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OTI’s Agentic AI Work Wins Privacy Papers for Policymakers Award
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OTI Urges House of Representatives to Pass the Amash Amendment or Reject the House Intelligence Committee’s Section 702 Bill
The Amash Amendment will strike the text of the House Intelligence Committee’s 702 bill and replace it with the text of the USA Rights Act.
USA Rights Act Provides Robust and Meaningful Reforms to Protect Americans’ Privacy
The Amash Amendment makes essential improvements to Section 702.
OTI Welcomes House Passage of the “Cyber Vulnerability Disclosure Reporting Act”
Today’s House vote is a step forward toward enabling the public to assess how the administration decides to disclose cyber vulnerabilities.
Poe-Lofgren-Nadler Amendment to the Section 702 Reauthorization Bill: Meaningful Reform to Protect Americans’ Privacy
OTI strongly supports this amendment, & if it were attached to S. 139, we would withdraw our opposition to the bill & recommend its passage.
House Intelligence Committee’s Section 702 Bill: Surveillance Expansion and No Meaningful Reform
The House Intelligence Committee’s bill makes no meaningful reforms to Section 702 and codifies “abouts” collection.
OTI Rejects House Intel’s Modified FISA Reauthorization Bill
OTI strongly opposed this bill when it was originally considered, and continues to strongly oppose it in its newly modified form.
12/28 FCC Comments with Public Knowledge Opposing Changes to Citizens Broadband Radio Service Licensing Rules
FCC Filing
Open Data and Overdose Mapping Techniques
As local governments confront the opioid epidemic, it is rare to see data mapped. Why is there resistance to sharing information?
OTI Disappointed Congress Passed Short-Term 702 Reauthorization Instead of Passing Real Reform
Congress passes short-tern reauthorization after House Leadership’s fails to force the passage of the controversial Section 702 expansion.
OTI Alarmed House is Expected to Vote on Section 702 Surveillance Expansion and Reauthorization
The bill would reauthorize Section 702 of FISA for four years without making any meaningful reforms.