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Brazil is using the law to push innovation, but here’s how it can do more

The Next Web

As announced in Brazilian press in October of 2013, a new version of a law in Brazil just took effect, mandating that smartphones give visibility to Brazilian-made apps , by either pre-loading phones with these homegrown apps or providing a dedicated marketplace on smartphones to display them. What’s good about the “Good Law”.

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Biden signs $1 trillion infrastructure package into law

The Verge

And my message to the American people is: America is moving again. America is moving again”. The infrastructure package that was signed into law Monday was sliced off of the broader social spending package and was approved by the Senate in August by a 69-30 vote. But today, we are finally getting it done.

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Fundamentally altering antitrust laws will harm US startups and slow the economy

TechCrunch

Computer science is the key to America’s skills crisis. However, the very recipe that created America’s economic success is being threatened by proposals in Congress that will make creating a new business less attractive. With a success rate of 98.5%, government agencies have the ability to protect competition.

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Bookshare without Borders: #2/3

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Together with our partners in the nonprofit, technology, government, academic and publishing sectors, we participate in new cultural and technological movements, deriving new knowledge that we apply for social gain. Special thanks go to Charles Coward and Xavier Domènech of the Barcelona law firm Uría Menéndez.

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ICE just signed a contract with facial recognition company Clearview AI

The Verge

Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) signed a contract with facial recognition company Clearview AI this week for “mission support,” government contracting records show (as first spotted by the tech accountability nonprofit Tech Inquiry ). Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge.

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Research Friday: Lessons in board governance

ASU Lodestar Center

The Central Asia Institute is only one nonprofit organization that has fallen from grace due to poor nonprofit governance. Thankfully, a recent survey conducted by BoardSource in 2012 shows signs of increased governance among nonprofits 2. Increased understanding of their legal and governance responsibilities.

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Why corporate America is still tackling climate change despite government rollbacks

Fast Company Tech

As the federal government moves to eliminate U.S. We study private environmental governance the ways companies and organizations work outside government to improve the nations sustainability and reduce environmental damage. Thorpe is a fellow at the Private Climate Governance Lab at Vanderbilt University.

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