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In President Biden’s first State of the Union address, the sense of optimism surrounding the landmark U.S. infrastructure law was palpable. The law promises to address long-term critical infrastructure needs like new highways and bridges, safe and reliable public transportation, clean water, and internet access. The major investments – and thousands of projects already announced – will benefit communities [...]
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ITI President and CEO Jason Oxman speaks with Tamaria Kai Perry, Assistant Vice President of Innovation and Entrepreneurship of the Thurgood Marshall College Fund; Nicolas Hardin, Computer Science Major at Southern University A&M College; and Jackeima Flemming, Marketing and Data Science Major at University of the Virgin Islands on how HBCUs, PBIs and the Thurgood Marshall College Fund prepare the [...]
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Representation matters and today’s workforce is as diverse as it has ever been. Over the past two years, specifically in the tech sector, many companies have made public commitments to increase hiring, engagement, and retention of underrepresented groups, especially people of color. By developing inclusive programs and creating partnerships focused on closing the diversity talent gap, ITI’s member [...]
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The Biden Administration continues to advance a multitude of technology and cybersecurity initiatives that will reset the way the U.S. government and professionals approach procurement in federal information technology (IT). This focus is welcome as cyber threats increasingly target digital government services. ITI continues to call on U.S. policymakers to prioritize and act on these critical issues, [...]
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ITI President and CEO Jason Oxman speaks with Ryan Hagemann, Co-Director of IBM’s Policy Lab, to explore the transformative impact of emerging technologies, including quantum computing and artificial intelligence, on public policy. Listen to the podcast on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, or Spotify.
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January 15, 2022 marks the two-year anniversary of the conclusion of the U.S.-China Phase One Trade Deal brokered by the Trump Administration. Throughout his campaign and first year in office, President Biden has underscored the importance of a comprehensive, strategic, and international, coalition-based approach to the U.S.-China trade relationship. Two years and billions of dollars in tariffs later, [...]
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As the Biden-Harris Administration focuses on restoring ties with partners in the Indo-Pacific, the U.S. must take concrete action in an area that defines how all international commerce is conducted today – digital trade. Since the Trump-Pence Administration’s withdrawal from the Trans-Pacific Partnership (now Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific (CPTPP)), Indo-Pacific countries [...]
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This week, the Biden Administration is hosting the 2021 Summit for Democracy. The summit will bring together leaders from democratic governments around the world to share specific ideas about “the challenges and opportunities facing democracies.” As the premier advocate of the global technology industry, we see this week’s meetings as an opportunity for both governments and civil society to come together [...]
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Following the much-anticipated publication of the Artificial Intelligence (AI) Act proposal by the European Commission earlier this year, EU policymakers in the Council and the European Parliament are beginning their work on the text. While the Council is already looking at the key substantive issues of the proposal, the European Parliament is expected to intensify the legislative work in the coming [...]
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Listen to ITI President and CEO Jason Oxman speak with Page Motes, Head of Sustainability at Dell Technologies, Sophia Leonora Mendelsohn, the Chief Sustainability Officer and Head of Environmental Social Governance at Cognizant and Sean Kinghorn, who is the Global Sustainability Leader at Intuit, as part of ITI’s Bridge for Innovation event series, which focuses on how good policy and new technologies [...]
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