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Washington finally embraces tech; the benefits will be here soon: It's about time.. Maybe they'll even learn about tech.Now if only Washington would start protecting our digital media rights. We should be able to use media we purchase on any device we own. Washington has done everything it can to screw us out of that right for the past decade....; Tags: Government, Benefits, Vertical industries, cloud computing, Data Ownership, Google Inc., benefit, Federal Reserve Board; Discussion threads 2009-09-16
Fed's RFIDiocy pwnd at DefCon: Do you even read your own stuff?From your quote:". . . will be releasing a $50 kit at the end of August that will make reading 125-kHz RFID chips ? the kind embedded in [b]employee access cards[/b] ? trivial." emphasis addedAnd yet you go and say that this is a...; Tags: WPA2, passport, RFID, pwnd, RFIDiocy, RFIDiocy pwnd, security, DefCon, Federal Reserve Board; Discussion threads 2009-08-10
Fed's RFIDiocy pwnd at DefCon: NSA spooks gather for a colleague's retirement party at a bar. What they don't know is that an RFID scanner is picking them out - and a wireless Bluetooth webcam is taking their picture. Could that really happen? It already did. The Feds...; Tags: Federal Reserve Board, RFID, Wireless And Mobility, Security, Biometrics, Robin Harris; Blog posts 2009-08-10
WSJ: Justice Dept. "reviewing" large telecoms: WSJ: Justice Dept. "reviewing" large telecomsIt's all AT&TAT&T is privately owned,it's their wires and their satellites.There are Government contracts and I think that AT&T doesn't charge at all,they win money from the Government. Had they spent more time w/ Madoff ...they might have caught him and fulfilled their duty. But...; Tags: Telephony, Obama, Bush, AT&T Corp., Justice Dept, Madoff, telecommunications; Discussion threads 2009-07-06
The future of... Boarding passes: Fed up with long check-in lines before you fly? Tired of trying to remember where you tucked away your boarding pass? ZDNet correspondent Sumi Das explains how paperless mobile boarding could help solve these problems and speed you through the airport.; Tags: Correspondent, Federal Reserve Board, Advertising & Promotion, Marketing, Travel, Airport, Boarding Pass, Security, Mobile Boarding, Paperless, Barcode, 2D Barcode, Sumi Das; Videos 2009-06-26

Constructive Data Mining: Modeling Australian Inflation: This paper improves upon de Brouwer and Ericsson's (1998) model of Australian inflation in three directions: cointegration analysis, treatment of weak exogeneity, and model design. On the third issue, recent developments in computer-automated model selection help obtain a more parsimonious, empirically constant, data-coherent, encompassing error correction model for inflation in...; Tags: Federal Reserve Board, Modeling, Inflation, Currency & Foreign Exchange, Research & Development, Data Mining, Finance, Business Operations, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management; White papers 2009-06-14
???Fed employees throw out millions of pages every day???: ???Fed employees throw out millions of pages every day???Where in the hell have you been?OK, your reference to the "last 8 years" is obvious: This is all Bush's fault. I have big news for you. Waste of paper by government became an institution long, long ago. ...; Tags: E-mail, Federal Reserve Board; Discussion threads 2009-05-30
Fed employees throw out millions of pages every day: Check it out: The Washington Times reports that a full third of the printing performed by U.S. government employees is instantly tossed out or recycled. Raise your hand if you recall the tale of the $400 hammers, toilet seats, and ashtrays that were pressed into service during...; Tags: Federal Reserve Board, Printing, Document Management, Government, Enterprise Software, Software, Finance, Managerial Accounting, Doc; Sponsored content 2009-05-29
China and IP: the piper will get paid: China and IP: the piper will get paidThe poetic justice is this....Our greedy US corporations sent all of their manufacturing to the far east and thus trained them on how to create these knock-offs. When you lay down with dogs....Chinese government is not just looking the other way, they are...; Tags: IP, Federal Reserve Board, intellectual property; Discussion threads 2009-04-28
Tech layoff parade continues: TI cuts 12 percent of workforce: Tech layoff parade continues: TI cuts 12 percent of workforcethat's the price we pay for November 4th, 2008Now people are seeing the light with what the new Obama administration brought them: unemployment and ruin.You can't blame on anybody else now, it's liberals' fault since they control all the federal power.A...; Tags: Workforce management, Recruitment & Selection, Tech layoff, Texas Instruments Inc., layoff, workforce; Discussion threads 2009-01-26
