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• Intel’s Peter Cleveland Named to FAA Drone Advisory Committee - Today, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) announced that Secretary of Transportation Elaine Chao has appointed Peter M. Cleveland, Deputy General Counsel and Vice President at Intel Corporation, to the FAA Drone Advisory Committee (DAC). Cleveland was one of the twelve newly appointed DAC members selected to serve as an advisor to the FAA to assist in the...
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• The Clock Is Ticking On U.S. Infrastructure - This week marks the 7th annual Infrastructure Week, an important time when industry leaders and government officials gather to discuss ways to work together to advance our nation’s infrastructure. While dialogue and conversation are critical to spur policy and R&D efforts, it’s time we ensure that conversations turn into action. There’s too much at stake...
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• Taking Real Action to Improve Diversity in STEM - By Barbara Whye, Vice President, Human Resources Chief Diversity and Inclusion Officer This morning, I testified before the House Committee on Science, Space and Technology on the critical need for diversity in the technology industry. It is critical to understand that this work is a journey and there is no one way to solve the problem....
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• Data Brokers Need Reining In, and the FTC Needs the Authority to Do It - By David Hoffman, Associate General Counsel and Global Privacy Officer The data broker industry has long been the bottom feeding portion of the growing data economy. They purport to be innovators but are in fact nothing more than malicious profiteers. Recent high-profile misuses of personal data have shown how dangerous this largely unregulated category of...
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• Intel Talks the Future of Artificial Intelligence at Hub.Berlin - By Mario Romao, Global Director of Health and Data Policy On April 10 in Berlin, Germany at hub.berlin, Amir Khosrowshahi, Intel Artificial Intelligence Vice-President & Chief Technology Officer and Abigail Wen, Counsel for Office of the AI CTO staged a conversation on “The Present and Future of Artificial Intelligence: Innovations, Investments and Strategies”. The conversation...
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• The U.S. Needs a Stronger and Better Privacy Law - By David A. Hoffman, Associate General Counsel and Global Privacy Officer   On March 12th, I was honored to testify to the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee hearing: GDPR & CCPA: Opt-ins, Consumer Control, and the Impact on Competition and Innovation. It was a welcome opportunity to explain why the U.S. needs a stronger and better privacy law than...
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• Supporting a streamlined US patent system to promote innovation - As one of the Nation’s largest patent owners, Intel is a strong supporter of the U.S. patent system. However, Intel’s experience—like that of most successful technology companies—has overwhelmingly been as a defendant in suits brought by increasingly sophisticated non-practicing entities seeking return on patent litigation as a portfolio investment strategy. With the increasing offensive assertion...
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• Intel’s Connected Care: The Model to Improving Patient Experience and Lowering Healthcare Costs - By Lisa Malloy, Head of U.S. Government Affairs and Mario Romao, Director of Health and Data Policy at Intel Providing access to high quality healthcare while keeping costs under control is a challenge for many large businesses. Intel, which employs about 50,000 people in the US, has taken major steps to ensure that employees and...
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• What New US Export Controls Await in 2019? - By Jeff Rittener, Vice President, Global Trade and Clifton Roberts, Director, Cloud Policy Growth in emerging tech and increased national security checks made 2018 a year of policy-related activities regarding new export controls for certain new technologies, including artificial intelligence (AI). First, on August 13, 2018, the...
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• It’s Finally Happening: Standards, Spectrum, and Innovative Products Are Making 5G a Reality - By Reza Arefi, Director, Spectrum Strategy, Next Generation and Standards Group, Intel Corporation There was great excitement when, about two years ago, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) made an unprecedented move in announcing the intention to open “millimeter-wave spectrum” for commercial 5G development. As those of us working on 5G know, forward-thinking spectrum policy is...
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