Technology

During a House Judiciary Committee hearing today, Congresswoman Suzan DelBene (WA-01) spoke in support of the Email Privacy Act, a bill to protect consumers’ privacy from unwarranted electronic data collection by the federal government. “Advances in technology and the Internet have dramatically changed the way we communicate, live and work. In this… Read more »

Congresswoman Suzan DelBene joined a panel of experts on privacy policy at the UW’s Evans School of Public Policy & Governance on Monday morning to discuss the need for regulation of mass aerial surveillance. Last February, DelBene and fellow lawmakers introduced a bipartisan bill to reform outdated privacy legislation, which provided a starting point for the panel’s discussion. Read more »

Earlier this year, news reports revealed that the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has been conducting aerial surveillance missions over many U.S. cities. The reports suggested that some of the aircraft were equipped with devices, such as StingRays and high resolution cameras, which can capture massive amounts of data including images, emails, texts, calls and geolocation. While… Read more »

BOTHELL – Congresswoman Suzan DelBene (WA-01) is reminding Washington’s First District high school students that her office is now accepting submissions for the Second Annual Congressional App Challenge. The deadline for submissions is Jan. 15, 2016. “As someone who worked in the technology sector before coming to Congress, I know firsthand that innovation requires… Read more »

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It's a Catch-22 common to Native American tribes in rural areas. Telecommunications companies will say it's not profitable for them to provide services, but when tribes try to create their own telecoms, the companies prevent them from doing so. Travis Hill, operations manager for Salish Networks in Tulalip, was part of a roundtable of state tribal representatives who brought their… Read more »

TULALIP – Congresswoman Suzan DelBene (WA-01) today met with Washington state tribal leaders to discuss barriers to broadband access on tribal land. DelBene serves on the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property and the Internet. Last year, she requested the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) study and report on the status of Internet and… Read more »

A House bill introduced on Thursday would require federal law enforcement officials to get a warrant if they want to conduct aerial surveillance inside the country. It would also forbid them from identifying people who are inadvertently captured by aerial surveillance. The measure, dubbed the Protecting Individuals From Mass Aerial Surveillance Act, is sponsored by Rep. Suzan DelBene… Read more »

Congresswoman Suzan DelBene (WA-01) today introduced the Protecting Individuals From Mass Aerial Surveillance Act, which would require the federal government to obtain a warrant to conduct aerial surveillance in the United States. Reps. Donald Beyer (VA-08), Zoe Lofgren (CA-19), Earl Blumenauer (OR-03) and Ted Poe (TX-02), are original cosponsors of the bipartisan bill. “Just… Read more »

FBI Director James Comey on Thursday defended the agency's use of surveillance aircraft over Baltimore during the April riots, adding that the planes were used at the request of local officials. "If there is tremendous turbulence in a community, it’s useful to everybody -- civilians and law enforcement -- to have a view of what’s going on," Comey told lawmakers during a… Read more »