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Code Red worm traced to Chinese university

...in China, according to US officials. The chief technologist at the US General Accounting Office (GAO) told the bipartisan House committee on government reform last... Read more

4 September, 2001 by Wendy McAuliffe

US Government Web tracking under scrutiny

...compliance with the rules appears to have changed little since a 2000 General Accounting Office survey, which revealed that at least a dozen agencies were... Read more

5 January, 2006 by Anne Broache and Declan McCullagh

US moots parental consent for P2P

...the government's radar screen for some time. In the spring, the General Accounting Office and the House Government Reform Committee released separate reports that... Read more

28 July, 2003 by Lisa M Bowman

ICANN under investigation

...Democrats, would place ICANN's decision on hold and order the US General Accounting Office to investigate ICANN's business practices. "The bill is necessary... Read more

20 June, 2003 by Declan McCullagh

Kazaa in child porn investigation

...resulted in a slew of images that qualify as child pornography, the General Accounting Office said in a 37-page report, one of two obtained... Read more

13 March, 2003 by Declan McCullagh

Employee surveillance unaffected by terror threat

The General Accounting Office, an auditing arm of Congress, said in a report released... Read more

29 October, 2002 by Declan McCullagh

US report urges slow road to XML

...is cautioning US federal agencies to go slowly in adopting XML. The General Accounting Office found that, in the absence of any formal governmental policy... Read more

9 April, 2002 by Margaret Kane

Email answer to anthrax risk

The use of email looks likely to boom following the anthrax attacks. Businesses and government bodies are urging people to avoid potentially lethal 'snail mail' Read more

17 October, 2001 by Paul Festa and Rachel Konrad

Airport security technology under scrutiny

High-tech systems like face recognition or fingerprint scanning may become part of the airport security of the future Read more

13 September, 2001 by Rachel Konrad

State Department technology under the spotlight

...facilitated the 1993 bombing of the World Trade Center, according to the General Accounting Office (GAO). Of the 228 posts, only 110 had an automated... Read more

12 September, 2001 by Rachel Konrad

Mixed signals on mobile phone safety

The States is engaged in heated debate about safety issues surrounding wireless phones Read more

23 May, 2001 by Ben Charny and Gwendolyn Mariano

Hacker fear scares US government agency offline

...security upgrade program is complete. "The agency has been working with the General Accounting Office (GAO) and the Office of Inspector General for several months... Read more

18 February, 2000 by Joel Deane

Millennium bug may ground travel

US watchdog the General Accounting Office has voiced concern about whether air traffic control system will... Read more

21 October, 1998 by Chiyo Robertson

Icann plans thwarted by US bill

...Democrats, would place Icann's decision on hold and order the US General Accounting Office to investigate Icann's business practices. Christine Jones, general counsel... Read more

20 June, 2003 by Declan McCullagh

Tax flags as surfers bag fags online

...in unpaid taxes every year, according to a new report. The US General Accounting Office (GAO) points to a Forrester Research report which predicts internet... Read more

14 August, 2002 by CNET Networks

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