http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/gov/blog Thu, 19 Nov 2009 14:44:22 GMT Clearspace 2.5.5 (http://jivesoftware.com/products/clearspace/) 2009-11-19T14:44:22Z http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/gov/blog/bill-would-ban-p2p-use-by-federal-workers/?cs=37605 According to Computerworld , House lawmakers have introduced the Secure Federal File Sharing Act , which would restrict the use of peer-to-peer technology on government networks. If approved, government employees and contractors would be barred from government_agencies legislation_and_regulation business_technology peer-to-peer Thu, 19 Nov 2009 14:44:22 GMT kara.reeder@narrowcastgroup.com http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/gov/blog/bill-would-ban-p2p-use-by-federal-workers/?cs=37605 2009-11-19T14:44:22Z 2 days, 9 hours ago http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/gov/blog/comment/bill-would-ban-p2p-use-by-federal-workers http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/gov/blog/feeds/comments?blogPost=37605 http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/gov/blog/eu-investigation-reveals-consumer-law-violations/?cs=37577 An 18-month investigation by the European Union has revealed that 301 Web sites that sold mobile phone ringtones, wallpapers and other services had " serious breaches of EU consumer law ," according to NetworkWorld . Meglena Kuneva, the European advertising_and_marketing telecommunications_services europe business_technology legislation_and_regulation european_union Wed, 18 Nov 2009 15:22:16 GMT kara.reeder@narrowcastgroup.com http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/gov/blog/eu-investigation-reveals-consumer-law-violations/?cs=37577 2009-11-18T15:22:16Z 3 days, 9 hours ago http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/gov/blog/comment/eu-investigation-reveals-consumer-law-violations http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/gov/blog/feeds/comments?blogPost=37577 http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/gov/blog/bill-to-help-small-healthcare-practices-fund-ehrs/?cs=37517 Massachusetts Sen. John Kerry has introduced the Small Business Health Information Technology Financing Act of 2009 to help family doctors fund conversion to electronic health records, reports InformationWeek .   The bill would make family business_technology legislation_and_regulation john_kerry smbs electronic_health_records hipaa Mon, 16 Nov 2009 16:10:21 GMT kara.reeder@narrowcastgroup.com http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/gov/blog/bill-to-help-small-healthcare-practices-fund-ehrs/?cs=37517 2009-11-16T16:10:21Z 5 days, 8 hours ago http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/gov/blog/comment/bill-to-help-small-healthcare-practices-fund-ehrs http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/gov/blog/feeds/comments?blogPost=37517 http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/gov/blog/new-database-to-catalog-international-copyright-laws/?cs=37516 A number of advocacy groups, including the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) and Electronic Information for Libraries, are teaming up to launch a new copyright database .   According to V3.co.uk , the new Copyright Watch site will serve as a business_technology intellectual_property database_software legislation_and_regulation Mon, 16 Nov 2009 16:00:45 GMT kara.reeder@narrowcastgroup.com http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/gov/blog/new-database-to-catalog-international-copyright-laws/?cs=37516 2009-11-16T16:00:45Z 5 days, 8 hours ago http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/gov/blog/comment/new-database-to-catalog-international-copyright-laws http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/gov/blog/feeds/comments?blogPost=37516 http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/gov/blog/switzerland-to-sue-google-over-street-view/?cs=37509 Switzerland plans to sue Google for failing to protect its citizens' privacy, reports PCWorld.com. Switzerland claims Google failed to obscure faces, license plates and other sensitive images in its Street View photo-mapping Web application.   business_ethics litigation switzerland privacy europe street_view google Mon, 16 Nov 2009 14:55:44 GMT kara.reeder@narrowcastgroup.com http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/gov/blog/switzerland-to-sue-google-over-street-view/?cs=37509 2009-11-16T14:55:44Z 5 days, 9 hours ago http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/gov/blog/comment/switzerland-to-sue-google-over-street-view http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/gov/blog/feeds/comments?blogPost=37509 http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/gov/blog/egypt-to-create-first-arabic-domain-name/?cs=37505 According to BBC News , countries can now apply for so-called "internationalized domain names,"   using their native language rather than Latin characters.   Egypt says it will be the first to launch an Internet domain name that uses Arabic business_technology icann middle_east internet_governance egypt standards_bodies Mon, 16 Nov 2009 14:40:43 GMT kara.reeder@narrowcastgroup.com http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/gov/blog/egypt-to-create-first-arabic-domain-name/?cs=37505 2009-11-16T14:40:43Z 5 days, 9 hours ago 1 http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/gov/blog/comment/egypt-to-create-first-arabic-domain-name http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/gov/blog/feeds/comments?blogPost=37505 http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/gov/blog/fda-examining-gray-area-of-social-media/?cs=37477 According to Reuters , the Food and Drug Administration is holding a two-day hearing to find out if the agency needs to specifically regulate how drugs and medical devices it oversees are promoted on the Internet .   The lack of clarity on how to legislation_and_regulation government_agencies business_technology social_networks fda Fri, 13 Nov 2009 15:58:45 GMT kara.reeder@narrowcastgroup.com http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/gov/blog/fda-examining-gray-area-of-social-media/?cs=37477 2009-11-13T15:58:45Z 1 week, 1 day ago http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/gov/blog/comment/fda-examining-gray-area-of-social-media http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/gov/blog/feeds/comments?blogPost=37477 http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/gov/blog/ec-issues-formal-objection-to-oracle-sun-deal/?cs=37370 The European Commission has made it official. It issued a formal "statement of objections" over Oracle's bid to acquire Sun Microsystems , saying the buyout would hamper competition in the database market, reports Computerworld .   