We, the undersigned civil rights, technology, policy, and research organizations, write to commend the Biden-Harris administration on its recent efforts to center equity and civil rights in technology policy and to call on you to take the necessary next steps to advance a whole-of-government approach to addressing the impact of artificial intelligence (AI) on people’s rights and opportunities. 

On behalf of The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights (The Leadership Conference) and its Media/Telecommunications Task Force, we write in response to the National Telecommunications and Infrastructure Administration’s (NTIA) Notice of AI Accountability Policy Request for Comment. We appreciate NTIA’s continued commitment to protecting the public in the age of rapidly emerging new technologies.

We, the undersigned groups, write to emphasize the importance of developing specific, concrete civil rights protections in the Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC’s) ongoing Commercial Surveillance and Data Security Rulemaking (ANPR). We applaud the Commission’s broad efforts to rein in unfair and deceptive commercial surveillance practices. In order to protect civil rights in a data-driven economy, the forthcoming proposed rules must clearly prohibit discrimination as an unfair trade practice.

Today, the ACP’s current rate of expenditure is roughly $500 million per month. Based on this and projected growth, funding for the ACP could be exhausted by Q2 of next year, if not sooner. Without adequate and sustained funding, millions of vulnerable Americans currently relying on the program would see their internet bill jump or be disconnected entirely, and Congress’ bipartisan $42 billion investment in broadband deployment will not meet the goal of universal broadband deployment and adoption.

As the Japanese American Citizens League (JACL) discussed in their Digital Discrimination comments, small businesses in San Francisco’s Japantown experience an economic disadvantage compared to surrounding businesses because the businesses in Japantown “are limited to copper lines with a maximum capacity of 100 megabits/second”.

To: All Members of the U.S. Congress 

Date: September 14, 2023 

Dear Chairmen Reed and Rogers and Ranking Members Wicker and Smith,

As you enter into conference to resolve the differences between the House and Senate version of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024 (FY24 NDAA), we urge you to strike provisions that stoke racial animus, bias, and discrimination, as well as undermine Asian American participation in the Armed Services.

Asian Americans Advancing Justice | AAJC  submits the following comment in response to the Department of Health and Human Services’ Announcement of the President’s Advisory Commission on Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians, and Pacific Islanders  Meeting and Solicitation for Written and Oral Comments. We are submitting responses to questions from the Language Access Subcommittee and Immigration and Citizenship Status Subcommittee.

The undersigned 58 organizations, representing a diverse spectrum of [state and local advocacy and direct services] organizations welcome the opportunity to submit comments on the initial proposals for updating OMB's Race and Ethnicity Statistical Standards. As the nation continues to rapidly diversify, government agencies can best understand, and effectively address, the needs of diverse communities through accurate and standardized race and ethnicity data collection and reporting.

Advancing Justice has been working to eliminate the barriers that have historically resulted in the undercounting and underreporting of Asian Americans and NHPIs in federal data collection and analysis efforts, particularly in the decennial census count. Advancing Justice has conducted comprehensive national, state, and local outreach as well as educational projects focused on Asian American and NHPI communities for Census 2000, Census 2010, and Census 2020.