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Making IEEE A Force for Change
In a March 1 column for the IEEE INSTITUTE, IEEE’s 2023 President Saifur Rahman issued a call for engagement and collaboration to help increase global recognition of IEEE as... Read more →
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New Study Looks at U.S. STEM Workforce
A new study released by Science is US on the U.S. STEM workforce reports that there are 67 million STEM professionals employed in the U.S., representing 34.3% of the... Read more →
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Policy Roadblocks to EV Transition Explained
In an article appearing in the January edition of IEEE Spectrum, Robert Charette explores how government bureaucracy and public opposition create policy and regulatory challenges and political roadblocks that... Read more →
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IEEE Fellow Makes Case for Engineering Engagement With Policy-Making
In an op-ed for Open Access Government (17 Nov. 2022), IEEE Fellow Nicholas Jennings, chair of the Engineering Policy Centre Committee at the Royal Academy of Engineering, made a case... Read more →
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Engineers Address Responses to Climate Change at COP27
IEEE joined with the World Federation of Engineering Organizations (WFEO) and the Engineering Institute of Canada – Institut Canadien des ingenieurs (EIC-ICI) to provide a global engineering perspective on... Read more →
Technology Policy For The Public Good
IEEE and its organizational units engage in coordinated public policy activities at the national, regional and international levels in order to advance our mission and vision of securing the benefits of technology for the advancement of society. Our goals include:
- Encouraging the multiple and beneficial uses of technology to advance the interests of humanity and serve the public good.
- Educating policy-makers, the public, and our members on the social implications of technology, including technology-related opportunities, threats and barriers.
- Providing non-partisan public fora for exploration and communication of how public policy can best capture and increase the public benefits derived from technology.
The IEEE Global Public Policy website provides a window into these activities in order to support these goals, as well as to engage and inform our IEEE members, the public and policy-makers around the world on technology-related aspects of public policy issues.
IEEE Global Positions
- Universal Access to the Internet (2021)
- The Role of Community Networks in Advancing Universal Access to the Internet (2021)
- The Role of Public Internet Connectivity In Advancing Universal Access to the Internet (2021)
- The Role of The Technical Community in Internet Policy (2021)
- IEEE Standards Development Principles (2020)
- IEEE Adherence to the World Trade Organization’s Principles for International Standardization (2020)
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