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IT industry hopeful about Obama

The election of Democrat Barack Obama has brought a sense of cautious optimism to many in the technology community who have long felt that they did not get enough attention and were not well

Oracle goes to Washington

Oracle has hired law firm Barbour Griffith & Rogers to lobby the federal government on a number of pressing issues, including immigration, intellectual property rights, trade and foreign

Tech groups want R&D tax credit to stay

IT lobbyists and industry groups are making noise in Washington as of late, hoping to get lawmakers to pass a last-minute R&D tax credit that is due to expire next month. Among the groups

ALSO NOTED: IT lobbyists scurry to get favored proposals approved; Microsoft's Allchin takes a few steps back on security state

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Privacy is a growing issue with collected data

Any company storing confidential data, or tracking users' activity using search technology, needs to keep an eye on the evolving story of AOL's recent search data boo-boo as privacy lobbyists push

How Microsoft fought off open-source

When a state CIO took a stand to fight for open source within his public sector infrastructure, he knew from the start that it wouldn't be easy. What Peter Quinn may not have known, however, is