by Megan Hickey | Apr 16, 2013 | Business & Tech
WASHINGTON – Senators on Tuesday took to task the Internal Revenue Service for a litany of problems in addressing taxpayer identity theft, saying the agency is “falling woefully short” in curbing the estimated $5 billion problem. Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max...
by Megan Hickey | Apr 15, 2013 | Business & Tech
WASHINGTON — Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew, appearing at a House committee on Thursday, took the brunt of bipartisan anger over the way the government measures inflation in President Barack Obama’s proposed budget plan for fiscal year 2014. Lew was on Capitol...
by Megan Hickey | Apr 11, 2013 | Business & Tech
WASHINGTON — The most intelligent driver is not a driver at all, a group of information technology and automotive industry leaders said Wednesday. Your car soon may be doing the driving on its own. Representatives from Google, Toyota and Texas Instruments were on...
by Megan Hickey | Apr 10, 2013 | Business & Tech
WASHINGTON – While scattered populations and difficult terrain make it hard to provide phone and Internet access in rural America, government regulatory burdens are an even bigger problem, the vice president of Arkansas-based Ritter Communications told a Senate...
