http://techdailydose.nationaljournal.com/ en Copyright 2009 Fri, 06 Nov 2009 23:00:00 GMT http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/ http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification Excerpted from the Oct. 31 issue of National Journal magazine: Andrew Noyes is moving to Facebook's lobbying shop as manager of public policy communications. He has covered the technology beat for National Journal Group's CongressDaily since 2006 and launched the Tech Daily Dose blog the same year. He knows that making the leap to private industry is a definite role reversal. Tech lobbyists he once called for quotes are already welcoming him to the "dark side," while fellow reporters tease that they'll want exclusive scoops. Although Silicon Valley heavyweights Google and Microsoft have sprawling D.C. lobby shops, the social-networking website http://techdailydose.nationaljournal.com/2009/11/happy-trails-new-beginnings.php http://techdailydose.nationaljournal.com/2009/11/happy-trails-new-beginnings.php Editor's Note Fri, 06 Nov 2009 23:00:00 GMT Senate Homeland Security and Government Affairs ranking member Susan Collins and Sen. Tom Carper, D-Del., on Friday said a Government Accountability Office report showing that 16 critical federal information technology projects will cost $3 billion more than originally estimated is proof of lax oversight and underscores the need for immediate corrective action. Carper chairs the Subcommittee on Federal Financial Management, Government Information, Federal Services and International Security. The GAO report also notes that the IT investments will likely need an additional $1 billion to be completed on time. Two investments in particular are especially egregious, Carper and Collins said. NASA's http://techdailydose.nationaljournal.com/2009/11/carper-collins-urge-it-account.php http://techdailydose.nationaljournal.com/2009/11/carper-collins-urge-it-account.php Agencies Congress Fri, 06 Nov 2009 19:52:46 GMT National Association of Broadcasters President Gordon Smith wrote to House Judiciary Chairman John Conyers, Senate Judiciary Chairman Patrick Leahy and others on Thursday in response to an Oct. 30 letter that sought a meeting to discuss legislation that would force AM and FM stations to pay a new fee to performers and record labels. In the letter, the former Republican senator for Oregon writes that he appreciates their interest "in gaining a greater understanding of the impact that this legislation will have on your local radio stations and the local communities they serve." Due to laws prohibiting him from lobbying http://techdailydose.nationaljournal.com/2009/11/nab-chief-may-need-waiver-for.php http://techdailydose.nationaljournal.com/2009/11/nab-chief-may-need-waiver-for.php Congress Lobbying Thu, 05 Nov 2009 23:56:32 GMT Google launched an application Thursday that allows users to see what data is stored in their accounts, but at least one group says the effort doesn't go far enough. The Google Dashboard is "designed to be simple and useful" and summarizes data for a range of products from e-mail and calendar applications to social networking and video sharing platforms. Consumer Watchdog, a group that has repeatedly thrashed Google for its advertising and privacy protection practices, said the Internet giant should let users opt out of tracking and delete information associated with their computer's IP address from Google's servers. "If Google http://techdailydose.nationaljournal.com/2009/11/mixed-reviews-for-google-dashb.php http://techdailydose.nationaljournal.com/2009/11/mixed-reviews-for-google-dashb.php Innovation Thu, 05 Nov 2009 19:40:39 GMT The Center for Democracy and Technology, Electronic Frontier Foundation, Electronic Privacy Information Center, New America Foundation and other advocacy groups urged the Obama administration on Thursday to open up negotiations pertaining to a proposed Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement. The groups wrote to President Obama expressing "deep concerns about the lack of transparency" surrounding the pact, which is the focus of a meeting in Seoul, South Korea this week. In their letter, they reference Obama's day one memo pledging increased openness and participation in executive decision-making and directing agencies to "take affirmative steps to make information public." The continuing Open Government Initiative http://techdailydose.nationaljournal.com/2009/11/groups-urge-ip-pact-openness.php