For more than a decade, Congress has tried to address the rampant occurrences of data breaches. Since the ChoicePoint breach in 2005, the House and Senate have introduced roughly 50 different pieces of legislation related to data security. None of them have been enacted into law. The reasons for this [...]
As the United States v. Microsoft case hurtles toward oral arguments in the U.S. Supreme Court on February 27, the nearly impossible has happened: Congress introduced legislation on the very issues the Supreme Court case seeks to solve. This week, bipartisan members from the House and the Senate introduced the [...]
Last December, ACT | The App Association and Sonim Technologies joined together to host “The Future of First Responder Technology,” an event to showcase how first responders are adopting high tech devices and software to better serve American communities. The event gathered congressional staff and other attendees to explore the [...]
Unless you live under a rock or avoid social media, you’ve probably seen that the controversy around net neutrality has re-entered our lives like an obnoxious uncle at Thanksgiving dinner. This holiday season might bring good tidings, but it also drags in heated protests against the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC’s) [...]
For any day ending in “y,” commuters across the country fire up the latest traffic app to find the fastest, most efficient route to work. Apps like Waze and Google Maps give commuters access to up-to-the-minute traffic data and alerts to get them to the office on time. It’s no [...]