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House Bill Would Require Cellphone Owners Be Notified of Tracking Software
By Datamation.com Staff | Article Published January 31, 2012
The proposed legislation is a response to last year's revelations about CarrierIQ software.
Tags: legislation, government, tracking
Government Agencies Go Google+
By Datamation.com Staff | Article Published November 11, 2011
Federal agencies have quickly created pages for the social networking service.
Tags: government, Google +
Hague Lists Cyber 'Rules of the Road'
By Datamation.com Staff | Article Published November 01, 2011
The UK foreign secretary has offered guidelines for the Internet that he believes all governments should follow.
Tags: Internet, government
Amazon Web Services Launches Amazon GovCloud
By Datamation.com Staff | Article Published August 17, 2011
The new cloud computing service complies with the unique regulations that apply to U.S. government agencies.
Tags: government, cloud computing
FCC to Investigate BART Cell Service Shutdown
By Datamation.com Staff | Article Published August 16, 2011
The transit system's decision to cut off cell service to prevent protests may have violated the law.
Tags: government
U.S. Government Hankers For Hackers
By Datamation.com Staff | Article Published August 02, 2011
The feds are heading to Defcon to recruit new talent.
Tags: government, hackers
Apple Has More Cash than Uncle Sam
By Datamation.com Staff | Article Published July 29, 2011
As of Thursday, the U.S. Treasury had $73.768 billion in cash; Apple had $75.876 billion at the end of June.
Tags: government, Apple
U.S. Cyber-Security Tsar Resigns Unexpectedly
By Datamation.com Staff | Article Published July 27, 2011
As attacks escalate, the director of US-CERT leaves his job with no explanation.
Tags: government
Google Chairman Warns of Censorship after Arab Spring
By Datamation.com Staff | Article Published June 28, 2011
Eric Schmidt predicts that dictatorial regimes will begin cracking down on free expression on the Web.
Tags: government
Federal CTO Looks Ahead to Apps Bonanza
By Kenneth Corbin | Article Published March 19, 2010
The federal government isn't generally thought of as a swift and agile technology operation, but Aneesh Chopra is hoping to change that with a little help from the developer community.
Tags: cloud computing, government, apps, Aneesh Chopra, developer
Intel Chief Otellini Unveils $3.5B Jobs Initiative
By Kenneth Corbin | Article Published February 23, 2010
Head of chip giant has harsh words for government innovation policies, pledges private-sector initiative to fund technology startups and ramp up hiring.
Tags: Intel, Otellini, government, economy, IT Jobs/Salary
Web Domain Addresses to Use World Languages
By - Reuters | Article Published October 30, 2009
Internet URLs will no longer be strictly in the Latin alphabet used by English speakers, a move that should increase global Web use.
Tags: ICANN, media, IT, government
Time For The Second Federal CIO
By Chris Nerney | Article Published March 13, 2009
Time For The Second Federal CIO
Tags: FBI, government, Obama, federal CIO, Kundra, IT
U.S. Bounds Ahead on Broadband Proliferation
By Sean Michael Kerner | Article Published September 10, 2008
But it still has a long way to go.
Tags: government, IT, InternetNews.com, SEC, broadband
How the Blogosphere Killed the Press Conference
By Mike Elgan | Article Published September 09, 2008
The Internet – including the Twitosphere – has made announcing information to groups of reporters gathered in a room an obsolete process.
Tags: IT, data, technology, media, government
The Internet Plot Our Media Ignored
By Chris Nerney | Article Published August 07, 2008
The Internet Plot Our Media Ignored
Tags: government, Paris Hilton, Heath Ledger, Patriot Act, Lessig, Internet