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- Stevens, Landrieu push for widespread telework
- Sens. Ted Stevens (R-Alaska) and Mary Landrieu (D-La.) want to make all federal employees eligible for telework. Theyve introduced a bill that covers workers in the executive, legislative and judicial branches, The Washington Post reports. Benefits of telework, which seem obvious: Reduce fuel consumption, ease traffic congestion, and improve...
- Blog posts 2007-03-30
- Stevens, Byrd unmasked as secret blockers
- Last week, we blogged about the fate of a bill to create a public online database of federal grants data. The bill had been considered a shoe-in with support from both sides of the aisle. But then someone - an unnamed senator - put a hold on the legislatiion, preventing...
- Blog posts 2006-08-31
- Solution to Congress' technological ineptitude: A comic book
- Today, the LA Times by way of the Boston Globe has a very well-written story that puts technology lawmaking into nearly perfect perspective for those who have no idea how bad things really are. In a story headlined In Information Age, Congress struggles to get up to speed, Jim...
- Blog posts 2006-08-08
- Jon Stewart You Tube video displays Ted Stevens re Internet: you, tubes
- Jon Stewart You Tube video displays Ted Stevens re Internet: you, tubesStill trying to figure out StevensI wish someone could tell me why the Senator from Alaska is so deeply involved in legislation regarding companies that are mostly based in California (he does the work the MPAA and RIAA pay...
- Discussion threads 2006-07-13
- Jon Stewart You Tube video displays Ted Stevens re Internet: you, tubes
- Last nite on Comedy Central's Daily Show host Jon Stewart did a hilarious skit about net neutrality- and how Senator Ted Stevens- one of the main lawmakers in this debate, thinks the Internet is a series of tubes.Funny, I always thought it was a truck. A big, huge truck.Excerpt...
- Blog posts 2006-07-13
- Ted Stevens' forthcoming net neutrality "compromise" : what a joke
- Ted Stevens' forthcoming net neutrality "compromise" : what a jokeYeah, ignorance at its best"Any data packet will be equal to every other data packet, regardless of what kind of data it carries or where it came from"Right, and an ambulance us equal to a street racer. VoIP which uses...
- Discussion threads 2006-06-18
- Ted Stevens' forthcoming net neutrality "compromise" : what a joke
- Reuters reports that U.S. Sen. Ted Stevens (R-Alaska) will introduce a "compromise" Net Neutrality bill this week that would also create a complaint process through the FCC if consumers believe their access rights to Internet content were violated . The FCC would be empowered to hear...
- Blog posts 2006-06-18
- Net neutrality in Senate bill? Don't bet on it.
- There was hope last week – after the House soundly rejected an amendment that would have preserved net neutrality – that the Senate would offer more protection for the idea that telecom providers ought not be able to offer a fast lane to content providers willing to pay for privilege....
- Blog posts 2006-06-13
- Senate telecom bill offers tepid net neutrality provision
- The telecom battles are heating up in Congress with legislation introduced by Sen. Ted Stevens (R-Alaska) that differs from House legislation in a number of key areas, the Washington Post reports. On the issue of net neutrality, the Senate bill is astoundingly weak - merely requiring the FCC...
- Blog posts 2006-05-02
- Sen. Stevens gives mixed signals on net neutrality
- Senate Commerce Committee Sen. Ted Stevens (R-Alaska), speaking at a conference sponsored by telecom companies, called Net Neutrality "one of the most difficult issues our committee faces" but gave no indication as to which way the committee is leaning, Reuters reports. Stevens suggested that ultimately the issue may wind up...
- Blog posts 2006-03-20
- Someone in Congress finally flags the evil broadcast flag
- Corey Doctorow: Until now, lawmakers have been reluctant to speak out against [the Broadcast and Audio Flags]. A combination of expert lobbying and technological ignorance has made Congress suicidally willing to consider proposals to break America's televisions....But in yesterday's Commerce hearings, two Senators altered the...
- Blog posts 2006-02-01
- Broadcast flag bill heads to markup in March
- Congressional Quarterly reports that a new "broadcast flag" bill will go to markup sometime in March, according to Sen. Ted Stevens, chairman of the Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee. Says CQ: The legislation would be a major victory for content providers such as the Motion Picture Association...
- Blog posts 2006-01-24
- Alternate Senate bill eases up on Nomadic VoIP
- I don't have any quarrel with the good intentions of FCC edicts that E-911 access over nomadic VoIP be required, and quickly at that. This is more of a well-intentioned public spirited mandate there are such things than another big-government bureaucratic edict, but still, I have problems with it.Nomadic E911...
- Blog posts 2005-10-27
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- Washington finally embraces tech; the benefits will be here soon
- It's fitting that Washington's top IT administrator, U.S. CIO Vivek Kundra, would come out to Silicon Valley to announce one of the federal government's largest technology initiatives - a cloud computing marketplace for government agencies that's designed to reduce red-tape and allow faster deployment of money-saving, energy-efficient cloud-based software. ...
- Blog posts 2009-09-16
- Microsoft's Ray Ozzie talks cloud computing at Churchill Club
- I've been a pretty vocal critic of Microsoft in the past, scratching my head in amazement when the company does something wacky like a Jerry Seinfeld-Bill Gates commercial or Windows Vista. But after a Churchill Club dinner in Silicon Valley last night, I think have a better understanding of what's...
- Blog posts 2009-06-05
- 10 candidates who could become Obama's CTO
- 10 candidates who could become Obama's CTOHow about John McCain?:-)RE: 10 candidates who could become Obama's CTOPersonally, I think Gates would be the best choice. He is a visionary. Had his vision years ago, managed to podge together ideas and technology from other sources, and create the Windows empire.The only...
- Discussion threads 2008-11-10
- Google-Yahoo deal: Washington doesn't understand us
- Yahoo CEO Jerry Yang made an interesting comment during his appearance at the Web 2.0 Summit this week. When asked what caused the pending ad deal with Google to go south, Yang said - among other things - that Washington doesn't understand our industry. Amen, brother! ...
- Blog posts 2008-11-06
- Verizon, AT&T delivered free cell tower to McCain ranch
- Verizon, AT&T delivered free cell tower to McCain ranchbecause it is a matter of national security...to provide a senior senator and the next president of the U.S. with reliable service.Just imagine the commander in chief not being able to order a strike against the terrorists in Iraq for instance.HypocriteThis all...
- Discussion threads 2008-10-16
- The pain moves up the chain
- The pain moves up the chainI guess I'm not an American.But I am. The time for $10/gal gasoline was back in the late 1980s. Yes, you heard right. We would pay $1.50 for the gas and $8.50 tax. Then in the late 1990's we would have paid...
- Discussion threads 2008-09-07
- Gov. Palin's Site Back Up, Sotto Voce
- Gov. Palin's Site Back Up, Sotto VoceHer site had to be cleansed..of her endorsement by indicted Senator Ted Stevens, and of her endorsement of Barack Obama's energy policy.[u]http://72.14.205.104/search?q=cache:wbCGTUeD1r0J:www.gov.state.ak.us/news.php%3Fid%3D1384+%22question+the+means+to+pay+for+Obama%92s+proposed+rebate%22&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=4&gl=us&client=safari[/u][u]http://www.google.com/search?q=%22Governor+Meets+with+Senator+Stevens%22&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a[/u]RE: Gov. Palin's Site Back Up, Sotto VoceI'm a retired old crusty navy Chief Petty Officer from the Seabees, with 4-1/2 years service...
- Discussion threads 2008-08-30
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