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FCC seeks delay to US broadband plan
Obama on hold The US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is asking lawmakers to give it more time to draw up a national broadband plan.…
Continue reading »Who needs science? Lawmakers mull cell phone warnings
According to an Associated Press report , a state legislator from Maine has introduced a bill that would attach a warning label to cell phones. The proposed warnings would feature bold red text warning of the danger of brain cancer, and feature an image of a small brain. There’s one small problem with all of this: there’s little evidence that cell phones increase the risk of brain cancer.
Continue reading »P2P snafu blows lid on secret Congress probes
30+ legislators under investigation A confidential memo from one of the most secretive panels in Congress was leaked on a peer-to-peer file-sharing network, publicly detailing sensitive probes involving more than 30 lawmakers and aides.…
Continue reading »Congress ethics inquiry probe leaked online
p2pnet news view P2P | Politics:- A report saying the activities of more than 30 lawmakers and several aides are being investigated about concerns including defense lobbying and corporate influence peddling has been leaked online. It, “appears to have been inadvertently placed on a publicly accessible computer network, and it was provided to The Washington Post by a source not connected to the congressional investigations,” says the newspaper. “The committee said Thursday night that the document was released by a low-level staffer.” The 22-page Committee on Standards Weekly Summary Report, “gives brief summaries of ethics panel investigations of the conduct of 19 lawmakers and a few staff members,” says the story, going on the committee’s review of investigations, “became available on file-sharing networks because of a junior staff member’s use of the software while working from home … ” The staffer was fired, says the story.
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