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InternetNews March 16, 2007 Roy Mark |
Data-Mine Time in The Senate Want to know what the government is collecting on you and what it's doing with the information? Good luck. |
InternetNews March 8, 2007 Roy Mark |
Gates' Washington Trip a Privacy Affair Congress should pass 'milestone' national uniform privacy standard says Microsoft chairman. |
InternetNews August 30, 2005 Roy Mark |
GAO: Feds Not Protecting Citizen Privacy Government agencies are making progress, but are still not completely complying with federal rules regarding data mining and personal information. |
National Defense February 2011 Stew Magnuson |
Data Mining Not a Panacea for Catching Terrorists, Experts Warn Data mining is being used by federal agencies as a counter-terrorism tool. |
InternetNews May 21, 2004 Roy Mark |
Democrats Call for Privacy Czar A new bill would mandate federal privacy officer to balance civil liberties with homeland security concerns. |
InternetNews February 25, 2005 Roy Mark |
ChoicePoint ID Theft Stirs Up Congress When lawmakers return to work next week, private data protection legislation will be all the rage. |
CIO January 1, 2002 Stephanie Viscasillas |
Privacy Versus the FBI The antiterrorism law President Bush signed in late October makes it easier for officials investigating potential terrorist activity to get court orders to search companies' business records. It is important to take that into account in your privacy policy. |
PC Magazine January 10, 2007 Aaron Dalton |
Washington's Net Change How the Democrat-controlled Congress could affect technology legislation. |
InternetNews May 12, 2006 Roy Mark |
Americans Get Shaft Over Data Mining Finally - maybe - Congress is gaining courage in rolling back Bush's domestic spying program. |
InternetNews February 6, 2007 Roy Mark |
Concealment a Crime in Latest Data Breach Bill Additional legislation calls for criminal penalties for concealing breaches and consumer notification of 'significant' breaches. |
InternetNews April 10, 2008 Susan Kuchinskas |
What Limits For Warrantless Wiretapping? RSA panel mulls the balance between security needs and personal privacy. |
National Defense October 2009 Tessa Gellerson |
Law Enforcement Needs Guidance To Root Out Terrorist Plots, Says Report Good old fashioned police work has been far more effective in thwarting terrorist plots than high-tech data mining schemes. |
InternetNews June 30, 2005 Roy Mark |
Bill Targets Trafficking in Social Security Numbers Legislation requires companies to alert customers if their credit card information has been breached. The bill also prohibits requiring individuals to use Social Security numbers as their account numbers. |
PC World October 7, 2002 Michelle Madigan |
Privacy Concerns Pushed to Front Lines Feds must explore, explain any effect on privacy by new policies or practices, under pending legislation. |
InternetNews January 11, 2011 |
Judiciary Chair Planning IP, Privacy Bills As the Senate Judiciary Committee gets rolling in the new session of Congress, Chairman Patrick Leahy offers details of an ambitious agenda that will tackle several key tech issues. |
InternetNews September 22, 2010 |
Senate Ponders Update of Electronic Privacy Act Twenty four years after the passage of the ECPA, much has changed in the way companies and governments collect, store and share electronic data. |
PC Magazine July 11, 2007 Cyrus Farivar |
Closing the Loopholes on Data Theft Millions have had personal data, including credit card numbers, stolen this year. Congress is seeking to pass a stricter, nationwide law. |
InternetNews January 27, 2009 Kenneth Corbin |
Privacy 'Achilles Heel' in Health IT Debate Senate hearing considers privacy concerns as Congress prepares to spend billions on digitizing healthcare industry. |
InternetNews May 8, 2007 Roy Mark |
Leahy Raises REAL ID Act Revolt Vermont senator says Congress should reconsider law that calls for national identification standards. |
InternetNews May 28, 2004 Chris Nerney |
Survey Says: Your Data is in Danger Are banks doing enough to stop hacks? What's the scope of the government's data mining projects? New survey results are troubling. |
PC World December 2003 Bill Wallace |
The Patriot Act Reconsidered Next round of antiterrorist legislation seeks to balance privacy and security. |
Reason December 2001 |
Guarding the Home Front Will civil liberties be a casualty in the War on Terrorism? A panel of experts discuss which civil liberties they think are most at risk in what has been called America's first 21st century war... |
Reason March 2007 David Weigel |
Bob Barr and the Libertarians A former Republican congressman joins a third party. |
InternetNews May 28, 2009 Kenneth Corbin |
Momentum Builds for Updating Privacy Act Government, advocacy groups call for Congress and agencies to modernize the way citizens' personal information is handled. |
PC Magazine May 1, 2010 Chloe Albanesius |
Another Look At Privacy Google, Microsoft, and AT&T have joined a coalition to push Congress to update electronic privacy laws. |
InternetNews September 22, 2005 Roy Mark |
Roberts Vote Could Stall Data Privacy Law Judiciary Committee may vote today on mandating national breach disclosure law. |
