Washington Monthly. April-June, 2019, Vol. 51 Issue 4-6, p13, 6 p.
Subjects
Company personnel management, United States. Congress -- Demographic aspects, United States. Congress -- Science and technology policy, United States. Congress -- Human resource management, United States. Congress. Office of Technology Assessment -- History, United States. Congress. Office of Technology Assessment -- Powers and duties, United States. Congress. Office of Technology Assessment -- Organization dissolution, United States. Government Accountability Office -- Powers and duties, United States. Government Accountability Office -- Aims and objectives, Professional government workers -- Demographic aspects, Professional government workers -- Human resource management, Professional government workers -- Compensation and benefits, Technology and state -- Political aspects, and Technophobia -- Political aspects
Abstract
Chuck Schumer, one of the most powerful people in Washington, uses a flip phone. The kind of phone with a tiny screen and real buttons, designed for making actual phone [...]
Science. March 12, 1999, Vol. 283 Issue 5408, 1639.
Subjects
United States. Congress -- Science and technology policy, Research grants -- Finance, and Federal aid to research -- Management
Abstract
Congress should ensure that R&D receives the priority it deserves. Washington memories are short. Many a good idea has gotten buried between the end of one Congress and [...]
Government regulation, United States. Congress -- Science and technology policy, Spyware -- Laws, regulations and rules, and Computer software industry -- Laws, regulations and rules
Abstract
After several similar efforts in the last two years, Congress is taking another stab at countering the spyware that infests desktop computers around the country. Yesterday, the Senate Committee on [...]
Company business planning, Government regulation, United States. Congress -- Science and technology policy, Mars probes -- Planning, Moon -- Discovery and exploration, and Moon -- Laws, regulations and rules
Abstract
As President Barack Obama's second term comes to an end,Congress is reconsidering the country's space priorities. The idea of areturn trip to the moon is increasing in popularity. [...]
Science. August 25, 1995, Vol. 269 Issue 5227, p1038, 4 p. photograph
Subjects
United States. Food and Drug Administration -- Management, United States. Congress -- Science and technology policy, Pharmaceutical policy -- Management, and Drug approval -- Management
Abstract
Both houses of Congress will debate a number of proposals for reforming the FDA in fall 1995. There is no real consensus yet on reform, but legislation to limit the scope of the agency is likely. FDA officials maintain they are also addressing the issue of reform.
Market trend/market analysis, Company business planning, United States. Congress -- Science and technology policy, Space business enterprises -- Forecasts and trends, Space shuttles -- Launching, Space shuttles -- Planning, Space shuttles -- Government finance, and Cape Canaveral -- Planning
Abstract
From shop floors to launch pads at Cape Canaveral, momentum is building toward lofting the first commercial services to carry humans to and from the space station by the end [...]
Antitrust issue, Company legal issue, Government regulation, United States. Congress -- Science and technology policy, United States. Congress -- Economic policy, United States. Congress -- Demographic aspects, High technology industry -- Ethical aspects, High technology industry -- Investigations, High technology industry -- Laws, regulations and rules, Business ethics -- Evaluation, Business ethics -- Laws, regulations and rules, Unfair competition (Commerce) -- Investigations, Antitrust law, and Bipartisanship (Politics)
Abstract
WASHINGTON -- Lawmakers leveled stinging criticism and sharp questions at Big Tech executives on Tuesday, attacking Amazon, Apple, Facebook and Google for their market power, their perceived bias as gatekeepers [...]
Computerworld. July 8, 1991, Vol. 25 Issue 27, p25, 1 p. cartoon
Subjects
Information systems, International Trade, Government Regulation, Standard, European Economic Community, Encryption, Security, National Research Council, United States. National Security Agency, United States. National Institute of Science and Technology, Data Security, United States. Congress -- Science and technology policy, United States. National Security Agency -- Science and technology policy, European Community -- Safety and security measures, National Academy of Sciences. National Research Council -- Reports, Data security -- Laws, regulations and rules, Information systems -- Safety and security measures, Computer industry -- Safety and security measures, Telecommunications services industry -- Laws, regulations and rules, Computer software industry -- Safety and security measures, United States economic conditions -- Safety and security measures, and Security systems industry -- Laws, regulations and rules
Abstract
The US is in danger of losing its leadership in the area of computer and communications security because US security technologies and standards are not adequate for utilization in international business. The European Community (EC) has established its own suggested standards called the Information Technology Security Evaluation Criteria (TSEC). TSEC parallels US Trusted Computer System Evaluation Criteria, but they also encompass commercial availability and integrity. The US has not been able to mimic the EC's harmonization efforts, and decisive action by Congress may be needed to enable the computer security industry, the National Security Agency and the National Institute for Science and Technology to create unified guidelines. The lack of a unified policy has made it very risky for firms to invest in information security technology, and there is indications that the US industry is moving production of technologies, such as encryption, offshore.
United States. National Science Foundation -- Finance, United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration -- Finance, United States. Congress -- Science and technology policy, Federal aid to research -- Finance, and Astronautics and state -- Finance
Abstract
The budgetary roller coaster ride for many U.S. scientists ended last week when President Bill Clinton said he would sign a bill that gives the National Science Foundation (NSF) a [...]