http://techdailydose.nationaljournal.com/2009/11/groups-urge-ip-pact-openness.php Intellectual Property International Thu, 05 Nov 2009 19:34:03 GMT Senate Judiciary Chairman Patrick Leahy said members of his committee have their work cut out for them as winter recess nears. His panel made a big stride Thursday when it passed a pair of data security bills (see CongressDaily's PM Edition for details) and several measures that have cleared the committee and await floor action. Leahy said the Senate needs to take up a bill that would modify and reauthorize expiring provisions of the USA PATRIOT Act and the Satellite Home Viewer Act before they expire Dec. 31. He noted he has been working with Senate Minority Whip Jon Kyl http://techdailydose.nationaljournal.com/2009/11/leahy-much-to-achieve-little-t.php http://techdailydose.nationaljournal.com/2009/11/leahy-much-to-achieve-little-t.php Congress Intellectual Property Thu, 05 Nov 2009 19:09:41 GMT House Administration Elections Subcommittee ranking member Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., and Rep. Gregg Harper, R-Miss., unveiled draft legislation Thursday [see PDF here] designed to increase online voter registration services while preserving safeguards to protect against fraudulent registration tactics witnessed in past elections. "Americans are increasingly enjoying the convenience of online services provided by both private and government entities and voter registration shouldn't be an exception," they said in a statement, acknowledging the bill is still a work in progress. "Providing states with incentives to implement online programs would not only assist registrants, but would also help state election administrators reduce costs, http://techdailydose.nationaljournal.com/2009/11/online-voter-registration-draf.php http://techdailydose.nationaljournal.com/2009/11/online-voter-registration-draf.php Congress E-Government Thu, 05 Nov 2009 18:50:19 GMT Senate Minority Whip Jon Kyl and Financial Services Committee ranking member Spencer Bachus wrote to Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner and Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke this week opposing calls to delay by a year the implementation of a 2006 law that banned Internet gambling in the United States. The Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act directed the Treasury and Federal Reserve to issue regulations by July 2007. After a lengthy process, the final rules are set to take effect on Dec. 1. "There is no justification for delaying the compliance date for the long-overdue regulations implementing UIGEA," Bachus and Kyl wrote. http://techdailydose.nationaljournal.com/2009/11/gop-rejects-calls-for-gambling.php http://techdailydose.nationaljournal.com/2009/11/gop-rejects-calls-for-gambling.php Agencies Congress Thu, 05 Nov 2009 15:24:21 GMT A high-tech trade group on Thursday is releasing a paper that explains the depth of IT problems that are preventing the Social Security Administration from making data more interoperable and easier to manage. The report from the Computer and Communications Industry Association comes as the SSA's tech advisory board begins a two day meeting to develop a roadmap for systems technology and electronic services to better carry out the agency's mission over the next five to 10 years. More baby boomers are heading into a system, which is relying on technology that was cutting edge --- back when this generation http://techdailydose.nationaljournal.com/2009/11/report-ssa-should-embrace-open.php http://techdailydose.nationaljournal.com/2009/11/report-ssa-should-embrace-open.php Agencies E-Government Thu, 05 Nov 2009 14:25:49 GMT Texas Reps. Gene Green, a Democrat, and Mike Conaway, a Republican, wrote to House Judiciary Chairman John Conyers on Wednesday asking to be included in any discussions regarding legislation that would force AM and FM radio stations to pay a new fee to performers and record labels. Conyers and Senate Judiciary Chairman Patrick Leahy have requested that music and broadcasting executives come together on Capitol Hill Nov. 17 to begin two weeks of negotiations. Green and Conaway sponsored a resolution opposing the bill and it has garnered more than 250 backers. Sen. Blanche Lincoln, D-Ark., introduced an identical proposal. "We http://techdailydose.nationaljournal.com/2009/11/radio-royalty-critics-want-in.php http://techdailydose.nationaljournal.com/2009/11/radio-royalty-critics-want-in.php Congress Intellectual Property