Leaders Agree On Digital Cooperation
April 14, 2015
Brussels -- Senior officials from the U.S. Government and the European Commission meet in Brussels today to agree on a blueprint for digital cooperation. In advance the Computer & Communications...
CCIA Welcomes The Judicial Redress Act of 2015
April 9, 2015
CCIA supports the bipartisan Judicial Redress Act of 2015 as introduced by Representatives Sensenbrenner (R-WI) and Conyers (D-MI).
This Act is crucial to help restore global trust in the U.S. govern...
H-1B Applications Again Go to Lottery
April 8, 2015
Days after the application period opened, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has announced that the number of H-1B temporary work visa applications received already surpasses the an...
MEPs, Academics, Businesses Discuss CCIA/EDiMA Internet Opportunity Study
March 30, 2015
Brussels --- Just a month after an OECD report calling on Europe to boost productivity, CCIA and EDiMA released a report illustrating untapped potential of the Internet that could do just that. Bria...
CCIA Joins Letter Asking Congress To Stop NSA From Bulk Data Collection
March 25, 2015
Washington -- The Computer & Communications Industry Association joined a coalition letter urging Congress to pass legislation to stop the National Security Agency’s bulk collection of electroni...
Scrapped Indian internet law is big win for freedom of speech online
March 24, 2015
India’s Supreme Court today, March 24, vetoed a controversial 2009 amendment to India’s Information Technology Act. The court found it unconstitutional as a restriction on freedom of speech onli...
CCIA Expresses Concern Over Florida Proposal to Regulate Internet Content Sites
March 24, 2015
Washington – This week Florida legislators are considering proposals that could undermine core principles that have helped keep the Internet open and free. They would force website owners and oper...
“Internet Opportunity” Report Charts Europe’s Productivity Gains
March 24, 2015
Brussels –The Internet is helping traditional industries in Europe remain competitive, according to a new report released by the Computer & Communications Industry Association (CCIA) and EDiMA...
Not Again! Marketplace Fairness Act Reintroduced in Senate
March 17, 2015
Washington -- Last week, the Marketplace Fairness Act (MFA) was reintroduced in the Senate by Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), Sen. Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.), Sen. Mike Enzi (R-Wyo) and Sen. Heidi Heitkamp ...
Breakfast with Edward Snowden
March 16, 2015
Austin -- I wasn’t expecting it. Dinner with the Irish Taoiseach Enda Kenny (Prime Minister). After dinner drinks with Hulk Hogan. Breakfast the next morning with Edward Snowden. Not dining companio...
Law Enforcement, Civil Society Representatives Clash Over ‘Crypto Wars’ 2.0
March 13, 2015
Washington - This week was a busy one for in the tech policy space, especially when it came to discussions of privacy and security. Yesterday there were two events with identical topics: the modern ...