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Technology is a transformative force for good, and must be harnessed toward the challenge of environmental sustainability. That is the reality of the moment as well as the opportunity for the future that we focused on today at “How Green Is the Internet,” held at Google’s Mountain View campus. There are two things that jump out at me coming away from the session. One is the unique power and ability [...]
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How green is the Internet? That’s a great question. Not coincidentally, it’s also the name of a summit meeting today at Google headquarters. (You can watch live at www.youtube.com/googlegreen.) Participants make up an intriguing mix of experts from industry, academia, government and NGOs. For our part, ITI is helping to explore emerging questions around the environmental impacts and benefits [...]
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Deputy Assistant Secretary of State and U.S. Coordinator for International Communications and Information Policy in the State Department’s Bureau of Economic and Business Affairs. It’s a title that barely fits on a business card, but a job that is essential to the long-term success of the tech industry and the continued strength of the digital economy. For nearly four years, the post has been held [...]
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We all know that it’s easy in Washington to make almost any issue political, including tax policy. However, there is a clear difference in asking legitimate, tough questions in a political atmosphere versus asking politically charged questions under the guise of legitimacy. Unfortunately we are about to see more of the latter from Michigan Senator Carl Levin when the former is what’s needed. Tomorrow, [...]
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President Obama today nominated two leaders for posts that are about, as their core mission, creating new U.S. jobs and building new global opportunities for America’s businesses. Mike Froman promises to be a strong leader as our next U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), and his nomination comes at a critical juncture for U.S. trade policy. With the push to complete the Information Technology Agreement [...]
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Dateline Beijing: Spending this week in Beijing -- participating in the U.S.-China Internet Industry Forum, meeting with government and industry officials from both countries, talking with Chinese entrepreneurs and tech investors -- has given me fresh perspective on how to address the challenges facing both countries, especially as it relates to technology issues. I’m not suggesting there is a magic [...]
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One of the unique and distinguishing characteristics about ITI is the depth of expertise of our advocacy team. We take pride in that fact and the ways that our team helps to find policy solutions to some of the toughest challenges facing the global economy. Today, we are excited to announce the start of a new ITI practice focused on addressing global privacy policy, and are bringing on board a top-notch [...]
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The White House today released a report that is intended to set the stage for greater coordination across the federal government to protect the intellectual property of American business. As part of the release, I participated in a panel discussion that examined the global challenges that companies face in this arena. Here’s what I had to say, excerpted from the full discussion. * * * * * Dean [...]
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As they analyze the two speeches tonight – the President’s State of the Union Address and Senator Marco Rubio’s Republican response, pundits are focused on the evening's political theater. Who applauded when? Was the tone fair or fractious? But those questions ignore the ones that are most important: What are the areas of agreement? And how do we get them done? When there is bipartisan agreement, [...]
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This op/ed was originally published by the Mercury News. The recent jobs report and the decline in fourth quarter GDP growth reinforce that the U.S. economy is teetering on the edge of stalling. The policy decisions made in 2013 will be critical in determining our fate. To ensure a future of renewed prosperity and innovation, we should move quickly to advance immigration reform. As an immigrant who [...]
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