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13 Feb 2024, 6:59 am by Brian Finucane
On Thursday evening, the White House published a document entitled, “National Security Memorandum on Safeguards and Accountability With Respect to Transferred Defense Articles and Defense Services” (NSM-20). [read post]
19 Dec 2023, 1:42 pm by Joseph Stacey
Senators Susan Collins (R-ME), Dan Sullivan (R-AL), and Edward Markey (D-MA) have spearheaded a bipartisan initiative by introducing the FISH Wellness Act, aimed at enhancing safety, health, and well-being in the fishing industry. [read post]
4 Dec 2023, 8:07 pm by Sabrina I. Pacifici
Ars Technica: “US Senator Edward Markey (D-Mass.) is one of the more technologically engaged of our elected lawmakers. [read post]
7 Nov 2023, 9:00 am by Brendan Gilligan
Mike Lee, with cosponsors Senators Tammy Baldwin, Steve Daines, Mazie Hirono, Cynthia Lummis, Jon Tester, Elizabeth Warren, and Edward Markey, along with Representatives Zoe Lofren, Warren Davidson have introduced the Government Surveillance Reform Act that would reauthorize Section 702 with many of these important safeguards in place. [read post]
14 Jul 2023, 11:27 am by Jon Brodkin
Edward Markey (D-Mass.) wrote a letter to the USTelecom industry trade group this week after a Wall Street Journal investigative report titled, "America Is Wrapped in Miles of Toxic Lead Cables. [read post]
5 Jul 2023, 7:45 am by Daniel M. Kowalski
Edward Markey wrote to DHS back in February urging the agency to cease use of the app, due to its inaccessibility to many intending applicants, adding that “we cannot allow it to create a tiered system that treats asylum seekers differently based on their economic status — including the ability to pay for travel — language, nationality, or race. [read post]
Senator Edward Markey (D-MA) and Congressman Chris Pappas (D-NH) introduced a bill on Monday that would ban the use of sexual orientation and gender identity-based panic defenses in criminal trials. [read post]
5 Jun 2023, 5:16 am by Ashley Deeks, Matthew Waxman
Edward Markey, Elizabeth Warren, Jeff Merkley, and Bernie Sanders recently released a draft bill to safeguard nuclear command and control from future policy changes that might allow an artificial intelligence (AI) system to make nuclear launch decisions. [read post]
25 May 2023, 7:00 am by Geoff Schweller
For example, in March 2021, Senators Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) and Edward Markey (D-MA) sent a letter to Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg demanding that the DOT immediately implement the whistleblower program. [read post]
28 Apr 2023, 9:11 am by Benj Edwards
(credit: Midjourney) On Wednesday, US Senator Edward Markey (D-Mass.) and Representatives Ted Lieu (D-Calif.), Don Beyer (D-Va.), and Ken Buck (R-Colo.) announced bipartisan legislation that seeks to prevent an artificial intelligence system from making nuclear launch decisions. [read post]
8 Mar 2023, 4:59 am by Emma Snell
Senator Edward Markey (D-MA) yesterday said he intends to push for a bill restricting federal agencies’ facial recognition and biometric search techniques this year. [read post]
27 Nov 2022, 3:51 am
The thing Twitter *should* do is to tell you, Senator Edward Markey, to go fuck yourself. [read post]
2 Aug 2022, 1:57 am by Kurt R. Karst
  The July 6th letter, signed by Senators Elizabeth Warren, Cory Booker, Bernie Sanders, Edward Markey, Kirsten Gillibrand and Ron Wyden, follows an October 6, 2021, letter to the Attorney General from Warren and Booker and was written after receiving an “extraordinarily disappointing” DOJ response on April 13th “noting the Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) determination that ‘cannabis has not been proven in scientific studies to be a… [read post]
17 Jun 2022, 11:09 am by Scharon Harding
In a letter sent Thursday [PDF], Senators Edward Markey (D-Mass.), Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), and Bernie Sanders (I-Vt) asked Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo to look toward a strategy that would require universal charging standards in consumer tech. [read post]
6 Jun 2022, 9:05 pm by Dan Flynn
In addition to  Feinstein, Padilla, and Booker, the letter was signed by Senators Debbie Stabenow, D-MI, Tammy Duckworth, D-IL, Brian Schatz, D-HI, Edward J. [read post]