Public Policy

SIIA aggressively promotes and protects the interests of its member companies in legal and public policy debates by working with state, federal and international policymakers and participating in landmark legal decisions. SIIA supports the development of a robust global electronic marketplace that is diverse and highly competitive. To that end, SIIA is the leading voice of the software & digital content industries across a wide-range of issues, including intellectual property protection, privacy and data security, e-government and information policy, taxation of electronic commerce, security, education technology and workforce development.

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This Week in IP Enforcement
ICANN Targets May 22 To Reopen Web Address Application System (The Hill) The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) said
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Lorraine Landfried, Deputy CIO for Product Development at VA to speak to SIIA Public Sector Group
As part of its ongoing Executive Roundtable Series, SIIA will host Lorraine Landfried, Deputy CIO for Product Development at the Department of
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TPP Negotiators Discuss IP and Cross Border Data, OMB/NIST Talk Standards Reform, FTC MySpace Settlement Keys on Syncing and Cyber Continues to Slip in Senate
TPP Negotiators Convene in Dallas Negotiators for the nine countries committed to a Trans-Pacific Partnership trade agreement met in Dallas starting on
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SIIA Submits Testimony to Congressional Forum on Information Technology
Last Friday, Representatives Elijah Cummings (MD) and Gerry Connelly (VA) hosted a Congressional Forum on Information Technology at the Fairfax County, Virginia
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This Week in IP Enforcement
Report: Online Counterfeit Sales To Overtake Street Vendors (National Journal) More counterfeit goods will soon be sold online than on the street,
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