Government

E-mail Archiving Stupidity

James Gaskin — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 13:19:01 -0500

I live in the Dallas area, but not in the city of Dallas. That means my children were outside the horribly mis-managed Dallas schools, but we're still under the thumbs of idiotic Dallas County officials. How idiotic? How about this recent story, “E-mail Deletion Plan Criticized,” about officials wanting to delete e-mail after 90 days. Have none of them heard of all the new regulations about e-mail archiving?

Europe to cap prices for roaming text messages and data

ITworld staff — Thu, 27 Nov 2008 17:30:30 -0500

European telecommunications ministers gave their backing on Thursday to a plan to cap retail prices for sending SMS (Short Message Service) text messages and browsing the Internet using mobile phones while abroad.

Army ponies up $50M to fund combat video games

ITworld staff — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 11:57:40 -0500

Games are increasingly serious business, apparently serious enough to convince the U.S. Army to green light a dedicated video games unit and earmark $50 million over five years for game-related projects to enhance soldier combat-readiness.

Government loses a PC each week, say Tories

ITworld staff — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 11:41:26 -0500

The government lost 53 PCs in the last year, meaning one every week, according to alarming figures just released by the Conservative party.

Obama's choice for DHS could flame tech visa battle

ITworld staff — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 09:12:37 -0500

The person thought to be President-elect Barack Obama's leading choice to be secretary of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) , Arizona Gov. Janet Napolitano, has been a strong advocate of increasing H-1B visas -- a stance that could turn out to be lightning-rod issue during her confirmation.

Former FCC staffers, Google.org chief to help Obama

ITworld staff — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 20:10:38 -0500

Barack Obama's transition team appointed three people to develop technology policy priorities for the Obama administration.

Google's Schmidt: Innovation must come first

ITworld staff — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 16:27:32 -0500

The U.S. government needs to pump billions of dollars into alternative energy efforts, broadband infrastructure and research in an effort to rebuild the nation's economy, Google's CEO said Tuesday.

Obama Gets Geeky

ITworld staff — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 12:17:38 -0500

The man who built a high-tech campaign out of the concept of "change" is already bringing Internet technology into his administration. President-elect Barack Obama has announced plans for a presidential YouTube channel, along with plans for thorough social network and blog screenings as part of potential staffers' background checks. If you've so much as left a questionable comment on a blog somewhere, you might be disqualified. Think you could pass?

Lobbyist: Obama a potential boon for wireless

ITworld staff — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 16:27:13 -0500

As Barack Obama prepares to take the reins of the Executive Branch of the U.S. government from President George W. Bush, a lobbyist suggests the economic crisis may make it difficult for Obama to fulfill a key campaign pledge.

Web site collects ideas for Obama's CTO

ITworld staff — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 20:26:47 -0500

Seattle's Front Seat has launched a Web site where anyone can suggest and vote on ideas for Obama's future CTO.