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• Changing the AI Policy Game Requires Changing the Rules - By David Hoffman, Associate General Counsel and Global Privacy Officer Chairman Hurd's House Oversight and Government Reform’s Subcommittee on Information Technology has scheduled a hearing on artificial intelligence for Wednesday, Feb 14 at 2 PM EST. The hearing is aptly named “Game Changers.” There’s no question that AI will be a game changer; the question...
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• 2018 Bodes Well for Telehealth and Remote Patient Monitoring - By Mario Romao, Global Director, Health and Data Policy If 2017 ended on a high for telehealth and remote patient monitoring, the start of 2018 also did not disappoint. Indeed, on Feb 9, the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018 was signed into law. This bill, which provides a budget agreement for 2018-2019, also includes a number...
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• Intel Connects Brussels and Delhi to Discuss Privacy and Global Data Flows - By Riccardo Masucci, Global Director of Privacy Policy, and Anantha Narayanan, Director of Government Affairs and Public Policy in India On Jan 24, Intel hosted and moderated parallel events in...
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• Modern Infrastructure must be Digital by Design - By Peter Cleveland, Vice President, Government and Policy Group, Intel The long-awaited infrastructure plan outlined in the President’s State of the Union Address is a welcome effort to invest in and improve America’s physical infrastructure like roads, bridges and ports. At the same time, achieving the truly modern infrastructure President...
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• Winds are Changing for Remote Patient Monitoring - In my last blog post I referenced the launch of the Intel® Health Application Platform for remote healthcare and also the recent solicitation for comments on “Current Year 2018 Revisions to Payment Policies under the Physician Fee Schedule” (PFS), in which the Centers for Medicare 7 Medicaid Services (CMS) asked for input on how to...
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• Intel Signs Two New Amicus Briefs in Support of Lawful Immigration - This post was updated on 11/22/2017 to reflect the addition of a second brief. Today Intel signed a new amicus brief along with other companies in support of the request of the International Refugee Assistance Project to affirm the decisions of the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals concerning the Entry Ban Executive Order. As a...
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• Bringing (Artificial) Intelligence to Washington D.C. - By David A. Hoffman, Associate General Counsel and Global Privacy Officer On November 7th, Naveen Rao, Vice President and General Manager of Intel’s Artificial Intelligence Products Group travelled to Washington D.C. to participate in a public panel of thought leaders to discuss how artificial intelligence (AI) is positively impacting our lives and society. Later he met...
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• Intel Guides Conversation on Global Approaches and Standardization to Improve Cyber Risk Management at CyberNextDC - By Jackie Medecki and Riccardo Masucci The inaugural “CyberNextDC Privacy. Partnership. Protection.” conference took place in Washington DC on Oct 25 and was sponsored by the Coalition for Cybersecurity Policy and Law led by Ari Schwartz, the Cyber Threat Alliance led by Michael Daniel, and the National Security Institute at George Mason University. The event...
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• Intel files U.S. Supreme Court Amicus Brief in Oil States Energy vs Greene’s Energy - In 2011 Congress enacted Inter Partes Review (IPR) as part of the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act to refine the processes used by United States Patent and Trademark Office (PTO) in conducting patent reexamination to make those processes more efficient and better enable the PTO to identify and invalidate erroneously issued patent claims.  Invalid patents impose...
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• Testing is Critical to Drone Safety and Industry Success - By Lisa Malloy, Senior Director, Government and Policy Group, focusing on UAS policy Most people think of drones as toys or a photography tool, but they are really part of a true “airborne revolution” that can promote safety, security and efficiency. Intel is focused on how aerial technology will revolutionize business and entertainment, while also...
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