Tag: OBAMAADMINISTRATION

The Obama administration just keeps flexing its new media muscle and redefining what it means to speak to the people in a way that we haven't seen since the days of FDR's "fireside chats." The White House blog, its slick interactive website, weekly YouTube addresses and Twitter account are powerful, but they still feel like the tools of politics. A new White House video blog though, called 'West ...

Share For the better part of the last decade, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has maintained a relatively laissez-faire approach to the Internet. In recent years, though, Internet titans like Google and Amazon have more vocally implored the FCC to implement hard regulation requiring broadband providers to guarantee access to all Web sites. Now, FCC Chairman Julius Genchowski is ...

digg_url ='http://www.switched.com/2010/04/14/us-claims-right-to-return-fire-against-cyber-attacks/'; Just a few days removed from President Obama's historic nuclear disarmament agreement with Russia, the Pentagon today struck a decidedly more retaliatory tone in asserting its right to return fire against cyber-attacks aimed at the U.S. -- even if an attacker's identity remains unknown. Lt. ...

Quantifying the effect that online piracy has on businesses and copyright holders has always been an inexact science. For years, suspicion has been brewing over the accuracy of estimated losses claimed by software companies, the MPAA and even governmental agencies. Yesterday, though, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) finally admitted to the scientific shortcomings of many common ...

When Google launched Buzz, the service immediately became a lightning rod for criticism from privacy advocates. Many people ended up having their list of most frequent Gmail contacts exposed to the entire Web. One of those people included Andrew McLaughlin, the Deputy White House CTO. This would, of course, be of little concern to anyone, except that McLaughlin's list of most frequently ...

As part of President Obama's ongoing efforts to enhance political transparency, the White House yesterday relaxed archaic restrictions governing federal communication with citizens, effectively allowing -- and encouraging -- federal agencies to use social media more freely. In a document titled "Social Media, Web-Based Interactive Technologies, and the Paperwork Reduction Act," the White House ...

President Obama has attracted a devoted geek following because of his focus on science and technology. If early reports are accurate, though, his dork devotion will likely take a significant hit next week when a 2011 budget report is released. According to CBC News, a White House official has confirmed that money appropriated to NASA will be insufficient to maintain one significant, six-year-old ...

The White House has tapped cyber consultant Melissa Hathaway to conduct an extensive review of US Internet security. She will now be tasked with analyzing the effectiveness of programs she helped foster as the point person of former President George W. Bush's effort to check an increase in breaches of military and government sites in early 2007. The nascent Obama administration's unprecedented ...