Dec 13, 2016
Alan S. Inouye heads public policy for the American Library
Association (ALA). In this role, Alan leads ALA’s
technology policy portfolio
ranging from telecommunications to copyright and licensing, to
advance the ability of libraries to contribute to the economic,
educational, cultural, and social well-being of America’s
communities.
Alan is a recognized expert in national technology policy,
published in various outlets such as
The Hill,
Roll Call, and the
Christian Science Monitor. He serves on advisory
boards or committees of the American Association for the
Advancement of Science (AAAS), the U.S. State Department, Library
For All, and the University of Maryland.
From 2004 to 2007, Dr. Inouye served as the Coordinator of the
President's Information Technology Advisory Committee (PITAC) in
the Executive Office of the President. At PITAC (now merged into
the President’s Council of Advisors on Science and
Technology—PCAST), he oversaw the development of reports on
cybersecurity, computational science, and other topics.
Prior to PITAC, Alan served as a study director at the
National Academy of Sciences. A number of his major studies
culminated in book-length reports; three of these are LC21: A
Digital Strategy for the Library of Congress, The Digital Dilemma:
Intellectual Property in the Information Age, and Beyond
Productivity: Information Technology, Innovation, and
Creativity.
Dr. Inouye began his career in the computer industry in
Silicon Valley. He worked as a computer programmer for Atari, a
statistician for Verbatim, and a manager of information systems for
Amdahl (now Fujitsu). Alan completed his Ph.D. at the University of
California at Berkeley and earned three master’s degrees, in
business administration (finance), systems engineering, and
computer systems.
In this episode, we discussed:
- the role of libraries in creating opportunities.
- library resources for entrepreneurs.
- how libraries and the incoming Tump administration might align
on tech policy.
Resources:
NEWS ROUNDUP
What a mess. The CIA has officially concluded that Russia
hacked the 2016 presidential election not just to undermine voter
confidence, but to get Donald Trump elected. This is
according to a widely reported secret assessment conducted by the
agency. The FBI on the her hand, isn't going that far. The FBI
acknowledges that Russia did something--it's just saying it's not
clear about Russia's motive: it thinks Russia carried out the
intrusions for a mix of different reasons. The National Security
Agency is due to release its own findings in the coming weeks
before the election. The investigation is getting bi-partisan
support from
Chuck Schumer and Democrats, but it is also getting support
from
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, House Speaker Paul
Ryan, as well as
John McCain and Lindsey Graham.
Here's what we know. We know the Director of the FBI, James
Comey, sent a letter to Congress 11 days before the election saying
more of Hillary Clinton's emails found on Anthony Weiner's computer
could lead to a new investigation. Of course, that inquiry was
dropped after a few days but, by then, the damage had already been
done. Outging Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid is calling for a
Congressional investigation of Comey.
We know Trump said many times that the election was
rigged.
We know that Trump called on Russia during the campaign season
to leak Hillary Clinton's emails.
And now, Trump wants to appoint ExxonMobil CEO Rex Tillerson,
whom the Wall Street Journal reports has close ties to
Russia.
We also now know that hackers got into the Republican National
Committee's servers as well but, for whatever reason, only the
DNC's emails were released to the public.
Trump and others on his transition team called the CIA's
conclusions "ridiculous". Ridiculous or not, whether those
advocating to get 37 Electors to change their votes in favor of
Hillary Clinton win or not, this isn't going away.
The electoral system of the country that prides itself on
being the greatest democracy the world has ever seen, has been,
according to the CIA, hacked to favor a particular candidate. And
that particular candidate, by the name of Donald J. Trump, won. He
won! This is is crisis mode.
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Microsoft, Twitter, Facebook and YouTube are partnering to
weed on content posted by terrorists. The companies will be
creating a shared database that will included "hashes" or digital
encoding or fingerprints, which will enable the companies to alert
each other as to the offensive content. Each company will retain
the power to make decisions for themselves as to whether to take
down the content.
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Finally, the FCC set
letters to Verizon and AT&T about their so-called zero-rating
practices. With zero rating, multichannel video providers
select which programming their customers will have access to
without it counting against their data caps. Net neutrality
advocates argue this is a Trojan horse against the net neutrality
rules, allowing the companies to prioritize the content they choose
over competing content. Colin Gibbs has the story at Fierce
Wireless.