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Mark Klinger

American satisfaction with federal online transparency stays static during 2010 - 0 views

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    This article shows that people's perceptions of government and their websites changed little during the past year. ForeSee Results, the Michigan-based company that did the supporting research, emphasizes the importance in individuals' satisfaction with government transparency. A table in the article shows a correlation between a person's satisfaction with an agency's transparency and their trust in that agency. I found this article interesting as this is any area with many ethical and moral issues.
erika webb

Government vs. Private Control and "Balkanization" of the Internet - 0 views

  • The Economist also says Net Neutrality is a means to preserve openness, though the piece fairly outlines its many cons.  Without Net Neutrality, proponents of government regulation argue Internet service providers will create a closed Internet by blocking content or permitting some websites to ride on a “fast-lane” above others.  However, this, too, should be decided by consumer choice in the free market, not by prescriptive rules from the FCC that mandate extremely “open” business models.  Consumer preferences in the free-market alone have long ensured that ISPs do not block websites.  Additionally, prioritizing traffic helps prevent congestion, and the model of offering paid fast lanes is utlized by mostly “open” companies like Google to ensure their service is fast enough for consumers in places far from their servers.  Finally, paid prioritization would provide a new revenue source for ISPs to lower prices and invest in broadband expansion, speed, and other services – something that can be very good for consumers.  Net Neutrality and the FCC's lingering attempt at broadband reclassification could take all these potential benefits away.
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      I strongly believe that it should play out in the free market.
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    Pros and cons of governemnt vs. private sector braodband access, net neutrality
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    Article regarding public vs. government control over braodband access
Lucas Jockisch

How Egypt Pulled the Plug on the Internet - CBS Evening News - CBS News - 1 views

  • born on Facebook and other social networking sites - which led the government to cut off Internet service.
  • The Internet blackout was a surprising move for a nation previously known for being open - compared to other countries in the Mideast.
  • unprecedented is we've never seen such a connected country like Egypt be disconnected
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  • The Egyptian government told their Internet service providers to shut down
  • Congress is considering a bill to expand the president's authority.
  • the president would have the power to declare a cyber emergency
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    Very interesting article about how the Egyptian Government pulled the plug. Also talks about legislation in the US Congress that would give the President authority to pull the plug on us.
Burks Oakley

Unboxed - I.B.M Tries to Help Cities Work Smarter - NYTimes.com - 1 views

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    To Do More With Less, Governments Go Digital
Benjamin Sperry

BitTorrent is to stealing movies what "bolt-cutters are to stealing bicycles" - 0 views

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    Looks at a piece of legislation being debated right now that is intended to address piracy. "The bill would give the government legal tools to blacklist a "rogue" website from the Internet's Domain Name System, ban credit card companies from processing US payments to the site, and forbid US-based online ad networks from working with the site. It even directs the government to keep a list of suspect sites, even though no evidence has been presented against them in court."
Jeffrey Kendall

BBC News - Australia introduces web filters - 0 views

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      A noble idea but is it an economically feasible one?
  • "We're yet to hear a sensible explanation of what this policy is for, who it will help, and why it is worth spending so much taxpayers' money on."
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      At what point does this control over content become too much? Does this in any way resemble what China has attempted to do?
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  • The "noble aims" of the filter could be lost in its implementation, he warned.
  • "You have to take extreme caution in how these things are rolled out and the uses to which they're put."
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    Good article for someone interested in Government oversight of internet content.
Burks Oakley

Obama administration joins critics of U.S. nonprofit group that oversees Internet - 0 views

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    Good article about the US government & control of the Internet
Clayton Besse

Online voting could be on the cards - 0 views

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    Australian government attempt to implement online voting
Burks Oakley

Cyberattacks Jam Government and Commercial Web Sites in U.S. and South Korea - NYTimes.com - 0 views

  • A wave of cyberattacks aimed at 27 American and South Korean government agencies and commercial Web sites temporarily jammed more than a third of them over the past five days, and several sites in South Korea came under renewed attack on Thursday.
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      Will cyberattacks increase in the future?
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    A good reference for anyone interested in cybersecurity and cyberattacks.
Chris Hull

Welcome to Broadband.gov - 0 views

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    The governments plan for broadband.
Chris Hull

5 Signs Our Broadband Plan May Already Be In Trouble - Meet the new heavily-lobbied bos... - 0 views

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    Is it the governments plan for broadband? Or are the ISP's in the drivers seat?
Nichole Bozarth

Should the government force cell phones to carry TV tuners? - CNN.com - 0 views

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    I found this article to be very interesting..
Jeffrey Kendall

