Commentary
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The Bipartisan Stronger Patents Act Will Protect America’s Perpetual Motion Machine: Innovation
Sen. Chris Coons (D-Del.) and Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) introduced the "Stronger Patents Act," which will defend and maintain the innovation economy.
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Op-Ed: Are We There Yet? Catching Up With the Internet of Things
The cooling down of expectations for the Internet of Things (IoT) may actually be good news for companies involved in or trying to break into the IoT economy.
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Maximize Your IEEE Membership: Get In, Get Going and Enjoy the Ride
As it is with most activities in life, the more you put into your IEEE membership, the more you get out of it.
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The Body Politic: The Software Profession
Should software engineering be considered a profession, accorded the same status and respect as that given to attorneys and physicians?
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The Body Politic: Open Source Discussions
In drafting a policy to encourage the procurement of open source software, is the Open Government Project merely an attempt to reduce the costs of software, or to restructure the nature of government?
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A Workforce Tipping Point
The October Jobs Opening and Labor Turnover Survey (JOLTS) produced by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics points to significant long-term trends in the U.S. labor market.
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The Body Politic: Words with Power
Talk is cheap, especially political talk. So much of it is produced that consumers of such talk can pick and choose what they want to hear at no cost. In April 2014, when the Department of Commerce announced that it was preparing to relinquish oversight of the Internet Assigned Numbers…
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The Body Politic: The Half-Life Season
There is a rhythm to Washington policy making. There are seasons of sowing and seasons of reaping, a time to embrace and a time to refrain from embracing.
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Critical Infrastructure and the IoT: A Licensing Perspective
Excitement around many emergent applications for the Internet of Things (IoT) is growing, but we should be concerned about using IoT applications in critical infrastructure systems.
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Drones and Security
Drones, or unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), are playing an increasingly large role in businesses and private security in the United States