In the DC bubble, we like buzzwords. Recently, “digital health” joined “blockchain” and “artificial intelligence” on a growing list of phrases that make us feel hip. But what does digital health really mean? To the Connected Health Initiative (CHI), it does not mean turning everyone into their own healthcare professionals, [...]
* Policymakers and experts frequently debate how to provide broadband access to all Americans and how fast the internet connections should be. In order to know how far we must go to reach this goal, we need to have a clear sense of where we are now. Without a clear [...]
A curious thing happened last week. A staggering number of the 7,800 encrypted devices the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI or Bureau) has deemed inaccessible are accessible after all. It turns out the number of inaccessible devices is actually somewhere between 1,000 and 2,000 devices – a significant number, but [...]
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 [...]