Oracle, which legislation_and_regulation european_commission sun_microsystems government_agencies mergers_and_acquisitions oracle business_technology Tue, 10 Nov 2009 15:21:01 GMT susan.hall@narrowcastgroup.com http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/gov/blog/ec-issues-formal-objection-to-oracle-sun-deal/?cs=37370 2009-11-10T15:21:01Z 1 week, 4 days ago http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/gov/blog/comment/ec-issues-formal-objection-to-oracle-sun-deal http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/gov/blog/feeds/comments?blogPost=37370 http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/gov/blog/eu-green-lights-eprivacy-directive/?cs=37369 The European Union says all that's left for formal adoption of its ePrivacy Directive are just formalities, reports V3.co.uk .   The directive will pave the way for stronger rules concerning data breaches and other privacy issues. Under the new european_union europe legislation_and_regulation privacy spam business_technology government_agencies security_breaches Tue, 10 Nov 2009 15:16:42 GMT kara.reeder@narrowcastgroup.com http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/gov/blog/eu-green-lights-eprivacy-directive/?cs=37369 2009-11-10T15:16:42Z 1 week, 4 days ago http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/gov/blog/comment/eu-green-lights-eprivacy-directive http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/gov/blog/feeds/comments?blogPost=37369 http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/gov/blog/connecticut-ag-probes-blue-cross-security-breach/?cs=37368 The Connecticut Post reports that Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal is looking into whether Blue Cross and Blue Shield may have violated state law after a laptop containing the personal information of hundreds of thousands of doctors business_technology legislation_and_regulation security_breaches identity_theft connecticut anthem_blue_cross_and_blue_shield Tue, 10 Nov 2009 14:50:50 GMT kara.reeder@narrowcastgroup.com http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/gov/blog/connecticut-ag-probes-blue-cross-security-breach/?cs=37368 2009-11-10T14:50:50Z 1 week, 4 days ago http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/gov/blog/comment/connecticut-ag-probes-blue-cross-security-breach http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/gov/blog/feeds/comments?blogPost=37368 http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/gov/blog/fcc-to-take-look-at-special-access-fees/?cs=37339 The Federal Communications Commission is slated to examine the issue of telephone access fees , reports InformationWeek .   Sprint Nextel, T-Mobile, and BT have alleged that AT&T and Verizon charge too much in special access fees to backhaul business_technology telecommunications_vendors access_fees government_agencies fcc antitrust Mon, 09 Nov 2009 16:40:16 GMT kara.reeder@narrowcastgroup.com http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/gov/blog/fcc-to-take-look-at-special-access-fees/?cs=37339 2009-11-09T16:40:16Z 1 week, 5 days ago http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/gov/blog/comment/fcc-to-take-look-at-special-access-fees http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/gov/blog/feeds/comments?blogPost=37339 http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/gov/blog/eu-proposes-breach-notification-ruling/?cs=37301 The European Parliament and Commission has issued a ruling that will require telecommunications companies to inform affected individuals of data breaches , reports SC Magazine .   The Commission has already approved the amendments. However, those legislation_and_regulation european_union government_agencies security_breaches business_technology europe Fri, 06 Nov 2009 15:38:46 GMT kara.reeder@narrowcastgroup.com http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/gov/blog/eu-proposes-breach-notification-ruling/?cs=37301 2009-11-06T15:38:46Z 2 weeks, 1 day ago http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/gov/blog/comment/eu-proposes-breach-notification-ruling http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/gov/blog/feeds/comments?blogPost=37301 http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/gov/blog/microsoft-rivals-question-microsoft-eu-ballot-plan/?cs=37299 Opera, Mozilla and Google plan to send separate letters to the European Commission suggesting modifications to the ballot screen design put forth by Microsoft, reports Computerworld .   Microsoft had presented the EU with a proposal that would business_technology opera europe microsoft government_agencies mozilla google internet_explorer antitrust european_union Fri, 06 Nov 2009 15:14:44 GMT kara.reeder@narrowcastgroup.com http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/gov/blog/microsoft-rivals-question-microsoft-eu-ballot-plan/?cs=37299 2009-11-06T15:14:44Z 2 weeks, 1 day ago http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/gov/blog/comment/microsoft-rivals-question-microsoft-eu-ballot-plan http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/gov/blog/feeds/comments?blogPost=37299 http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/gov/blog/senate-judiciary-committee-oks-data-protection-law/?cs=37296 According to Computerworld , the Personal Data Privacy and Security Act of 2009 got a boost when the Senate Judiciary Committee approved the bill in a vote of 15-5. The bill now heads to the full Senate for consideration.   Under the bill, government_agencies network_security business_technology legislation_and_regulation security_breaches data_security Fri, 06 Nov 2009 14:37:41 GMT kara.reeder@narrowcastgroup.com http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/gov/blog/senate-judiciary-committee-oks-data-protection-law/?cs=37296 2009-11-06T14:37:41Z 2 weeks, 1 day ago http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/gov/blog/comment/senate-judiciary-committee-oks-data-protection-law http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/gov/blog/feeds/comments?blogPost=37296 http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/gov/blog/ftc-to-join-battle-against-intel/?cs=37295 On the heels of New York's antitrust charges against Intel, it is expected that the Federal Trade Commission will join the fray against the chip maker, according to Computerworld . Dan Olds, principal analyst with The Gabriel Consulting Group, business_technology business_ethics antitrust government_agencies ftc intel litigation Fri, 06 Nov 2009 14:24:50 GMT kara.reeder@narrowcastgroup.com http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/gov/blog/ftc-to-join-battle-against-intel/?cs=37295 2009-11-06T14:24:50Z 2 weeks, 1 day ago http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/gov/blog/comment/ftc-to-join-battle-against-intel http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/gov/blog/feeds/comments?blogPost=37295