News Roundup (August 20, 2018)
1. Most Americans Continue to Have Privacy and Security Concerns, NTIA Survey Finds (via NTIA)
2. Web Security Gets a Boost as TLS Gets Major Overhaul (via ZDNet)
3. Social Media Companies Face Fines in EU if Terror Lingers Online For an Hour (via BBC) ||| Brussels to Act Against Tech Groups Over Terror Content (via FT)
4. One Thousand GAO Recommendations to Remedy Cybersecurity Shortcomings Remain Unaddressed (via The Hill)
Op-Ed by Comptroller General of the United States and head of the Government Accountability Office
5. Official: USDA $600 Million Rural Broadband Pilot Will Include Loan/ Grant Combinations (via Telecompetitor)
6. DHS Awards Virginia Company $200K to Begin Automated Machine Learning Prototype Test
7. i2Coalition Response to Docket ID: FTC-2018-0052, The Commission’s Remedial Authority to Deter Unfair and Deceptive Conduct in Privacy and Data Security Matters
8. OCLC Collaborates With New Partner in Sweden
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About Gary Price
Gary Price (gprice@gmail.com) is a librarian, writer, consultant, and frequent conference speaker based in the Washington D.C. metro area. He earned his MLIS degree from Wayne State University in Detroit. Price has won several awards including the SLA Innovations in Technology Award and Alumnus of the Year from the Wayne St. University Library and Information Science Program. From 2006-2009 he was Director of Online Information Services at Ask.com.
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