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Bush Snubs Tech VC For Commerce Post
News President-elect George W Bush on Wednesday will choose longtime Texas friend Donald Evans as his secretary of commerce, passing over Silicon Valley venture capitalist Floyd Kvamme, according to transition sources.
[December 20, 2000, 15:44]
Wider Role For E-commerce Minister
News Alexander will have a slightly wider range of duties than his predecessor Patricia Hewitt, who has been promoted to secretary of state for trade and industry. However, small business -- previously the responsibility of Hewitt -- will be handled by...
[June 19, 2001, 14:07]
Escrow Time Line Draws Fire From Think-tank
News Bowden believes the government is "in a terrible tangle" over the bill and has lodged a formal complaint with Secretary of Trade and Industry, Stephen Byers, over the time given for the IT industry to respond to the consultation document...
[March 8, 1999, 17:31]
A Year Ago: Escrow Time Line Draws Fire From Think-tank
News Bowden believes the government is "in a terrible tangle" over the bill and has lodged a formal complaint with Secretary of Trade and Industry, Stephen Byers, over the time given for the IT industry to respond to the consultation document...
[March 8, 2000, 6:02]
US Report: Clinton's Web Plans Hang In Balance After Summits
News Commerce Secretary William Daley. That's according to Larry Irving, the assistant secretary for communications and information at the National Telecommunications and Information Administration - the U.S.
[June 12, 1998, 9:50]
UN Examines Potential Net Regulation Role
News Khalid Saeed, the secretary of Pakistan's Ministry of Information Technology, said his country must "play an active role in all layers" of organisations that control the operation of the modern Internet.
[March 26, 2004, 13:50]
UN Proposes Net Governance Changes
News Many of them are tired of hearing 'You just don't understand,'" said Utsumi, a lawyer and former government official who is the secretary-general of the International Telecommunication Union, a UN agency.
[October 31, 2006, 11:12]
.XXX Porn Domain May Rise Again
News Another message shows that Pat Trueman from the Family Research Council and Jan LaRue met with John Kneuer, Commerce's deputy assistant secretary, on 21 June. An email message dated 16 June 2005 from Fred Schwein, the department's executive...
[May 22, 2006, 10:50]
Surveillance: An Open Letter To Jack Straw
News I wish you well in proving that it isn't hidden away on a disk in your secretary's home, or squirreled away on the Internet somewhere. So you couldn't complain, or explain your predicament, to the PM or Home Secretary, to the Chief Whip or a...
[September 27, 1999, 11:25]
Timms Handed IT Role
News As the new minister of state for e-commerce, communications and information industries, Stephen Timms MP, the former chief secretary to the Treasury, will lead on IT industry issues as part of his wider role as minister of state for competitiveness.
[July 12, 2007, 12:20]
Novell's Identity Assurance Solution For HSPD-12
White Papers HSPD-12 directed the Secretary of Commerce to establish a policy for a common identification standard for all federal employees and contractors, and to do so within six months. In August 2004, as part of ongoing efforts to heighten resource...
[November 6, 2007, 23:00]
Rupert Goodwins' Diary
Blog With Patricia Hewitt getting the nod as Trade and Industry Secretary, the much-coveted and influential position of minister for e-commerce is up for grabs. He's got everything the country needs in someone with responsibility for.well, whatever it...
[June 15, 2001, 17:45]
Straw Enters Bitter Row Over RIP Bill
News Home Secretary Jack Straw has been drawn into the escalating row over the Government's proposed Regulation of Investigatory Powers Bill (RIP) Bill, denouncing an industry report claiming it would cost Britain £46bn.
[June 15, 2000, 9:57]
.XXX Gets Pulses Racing
News Michael Gallagher, assistant secretary at the Commerce Department, has asked for a hold to be placed on the contract to run the new top-level domain until the .XXX suffix can receive further scrutiny.
[August 16, 2005, 17:25]
Mandelson's 'Digital Envoy' Gets Lukewarm Reception
News Trade and Industry Secretary Peter Mandelson told the House of Commons that a Net czar will lead Britain in what he termed the "new industrial revolution". Mandelson, a self-confessed technophile, shared his vision of a new knowledge-based economy...
[November 26, 1998, 17:43]
Mandelson Launches 'bold' E-commerce Initiative
News The government signalled its willingness to embrace e-commerce with open arms yesterday as Trade and Industry Secretary Peter Mandelson launched a Competitiveness White Paper, which he termed, 'bold, far reaching and absolutely necessary.
[December 17, 1998, 10:21]
US Reasserts Control Over The Internet
News The new principles, outlined by Assistant Commerce Secretary Michael Gallagher, say the US government will "maintain its historic role in authorising changes or modifications to the authoritative root zone file".
[July 1, 2005, 9:20]
Escrow Time Line Draws Fire From Think-tank
News Bowden believes the government is "in a terrible tangle" over the bill and has lodged a formal complaint with Secretary of Trade and Industry, Stephen Byers, over the time given for the IT industry to respond to the consultation document...
[March 8, 1999, 11:22]
A Year Ago: Mandelson's 'Digital Envoy' Gets Lukewarm Reception
News Trade and Industry Secretary Peter Mandelson told the House of Commons that a Net czar will lead Britain in what he termed the "new industrial revolution". Mandelson, a self-confessed technophile, shared his vision of a new knowledge-based economy...
[November 26, 1999, 6:03]
A Year Ago: 'Racial Ravine' Divides Net Users
News While Americans earning more than $75,000 (£46,000) are 20 times more likely to have Internet access than the poorest Americans, the access disparities can't be blamed solely on income differences -- race is still playing a role, said Larry Irving...
[July 12, 2000, 7:00]
