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White House Launches Privacy, Internet Policy Subcommittee
Published on 25 Oct, 2010 at 12:44 in Cyber | Viewed 138 times | 6 Comments
In an effort to promote the vast economic opportunity of the Internet and protecting citizens’ online privacy, the National Science and Technology Council has launched a new subcommittee on privacy and Internet policy.
Cameron Kerry, general counsel at the Department of Commerce, and Christopher Schroeder, assistant attorney general at the Department…
Government to Tap Brakes on IT Spending
Published on 21 Oct, 2009 at 9:32 in Cloud | Viewed 174 times | No Comments
According to a new report by TechAmerica, federal IT budgets will only grow 3.4% in the next 5 years. This is a significant drop from the 8.3% growth rate from 2005 to 2010.
The estimates for the decrease in growth rate are influenced by the percentage of the federal deficit through 2020. The Department of Justice, the Treasury and the Department of Health and Human Services are expected…
Is the Federal Government Seizing the Internet?
ICANN, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (the entity that distributes domain names and IP addresses), will be asked by Congress to submit to direct US government control. ICANN is currently administered as a Joint Powers Authority (JPA), an administrative system mixing public and private control.
In a letter to Gary Locke, Secretary of Commerce, dated August 4, the House Energy and Commerce Committee, chaired…
