U.S. President Barack Obama has signed an executive order requiring federal agencies to share cyberthreat information with private companies and to create a cybersecurity framework focused on reducing risks to companies providing critical ...
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U.S. President Barack Obama on Tuesday signed an executive order, which will require federal agencies to share cyberthreat information with private companies, creating a cybersecurity framework focused on reducing risks to companies ...
A U.S. lawmaker has proposed legislation that would allow mobile phone users to ask apps to stop collecting their personal data and to delete information collected in the past. U.S. Representative Hank Johnson, a Georgia Democrat, ...
As a new session of the U.S. Congress convenes in early 2013, don't expect lawmakers to rush out a new version of the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) or the Protect IP Act (PIPA). While some groups representing copyright holders still want ...
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IDG News Service - Copyright laws are holding back potentially life-saving research, the European Union's top digital lawmaker said on Monday. Digital Agenda Commissioner Neelie Kroes was speaking at the 2012 Intellectual Property and ...
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Computerworld - A senior Democratic lawmaker is urging President Barack Obama to issue an executive order aimed at protecting the nation's critical infrastructure against cyber threats. In an open letter to the President on Tuesday, Sen. ...
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A new bill in Congress would require mobile phone makers, network providers and application developers to disclose to customers any monitoring software installed on their mobile devices. The Mobile Device Privacy Act, introduced Wednesday ...
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As the federal budget is debated and the lame duck session hurtles towards an end,there is high intrigue on Capitol Hill. Having been in Washington,D.C.,the week of Dec.10,Jeffery Hall says the farm bill is still receiving much discussion ...
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The U.S. House is moving closer to acting on legislation that would make green cards available to as many as 55,000 foreign nationals who have earned advanced degrees in science, technology, engineering or math -- the so-called STEM fields. ...
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Reuters reported that London copper inched up after a prominent US lawmaker expressed confidence the world's top economy would avert a looming fiscal crisis but worries China's return to growth will be sluggish weighed on sentiment. ...
Reuters reported that Brent crude oil fell below USD 111 per barrel as a lack of progress in US budget talks to avert a fiscal crisis darkened the outlook for demand in the world's biggest oil consumer. Top US Republican lawmaker John ...
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The U.S. Federal Trade Commission should "tread carefully" before bringing an antitrust complaint against Google, a veteran U.S. lawmaker said as news reports suggested the agency is ready to move forward. Representative Jared Polis, a ...
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THE second congressional district office is preparing the distribution of thousands of Compact Fluorescent Lamps (CFLs) in Zamboanga City. The office of Representative Erico Basilio Fabian (2nd district, Zamboanga Peninsula) has partnered ...
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Biometric News from September 30 Aug 2012|General Tags:Awards·Biometric Reflecting on a couple big articles concerning Biometric News this month: 1.FBI To Give Facial Recognition Software to Law-Enforcement Agencies With over ...
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Caterpillar Inc., (CAT) the largest construction and mining-equipment maker, plans to close a Canadian locomotive plant that employs about 800 people after failing to reach an agreement with locked-out union members. “The cost ...