Thu, 05 Nov 2009 12:51:36 GMT Former Hewlett-Packard CEO Carly Fiorina made her candidacy for one of California's Senate seats official on Wednesday at an event in Orange County. Fiorina, who was an advisor to Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., during his run for the White House last year, was also the first woman to lead a Fortune 500 company. Prior to joining HP, she served as an executive vice president at AT&T and helped coordinate Lucent's spin-off. She was ousted by HP's board in 2005. Fiorina made her announcement at Earth Friendly Products in Garden Grove, Calif., where she discussed her top priorities including job creation, http://techdailydose.nationaljournal.com/2009/11/former-hp-ceo-announces-senate.php http://techdailydose.nationaljournal.com/2009/11/former-hp-ceo-announces-senate.php Campaigns Congress People Wed, 04 Nov 2009 18:54:26 GMT The stage is set for a potentially raucous day in the House Judiciary Committee Wednesday as Democrats try to push legislation to modify and reauthorize expiring portions of the USA PATRIOT Act, CongressDaily's AM Edition reported. They are also scheduled to mark up a separate bill to provide courts with specific standards for handling state-secrets claims by the government in civil lawsuits. House Judiciary ranking member Lamar Smith and other Republicans have unsuccessfully argued that the PATRIOT Act bill introduced two weeks ago by Chairman John Conyers with House Judiciary Constitution Subcommittee Chairman Jerrold Nadler, D-N.Y., and Crime, Terrorism and http://techdailydose.nationaljournal.com/2009/11/house-panel-feuds-over-patriot.php http://techdailydose.nationaljournal.com/2009/11/house-panel-feuds-over-patriot.php Congress Privacy Security Wed, 04 Nov 2009 17:58:10 GMT [Updated 4:10 p.m.] New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo on Wednesday filed a federal lawsuit against microchip giant Intel Corp. making his the first formal antitrust action against Intel by any U.S. agency in more than a decade. The FTC launched an examination into Intel in 2008 but has not made its probe official. Cuomo's complaint charges that Intel violated state and federal laws by engaging in "a worldwide, systematic campaign of illegal conduct" to maintain its dominance in the microprocessor sector. "Rather than compete fairly, Intel used bribery and coercion to maintain a stranglehold on the market," said Cuomo, http://techdailydose.nationaljournal.com/2009/11/ny-ag-files-antitrust-suit-aga.php http://techdailydose.nationaljournal.com/2009/11/ny-ag-files-antitrust-suit-aga.php Antitrust Congress International Wed, 04 Nov 2009 16:48:49 GMT Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood and FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski announced Wednesday that they are launching a campaign to evaluate technologies that may help curb the dangerous epidemic of distracted driving. Their news came at a joint hearing of two House Energy and Commerce Committee panels where both Obama administration officials testified. The DOT-FCC partnership will also include outreach efforts to educate the public about the dangers of texting and taking on cell phones while driving and other behavior that can lead to accidents, according to a press release. LaHood told lawmakers distracted driving "is costing lives and inflicting injuries across http://techdailydose.nationaljournal.com/2009/11/fcc-dot-combat-distracted-driv.php http://techdailydose.nationaljournal.com/2009/11/fcc-dot-combat-distracted-driv.php Agencies Congress Innovation Wed, 04 Nov 2009 16:12:55 GMT Craiglist.org founder Craig Newmark has agreed to serve on a Veterans Affairs Department panel that will review ideas to improve disability claims processing times and provide greater transparency to vets, the agency announced Wednesday. Newmark told a high-tech conference in June that he was contemplating whether to "dedicate a big chunk of my life" to those who are driving change in Washington. He also said he wanted to spend more time practicing his own brand of public service. "Transforming VA into an organization that is veteran-centric, results-oriented and forward-looking is my top priority," Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric Shinseki said in http://techdailydose.nationaljournal.com/2009/11/craigslist-founder-to-serve-on.php http://techdailydose.nationaljournal.com/2009/11/craigslist-founder-to-serve-on.php Agencies Innovation People Wed, 04 Nov 2009 15:41:27 GMT