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Intel agency considers cracking down on sat images

The intelligence community is concerned about the widespread availability of satellite images on sites like Google Earth. The little-known National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency says the government may act to restrict distribution, the Associated Press reports. "If there was a situation where any imagery products were being used by adversaries to...

Tags: Intelligence, Government technology

Blog posts 2007-05-09

NY governor sees net video as key to openness

New Yorks new governor, Eliot Spitzer, envisions a future of open government powered by online video, The Times Union reports. "One of the things we have done, and Im not sure if all the agencies have yet mechanically put things in place to move in this direction, is to...

Tags: INTERNET, Vertical industries, Spitzer, government, video

Blog posts 2007-03-14

NJ court: Citizens may videotape government meetings

The New Jersey Supreme Court issued a wake-up all to state and local governments this week: Wake up - its the YouTube era. Robert Wayne Tarus was arrested after he tried to videotape two Pine Hill Borough Council meetings in 2000. Yesterday the state Supreme Court ruled that...

Tags: Open government, Censorship, Courts, Government technology, State &, Local Govt

Blog posts 2007-03-08

Case against AT&T/NSA continues

A federal judge ruled that a class action lawsuit against AT&T over its participation in NSA spying can go forward, rejecting requests by the government and AT&T to freeze proceedings during an appeal, the Electronic Frontier Foundation says. U.S. District Court Judge Vaughn Walker allowed EFF to ask...

Tags: Government technology

Blog posts 2007-02-21

State Dept., Internet cos., human rights groups grapple with censorship

Under fire from Congress and the American public, as well as by internal dissension from employees, over their compliance with censorship demands from China and other repressive regimes, the big Internet companies called on the US government to provide some guidance on how to respond to censorship demands, News.com reports....

Tags: Vertical industries, Internet, censorship, government

Blog posts 2007-01-31

TN legislative website improves access to votes

Voting records of Tennessee legislators are difficult to find online. One has to search through an image file of a print publication, which can be tedious to say the least. That may be changing, though. State House speaker Jimmy Naifeh and newly elected Senate Speaker Ron Ramsey have a plan...

Tags: Government technology, State &, Local Govt, Web, government, Ramsey

Blog posts 2007-01-22

For OK, group promotes sunshine Web to disclose spending

More transparency in government spending is one of the goals for a conservative lobbying organization that promotes a "sunshine Web" - a website that discloses all government spending - reports the Associated Press. The Oklahoma chapter of Americans for Prosperity, a national group that promotes limited government, announced...

Tags: Government technology, State &, Local Govt, Web, government, Web site

Blog posts 2007-01-18

Time to update Privacy Act to keep up with technology, group says

According to a privacy advocacy group, the U.S. governments ability to keep citizens personal information protected from data mining from corporations has not kept pace with advances in technology, reports the Associated Press. A number of think-tank scholars and privacy advocates testified before a Senate Judiciary Committee to advocate...

Tags: Data mining, Vertical industries, Databases, Leslie Harris, Privacy Act, government

Blog posts 2007-01-10

I, Robot wants his equal rights

In what seems like a story lifted out of a science fiction novel, the British government has released a speculative paper warning that robots may one day demand their emancipation from humans, reports the Associated Press Robots may think for themselves and want to be treated as full-fledged citizens...

Tags: Government technology, paper, robot

Blog posts 2006-12-20

How a bill is made: Sausage 2.0

A new company in Washington, D.C. wants to bring Web 2.0 to government operations, including writing laws, the SF Chronicles Tech Chronicles reports. Government Futures, founded by tech vets Bruce McConnell and Margaret Anderson, is based on the idea that even government can be more efficient with the Internet...

Tags: Vertical industries, Wiki, Bruce McConnell, Government Futures, government

Blog posts 2006-11-28

Cellphones, YouTube expose government abuse

YouTube is about more than exploding bottles of Pepsi, political gotcha video and segments from The Daily Show. Among the videos being shared are documentary evidence of police and other official misconduct and the speed with which Internet services like YouTube enable the dissemination of such evidence is providing an...

