Dick Cheney on Technology Vice President of the United States under George W. Bush

Require reliability standards for electricity delivery

Opposed selling supercomputers to USSR

Loosen Bell & telecomm rules; fund SSC

Cheney co-sponsored the following bills in Congress:
• H.R.3800 (1986):A bill to permit the Bell operating companies to provide information services and to manufacture telecommuncations equipment.
• H.CON.RES.339 (1988):A concurrent resolution calling for the full participation of American industry in the provision of telecommunications equipment and services.
• H.R.3228 (1988):A bill to authorize appropriations for the Superconducting Super Collider Program.

Proposed information age warfare in 1980s

[We suggest that DoD become] highly sensitive to technology in force-structuring concepts and better prepared for multi-scenario future force requirements [via the following]:
• Develop and link networks of geopolitical, strategic and technological planners within the JCS and individual service structures to make the strategic product more enlightened, cohesive and more sensitive to technological opportunity.
• Incorporate more technical and scientific courses in the professional development education of officers and enlisted personnel.
• Begin a large-scale effort to increase expertise in Soviet affairs, Latin-American and African affairs.
• Aggressively continue the development and evolution of the Army’s high- technology light division and light infantry divisions to provide a highly lethal, mobile, deployable and self-sufficient force that can bring overwhelming military power to bear in remote regions of the world.

Loosen broadcast license rules; prohibit TV encoding

Cheney co-sponsored the following bills in Congress:
• H.R.2250 (1984):A moratorium on changes to the FCC rules regarding network television syndication and prime time access.
• H.R.2382 (1984): A bill for new procedures for broadcast licenses, to provide certain deregulation of broadcast services, and for other purposes.
• H.R.3989 (1986):A bill to prohibit the encoding of satellite-transmitted television programming until decoding devices are fully available at reasonable prices.