It's urgent for the U.S. Senate to pass a cybersecurity bill now stalled because of opposition from several lawmakers, officials from the U.S. White House said Wednesday. Four White House officials called on the Senate to pass the revised ...
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metering a greater focus at the Department of Energy on deployment of existing manufacturing technologies; improved energy efficiency within federal facilities; and a study on barriers to industrial deployment of electric motors, demand ...
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The U.S. Senate on Thursday failed to end debate on a comprehensive cybersecurity bill, pushing action on the bill into September and potentially killing it. The Senate voted 52-46 to end debate and move toward a final vote on the revised ...
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The hand of government is not all that heavy on businesses when it comes to notification requirements about data breaches that affect personal information. And it looks like it won't get much heavier, even if a bill sponsored by U.S. Sen. ...
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When the recession hit in 2008, Congress put the idea of a "skills shortage" and a need for more H-1B visas in a closet. That didn't mean, however, that interest in raising the H-1B cap went away for everyone. New York City Mayor ...
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A group of activists have banded together to protect the Internet from what they see as bad legislation, with a focus initially on copyright enforcement proposals. Members of the new Internet Defense League hope they can harness the ...
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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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Computerworld - The specter that Congress will reauthorize the controversial FISA Amendments Act of 2008 without any changes to its sweeping spying provisions is evoking cries of alarm from advocacy and privacy groups. Many say the law, ...
President Obama is exploring the option of using his executive authority to get government agencies and critical infrastructure owners to implement better controls for protecting their computer networks. According to a report by Reuters, ...
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The online industry doesn't need new privacy legislation because it is doing a good job of protecting users' privacy, an executive of an advertising trade group told U.S. lawmakers Thursday. Even as Senator John "Jay" Rockefeller, ...
Earlier this week, both the House and Senate passed H.R. 6582, which places a focus on important energy efficiency measures that provide opportunities for the glass container industry, in coordination with the Department of Energy (DOE) and ...
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The US Senate on Thursday voted 54-41 to reverse a plan included in a larger defense policy bill that would have ended the Department of Defense's participation in an agreement aimed at boosting the supply of biofuels available to the ...
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The U.S.Senate will not move forward on a cybersecurity bill. The Senate voted 51-47 to end debate and move to a final vote on the Cybersecurity Act,but 60 votes were needed to advance the bill.The Senate had also failed to move forward ...
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Six US senators Tuesday asked the Justice Department's Oil and Gas Price Fraud Working Group to conduct a "refinery by refinery probe" into spikes in West Coast gasoline prices in May and October. The request, from Democratic senators ...
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There's been a lot of buzz lately about the safety of energy drinks and shots. Following reports of harmful reactions and even deaths possibly associated with the products, two U.S. senators recently released a letter from the FDA stating ...
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