Cybersecurity
Reid vows to revive cybersecurity bill when Congress returns
Bill discussion could give administration cover for executive order.
Modernization
GAO blasts location-tracking privacy policies
Report says companies aren't providing consumers with clear information.
Digital Government
Federal investments caused 'real harm' to emerging tech, former official says
Past NTIA administrator John Kneuer blames Obama Administration for favoring political allies.
Modernization
GOP lawmakers knock FCC broadband testing
Agency spent $1 million in stimulus funds on British firm to evaluate network.
Cybersecurity
Chinese telecom giant blasts House report
Huawei denies accusations that Chinese companies undermine American security.
Cybersecurity
House Panel: Chinese telecom firms pose cyber threat
Companies dispute intelligence committee report's findings.
Cybersecurity
White House confirms cyberattack but no information lost
The White House would not confirm a link to Chinese hackers, nor expand on what the attackers may have been seeking.
Modernization
FCC vote launches spectrum auction process
As authorized by Congress, the FCC plans to engineer a “reverse auction."
Modernization
LightSquared proposes vacating disputed spectrum
The Federal Communications Commission blocked LightSquared from building its network earlier this year after tests showed the proposals could interfere with GPS.
Cybersecurity
Utilities open to cybersecurity dialogue
Sen. Jay Rockefeller, D-W.Va., helped sponsor legislation that would have created more government oversight of certain critical networks, including those that control electric grids.
Modernization
American industry groups dissect EU cloud computing report
European Union report suggests harmonizing policies for networks.
Digital Government
Senators: FDA should protect medical implants from hackers
GAO study prompts Eshoo, Markey and Edwards to as for more protections.
Cybersecurity
Cybersecurity order 'close to completion'
Napolitano says draft of document is being reviewed at the highest levels.
Digital Government
Senate panel approves Internet freedom resolution
Nonbinding resolution mirrors one passed by the House in August,
Modernization
Undercover police used smartphones to keep tabs on protests in Tampa
Cell phones, tablets could be wave of future for police, firefighters.
Cybersecurity
GOP Senators assail White House for pushing executive order on cybersecurity
McCain, Hutchison and Chambliss op-ed says possible measure "creates an adversarial relationship instead of a cooperative one" with the private sector.
Cybersecurity
Senate unlikely to revisit cybersecurity bill before election, Lieberman says
Efforts to pass the legislation before recess broke down.
Digital Government
Commission leaders call for emergency communications network
The attacks revealed the problems posed by a patchwork of emergency radio networks and devices that often do not work with each other.
Cybersecurity
9/11 haunts debate over cybersecurity
Some doubt whether a cyberattack could cause the same loss of life and physical destruction.
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