Bill Gives New Bandwidth to “The Internet of Things”
DIGIT Act: Developing Innovation and Growing the Internet of Things S. 88 – Sponsored by Senator Deb Fisher (R-NE) The following bill is concerned with the up-and-coming technology called “The Internet of Things.” The Internet of Things (IoT) is a concept in which massive numbers of devices are connected to …
Gun Bill Roundup: These Gun Bills Are Fully Loaded
Recently, a number of bills have been introduced that have to do with gun violence and gun control. Here we provide concise summaries of these bills — be sure to check them out on Billcam.DailyClout.Io, weigh in, and spread the word! HB-1478: Gun Violence Research Act This bill is exclusively …
The Really Big Iceberg, A-68, Broke Apart
The world is heating up dramatically — even as the Center for Public Integrity reports that “Fossil fuel giants spent millions on lobbying, inauguration during early 2017.” Last week also, an iceberg off the coast of Antarctica — snapped. This thing is huge — one of the largest icebergs ever …
Smithsonian Women’s Museum To Be Constructed
From Naomi’s inbox, by Alex Gangitano at RollCall.com: “A total of two-hundred twenty-seven House members have signed to the Smithsonian Women’s History Museum Act (H.B. 19) as of this week. ‘In the most hostile Congress in history, we have found something we can all agree on and that is a …
A Referendum lets Mainers Decide on Investing $50 Million in Small Businesses: Do State-Funded Grants Offer a Model for other States?
A referendum on the issue of bonds in the state of Maine is to be held in June of 2017. Citizens of Maine will vote on the grant of $50 million on behalf of the state to two entities — the Maine Technology Institute and the Maine Venture Fund. If the referendum passes the …
Marijuana Mapping: Where is it Legal to Fire Up?
“Let me be clear,” stated Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly at the end of April, “[Marijuana] is a potentially dangerous gateway drug that frequently leads to the use of harder drugs.” Secretary Kelly made it apparent that, as a member of the Trump Administration, he would fight hard to keep marijuana an illegal drug. While to …