Yesterday on Capitol Hill, two Democratic representatives introduced a House bill that would require broadband ISPs to “interconnect with the facilities of other network providers on a reasonable and nondiscriminatory basis.” It also requires them to treat all content, applications and services as the same, with “equal opportunity to reach consumers,” says an IDG story [...]
It has surfaced that the US State Department can’t account for up to about 1,000 laptops, perhaps as many as 400 of which belonged to the department’s Anti-Terrorism Assistance Program. Internal auditors found that the department lost track of $30 million worth of computer equipment, “the vast majority of which… perhaps as much as 99 [...]
Democratic Senator Ron Wyden has put ISPs on notice that he’s going to do everything he can to preserve Net Neutrality, telling ISPs to “think twice” before they start to corrupt the connections they provide to their customers.
From the Article: “Wyden delivered his ultimatum at a Computer & Communications Industry Association conference in DC, where [...]
The Pro-IP Act has passed the Judiciary Committee unanimously, thanks to the support of committee chairman Rep. John Conyers (D-MI). If you remember, this is the same bill which would create copyright cops with the power to seize computers, when powers like that have been systematically abused in other areas. But, apparently, they think the [...]
According to this article in the Washington Times, some air marshals are being forbidden entry to the airplanes they are supposed to protect, as they have similar names to people on the no-fly list. Another nugget from the article- Chertoff says just one airline is seeing some 9,000 false positives EVERY DAY from this list.
From [...]
We now know how the White House managed to lose about five million emails. It seems that they “upgraded” their Lotus Notes system, which had an automatic retention and backup system, for Microsoft Exchange, which did not support the automatic system.
So they changed it to a manual process, where aides would manually sort emails one [...]
Wired reports that the US Defense Intelligence Agency has just acquired three PC-based video games which they will use to train the next wave of analysts. The games are short, but they have branching story lines that change depending on how a trainee reacts to various problems.
From the Article: “‘It is clear that our new [...]
A damning piece by David Barstow in today’s New York Times that chronicles “a symbiotic relationship where the usual dividing lines between government and journalism have been obliterated.”
From the Article: “Records and interviews show how the Bush administration has used its control over access and information in an effort to transform the analysts into a [...]
The AP is reporting that the US will soon be collecting the DNA of anyone who is arrested by federal law enforcement agency and any foreigner who is detained, whether or not charges are eventually brought. This begins to bring the US in like with the UK, which is trying to collect DNA [...]
BusinessWeek story on the increasing amount of attacks against the US government’s online presence as well as its contacts in the private sector. Hackers are gaining a greater awareness of where valuable data might reside, and that awareness is leading to more precise, more sophisticated attacks.
From the Article: “The U.S. government, and its sprawl of [...]
The State Department is making a profit on every passport ordered by a U.S. citizen because it has outsourced printing to Asia, including a Thai company that has had had problems with Chinese espionage. Not only is this stupidity from an administration supposedly committed to keeping the USA safe, it may also be illegal since [...]
The Washington Post’s Ellen Nakashima wrote an article about the US government’s incredibly sloppy job with maintaining a list of terror suspects. If they can’t even keep innocent people off the list, how can we expect them to protect anybody from real terrorists?
From the Article: “One man went into a Glen Burnie, Md., Toyota dealership [...]
If you are looking for a president who understands your geeky world and fights for relevant technology issues, Barack Obama is your man — according to Tech.Blorge.
From the Article: “…He was the first candidate to use Twitter as a means of communicating with his base. If you are on Twitter you can follow Barack Obama [...]
The California Assembly, apparently facing an $8 billion deficit, has introduced a bill that would apply sales taxes to “media downloads,” namely the music sales going through iTunes (which, as we’ve reported, is challenging even retailer giant Walmart for music sales numbers). But it seems as though they’re going about it in a pretty weird way (since new taxes require a [...]
Wired is reporting that the FBI hid Patriot Act abuses with retroactive and flawed subpoenas, and used them to illegally acquire phone and credit card records. There were at least 11 retroactive, ‘blanket’ subpoenas that were signed by top counter-terrorism officials, some of which sought information the FBI is not allowed to have. The [...]
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