Open source and the blame game: Open source and the blame gameHmmm..So Open Source isn't magic beans in a tin. The problem with these ventures is the delusional prospects these guys cook up.How many social networks do people want to set up? It's like treating a commodity market as a broad base offset market. You run...; Tags: history lesson, banking, Federal Reserve Board, open source, game; Discussion threads 2008-09-30
Constructive Data Mining: Modeling Argentine Broad Money Demand: This paper assesses the empirical merits of PcGets and Autometrics - two recent algorithms for computer-automated model selection - using them to improve upon Kamin and Ericsson's (1993) model of Argentine broad money demand. The selected model is an economically sensible and statistically satisfactory error correction model, in which cointegration...; Tags: Federal Reserve Board, Data Mining, Modeling, Governor, Inflation, Currency & Foreign Exchange, Corporate Governance, Research & Development, Finance, Business Operations, Corporate Law; White papers 2008-09-01
Airport security part 5: Snakes on planes? Check. Marshalls on planes? Nope.: Airport security part 5: Snakes on planes? Check. Marshalls on planes? Nope.And used "roll" instead of "role" in the post"TSA actually discusses FAMs increasing roll post 9/11..."From this statement, I would guess that the TSA is somehow increasing their spin? ;)You misspelled 'Knew'on your poll ;-) ...; Tags: Transportation, Airliners, Snake, airport security, Nate, Transportation Security Administration, Nope, Federal Reserve Board; Discussion threads 2008-07-14
U.S. sold 3,500 fake networking parts: U.S. sold 3,500 fake networking partsU.S. and fake networking partsWow!This is really discouraging. Our Federal government is so IT incompetent that they have bought fake parts. Even the Navy bought lousy stuff. They are lucky the fake parts did not cause a security problem or so they are saying...but do...; Tags: Federal government, networking part, fake networking part, Federal Reserve Board, network; Discussion threads 2008-05-12
eVoting systems come under fire: eVoting systems come under fireNot truly independent review...I'm sorry, but if Sequoia is hiring the outside vendor to conduct the audit, then the external parties' independence is already suspect.State vs FedRunning elections is a State power. I am always leery of stealing power from the Sates and moving it...; Tags: Quality, e-voting, standards, Federal Reserve Board; Discussion threads 2008-03-21
Fed slashes interest rates by half point: Fed slashes interest rates by half pointAfter some 20 increases in the last few years...They are gonna have to do more than that.One day they will learn to leave it the hell alone instead of upping them to stop inflation. That does NOT work and only sends us into...; Tags: Currency & Foreign exchange, Financial services, housing market, Federal Reserve Board, inflation, interest rate; Discussion threads 2008-01-30
Found cure for higher energy prices: recession panic: Today the price of crude has dropped below $90 a barrel. Prices on a lot of other commodities have also dropped. However, it's not likely energy will become so cheap once again that homes and offices will be built with single-pane glass and no insulation like they were...; Tags: Green Technology, Federal Reserve Board, Harry Fuller; Blog posts 2008-01-22
Financial geeks pound Federal Reserve site: As most market watchers know the Federal Reserve cut interest rates by 50 basis points and announced the move at 2:15 p.m. EDT. Unfortunately, the Federal Reserve site needs a few more servers. The site was way slow in loading when I looked for the full text....; Tags: Federal Reserve Board, Financial, Site, Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2007-09-18
Fed cutbacks strips schools of tech funding: Fed cutbacks strips schools of tech fundingFortunately, there is a way,using open-source software, which will allow maintaining obsolete PCs.Because Windows Vista is expensive, then the scheme of Windows virtual Machines on top of GNU/Linux should be a viable solution.And such a setup may last 10 years.In case addition of student...; Tags: Microsoft Windows, OPEN SOURCE, cutback, Federal Reserve Board; Discussion threads 2007-04-16
Fed cutbacks strips schools of tech funding: In a report indicative of many schools across the country, educators in Santa Clarita, CA, are concerned that decreased state and federal funding for technology will compromise future technology programs, reports the LA DailyNews. Despite the fact that computer technology is becoming more ubiquitous in the workplace and firms...; Tags: Funding, Education Technology; Blog posts 2007-04-13