News tagged with federal government web


Experts disagree on seriousness of attacks on government Web sites

Technology / Internet

created Jul 09, 2009 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Government Web sites were operating normally on Wednesday, officials said, after a broad attack on public and private computer systems that targeted sites operated by the White House, the New York Stock Exchange and The Washington ...





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U.S. government wasteful in printing, Lexmark says

Space & Earth / Environment

created May 14, 2009 | popularity 3.3 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Lexmark International released the results of a survey this week that suggests that the federal government wastes more than $1 million daily on printing.


Report: Shortage of cyber experts may hinder govt

Technology / Other

created Jul 22, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

(AP) -- Federal agencies are facing a severe shortage of computer specialists, even as a growing wave of coordinated cyberattacks against the government poses potential national security risks, a private study found.


NTSB restricts employee cell-phone use

Technology / Telecom

created Sep 08, 2009 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(AP) -- The federal safety agency that investigates transportation accidents is banning texting and talking on cell phones by its employees while driving on government business.


Google and others urge inventory of national airwaves

Technology / Telecom

created May 06, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

In a rare show of unity over national communications policy, Google, the wireless industry and consumer advocates have come together to support a bill that would require the federal government to take a complete inventory ...


FTC shuts allegedly rogue Internet provider

Technology / Internet

created Jun 05, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (3) | comments 2

(AP) -- The federal government has severed the Internet connection of a company accused of helping criminals serve up a "witches' brew" of nasty content online, from computer viruses to child pornography.


White House among targets of sweeping cyber attack (AP)

White House among targets of sweeping cyber attack

Technology / Internet

created Jul 08, 2009 | popularity 2 / 5 (1) | comments 2

(AP) -- The powerful attack that overwhelmed computers at U.S. and South Korean government agencies for days was even broader than initially realized, also targeting the White House, the Pentagon and the ...


Digital Democracy: The World Wide Web Consortium weighs in on government transparency

Digital Democracy: The World Wide Web Consortium weighs in on government transparency

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Sep 24, 2009 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (2) | comments 2

(PhysOrg.com) -- On May 21, the day the White House unveiled its Open Government Initiative, it also launched the website data.gov, which put information like Medicare cost reports, residential energy consumption ...


Get everyone in US online, high-level panel says (AP)

Get everyone in US online, high-level panel says

Technology / Telecom

created Oct 02, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 0

(AP) -- The nation needs to give the same urgency to making sure all Americans have broadband access as the Eisenhower administration did in building an interstate highway system a half-century ago, a report ...


FCC votes to begin crafting 'net neutrality' rules

Technology / Telecom

created Oct 22, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- Federal regulators took an important step Thursday toward prohibiting broadband providers from favoring or discriminating against certain kinds of Internet traffic.


'Unfunded liabilities' a financial myth, expert says

Other Sciences / Economics

created Apr 01, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (6) | comments 0

A growing chorus of complaints about the U.S. government’s “unfunded” debts may be unsettling, but no cause to become unnerved, a University of Illinois tax expert says.



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