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IEEE President’s Note: Investing in IEEE’s Financial Future

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My personal mission as an IEEE volunteer has been to work to make the institute the premier organization for technical professionals to engage with. Users can view a dashboard that shows the status of the contract, versus looking for an email or notes from a phone conversation. In May we rolled out NextGen Financials.

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Weaponized Robots Letter Calls for Policy, Tech Fixes

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There have been a bunch of high-profile examples of robot misuse recently (that we’re not going to link to), and the companies building the robots being misused have taken it personally—as they should, because those misused robots are very easy to identify. It’s not about military robots per se , and that’s made quite clear in the letter.

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Perspective: US Needs to Transition to Hydrous Ethanol as the Primary Renewable Transportation Fuel

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The 1979 Iranian crisis and related oil price shock accelerated Brazil’s conversion of its gasoline supply and automobile fleet. As oil prices decreased in the 1990s, the consumer acceptance of hydrous ethanol fueled cars greatly decreased and purchases of gasoline fueled automobiles returned to previous levels. 40 CFR § 80.27

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How Police Exploited the Capitol Riot’s Digital Records

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IEEE Spectrum analyzed hundreds of criminal complaints and other legal filings from the Capitol attacks to understand that reach and scale, and to consider the legal and social consequences of the government’s power to delve into its citizens’ digital lives. “The FBI did not use anything new. They just used it at a much larger scale.”

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National Low Carbon Fuel Standard study releases major Technical Analysis and Policy Design reports; providing a scientific basis for policy decisions

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California’s original approach to heavy carbon oils resulted in a legal challenge that is still pending; the EU’s adoption of a similar approach has resulted in protracted discussion and negotiation with Canada that has yet to be resolved, either.). I personally don’t think we should get rid of the RFS.

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