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Supreme Court rules EPA can regulate greenhouse gases

April 2, 2007 Rebuking the EPA's stance, a 5-4 U.S Supreme Court decision says greenhouse gases can be regulated as pollutants, but falls short of ordering the agency to do so. TAGS: regulation, agency, global warming, court

Agencies line up for plug-in cars

November 27, 2006 State and local governments are trying out hybrid electric-gas vehicles that recharge from a wall socket for their car and bus fleets. TAGS: incentive program, agency, Toyota Prius, car, Toyota, government, battery, California

Biometric passports reach 2.5 million in U.K.

October 5, 2006 British agency has switched all production over to new style of passport, beating the U.S. visa waiver deadline. TAGS: passport, e-passport, U.K., production, agency, U.S.

Homeland Security hires new privacy chief

July 21, 2006 Hugo Teufel III becomes the agency's second permanent officer in the role since Congress created it in 2002. TAGS: chief privacy officer, Homeland Security Secretary, privacy, agency, homeland security, department

Feds shutter spyware ring

May 4, 2006 FTC wraps up case against Sanford Wallace with $4 million judgment, halts alleged spyware source Odysseus Marketing. TAGS: Ari Schwartz, judgment, agency, gain, spyware

007's agency seeks security geeks

April 28, 2006 Bond's U.K. intelligence unit posts first in series of job ads for people with "interception qualifications." TAGS: agency, information technology, security

IRS trudges on with aging computers

April 12, 2007 More than 20 years after its first attempt at a massive upgrade of 1960s-era mainframes, the IRS still isn't sure when the project will be finished. TAGS: tax, computer system, mainframe, audit, goal, agency, vision

Some companies helped the NSA, but which?

February 6, 2006 Survey into domestic surveillance scheme finds no companies willing to say they participated. TAGS: NSA, cooperation, surveillance, survey, Time Warner Inc., Internet company, margin, telecommunications, agency, law, president

NASA signs up supercomputing support

July 25, 2007 Deal with Computer Sciences Corporation to provide support and research services for NASA computer sciences divisions. TAGS: Computer Sciences Corp., supercomputing, agency

IBM's answer to medical mashup: A search engine

January 23, 2007 Company unveils prototype network that would create a mashup of a patient's records. TAGS: mashup, patient, IBM Corp., HIPAA, physician, hospital, search engine, health, agency, database

Federal agencies ban Windows Vista

March 13, 2007 Concerns about compatibility and other issues move DOT and NIST to prohibit upgrades to Vista, Office 2007 and IE 7, for now anyway. TAGS: memo, organization, agency, Microsoft Office 2007, Gartner Inc., Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Internet Explorer 7, Microsoft Office, Linux, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Internet Explorer, operating system, Google Inc., Microsoft Windows

Feds defend oversight of e-voting testing

February 8, 2007 Election Assistance Commission takes issue with reports about its oversight of sites charged with ensuring secure electronic voting systems. TAGS: e-voting, lab, oversight, chairwoman, agency

NASA: Limited budget could lead to gap in manned missions

February 5, 2007 Administrator warns there could be a five-year lull in which U.S. astronauts would be grounded. TAGS: fiscal year, gap, agency, increase, president, U.S.

The privacy conundrum

December 26, 2006 When federal agencies and commercial enterprises share records, do you feel safer--or violated? TAGS: privacy, homeland security, agency, Internet Service Provider

Court puts halt to alleged spyware distributor

November 14, 2006 At the request of the FTC, a U.S. district court has shut down an operation run by ERG Ventures. TAGS: Nevada, agency, spyware

Chart: HP in the hot seat

September 25, 2006 Here's a rundown of the agencies investigating HP's methods of tracking down a "leaker" on its board. TAGS: authority, agency, attorney general, California, telecommunications, HP, attorney, U.S.

Uncle Sam's coming crackdown on ID theft

September 27, 2006 Attorney Eric J. Sinrod says the federal government is finally taking steps to combat identity theft. TAGS: identity theft, federal government, crime, agency, government, attorney, recommendation

FBI's CIO faces agency's tech challenges

July 14, 2006 FBI's Zalmai Azmi discusses the agency's existing cumbersome systems and its seemingly antiquated security. TAGS: bureau, CIO, agency, mainframe, vision, security, laptop computer

FTC wants beefed-up powers against Net scammers

July 24, 2006 Government officials say existing law hinders international crackdowns and the ability to slap fines on wrongdoers. TAGS: hearing, agency, commission, phishing, practice, conference, spyware

Lax standards for feds in data breach vote

May 26, 2006 After Veterans Affairs leak, a congressional panel votes on data security bill. But it may let federal agencies off the hook. TAGS: commercial company, agency, standards, bill, database, security
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