Modernization

Lawmakers ratchet up pressure on apps makers

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Digital Government

Plans to curb online piracy stall in gun-shy Congress

It's been more than a month since lawmakers shelved legislation to help curb piracy on foreign websites and neither side appears ready yet to sit down and figure out the next steps.

Digital Government

ICANN plays the name game with domain names

ICANN boots up controversy with a new program that introduces an unlimited number of Internet addresses.

Digital Government

FTC: Google offers 'brutal choice' on privacy policies

The chairman of the Federal Trade Commission said on Sunday that Google was giving consumers a "binary and somewhat brutal" choice on whether they want to go along with the changes to the company's privacy policies set to go into effect next week.

Digital Government

White House unveils 'Privacy Bill of Rights'

The Obama administration will unveil a privacy "bill of rights" on Thursday that it says will give consumers more control over how their personal data is collected and used online.

Digital Government

FCC holds a few aces on spectrum

While the congressional battle to pass spectrum legislation may have ended last week, the process of actually getting spectrum into the hands of wireless companies and making it available for smartphones, tablets, and other wireless technologies has just begun.

Digital Government

Payroll package strikes spectrum deal

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Digital Government

Deal on spectrum approaches

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