Last week the Government Accountability Office (GAO) announced the formation of a new office to aid Congress in understanding science and technology matters. This office will be organized as a 15th mission team under GAO’s organization chart called “Science, Technology Assessment, and Analytics” (STAA). Its work will focus on four key areas: Conducting technology assessments and providing technical services […]
by Renee DiResta and Bryan Jones “If I had a world of my own, everything would be nonsense. Nothing would be what it is, because everything would be what it isn’t. And contrary wise, what is, it wouldn’t be. And what it wouldn’t be, it would. You see?” ― Lewis Carroll, Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland With news […]
In the absence of better laws or solutions from tech platforms, it may be worth a try U.S. intelligence officials are already issuing warnings about foreign interference in American democracy ahead of what promises to be a bruising 2020 election cycle. Delivering a threat assessment to the Senate Intelligence Committee, Director of National Intelligence Dan […]
Concerns about artificial intelligence (AI) creating a new class of weapons that kill without human guidance has led governments, industry titans, frontline tech workers, and human rights activists alike to [...]
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As we enter the second week of February, technology continues to make headlines. Whether it’s ongoing developments related to Facebook and Amazon, fake news or Artificial Intelligence and the government, [...]
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Last week the Government Accountability Office (GAO) announced the formation of a new office to aid Congress in understanding science and technology matters. This office will be organized as a 15th mission [...]
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After being delayed during the 35 day long shutdown, the State of the Union finally happened last night. While the political world tuned in to see which guests each member [...]
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by Renee DiResta and Bryan Jones “If I had a world of my own, everything would be nonsense. Nothing would be what it is, because everything would be what it isn’t. And [...]
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In the absence of better laws or solutions from tech platforms, it may be worth a try U.S. intelligence officials are already issuing warnings about foreign interference in American democracy [...]
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After 35 days, the Shutdown finally ended, although the Congressional Budget Office on Monday estimated the economic cost at $11 billion. Between that, and the Polar Vortex, a chill is [...]
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Welcome to the 3rd week of January. It’s frigid on the East Coast, though nothing is colder than the government shutdown (now at day 31). Yet the technology policy world [...]
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The future feels uncertain, now more than ever. As a species we face looming and unprecedented challenges and a growing awareness of — and fascination with — our shrinking proximity [...]
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Welcome to the 2nd week of January. While the government remains shutdown, there are still several key themes we’re following this week at Protego: Location data and privacy. A number [...]
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