EC-association policy

SCA Policy Association Framework

SCA (Service Component Architecture) is a collaborative effort by the leading vendors in the enterprise software space to define an architecture for building applications and systems using a ServiceOriented Architecture. SCA allows developers to define components that implement business logic, which offer their capabilities through services and consume functions offered by other components thro...

American Telemedicine Association: Federal Telemedicine Policy Summit

The ATA Federal Telemedicine Policy Summit is an opportunity to hear and interact with leaders from Congress, key federal agencies and influential policy thinkers about the latest developments affecting telemedicine. The Summit will include participation of key stakeholders including healthcare providers, business interests, medical societies, consumer groups and more. Join the conversation and...

The persistent high-tech myth in the EC policy circles Implications for the EU10 countries

Given the economic, societal and environmental relevance of innovation, this paper contrasts various models of innovation, compares how innovation is understood in mainstream economics and evolutionary economics of innovation and juxtaposes the concomitant policy rationales. By discussing two monitoring tools used by the European Commission to assess its member states‟ innovation performance, i...

The Secret Life of Comitology or the Role of Public Officials in EC Environmental Policy *

The EC White Paper on a Strategy for a Future Chemicals Policy.

The European Commission (EC) White Paper on a Strategy for a Future Chemicals Policy calls for the collection of adequate information about chemicals, in order to ensure their appropriate risk management. The White Paper proposes a stepwise and flexible approach to all chemicals produced in amounts above 1 tonne/year/manufacturer, including testing, if information cannot be provided by other me...