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National Defense
April 2011
Eric Beidel |
Pentagon Wants Off-the-Charts Computing Speeds The Defense Department awarded researchers based at the University of Pittsburgh a five-year, $7.5 million grant to build the foundation for a quantum supercomputer, a machine that can harness more power than all of the world's current computers combined.   |
National Defense
April 2011
Eric Beidel |
Army Contract Seeks Better Robotic Prosthetics The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency spent $100 million to develop a robotic arm that can be controlled through a chip in a user's brain. |
National Defense
April 2011
Stew Magnuson |
Sociologist's Book Documents DHS' Virtual Border Wall Failures Robert Lee Maril has written, "The Fence: National Security, Public Safety, and Illegal Immigration along the U.S.-Mexico Border," an investigation of Customs and Border Protection's controversial Secure Border Initiative program, and its efforts to construct a so-called "virtual" wall in Arizona. |
The Motley Fool
March 4, 2011
Alyce Lomax |
Cleaning Up Dirty Bonuses Pushing the limits of rational pay may not pay off for much longer. Earlier this week, the Securities & Exchange Commission announced a proposal that would grant it the power to regulate Wall Street bonuses. |
BusinessWeek
March 3, 2011
Efstathiou & Chipman |
Fracking: The Great Shale Gas Rush Natural gas derived from the process is lifting the economy, but it's environmentally risky. The Obama Administration may need to rethink its hands-off policy on fracking, despite the national job and energy benefits. |
BusinessWeek
March 3, 2011
Vekshin & Armstrong |
Sebelius and DeParle Keep Health Reform Going Obama's HHS Secretary and Deputy Chief of Staff are granting companies and states generous waivers to ensure full implementation by 2014 |
BusinessWeek
March 3, 2011
Tim Jones |
For Governors, Public Sector Unions Are the Enemy They're being targeted for pay cuts, benefit cuts, salary cuts, and loss of collective bargaining rights |
BusinessWeek
March 3, 2011
Bliss & Forden |
The Antitrust Regulators Are Circling Google In the U.S. and Europe, the FTC and others are questioning whether its search dominance squeezes out rivals |
BusinessWeek
March 2, 2011
Abelson et al. |
With Dodd-Frank, the SEC Goes After Big Game The SEC's expanded administrative powers under Dodd-Frank helped shape its insider-training case against business legend Rajat Gupta |
Information Today
March 3, 2011 |
New Report on How the Public Perceives Community Information Systems The report is built around surveys in three communities -- Philadelphia, San Jose, and Macon, Ga. -- and it found some notable and surprising things about the importance of government transparency, broadband adoption, and the rise of social media as tools for community conversation. |
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