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- Kerry-Boxer bill gets out of the (first) box
- Kerry-Boxer bill passes committee with zero Republican support, or even presence. by Harry Fuller
- Tags: Presence, Republican, Committee, Harry Fuller
- Blog posts 2009-11-05
- Washington: lots of talk about global warming
- Lots of talk around the American capital today on the topic of global warming. The CO2 emissions from various political factions and lobbyists alone could raise the global temp another degree or two. And that's not counting the carbon footprint of all the plane travel involved in moving...
- Tags: U.S., Republican, Climate Change, U.S. Senate, Global Warming, European Union, Harry Fuller
- Blog posts 2009-11-03
- Republicans protest net neutrality rules, fearing a chilling effect on broadband investment (or was it profits?)
- The U.S. is 28th worldwide in broadband speeds, more than four times slower than South Korea. Yet Republican House members are protesting the FCC's net neutrality rules, saying the regulations will slow investment. As if it could get any slower. by Richard Koman
- Tags: Investment, Republican, Broadband, Net Neutrality, Broadband Internet, Network Technology, Telecommunications, Networking, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2009-10-06
- Republicans rail against FCC's new net rules
- Led by Texas Republican Kay Hutchison, six Republicans sign onto a bill to cut off funding to the FCC for new regulatory activity. It's an absurdly unconstitutional move and one destined to fail. by Richard Koman
- Tags: FCC, Republican, Federal Government, Government, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2009-09-22
- Nucs and realpolitik
- I think the supporters of nuclear power as an alternative to burning coal and importing petroleum are not looking at a bright future in the U.S. At least not near-term. I've been hearing a lot of Republican supporters in the chattering classes media voices saying recently that nuclear...
- Tags: Nuclear Energy, Republican, Harry Fuller
- Blog posts 2009-03-05
- RNC: Shortage of tech workers to build platforms, apps
- The Republicans had big dreams of catching up to their Democratic counterparts when it came to the utilizing technology to advance their causes. Last summer, the Washington Post profiled the man that the Republican National Committee was counting on to take them to the next level, Microsoft and Yahoo veteran...
- Tags: Republican, Worker, RNC, Tech Worker, Post, Blogging, Productivity, Internet, Sam Diaz
- Blog posts 2009-03-05
- Drill, baby, drill...but will the sun shine as well?
- I'm betting the offshore oil drilling moratorium in the United States is toast. It expires on September 30th. And the rush among Congressional Democrats to pass a new moratorium bill is not likely to find much support in the White House. Today the Democrats will...
- Tags: Offshore, Republican, Outsourcing, It Operations, Business Operations, Outsourcing & Subcontracting, Harry Fuller
- Blog posts 2008-09-16
- Programming note: Politics meets tech
- In the next few weeks, CNET and CBS will be tag teaming the Democratic and Republican national conventions surfacing technology issues as they pop up. Dan Farber has all the details and ways you can submit questions. Dan writes: With the Democratic and Republican national conventions...
- Tags: CBS Corp., CBS Interactive Inc., Convention, Corporate Communications, Dan Farber, Larry Dignan, Marketing, Programming, Republican
- Blog posts 2008-08-15
- 55% of Republicans, 61% of Democrats, and 56% of independents look online for news about politics or the 2008 campaigns
- 78% of Republicans, 74% of Democrats, and 76% of independents go online. Among internet users, 55% of Republicans, 61% of Democrats, and 56% of independents look online for news about politics or the 2008 campaigns. 49% of Republicans, 50% of Democrats, and 48% of independents use the internet, email, or...
- Tags: Democrat, Republican, Internet, Text Messaging/SMS/MMS, E-mail, Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Online Communications, NB
- Blog posts 2008-08-11
- 45% of online Democrats and 34% of Republicans go online
- Compared with those who would support McCain in a head-to-head matchup in the fall, wired Obama supporters are more likely to go online to watch campaign commercials (36% vs. 26%), candidate debates (29% vs. 21%), interviews (32% vs. 25%), and speeches or announcements (35% vs. 25%).45% of online Democrats have...
