April 2004 - Page 2 of 2

IEEE Gets Favorable OFAC Ruling, Publications Activities No Longer Restricted

April 5, 2004/In: Policy /by Peter Harsha

Ed Felten’s Freedom to Tinker has a bit on the recent Treasury Department ruling in favor of IEEE regarding U.S. restrictions in place against copy-editing and publishing scientific papers whose authors come from countries under US trade embargoes. IEEE had been working the issue with the Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control for about […]

CRA, USACM Urge Support for NIST Labs

April 5, 2004/In: Funding /by Peter Harsha

In response to the dire funding situation for the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Labs program in FY 2004 and beyond, CRA and US ACM’s Public Policy Committee have joined in a letter to leaders in Congress calling for increased support in the FY 2005 appropriations process. Among the labs most likely impacted […]

GrepLaw Interview With Spaf

April 5, 2004/In: People /by Peter Harsha

GrepLaw, run by the Berkman Center for Internet and Society at Harvard, has an interview with CRA board member Gene Spafford (“Spaf”), on what it’s like to testify before Congress, the current spate of virus and worm attacks, his favorite operating systems, and his suggested reading list for “geeky legal types who want to become […]

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