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Washington Post -- Editorial: The fight between Apple and law enforcement should not be left to the courts
Feb 24 2016
"Rep. Michael McCaul (R-Tex.) and Sen. Mark R. Warner (D-Va.) are drafting a bill they intend to introduce next week that would establish “a national commission on security and technology challenges in the digital age” composed of “the brightest minds from the technology sector, the legal world, computer science and cryptography, academia, civil liberties and privacy advocates, law enforcement and intelligence.”"
"House Homeland Security Committee Chairman Michael McCaul, R-Texas, and Sen. Mark Warner, D-Va., a former tech entrepreneur who serves on the Senate Intelligence Committee, will introduce a bill next week to create a national commission on digital security."
For years, lawmakers have grappled with how to balance individual privacy protections and law enforcement’s need for access to encrypted communications. They haven’t gotten very far. That could change, thanks to a bipartisan partnership forged between House Homeland Security Chairman Michael McCaul (R-Texas) and Senate Intelligence Committee member Sen. Mark Warner (D-Va.).
The shape of the economy is changing under our feet, and Senator Mark Warner (D-VA) and cyber business leaders in Loudoun aren’t sure we’re keeping up.
Neal is no exception, and she, along with 19 other student leaders from colleges and universities around the state, traveled to Capitol Hill on Wednesday to talk with Sen. Tim Kaine and Sen. Mark Warner (both D-Va.) to talk about higher education and concerns about higher loan debt.
"A bipartisan group of senators would like to change that. Sen. Mark Warner (D-Va.), Sen. John Thune (R-SD) and Sen. Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV) introduced a bill that Thursday would allow employers to put up to $5,500 a year pretax toward their employees’ federal or private student loans."
"House Homeland Security Committee Chairman Michael McCaul, R-Texas, and Sen. Mark Warner, D-Va., who serves on the Intelligence Committee, are set to brief reporters this week on a bill that would create a national commission on security and technology to come up with creative ways to solve the problem."
Business Insider: This wireless exec turned senator is leading the fight for workers of the Uber economy
Jan 11 2016
"Warner was at CES to speak on a panel about global innovation and the tech economy, and to talk at a reception about one of his big areas of interest of the last year: Bringing more stability to the growing number of workers in the "on-demand" economy, like Uber and Lyft drivers or Handy home cleaners."
"A US senator wants the government to get ahead of the curve on the sharing economy."
"But it’s clear that the demand for this way of working and consuming is profound. According to a first-of-its-kind poll from TIME, strategic communications and global public relations firm Burson-Marsteller and the Aspen Institute Future of Work Initiative, 44% of U.S. adults have participated in such transactions, playing the roles of lenders and borrowers, drivers and riders, hosts and guests."