- Tags: democrat, republican, nb
- Blog posts 2008-08-07
- 45% of online Democrats and 34% of Republicans go online
- Compared with those who would support McCain in a head-to-head matchup in the fall, wired Obama supporters are more likely to go online to watch campaign commercials (36% vs. 26%), candidate debates (29% vs. 21%), interviews (32% vs. 25%), and speeches or announcements (35% vs. 25%).45% of online Democrats have...
- Tags: democrat, republican, nb
- Blog posts 2008-08-07
- 66% of online Republicans and 58% of online Democrats think that the internet is full of misinformation
- 66% online Republicans and 58% online Democrats are likely to agree that the internet is full of misinformation that voters believe is accurate. In contrast, online Democrats are more likely to say the internet helps them feel connected to their candidates and the campaign, according to Pew Internet Project. Some...
- Tags: Democrat, Republican, Internet, NB
- Blog posts 2008-08-01
- 66% of online Republicans and 58% of online Democrats think that the internet is full of misinformation
- 66% online Republicans and 58% online Democrats are likely to agree that the internet is full of misinformation that voters believe is accurate. In contrast, online Democrats are more likely to say the internet helps them feel connected to their candidates and the campaign, according to Pew Internet Project. Some...
- Tags: Democrat, Republican, Internet, NB
- Blog posts 2008-08-01
- FCC set to slap Comcast's wrist
- It's almost official. In the latest step forward, a majority of FCC commissioners voted Friday to "affirm" a complaint against Comcast for blocking BitTorrent traffic, the Washington Post reports, although the punishment is likely to be a "slap on the wrist," according to one analyst. The final...
- Tags: FCC, Comcast Corp., Republican, Wrist, Federal Government, Government, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2008-07-30
- iRepublican 0.9 Build 3 (Mobile)
- Get this application and keep the Republican elephant on your screen always.
- Tags: Elephant, Mobile, Republican, Shekhar Yadav, Advertising & Promotion, Marketing
- Software downloads 2008-07-22
- AMA does partisan battle over Medicare cuts
- Some doctors are doing more to pile on the pressure, cutting back their patient services and closing their doors to new Medicare patients. by Dana Blankenhorn
- Tags: Patient, Medicare, Republican, AMA, Healthcare, Dana Blankenhorn
- Blog posts 2008-07-08
- Genetic non-discrimination bill will finally become law
- The U.S. Senate voted 95-0 yesterday to approve the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act. A similar bill passed the House last year and President Bush is expected to sign it. The vote caps a 13-year battle by Rep. Louise Slaughter, a New York Democrat, and...
- Tags: Bill, Republican, Benefits, Vertical Industries, Recruitment & Selection, Healthcare, Human Resources, Enterprise Software, Software, Workforce Management, Dana Blankenhorn
- Blog posts 2008-04-25
- Move to increase H1B visas
- From TechCrunch: House Republicans are asking the Democratic leadership to act on Bill Gates' increasingly urgent calls for an increase in H1B visas for foreign high-tech workers. In a letter to Speaker Nancy Pelosi, the House Republican Study Group said: As a country, we are...
- Tags: Republican, Leadership, Management, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2008-04-21
- 37.6% of Libertarians and 26.9% of Democrats blog
- Members of all US political parties are using new media in large numbers, according to BIGresearch. The top three new media used most among Democrats, Republicans and Independents are cell phones, videogames and instant messaging. Libertarians, for whom IM is not in the top 3, nevertheless have higher-than-average use of...
- Tags: Democrat, IM, Media, Blog, Republican, Advertising & Promotion, Instant Messaging, Blogging, Marketing, Internet, Online Communications, NB
- Blog posts 2008-04-01
- Can open source cut campaign costs?
- Having followed computing and politics since 1996 I have long been fascinated with whether scaled Internet-based computing can, in fact, cut the cost of campaigning. This year represents the best test yet of that proposition. Every Presidential candidate has a Web site. Most run Linux. By...
- Tags: Republican, Amazon.com Inc., Candidate, Linux, Open Source, Storage, UNIX, Operating Systems, Databases, Software, Hardware, Enterprise Software, Data Management, Dana Blankenhorn
- Blog posts 2008-01-10
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