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The Trump administration has released its national legislative framework for AI technology. If enacted, it could pre-empt state regulations in certain areas but maintain some authority elsewhere. -
Plus, new legislation would revive the FCC’s equity council if enacted, a report reveals connectivity gaps in tribal communities, some municipal broadband networks outperform their competitors, and more.
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The legislation, proposed Wednesday by Sen. Marsha Blackburn, would compel AI chatbot developers to “exercise reasonable care” in designing and operating systems to prevent “reasonably foreseeable” harm to users.
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Since 2017, Alaska's effort to consolidate IT had resulted in many dissatisfied state agencies, but the state was able to change a number of minds with its recent advancement in teleworking capability.
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Hundreds of billions of dollars in tech spending was approved by the House Appropriations Committee. Twelve bills focus on boosting homeland security, election security, rural broadband and other issues.
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Seven Alabama counties are receiving $2.9 million in grants to upgrade high-speed broadband Internet, with the grants awarded through the Alabama Broadband Accessibility Fund, which was created by state lawmakers.
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Criminal defense attorneys and county prosecutors across the state have publicly raised concerns over how the virtual grand jury proceedings are playing out and the long-term consequences the new process could have.
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If approved, the bill would remove a provision of public records law that allows police agencies in the state to withhold information about whether they use powerful surveillance tools to investigate crimes.
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Plus, the Census 2020 Hard to Count Map adds a set of new features; Pew experts compile resources for federal efforts to close the digital divide; and a national civic volunteer award spotlights community heroes.
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As civil liberty groups have lobbied for police reforms nationwide, an increasingly hostile regulatory landscape is emerging for facial recognition technology. It throws into question whether there is a path forward for its use by state and local governments.
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The Task Force on Broadband Access will advise state leadership on the actions and policies needed to promote high-speed Internet access. The group includes representatives from the private and public sectors.
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Maine voters on Tuesday overwhelmingly backed $120 million in bonds for transportation and broadband systems that have been stressed by the coronavirus pandemic, with $15 million going for broadband.
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As social distancing recommendations remain in place, many Ohio state representatives on summer recess are increasingly resorting to virtual forms of constituent outreach as the coronavirus continues to grip the nation.
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The stay-at-home edicts at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic this spring made it obvious that thriving communities in Maine need broadband access, yet for scores of small towns, wider Internet access remains impossible.
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As Congress debates a police reform bill, law enforcement agencies across Polk County, Fla., are mulling the purchase of body cameras for their officers should such a bill include federal grants to pay for them.
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Colleges and universities across the United States have started scrambling this week to make sure that their reopening plans include enough in-person instruction to protect students from deportation.
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New Mexico will require sheriff’s deputies and police officers to wear cameras under legislation signed into law Wednesday — a measure triggered by national and local protests against police brutality.
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The lawmakers in the Michigan House called for a ban on the use of facial recognition technology by law enforcement, citing misidentification of people of color. The proposal is part of a series of police reform bills.
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The law, which requires Internet service providers to get customer permission before selling or sharing their data, was largely upheld in federal court. U.S. District Court Justice Lance Walker dismissed most of the challenge presented by the ISPs.
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In Congress, both parties have now finally agreed that the United States has fallen too far behind on providing high-speed Internet and that action is necessary to connect millions of Americans.
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The House Judiciary Committee announced that the CEOs of Amazon.com Inc., Facebook Inc., Alphabet Inc. and Apple Inc. would be testifying as part of an investigation about competition in the tech industry.
