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Government still losing at least a computer a weekOpen in New Window
Don't care, won't careA year and a day after losing child benefit records for every family in the UK and promising to reform data handling the British government is still losing a laptop every single read more »
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Is government regulation needed to ensure net neutrality?Open in New Window
Cato Institute scholar and Ars contributor Tim Lee argues that net neutrality advocates are right about the importance of an open Internet—but wrong to think legislation is needed to protect it.Read read more »
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My.Gov: How Obama Can Use the Net to Improve GovernmentOpen in New Window
President-elect Obama promised during his campaign to create a “Google for government.” Now that he’s on his way to the White House, let’s imagine what this might look like, a read more »
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Government lists preferred occupations for immigrantsOpen in New Window
Bring us your huddled fish filletersThe Home Office has confirmed the list of preferred jobs for would-be immigrants to the UK - and non-EU techies need not apply.… read more »
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Google-enabled government starts with Obama's CTOOpen in New Window
Patrick Thibodeau writes "President-elect Barack Obama's plan to build a Google-enabled government began modestly this week with its new Change.gov Web site , which includes the means to apply for read more »
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Finland's flawed e-voting scheme - blame the voters?Open in New Window
John Ozimek of The Register writes about troubles with e-voting in Finland and states "collision of government and IT has significance for the rest of the world." read more »
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Ofcom urges government restraint on new broadbandOpen in New Window
'Hands off!'The public sector should take a minor role investing in high bandwidth broadband capacity, according to a senior Ofcom official.… read more »
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Google And Yahoo Revise Deal To Get Government ApprovalOpen in New Window
Trying to push through their search advertising deal, Google and Yahoo have revised the terms of the deal to satisfy antitrust objections by the Department of Justice, reports the WSJ (article behind read more »
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