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IEEE Positions

IEEE has adopted the following global public policy statements on issues related to the Internet and Information and Computing Technology:

• Artificial Intelligence (2019)
• Ethical Aspects of Autonomous and Intelligent Systems (2019)
• Advancing Universal Access to the Internet (2018)
  • The Role of Community Networks in Advancing Universal Access to the Internet (2018)
  • The Role of Public Internet Connectivity in Advancing Universal Access to the Internet (2018)
• In Support of Privacy Engineering (2018)
• In Support of Strong Encryption (2018)
• Building a Sustainable Global Information Society (2017)
• The Role of the Technical Community in Internet Policy (2017)
• Open Policy Statement to the World Summit on the Information Society (WISIS) (2016)

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IEEE Organizational Unit Positions

IEEE also permits its Organizational Units to adopt public policy position statements on issues within their specific geographic, technical or subject-matter scope.  The following position statements represent the views of the specified IEEE Organizational Units that adopted them.  They do not necessarily represent the views of IEEE as a whole, its global membership, or other IEEE Organizational Units.

IEEE-European Public Policy Committee

• ICT for the Prevention of Communicable Diseases and Health Promotion in Europe (Position Statement)(March 2018)
• Action Plan for Electronics Industry in Europe (Position Statement)(2017)
• Net Neutrality (Position Statement) (2016)
• Smart Cities (Position Statement) (2016)

IEEE-USA

• Cybersecurity (Position Statement) (2019)
• Improving U.S. Spectrum Policy Deliberations (Position Statement) (2018)
• Digital Privacy, Awareness and Control (Position Statement) (2018)
• Dig Once (Position Statement) (2017)
• Risking It All:  Unlocking The Door to the Nation’s Cybersecurity (Whitepaper) (2014)
• Clarifying Harmful Interference Will Facilitate Wireless Innovation (Whitepaper) (2012)
• FAQ on Cybersecurity (Whitepaper) (2011)
• Network Traffic Management and the Evolving Internet (Whitepaper) (2010)
• Next Generation Internet: IPv4 Address Exhaustion, Mitigation Strategies and Implications for the U.S. ((Whitepaper) (2009)
• The State of RFID Implementation and Its Policy Implications (Whitepaper) (2009)
• Providing Ubiquitous Gigabit Networks in the United States (Whitepaper) (2005)

 IEEE Society of Social Implications of Technology: Australia Chapter

• SSIT-Australia Response to Discussion Paper on Artificial Intelligence: Australia’s Ethics Framework

IEEE Standards Association

• Intelligent Spectrum Allocation and Management (Position Statement) (2018)

IEEE 802 LAN/MAN Standards Committee

• Expanding Flexible Use in Mid-Band Spectrum Between 3.7 and 24 GHz (Policy Communication/Position) (2017)

IEEE Dynamic Spectrum Access Networks Standards Committee (DySPAN-SC)

• Expanding Flexibility in the Spectrum Between 3.7 and 24 GHz Via the use of Spectrum Consumption Models (Policy Communication/Position) (2017)