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IEEE Spectrum April 2006 Robert N. Charette	Whose Risk? Whose Responsibility? So far, the congressional and White House reports describing the government's risk assessment and management actions prior to and after Katrina have failed to address the fundamental issue of risk and responsibility, let alone spark a national conversation on the subject.
IEEE Spectrum April 2006 Stephen Barlas	Crazy About Competitiveness The U.S. Congress and the White House look to boost science and technology education in the 2007 federal budget.
IEEE Spectrum April 2006 David Kushner	Vegas 911 A sin city programmer busted some of the biggest swindlers of all time. Now he's helping the Feds nail terrorists.
InternetNews March 31, 2006 Ed Sutherland	DoJ Expands Subpoenas to ISPs and Tech Companies As many as 34 Internet Service Providers and technology companies have been subpoenaed by the U.S. Justice Department in its continuing attempt to gather data to support a federal Internet child protection law
InternetNews March 31, 2006 Roy Mark	Senate Passes Phone Data Confidentiality Bill A U.S. Senate panel pushed out legislation yesterday that makes it illegal to acquire, use or sell a person's confidential phone records without affirmative written consent.
InternetNews March 31, 2006 David Needle	U.S. A.G.: Limits to Data it Can Collect U.S. Attorney General Alberto Gonzalez gave a big high five to the enforcement of intellectual property laws.
InternetNews March 31, 2006 Roy Mark	Offshore Sandbagging The Bush administration is refusing to release a report about the impact of outsourcing and offshoring on the U.S. IT and semiconductor industries.
InternetNews March 30, 2006 Roy Mark	Data-Breach Disclosure Bill Passes House Panel A House panel approved a bill requiring data brokers to inform consumers of breaches when reasonable risk of ID theft exists.
InternetNews March 30, 2006 Roy Mark	'Clear And Present Danger' For Telecom Reform Bill Big tech urged Congress today to stop telephone and cable operators from extending their market power over broadband access to broadband content.
Bank Systems & Technology March 29, 2006 Ivan Schneider	Former FTC Chair Defends Card Industry in House Testimony Merchants claim they seek transparency and competition in interchange rates.
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