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Silicon Valley loves picking on Washington, D.C., for being inept and slow. But what our friends in the Valley do not acknowledge is that while they can indulge in the “move fast and break things”...
View ArticleCoalition letter on autonomous vehicles
Speaker Pelosi, Minority Leader McCarthy, Senate Majority Leader McConnell, and Minority Leader Schumer: Roughly two years ago, the Coalition for Future Mobility – a group of key stakeholders that...
View ArticleLetter regarding: Hearing on “Protecting Consumer Privacy in the Era of Big...
Dear Chairwoman Schakowsky & Ranking Member McMorris Rodgers: We at the R Street Institute (“R Street”) commend you and the Subcommittee for holding this hearing on “Protecting Consumer Privacy in...
View ArticleMomentum builds for Congress restoring Office of Technology Assessment
From the Federal News Network: Sasha Moss, previously a staffer for former Rep. Blake Farenthold (R-Texas), now a federal government affairs manager at the R Street Institute, agreed that OTA can...
View ArticleArguing for the return of the Office of Technology Assessment
From the Federal Drive Podcast: Remember the Office of Technology Assessment? If so, you’ve been around a while. The group, which provided insight to Congress on technology and its implications, was...
View ArticleRE: Hearing on “GDPR & CCPA: Opt-ins, Consumer Control, and the Impact on...
Dear Chairman Graham & Ranking Member Feinstein: We at the R Street Institute (“R Street”) commend you and the Committee for holding this hearing on “GDPR & CCPA: Opt-ins, Consumer Control,...
View ArticleIt’s Time to Hack Cybersecurity Law
From Protego Press: Informed: Congress, regulatory agencies, executive branch officials, and courts must have a clear and current understanding of the technology and cybersecurity threats before they...
View ArticleOTA gets $6M in startup funding under draft spending bill
From Federal News Network: Sasha Moss, senior director at Insight Public Affairs and former government affairs manager for the R Street Institute, where she advocated for a revived OTA, said the...
View ArticleCopyright Infringement Liability in the Music Industry
From Music Business Journal: Federal Affairs Manager at the R Street Institute, Sasha Moss, goes as far to say that this method may be completely ineffective, and that “the only way to combat piracy is...
View ArticleSection 512 of Title 17, a Report of the Register of Copyrights
From United States Copyright Office [1]: On red flag knowledge, OSPs and user advocacy groups similarly agree that “the courts that have narrowly interpreted ‘red flag’ knowledge have been correct.”609...
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