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CPSR's approach to advising policymakers

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ACM SIGCAS Computers and Society, Volume 28, Issue 2

Pages 9 - 13

https://doi.org/10.1145/276758.276763

Published: 01 June 1998 Publication History

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This paper describes the approach that Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility (CPSR) uses to advise and influence government policymakers at the local, state, and federal levels. It analyzes why CPSR - a relatively small organization - has enjoyed a fair amount of success in influencing policy. It also describes a recurring pattern that applies to CPSR's involvement in policymaking, using as an example CPSR's involvement in policymaking on the Calling Number Identification (CNID) telephone service. An appendix lists situations in which CPSR has directly advised policymakers.

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Johnson, Jeff, "More Privacy or Less", Bill of Rights JournaL December, 1992, National Emergency Civil Liberties Council, pages 13- t 8. {Preliminary version published in The CPSR Newsletter, Winter-Spring 1990, 8(1-2).}

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CPSR's approach to advising policymakers
1. Social and professional topics
  1. Computing / technology policy
    1. Government technology policy
  2. Professional topics
    1. Computing profession
      1. Codes of ethics
      2. Computing organizations

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cover image ACM SIGCAS Computers and Society

ACM SIGCAS Computers and Society Volume 28, Issue 2

June 1998

92 pages

ISSN:0095-2737

DOI:10.1145/276758

Chairmen:
C. Dianne Martin
George Washington Univ., Washington, DC
,
Ben Shneiderman,
Mark Rotenberg,
Editors:
Tom Jewett
California State Univ., Long Beach
,
Keith Miller
Univ. of Illinois, Springfield

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ACM POLICY '98: Proceedings of the ethics and social impact component on Shaping policy in the information age
June 1998
94 pages
ISBN:1581130384
DOI:10.1145/276755
Chairmen:
C. Dianne Martin
George Washington Univ., Washington, DC
,
Ben Shneiderman,
Editors:
Tom Jewett
California State Univ., Long Beach
,
Keith Miller
University of Illinois, Springfield
,
Marc Rotenberg

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