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AFP eWire May 30, 2006	Numerous Charities in CFC Owe Millions in Payroll Taxes More than 1,000 charities involved in the Combined Federal Campaign have tax debts reaching nearly $36 million, according to an investigation by the General Accounting Office.
InternetNews May 30, 2006 Roy Mark	McDowell Lands FCC Spot The U.S. Senate Friday confirmed telecom attorney Robert M. McDowell to fill the fifth seat on the Federal Communications Commission, restoring a 3-2 Republican majority on the panel.
Scientific American May 29, 2006 Daniel G. Dupont	Disruptive Threats The Defense Science Board, an influential group of outside advisers to the Pentagon, reported that, although the military has undertaken extensive activity in the area of disruptive challenges, it lacks a comprehensive, coherent effort to identify and address these challenges.
InternetNews May 26, 2006 Roy Mark	Feds Disconnect Excise Tax on Phones After 108 years, a temporary tax to finance the Spanish-American War finally ends.
Bank Systems & Technology May 25, 2006 Katherine Burger	For Your Own Good? Thanks to the PATRIOT Act and related legislation, banks and other financial institutions already are players in the government's efforts to track and act on money-laundering and other financial transactions that could fund terrorist activities.
Food Processing May 2006 David Joy	Regulatory Issues: FDA may cut food-contact program The agency's proposed budget may mean an end to the efficient and speedy Food Contact Notification Program -- and two- to five-year waits for reviews.
InternetNews May 25, 2006 Roy Mark	House Judiciary Approves Net Neutrality Net Neutrality finally won a vote today when the House Judiciary Committee voted 20-13 to turn the issue into an antitrust matter after months of it being dismissed as a matter for further Federal Communications Commission study.
InternetNews May 25, 2006 Clint Boulton	File-Sharing Trickster to Pay For Scam A man who duped customers into believing they could download copyrighted MP3 files without violating the law has agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that his claims were false.
InternetNews May 25, 2006 Roy Mark	Fresh Start For Net Neutrality? Both the House and Senate will take up legislation today on the increasingly contentious issue of just what is - or is not - network neutrality.
Registered Rep. May 24, 2006 Kristen French	Broker Sanctioned for Violation of Patriot Act After nearly a year and a half since the law's passage and after over a dozen brokerage firm audits, the SEC took its first enforcement action against a broker/dealer. Yet, in so doing, the SEC noted that broker/dealers are generally doing a very good job of complying.
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