Tags: Government technology, International, Web

Blog posts 2006-11-15

Additional Resources

News to know: Comcast-NBCU; Chrome netbooks; Google Public DNS; Psystar; Accenture

Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alertand RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET's around-the-Web tech coverage: Larry Dignan: Meet the new Comcast-NBCU: Content meets conduit everywhere; Will it work? John Morris: Will Chrome netbooks really be...

Tags: Google Inc., DNS, Accenture Ltd., Microsoft Office, Dana Blankenhorn, Mary Jo Foley, Microsoft Corp., Psystar, Sam Diaz, Global Warming, Netbook, Netbooks, Nettops & MIDs, Security, Hardware

Blog posts 2009-12-04

Comcast keeps promise, launches data usage meter

THERE SHOULD BE NOOOO CAP.PERIOD. If less than 1% are using that much bandwidth... WHO CARES?They are just trying to impose a limit on "UNLIMITED" service. They should be forced to stop calling it "UNLIMITED" if there is a 250GB cap and they should have had this in place...

Tags: Backups, Cable, Comcast Corp., bandwidth user, data usage

Discussion threads 2009-12-01

Save Time and Money With Virtualization

In these difficult economic times, everyone is being pressed to do more with less. By applying technologies and techniques like server virtualization, leading CIOs have prepared themselves to weather the storm with dramatic economic and operational results. The attendee of this webcast will listen to Government Technology and the Center...

Tags: VMware Inc., Server Virtualization, Virtualization, Cloud Computing, Servers, Hardware

Webcasts 2009-11-27

Who wants tea with their turkey?

Push comes to shove.....I still believe Reid will throw down the reconciliation card. I'm sure he doesn't want to, but he won't accept defeat. If he can't get the sixty, he'll settle for 51.Which is a shame, because while the stated goals of this bill are admirable, in...

Tags: Vertical industries, GOP, Dana, Lieberman Software Corp, tax

Discussion threads 2009-11-23

Let's get rid of usernames and passwords for good

RE: Let's get rid of usernames and passwords for goodIf you think technology can solve your security problems, then you don't understand the problems and you don't understand the technology. -Bruce SchneierCommon sense & best practicesFirst off social networking sites are a DISASTER waiting to happen, private data into a...

Tags: password, security

Discussion threads 2009-11-23

Research paints ugly IT employment picture: Almost 2 million jobs gone in 14 years

Depressing...So much innovation happened in America in the 90's. Alot of what we have now was accomplished by American engineers, and now we are not being included anymore because of what? Arbitrage. Sad, Sad, Sad....Of courseBecause all these CEOs and wannabe businesspeople think quality doesn't matter so...

Tags: Recruitment & Selection, Strategy, information technology, comeback, profit margin, job, worker

Discussion threads 2009-11-20

Netbook/notebook reliability study shows that technology breaks ...

Cheaply made partsWell, look at the parts they all are stampedwith 'Made in CHINA'...Quantity over Quality.People are now geared towards a Wal_Mart mentality they do not want to pay for quality and they do NOT care where it is made.Therefore, you will see a lower standard of living because the...

Tags: Netbooks, nettops & MIDs, Notebooks, Policies and procedures, notebook, netbook, accident, laptop computer

Discussion threads 2009-11-18

Royal Navy gets creative in attracting engineers - develop online game

Engineering is not what it used to be.  There used to be only 10 or so basic engineering degrees one could graduate with. Now there are hundreds (some even argue it's triple that) of specialties. Most are in demand all over the world. The technology revolution is moving at a...

Tags: Talent, Facebook, Online Game, Tool, Technology Revolution, Navy, Professional Development, Games, Workforce Management, Productivity, Career, Personal Technology, Human Resources, Doug Hanchard

Blog posts 2009-11-18

Do former CEOs make better politicians than career diplomats?

Well, The Poll is Evidence of the ProblemAt this point, those who think CEOs would not make good politicians outnumber those who do. But the original question was a comparison; do former CEOs make better diplomats than career politicians? Too many people have still been brainwashed into thinking that politicians...

Tags: Professional development, career, career diplomat, U.S. Congress

Discussion threads 2009-11-17