U.S. aid to spread broadband access criticized | The Columbus Dispatch - 0 views

    • Jeffrey Kendall
       
      Companies always complain about competition when it's too late and they've already missed the band wagon. These other companies have had chances even if it was small and incremental to make improvements to their broadband offerings and they chose not too. They also had an opportunity to bid for this stimulus money and unfortunately they did not receive it. If they had they would not be complaning right now.
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      this is similar to Googles plan to introduce gigabit service to smaller cities on a limited scale to see if the results are profitable. I will be interesting to see if these underdeveloped areas really do take advantage of this service or if it will be lost on them.
  • These local phone and cable companies fear that they will have to compete with governmentsubsidized broadband systems, paid for largely with stimulus dollars. If the taxpayer-funded networks siphon off customers by offering lower prices, private companies might be less likely to upgrade their lines, endangering jobs and undermining the stimulus plan's goals, they warn.
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  • Many existing systems, they note, lack the capacity to meet mush rooming demand for bandwidth. The new, stimulus-funded networks will provide far more-robust connections - many of them offering speeds of up to 100 megabits or even 10 gigabits per second to schools, libraries and other "anchor institutions." That's 20 to 2,000 times faster than the DSL and cable wires linking most U.S. homes.
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    Government stimulus attempt to bring broadband access to rural areas that have limited or no high speed internet access.
Jeffrey Kendall

Court Favors Comcast in F.C.C. 'Net Neutrality' Ruling - NYTimes.com - 0 views

    • Jeffrey Kendall
       
      I could understand the thoughth behind possibly wanting to slow down illegal downloads and make them less appealing to people but then to decide to slow down YouTube because it eats up bandwidth as well. At what point do they stop?
  • The decision will allow Internet service companies to block or slow specific sites and charge video sites like YouTube to deliver their content faster to users.
  • The court ruling, which came after Comcast asserted that it had the right to slow its cable customers’ access to a file-sharing service called BitTorrent,
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    Anyone interested in net neutrality or the governments role in online regulation of service providers
Yvonne Garth

Illinois Attorney General - Stop Cyberbullying - About Us - 0 views

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    Here is a link to the Illinois Attorney General's Website, where laws governing the Internet are posted.
Scott Thomas

RIAA's college lawsuits a wrong answer - CNET News - 0 views

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    Article talks about how RIAA can have the federal government issue subpoenas by simply making allegations of infringement and requiring University administrators to turn over the IP address owners of the guilty parties. This ability conflicts with peoples' right to be assumed innocent until proven guilty. To fight this, the adminstrators are shuffling IP addresses among different individuals regularly so that they can honestly say that they have no identifying information to provide.
Scott Thomas

How Will the $7.2 Billion Allotted for Broadband Stimulus Be Spent? - PCWorld - 0 views

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    Talks about the $7.2 billion allotted for the broadband stimulus and how the money is to be divided between different government agencies. Also mentions debate as to whether the money should go toward updating existing urban broadband connections or extending the range at which broadband is offered to rural areas.
Morgan Diffenderfer

Government Concerns About Online Pharmacies - 0 views

  • Health Concerns Counterfeit Medication Pharmaceutical Industry Lobbying
  • including whether the patient has other health concerns which might be affected by a prescription drug.
  • some pharmacies have been known to sell expired or counterfeit medication
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  • . At present, while you can bring up to a 90 day supply of a medication with you on your person when you return from a foreign country, you may no longer import a controlled substance. Import by other means, such as by mail order, is no longer permitted, and any drug shipments that are detected will be seized at the border.
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    This will be interesting to include in my second paper.
erika webb

Making Broadband Access Available and Affordable for all in the US‎- Intervie... - 0 views

  • The Wired for Wireless? Summary Report1 uses the term “Digital Inclusion” to denote the ability of everyone to have access to broadband and the related information technology.  Specifically it states:  “Digital Inclusion means that everyone — regardless of who they are or where they live — can participate in and take advantage of the economic, educational, health, and civic opportunities afforded by broadband and related information technology
  • The federal government has taken the position that broadband Internet is the job of the private sector
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    Article about disadvantages of not having braodband, andmaking it more accessible and affordable
Yvonne Garth

Congressional Bills: Main Page - 1 views

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    "GPO Access contains all published versions of bills from the 103rd (1993-1994) Congress forward. The 112th Congress database is updated by 6 a.m. (EST) daily when bills are published and approved for release. The documents in these databases are available as ASCII text and Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF) files."
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    This is a link to a government Website that provides information on the latest bills that have been passed and/or under discussion.
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