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Rivals of local telephone companies plan to go to the White House next month to make an appeal for staying the course on telecommunications regulation, according to industry sources. They plan to say that despite the legions of casualties in the telecom arena in the past 18 months, competition is starting to take hold and, […]

Rivals to the local telephone companies plan to go to the White House next month to make an appeal for staying the course on telecommunication regulation, according to industry sources. Despite the legions of casualties in the telecommunications arena in the past 18 months, competition is starting to take hold and in some cases even […]

Protecting consumer privacy online was teed up as a top action item for this Congress, but the initiative was thwarted by the more imminent matter of homeland security and by some thorny partisan disputes. Now, proponents of the measure are preparing to re-introduce it early next year and spur quick action before too many state […]

In its national strategy to secure cyberspace draft released last week, the Presidents Critical Infrastructure Protection Board named nanotechnology as having the potential to reshape cyberspace and its security. Meanwhile last week, a group of senators introduced legislation to increase federal research and development funding for the science of tiny particles. Nanotechnology is widely considered […]

Public comment on a newly released draft of the National Strategy to Secure Cyberspace began swiftly last week, with mixed reviews ranging from toothless to thoughtful. But most IT executives and Washington insiders agree the final version of the plan will contain stronger, more specific language. On the eve of what should have been the […]

In its National Strategy to Secure Cyberspace draft released today, the Presidents Critical Infrastructure Protection Board named nanotechnology as having the potential to reshape cyberspace and its security. Meanwhile this week, a group of senators introduced legislation to increase federal research and development funding for the science of tiny particles, and the chambers science panel […]

The U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service picks up about 20,000 newcomers to the country on any given day and detains them for about a month at hundreds of correctional facilities coast to coast. In the age of terrorism in America, the most widespread threat posed by the newcomers is not violence but a disease once […]

The White House is expected to unveil its long-awaited National Strategy to Secure Cyber Space this week, outlining security recommendations for Americans who use computers, from the home user to the enterprise user to those in the federal government. And because U.S. networks are directly linked to networks overseas, the Bush administration plans to engage […]

Senators charged with overseeing the Department of Justice lambasted the agency last week for overstepping expanded wiretap powers that were granted in the wake of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. The harsh criticism from Congress came as the Bush administration prepared for this weeks launch of an ambitious strategy for securing cyberspace—another response to […]

WorldCom Inc. has begun the search for a new chief executive to replace John Sidgmore, who took the helm of the shaky company in April after founder Bernie Ebbers was ousted. Since disclosing the companys colossal accounting mis-statements in June, Sidgmore sought to disassociate himself and current management from Ebbers and from former chief financial […]

Senators charged with overseeing the Department of Justice lambasted the agency this morning for over-stepping expanded wiretap powers granted last fall following the Sept. 11 attacks. The harsh criticism from Congress came as the Bush Administration prepares for next weeks launch of an ambitious new strategy for securing cyberspace—another response to the terrorist attacks, and […]

In a preliminary version of their plan for securing cyberspace, White House advisers tout the strategy as being a collaborative effort among industry, academia, the military and the government. But lawmakers who would be instrumental in making the plan work said they have had no direct input in its crafting. According to a draft of […]