by Matt Mansfield | May 10, 2011 | Business & Tech
WASHINGTON — The head of the Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission told a Senate committee on Tuesday that the Dodd-Frank financial reform law must “be fully implemented” to avert another meltdown in the U.S. economy. Commission Chairman Phil Angelides said the...
by Charles Mead | May 10, 2011 | Business & Tech
WASHINGTON — Technology giants Apple and Google Tuesday defended their use of user location data on Capitol Hill. Critics say the companies are breaching consumer trust by surreptitiously collecting personal information. Apple iPhones do not collect the specific...
by Kelsey Sheehy | May 4, 2011 | Immigration
WASHINGTON – Securing the border and catching undocumented immigrants are tasks that fall on federal shoulders, but a House committee said Tuesday it is a load the Department of Homeland Security can’t carry alone. Instead, the federal government should share...
by Tania Chen | Apr 28, 2011 | Business & Tech
WASHINGTON-It’s been more than a year since America’s first chief information officer, Vivek Kundra, announced a nationwide effort to improve government information technology and consolidate federal databases. His 25-point implementation plan aims to close 800 data...
by Kyle Jahner | Apr 28, 2011 | Politics, Science + Technology
Kyle Jahner/MEDILL NEWS SERVICENot equally entitled: Because federal spending on Medicaid is predicated on matching a percentage of state spending, states that spend more receive more federal funds. The costly entitlement program, aimed at providing access to medical...
