Morning Tech Tip Sheet: Wednesday, May 26 – Apple antitrust inquiry, Google goes to DC

THIS WEEK’S TECH
EVENTS:

WEDNESDAY

U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, FTC, Dept.
of Justice
Joint workshop on patents and competition
policy
Where: USPTO’s office in Alexandria
When: May 26, 9 a.m. to 5:15 p.m.
NOTE: Speakers include PTO Director David
Kappos, Assistant Attorney General Christine Varney and White House
Chief Technology Officer Aneesh Chopra

House Science and Technology Committee
Hearing on the White House’s plans for NASA
and human space flight
Where: May 26, 10 a.m. to 12 p.m.
When: Rayburn 2318
NOTE: Among those testifying on Wednesday
will be NASA Administrator Charles Bolden and former astronaut Neil
Armstrong

Senate Commerce Subcommittee on
Communications, Technology and the Internet
Hearing on upgrades to the Americans With
Disabilities Act
Where: Russell 253
When: May 26, 2:30 p.m.
NOTE: Sen. John Kerry (D-Mass.), with Sen.
Mark Pryor (D-Ark.), wants to upgrade the ADA to ensure those with
visual or hearing impairments can still access and use new technology.

THURSDAY

House Science and Technology Committee
Hearing on interoperable public safety
communications equipment
Where: Rayburn 2318
When: May 27, 10 a.m. – 12 p.m.
NOTE: Top witnesses include Department of
Homeland Security interoperability chief David Boyd and National
Institute of Standards and Technology public safety communications
manager Dereck Orr