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Net Politics Focus: House of Reps. passes copyright legislation
News House of Representatives Tuesday passed legislation to strengthen copyright on the Internet. Members of the House .recognised that in order for the Internet to succeed, Congress must take action to protect the rights of those who market their...
[August 6, 1998, 16:50]
US politicians oppose tax on net access
News With only months left on a moratorium restricting state governments from taxing internet access, the US House of Representatives on Tuesday began a debate over whether the ban should be made permanent or allowed to lapse.
[May 23, 2007, 11:08]
Tech stocks dive as US bailout fails
News Shares of technology companies took a beating on Monday as the US House of Representatives failed to pass a bailout plan for the financial sector. Microsoft, Google, Intel and Yahoo representatives all declined to comment on the market plunge.
[September 30, 2008, 10:40]
Homeland Security lacks 'open-source' intelligence
News The US House of Representatives Committee on Homeland Security released a report on Friday criticising the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) after interviewing more than 350 state, local and tribal law-enforcement officials about the...
[September 15, 2008, 12:48]
US-listed firms face IT security audits
News Publicly traded US corporations would have to certify that they have conducted an annual computer security audit, according to a draft of long-awaited legislation the US House of Representatives is preparing.
[November 7, 2003, 15:30]
Congress critical of Homeland Security's tech efforts
News In what has become a familiar refrain, a chorus of Republicans and Democrats — all from the US House of Representatives panel on telecommunications and the Internet — urged the agency to get its act together and appoint a long-awaited...
[September 14, 2006, 8:55]
US anti-spam law nears reality
News The unanimous approval by the House of Representatives ends a tumultuous process that stretched over more than six years and was marked by more than a dozen competing bills, all of which took different approaches to the ever-growing problem of...
[December 9, 2003, 8:35]
eBay tries email in net neutrality fight
News On 25 May, one House of Representatives panel voted for formal net neutrality regulations bitterly opposed by AT&T, Verizon and other broadband providers - while another House panel rejected them on 5 April.
[June 2, 2006, 9:30]
Bill lets Hollywood hack your PC
News But because its sponsors include top Republican and Democratic committee chairmen, it could receive a warm welcome in the House of Representatives at a hearing tentatively scheduled for this autumn. Sponsored by Representatives Howard Berman, a...
[July 25, 2002, 8:12]
Steve Jobs bio hits legal snags
News Sources close to the publisher tell MacCentral these recent revelations are by no means "just an accident" and that some believe representatives of Jobs are behind an effort to "diminish the publicity of this book".
[August 14, 2000, 9:31]
Clinton to propose Net security centre
News Officials from the US Department of Commerce, for example, have had numerous telephone discussions with industry representatives in the days since the attacks to work out security approaches. Some industry representatives have been concerned that...
[February 15, 2000, 14:25]
A Year Ago: Clinton to propose Net security centre
News Officials from the US Department of Commerce, for example, have had numerous telephone discussions with industry representatives in the days since the attacks to work out security approaches. Some industry representatives have been concerned that...
[February 15, 2001, 6:04]
DoJ's Klein grilled over Microsoft
News House representatives peppered the star witnesses -- Assistant Antitrust Chief Joel Klein and, to a lesser extent, Federal Trade Commission Chairman Robert Pitofsky -- with questions on the ongoing federal antitrust investigation of Microsoft.
[April 13, 2000, 11:17]
Another massive Net attack looming?
News Representatives from the White House and other federal agencies met with computer security researchers and privacy advocates Thursday evening to hammer out details of the strategy, Paller said. Top-level White House officials have been meeting with...
[August 14, 2000, 9:55]
US gov't leaks data through file sharing
News Sensitive files such as US Secret Service safehouse locations, military rosters and IRS tax returns can still be found on file-sharing networks, according to a report to a US House of Representatives committee on Wednesday.
[July 30, 2009, 15:53]
Cyberattack threat spurs US rethink on power grids
News On Thursday, legislators sought further input at a hearing before the House of Representatives's Energy and Commerce Committee's subcommittee on energy and air quality. Industry representatives endorsed the idea of strengthening federal authority...
[September 15, 2008, 13:35]
US Congress wades into Internet control row
News Members of the US House of Representatives said this week the US should resist international pressure to give up authority over key Internet functions amid a mounting feud over the issue. The letter was signed by two Republicans and two Democrats...
[October 10, 2005, 16:40]
'Operational issues' force back US biometric passport deadline
News The House of Representatives voted for a year-long extension to the October 2004 deadline, a year less than secretary of state Colin Powell had requested. The US government is to delay its deadline for countries to introduce biometric passports...
[June 18, 2004, 14:25]
US takes major step towards patent reform
News In a move long sought by large technology companies like Microsoft, Oracle and Cisco, the US House of Representatives on Friday approved the most significant changes to the US patent system in more than 50 years.
[September 10, 2007, 11:43]
US anti-spyware bill clears another hurdle
News A congressional panel approved an anti-spyware bill on Thursday amid criticism from technology companies, in a move that clears the way for a floor vote by the full House of Representatives. The House Energy and Commerce Committee voted 45-4 in...
[June 25, 2004, 11:55]
