USA Rights Act Provides Robust and Meaningful Reforms to Protect Americans’ Privacy
The Amash Amendment makes essential improvements to Section 702.
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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
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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.
OTI Welcomes Cancellation of Vote on Dangerous Bill to Expand and Reauthorize Section 702 Surveillance
House leadership abandoned its attempt to hold a vote this week on the FISA Amendments Reauthorization Act of 2017.
Vote NO on Section 702 Surveillance Expansion and Reauthorization
The modifications to this bill are wholly insufficient to address the many concerns it raises.
OTI Opposes Rep. Blackburn’s “Dead on Arrival” Net Neutrality Bill
Rather than restoring online protections, this net neutrality legislation is riddled with loopholes for large companies.
Ignoring Widespread and Bipartisan Opposition, FCC Votes to Kill Net Neutrality Rules
The FCC voted 3-2 to gut its 2015 net neutrality rules that protect Americans from anti-competitive & anti-consumer ISP practices.
TechCongress Announces Third Class of Congressional Innovation Fellows
Six new fellows are bringing their tech expertise to Congress.
We are in a crisis over trust in government, business and online with no fix in sight
It is unacceptable for algorithms and scoring mechanisms to be opaque and unaccountable to scrutiny.