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H-1B abuse pays off
Congress may review Microsoft/Yahoo deal
Breaking: Deal reached on economic stimulus plan
Moving with remarkable speed, the White House and House leaders reached an agreement today for an economic stimulus package that provides tax incentives for businesses and stipends for families to
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The road to an Internet tax ban
Lawyers are a fact of life for CIOs
The recent rash of legislation governing data retention, electronic discovery, privacy, data use and abuse has created a goldmine for lawyers well-versed in IT issues. More than ever before, CIOs Read more...
It's not easy being green
After years of earth-friendly talk, Corporate America is finally jumping on the bandwagon, trying to buy and use technology in a more environmentally friendly manner. But it's not just out of the Read more...
Why you need to watch tech watchdog groups
Technology has spawned its own share of industry watchdog groups which sit silent until they find something that threatens to create an imbalance or to impinge on privacy rights. Watchdog groups Read more...
DOJ pushes for better data sharing
If the U.S. Justice Department gets what it wants, the FBI and other federal agencies will be sharing data over a new, centralized data bank nicknamed OneDoJ. The DOJ wants an "aggressive" plan to Read more...
Tech bills left on Congress to-do list
When Congress shut its doors on Saturday, giving lawmakers a month-long break to deal with election work, it failed to pass a slew of tech-related legislation. It did, however, approve one Read more...




