CRA Government Affairs

Computing Research Policy Blog

October 2004

Senate Poised to Enable Terror Data Mining

October 6, 2004/In: Policy, Research /by Peter Harsha

Wired reports that the Senate could enable, as part of it’s National Intelligence Reform Act, work on a system “that would let government counter-terrorist investigators instantly query a massive system of interconnected commercial and government databases that hold billions of records on Americans.” The proposed network is based on the Markle Foundation Task Force’s December […]

Financial Times Notes US Emphasis on Supercomputing

October 6, 2004/In: Policy /by Peter Harsha

Thanks to Tom Jones for pointing out this story in the Financial Times on the increasing attention paid to supercomputing in the wake of the Japanese Earth Simulator’s 2 year reign at the top of the Top500. Here’s a bit: Hard drive by lobbyists helps US take supercomputer lead By Simon London An almost audible […]