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• Four Years of the JOBS Act: Examining Its Impact and Looking Forward

  April 5, 2016 marked the four year anniversary of the enactment of the Jumpstart Our Business Startups (JOBS) Act. While the statute is still relatively young, we have already begun to see the positive impacts that its provisions have had...

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• The Tech Community Is Mobilizing Against the Burr-Feinstein Encryption Bill

  This post originally appeared in Re/code. When the FBI backed off of its legal request to force Apple into breaking the encryption on an iPhone used by one of the San Bernardino shooters after figuring out that — contrary to...

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• Engine Statement on House Judiciary Committee Approval of ECPA Reform Bill

  Engine applauds the House Judiciary Committee’s action today to approve the Email Privacy Act, which makes much needed reforms to the outdated Electronic Communications and Privacy Act (ECPA) by explicitly requiring law enforcement to obtain a warrant before accessing digital...

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• Engine Joins Letter Opposing House Rate Regulation Bill

  In the year since the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) approved its historic Open Internet Order, net neutrality has faced countless attacks in both the courts and Congress. Once again, the Order and the FCC’s broader authority have come under fire....

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• Momentum in Miami: Lessons from an Emerging Startup Ecosystem

  Across the country and far beyond Silicon Valley, new centers of startup activity are on the rise. Among them, Miami, Florida is one of the more exciting and dynamic cities emerging as a hub for startups. Not only are more...

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• Startup News Digest: 4/8/2016

  Our weekly take on some of the biggest stories in startup and tech policy. Encryption. Encryption continued to dominate tech news this week. On Tuesday, Facebook-owned WhatsApp announced all its services are now built with end-to-end encryption, making it impossible...

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• Engine Adds Key Senior Staff Position to Growing Team

  I am excited to announce today that Paul Geller has joined our team as Engine’s new Managing Director. Paul will focus on corporate outreach, and joins Engine as a startup veteran who spent the last few years building technology applications...

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• Engine Submits Comments with Top Tech Companies in Copyright Inquiry

  On New Year’s Eve 2015, while most people were out celebrating, the Copyright Office quietly issued an notice of inquiry seeking public input on an incredibly important topic: the effectiveness of Section 512 of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA)....

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• What’s Missing in the Conversation about Immigration Reform

  This post originally appeared in The Daily Caller. Since the earliest days of this election cycle, the 2016 presidential candidates have been sparring about immigrants and immigration reform. Both Democrats and Republicans agree that the country’s immigration policies are among the...

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• Startup News Digest: 4/1/2016

  Our weekly take on some of the biggest stories in startup and tech policy. ECPA Reform. Debate continued this week around federal reforms to the Electronic Communications Privacy Act (ECPA). Last Friday, House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte floated a...

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• Startup News Digest: 3/25/2016

  Our weekly take on some of the biggest stories in startup and tech policy. Encryption. It’s been a big week in encryption news. On Monday, the House announced a new bipartisan working group to explore solutions to the ongoing encryption...

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• The SEC could change the requirements for investing in startups, and that’s not good

  This  post originally appeared in TechCrunch by Evan Engstrom and Anna Duning As strange as it may seem, only a small percentage of Americans can legally invest in most startups today. Under long-standing rules governing who qualifies as a so-called...

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• Startup News Digest: 3/18/2016

  Our weekly take on some of the biggest stories in startup and tech policy.  Grading the Candidates on Tech Issues. We teamed up with Tusk Ventures and evaluated the 2016 presidential candidates’ positions on the most important issues to startups...

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• The VENUE Act: It’s Time to Get Patent Trolls out of East Texas

  This week, Senators Flake, Gardner, and Lee introduced a piece of legislation targeting one of the most egregious—and, frankly, ridiculous—problems with our current patent system. Specifically, the Venue Equity and Non-Uniformity Elimination  (VENUE) Act would get patent cases out of...

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• We Graded the 2016 Candidates on Tech and Startups: Here’s How They Ranked

  It’s safe to say that 2016 election cycle has been like no other and, frankly, disturbing for a number of reasons. We are particularly concerned that the high drama has distracted from the important work of a campaign season—the public...

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• PRESS RELEASE: The 2016 Candidate Report Card

  First Tech Report Card Shows Presidential Candidates Have Work to Do on Startups & Technology Issues Candidates offer limited positions on critical tech issues SAN FRANCISCO – March 15, 2016 – Today, Engine and Tusk Ventures released “Grading the Candidates on...

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• Startup News Digest: 3/11/2016

  Our weekly take on some of the biggest stories in startup and tech policy.  Closing the Digital Divide. On Tuesday, the Federal Communication Commission (FCC) unveiled a plan to reform and expand its Lifeline program in an effort to get...

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• We Need More Spectrum

  This post originally appeared in The Hill. As the world becomes increasingly mobile, it is essential that U.S. policymakers devise a strategy to meet the growing demand for wireless connectivity. Yesterday, the Senate Commerce Committee passed the MOBILE NOW Act, which...

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