InternetNews September 23, 2005 Roy Mark |
Senate Turns Attention to Data Privacy The Senate Judiciary Committee expects to vote next week on legislation making it a crime for data brokers to conceal a security breach involving personal data and increasing penalties for computer fraud when the act involves personal data. |
Reason November 2003 |
Show Us Your Money The USA PATRIOT Act lets the feds spy on your finances. But does it help catch terrorists? |
InternetNews June 12, 2007 Roy Mark |
Republicans Seek Delay in Patent Reform Bill Two days before a scheduled Senate Judiciary Committee markup of the Patent Reform Act of 2007, four Republican members of the panel are seeking a delay in the vote. The lawmakers said the controversial measure deserves further hearings. |
Reason November 2005 David Weigel |
When Patriots Dissent Government error and bad publicity resulting from use of the PATRIOT Act have reduced the number of Americans who are willing to trade privacy for security. Politicians who vote against measures like PATRIOT will go home to sympathetic voters. |
Searcher June 2003 Miriam Drake |
You Ain't Seen Nothin' Yet: Patriot II on the Way This article focuses on the government's data mining, information gathering, database building programs, and Radio Frequency Identification Chips. |
PC World February 20, 2001 Jennifer O'Neill |
Congress Navigates a Flood of Net Privacy Bills Lawmakers, industry juggle e-commerce and consumer concerns in review of longtime (and new) proposals... |
Reason November 2008 David Weigel |
Bob Barr Talks The best-known nominee in Libertarian Party history talks to reason about war, drugs, pornography, Bill Clinton, George Bush, and Ayn Rand. |
Information Today August 6, 2012 Barbie E. Keiser |
Cybersecurity and Privacy Concerns at the Highest Levels of Government Ensuring the privacy and security of personal information collected by federal government agencies and preventing cyberattacks in the future is a responsibility of government that all Americans can support. |
Searcher March 2007 Mary Alice Baish |
Librarians as Change Agents: How You Can Help Influence Public Policy in the 110th Congress Key library issues for the 110th Congress. |
CFO March 1, 2007 Kate O'Sullivan |
Capitol Blending Democratic control of Congress probably won't roil the M&A waters -- much. |
PC World September 11, 2002 Andrew Brandt |
A Year Later, Online Privacy and Security Still Weak Guarding both virtual and physical shores remains a challenge of checks and balances. |
Reason July 2008 Jesse Walker |
Warcraft on Terror The Office of the Director of National Intelligence wants to "study the emerging phenomenon of social (particularly terrorist) dynamics in virtual worlds and large-scale online games." |
PC World October 5, 2001 Frank Thorsberg |
PC World Poll Highlights Privacy Concerns Our online poll shows most readers are concerned about giving the government more power for online surveillance... |
InternetNews July 12, 2007 Sean Michael Kerner |
Senate Panel Amends Patent Reform Bill Patent reform in Congress took a tentative step forward today with the Senate Judiciary Committee approving several amendments to the proposed legislation. |
InternetNews January 14, 2009 Kenneth Corbin |
Web Firms, Advocates Draw Lines in Privacy Fight With reforms to the Privacy Act looming on the congressional agenda, how will Internet companies be affected? |
BusinessWeek November 21, 2005 Richard S. Dunham |
The Patriot Act: Business Balks Businesses are joining critics who seek to curb the Patriot Act's wide-ranging investigative powers. |
InternetNews January 6, 2011 |
House Republicans Push Net Neutrality Repeal The new Congress wasted no time going after the FCC. |
Information Today October 20, 2015 Barbie E. Keiser |
The Federal Government Turns To Silicon Valley for Tech Support What's needed is input from these experts, but more importantly, a new viewpoint from a young demographic that works in new ways. |
Wired November 2000 David Corn |
Filegate.gov The biggest Congressional scandal of the digital age: Politicians aren't putting public docs on the Net, and no one seems to care... |
Reason February 2007 |
Divided We Stand What sort of legislation and political theater should the friends of "Free Minds and Free Markets" expect during the next two years? Is the new situation an improvement or disaster? |
Reason April 2008 Jeff Flake |
Passing Bad Laws A short guided tour -- by a congressman -- of the worst bills currently in Congress. |
Managed Care April 2001 Michael Levin-Epstein |
President's Privacy-Rule Review Creates Controversy, Confusion The final medical privacy regulations under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) stand out in terms of controversy and confusion. The end game is still cast in doubt... |
InternetNews February 9, 2007 Roy Mark |
When Is a Breach a Breach? If you think there's hope for a national data breach notification law, consider this: Congress can't decide what a breach is. Really. |
InternetNews September 8, 2004 Roy Mark |
Time Running Out on Fed's Tech Agenda CAN-SPAM and nanotech funding aside, the tech industry has seen little legislative success in a Congress consumed with matters of war and national security. |