United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration -- Finance, United States. Congress -- Science and technology policy, and Space stations -- Research
Abstract
Researchers upset about cuts to space station research have found some allies in Congress. A powerful House panel that sets NASA's budget last week ordered the agency to halt its [...]
Broadband Internet, Government regulation, United States. Federal Communications Commission -- Reports, United States. Federal Communications Commission -- Standards, United States. Congress -- Science and technology policy, Broadband transmission -- Usage, and Broadband transmission -- Laws, regulations and rules
Abstract
In the mid-1990s, Congress worried about the slow pace of broadband Internet deployment in the United States, so it included a requirement in the Telecommunications Act of 1996 [...]
United States. Department of Energy -- Finance, United States. Congress -- Science and technology policy, and Research -- Finance
Abstract
If you don't like the way an institution is run, go after its budget. Congress has just applied that logic to a special fund controlled by the directors of the [...]
United States. Congress -- Science and technology policy and Science and state
Abstract
Nearly 5 years ago, the 104th Congress zeroed out funding for one of its own agencies, the Office of Technology Assessment. OTA's budget was less than 1 percent of Congress's [...]
United States. Congress -- Science and technology policy, Freedom of information -- Laws, regulations and rules, and Freedom of Information Act
Abstract
Congress last week rejected a proposal to overturn a controversial new law that would force the release of scientific data from federally funded research. Universities and other scientific groups concerned [...]
Government regulation, United States. Congress -- Science and technology policy, Music industry -- Laws, regulations and rules, Music industry -- Intellectual property, Internet piracy -- Laws, regulations and rules, Piracy (Copyright) -- Laws, regulations and rules, Piracy (Copyright) -- Prevention, Copyright infringement -- Laws, regulations and rules, and Copyright infringement -- Prevention
Abstract
A hot issue awaits Congress when it returns in January: online piracy. Both houses have bills to combat copyright infringement of movies, music and other intellectual property on [...]
Editor & Publisher. Jan 1, 1994, Vol. 127 Issue 1, p26, 3 p. photograph
Subjects
United States. Congress -- Science and technology policy, Postal rates -- Prices and rates, Newspaper publishing -- Political aspects, and Telecommunications services industry -- Laws, regulations and rules
Abstract
Telecommunications regulation bills and potential postal rate increases dominated the media issues debated in Congress in 1993. The Telecommunications Infrastructure Act of 1993, introduced by Senators Daniel Inouye and John Danforth, was joined by two House bills introduced late in the year. One bill concerns regional Bell operating company access, and the other focuses on information services. In addition to these and other telecommunications-related bills, the postmaster is expected to raise all rates between 6% and 10% over two years. In 1994, a major issue may be the status of independent contractors under the proposed healthcare reform plan.
Issues in Science and Technology. Summer, 2007, Vol. 23 Issue 4, p21, 2 p.
Subjects
Government regulation, United States. Congress -- Science and technology policy, United States. National Science Foundation -- Government finance, United States. National Science Foundation -- Services, United States. National Institute of Standards and Technology -- Government finance, United States. Department of Energy -- Services, United States. Department of Energy -- Government finance, Federal aid to research -- Laws, regulations and rules, Sowing the Seeds through Science and Engineering Research Act, America Creating Opportunities to Meaningfully Promote Excellence in Technology, Education, and Science Act, American Competitiveness in the Twenty-First Century Act of 2000, and United States -- Educational aspects
Abstract
Congress appears poised to approve major legislation to boost U.S. economic competitiveness, with Senate approval of the America COMPETES Act (S. 761) and House passage of the 21st Century Competitiveness [...]
Information services industry, Government regulation, Company legal issue, Facebook Inc. -- Officials and employees, Facebook Inc. -- Laws, regulations and rules, Facebook Inc. -- Investigations, United States. Congress -- Science and technology policy, Information services -- Officials and employees, Information services -- Laws, regulations and rules, Information services -- Investigations, Information services industry -- Officials and employees, Information services industry -- Laws, regulations and rules, and Information services industry -- Investigations
Abstract
WASHINGTON -- When it comes to regulating Facebook, Congress is in over its head. But does that matter? This week's marathon testimony by Mark Zuckerberg, the social network's [...]
Encryption, Government regulation, Technology application, United States. Congress -- Science and technology policy, Data encryption -- Laws, regulations and rules, Data encryption -- Political aspects, Data encryption -- Access control, and Law enforcement -- Technology application
Abstract
Backdoors to break into encrypted communications are a bad idea from a confidentiality point of view, but Congress needs to act to decide how to balance that with the needs [...]
Science. Oct 18, 2002, Vol. 298 Issue 5593, p511, 2 p.
Subjects
Company financing, United States. Congress -- Science and technology policy, Pluto (Planet), and Mars (Planet) -- Discovery and exploration
Abstract
Pluto was the Roman god of the dead, but a $488 million mission to his planetary namesake is very much alive. Last week, a U.S. House spending panel brushed aside [...]
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