DC Tech Talk Restarts After Recess

September 4, 2009

Washington reawakens next week after its late summer slumber and there are plenty of high-tech events taking place on and off Capitol Hill. Here's a quick rundown:

• The Gov 2.0 Summit takes place Wednesday and Thursday. Notables include White House Chief Technology Officer Aneesh Chopra; Chief Information Officer Vivek Kundra; Deputy CTO Beth Noveck; Rep. John Culberson, R-Texas; Google Chief Internet Evangelist Vint Cerf; Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey; Facebook's Tim Sparapani; and FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski.

• The Electronic Privacy Information Center and the Privacy Coalition unveils a privacy report card for the Obama administration on Wednesday at the National Press Club. A panel of privacy experts will also discuss the administration's performance on several critical privacy issues.

• The House Judiciary Constitution, Civil Rights and Civil Liberties Subcommittee holds a Wednesday hearing on expiring provisions of the USA PATRIOT Act and on Thursday holds a full committee hearing on digitizing literature as a result of controversy surrounding the Google Books project.

Juliana Gruenwald

Tech Writer

E-Mail: jgruenwald@nationaljournal.com.

Juliana Gruenwald has been covering tech and telecom issues for more than a decade for National Journal, Interactive Week, BNA and Congressional Quarterly. This is her second stint with National Journal. She was recruited by NJ in 1998 to help launch its first tech policy publication, Technology Daily. She left in 2000 to cover international tech and telecom issues for Ziff Davis Media's Interactive Week magazine. She started her career at United Press International as the wire service's first Helen Thomas Intern. She has a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Minnesota. A Minneapolis native, she misses the lakes but not the cold.

Josh Smith

Tech Reporter

E-Mail: joshsmith@nationaljournal.com.

Josh Smith covers technology policy as a staff reporter for National Journal. He previously interned at National Journal Daily, a Senate press office, and the Deseret News in Salt Lake City where he covered the state legislature, courts, and crime. In 2009 he graduated with honors from Southern Utah University after managing an award-winning student newspaper as editor-in-chief. Josh has received state, regional and national awards for his political and policy reporting, including first place in CapitolBeat’s 2009 Best of Statehouse Reporting college competition. A native of drop-dead-gorgeous Utah, Josh lives in Virginia with his wife, Amber.

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