by Zak Koeske | Dec 3, 2010 | Business & Tech, Politics, Science + Technology
WASHINGTON – With cities facing painful budget cuts, already-strapped government technology teams risk falling even further behind their private sector peers. But if one pioneering technology non-profit has its way, government IT needn’t be relegated to a civic...
by J. Okray | Dec 3, 2010 | Business & Tech, Environment
WASHINGTON — Small-business owners called on Congress Thursday to ease child-safety policies they say are too burdensome. Business owners say the regulatory costs imposed by the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act of 2008 are forcing some companies to close their...
by Grant Slater | Dec 2, 2010 | Business & Tech
WASHINGTON – House Republicans called into question a universal, federally-sponsored do-not-track tool for the Internet saying in a hearing Thursday that it would curb profits for the Internet advertising industry. In a report released Tuesday, the Federal Trade...
by Yewon Kang | Dec 1, 2010 | Business & Tech
WASHINGTON — A former aide to President Bill Clinton and the top lawyer for Microsoft on Wednesday urged President Barack Obama to take long-term action to jump-start the economy. “On many key indicators from educational obtainment to infrastructure to new inventions,...
by Virginia Chen, Dean DeChiaro & Emily Hoerner | Nov 30, 2010 | Business & Tech
WASHINGTON — Reducing the U.S. dependence on foreign oil, imposing carbon taxes, and working with other nations to attack the issue were some ways that experts on global international affairs on Tuesday suggested to address the growing U.S. debt. “America’s...
by Zak Koeske | Nov 29, 2010 | Business & Tech, Politics
WASHINGTON — Let’s say the Department of Health and Human Services wanted to begin an online dialogue with citizens about the obesity epidemic in this country. Simple, you might think. The agency could blog about the latest research findings on exercise...
