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Hilton Austin Downtown
Salon B
500 E 4th St.
Speakers
Zach Graves
Lincoln Network
Tim O'Reilly
O'Reilly Media
Jessica Rosenworcel
Federal Communications Commission
Mark Takano
US House of Representatives
Last year’s Facebook hearings made clear how powerful new technologies are, and how important it is for our elected officials to have an understanding of their basic mechanics.
The public was outraged at Facebook for not protecting their personal data, but members on both side of the aisle didn’t seem up to the task of questioning Mark Zuckerberg. Unfortunately, data privacy seems to be only the latest technical topic that Congress has struggled with.
So, while Congress considers future steps to take on technical issues, Congress should reinstate its own think tank of engineers that used to advise them on emerging technology: The Office of Technology Assessment.
Join us to discuss this plan and others ways to address Congress’ technical gap.
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Format: Panel
Event Type: Session
Track: Cities, Government & Politics
Level: Beginner