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Governance

March 2010

March 31, 2010

Tech Coalition Pushes for New Online Privacy Law

According to TG Daily , several technology companies, including Google, Microsoft and AT&T, have launched the Digital Due Process coalition to push for an overhaul of the 1986 Electronic Comm... More >

March 30, 2010

Lawmakers Ask FTC to Probe Google Buzz

Six Democrats and five Republicans from the House Energy and Commerce Committee have asked the U.S. Federal Trade Commission to look into Google's Buzz social-networking product for breaches of cons... More >

Judge Deals Blow in H-1B Fraud Case

A judge has delivered a blow to the government's case in what may be the largest H-1B fraud case ever brought forward.   According to Computerworld , the case involves Vision Systems, which i... More >

March 26, 2010

House Passes Ban on File Sharing by Government Employees

With a vote of 408 to 13, the House has passed the Secure Federal File Sharing Act , which seeks to prevent government employees from using peer-to-peer file-sharing software not only in the office,... More >

March 25, 2010

Verizon Wants a Rewrite of Telecom Act

Verizon calls the Telecom Act, passed in 1996, outdated and "irrelevant." According to Computerworld , the company wants Congress to rewrite the legislation to focus on the Internet and strip away... More >

Senate Committee Passes Cyber Security Bill

Sens. John Rockefeller and Olympia Snowe's continued push for their 2009 Cybersecurity Act has paid off as the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee has passed the legislation , ac... More >

March 24, 2010

Arizona House to Consider Ban on Texting While Driving

A bill passed by the Arizona state Senate that would make it illegal in Arizona to text while driving now goes to the House.   According to an Associated Press article on Newsvine.com, the l... More >

U.S., UK Push for ICANN Changes

The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation and the U.K.'s Serious Organized Crime Agency (SOCA) are pushing for changes that would make it harder for criminals to register domain names under false deta... More >

March 22, 2010

Google to Protect User Privacy with Analytics Plug-In

eWEEK says in a move that could mollify privacy watchdogs, the search giant is working on a way to let users opt out of being tracked by Google Analytics . Says Google group product manager Amy Cha... More >

March 19, 2010

Unnamed U.S. Firm to Boost Iran Internet Access

Following the lifting of the ban on the export of Internet-based communication services to Iran, Sudan and Cuba, the U.S. issued a license to a company to boost Internet access for Iranians , repo... More >

March 17, 2010

Legislation Pushes White House, Private Sector Collaboration in Cyber Crisis

Sens. John D. Rockefeller IV and Olympia J. Snowe continue to push their proposed Cybersecurity Act, which seeks to push the Obama administration and Congress to be more aggressive in creating a coor... More >

March 16, 2010

Cuba Says U.S. Ruling on Internet Access Does Nothing

Cuba has criticized recent a U.S. ruling that would make it easier for companies to provide Internet services on the island, saying it is meant to destabilize the country, reports boston.com . &nbs... More >

March 11, 2010

Court Again Upholds i4i's Patent Win Over Microsoft

The U.S. Federal Court of Appeals has again upheld a jury's verdict ordering Microsoft to pay more than $240 million in damages for willfully infringing on patents awarded to i4i, reports Computer... More >

March 9, 2010

No More Ban on Exporting Internet Services to Iran, Sudan, Cuba

In an effort to spread free-speech freedoms, the U.S. Department of the Treasury has lifted its ban on the export of Internet-based communication services to Iran, Sudan and Cuba, according to Com... More >

March 8, 2010

New Exec for Worldwide Web Consortium

The World Wide Web Consortium, the organization that oversees Web standards such as HTML 5 and others, has a new executive director , reports The Boston Globe .   Jeffrey Jaffe, most recentl... More >

March 3, 2010

FCC Proposes $25 Billion in New Spending for Broadband

The coming National Broadband Plan proposed by Federal Communications Commission Chairman Julius Genachowski will suggest up to $25 billion in new federal spending for high-speed Internet lines and... More >

March 2, 2010

IBM Has Issues with Microsoft Browser Ballot

Even though Microsoft has revamped its browser ballot and the European Union has accepted the proposal , IBM is still not happy. The company says the random scrambling of the choices gives Google... More >

Masachusetts Data Security Law in Effect

Massachusetts' new data security regulations are in effect. As IT Business Edge blogger Sue Marquette Poremba reminds us, the new state law requires that companies encrypt sensitive personal infor... More >

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