CAPPS II Cancelled


From Declan McCullagh’s Politech list: Plan to collect flier data canceled; Color-coded system seen as privacy threat from USA Today Update from Andy Bernat: “Don’t believe everything you read in USA Today. From the Washington Post Friday morning: New Airline Screening System Postponed Controversy Over Privacy Leads to CAPPS II Paring, Delay Until After Election […]

Catching Up: NIST Appropriations


The House passed it’s version of the Commerce, Justice, State Appropriations bill on Thursday which includes funding for National Institute of Standards and Technology. The good news is that the bill includes an increase of funding for core programs at NIST — though it’s still below the President’s requested level — and includes language urging […]

Post from Snowbird: Catching Up with Hearing News


So I’m well ensconced in the Cliff Lodge at the Snowbird Resort in Snowbird, Utah, preparing for CRA’s biannual Snowbird Conference, but finally have a chance to catch up on the blog. As reported, former CRA Gov’t Affairs Committee Chairman and current Co-chair of PITAC Ed Lazowska testified before the House Government Reform Subcommittee on […]

Computing Researchers Applaud Passage of High Performance Computing Legislation


Press Contact: Peter Harsha CRA Director of Government Affairs P: 202-234-2111 ext 106 E: harsha [at] cra.org Computing Researchers Applaud Passage of High Performance Computing Legislation WASHINGTON, DC, July 7, 2004 – The Computing Research Association today praised the House of Representatives for approving two measures that would authorize efforts in high-performance computing research and […]

Science Committee Views on HPC


The clearest guide to what the House Science Committee intends to accomplish in moving HR 4126 to the House floor for passage is probably found in the report accompanying the bill. I’ve reprinted the pertinent passages here, as the report doesn’t seem to be available yet on Congress’ Thomas system. Interagency Planning and Coordination The […]

HPC Authorizations on Floor Wednesday


Two bills aimed at reauthorizing portions of the Networking and Information Technology Research and Development (NITRD) program, the interagency initiative that encompasses all of the Federal IT R&D effort, will reach the House floor on Wednesday and likely pass. We’ve detailed both bills — H.R. 4218 – the High Performance Computing Revitalization Act of 2004 […]

Monoculture Debate at USENIX


Ed Felten’s got a rundown of the Dan Geer vs. Scott Charney debate at the USENIX conference on whether operating-system monoculture is a threat to computer security. Some interesting points on both sides (and from Felten).

Foreign Students Face Fees for SEVIS


From Federal Computer Week: international students and scholars visiting the United States will soon have to pay a $100 fee to register in the Homeland Security Department’s information system to cover administration and maintenance costs for the system. Here’s the full article.