What are some examples of ACMs public policy activities?
Seeking to support the rights of researchers to conduct and publish research on computer technology, ACM submitted a declaration in 2001 in a federal court challenge to the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA). ACM’s declaration concluded that the threat of litigation under the DMCA continues to have a profound chilling effect on analysis, research, and publication. The policy office is active in educating policymakers and the public of ACM’s concerns with the DMCA and other legislative and regulatory efforts that restrict communication and access to information. The policy office has also worked with USACM to provide Congressional testimony, letters, and background papers on matters including encryption, computer security, information assurance research, national ID card systems, electronic voting technology and standards, intellectual property protection, privacy, Internet governance, and funding for basic science and computing research. For more information, see the “Recent Activ
