Computing Now | April 2009 | What's New | Ten Ideas for Policymakers to Drive Digital Progress

PUBLIC POLICY IEEE Internet Computing, March/April 2009, pp. 69–73 Ten Ideas for Policymakers to Drive Digital Progress by Daniel Castro and Rob Atkinson In 2008, the Information Technology and Innovation Foundation (ITIF) released the report "Digital Quality of Life: Understanding the Personal and Social Benefits of the Information Technology Revolution," which shows how information technology (IT) is the key enabler of many, if not most, of the major innovations and improvements in our lives and society. The report explores how today's IT is transforming virtually every area of life for individuals and society—from education and healthcare to energy and public safety. Many of these transformations will be familiar to casual technology observers, such as the increase in telework and online learning, whereas other changes have only appeared in the past few years, such as rapid-learning health networks and intelligent transportation systems. Perhaps what is most revealing isn't the impact of any particular technology or innovation but rather the combined effect of all this technology on our daily lives. Read more ? Share this article IEEE Internet Computing magazine provides journal-quality evaluation and review of emerging and maturing Internet technologies and applications. Current issue: Internet-Scale Data Management This month: TRUST MANAGEMENT Dynamic Trust Management Reputation Bootstrapping for Trust Establishment among Web Services How Do We Build Trust into E-commerce Web Sites? A Multiagent System for Coordinating Ambulances for Emergency Medical Services The Metaphysics of Software Trust What else is new? A New Era of Presidential Security: The President and His BlackBerry Although Obama persuaded his security staff to let him keep using his BlackBerry, it’s unclear how the device was modified to ensure extra security. Information-Seeking Support Systems Seeking information for complex mental activities requires tools and services that help people manage, analyze, and share retrieved information. Ten Ideas for Policymakers to Drive Digital Progress Read about 10 guiding principles for creating technology policy that spurs and sustains digital progress. What Wearable Augmented Reality Can Do for You This article takes a look at augmented reality—what it is and what it can do for you. Hybrid BIST Scheme for Multiple Heterogenous Embedded Memories This novel hybrid BIST architecture reduces routing penalty while allowing at-speed test and diagnosis of memory cores. Voice Processors Based on the Human Hearing System This article describes an emerging signal-processing chip for use in mobile phones and PCs.

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Ten Ideas for Policymakers to Drive Digital Progress