ted@state
First ever government-sponsored TED Talks given yesterday
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton announced a new program at the State Department, the Global Partnership Initiative, earlier this year. The initiative seeks to increase partnerships between the public and private sectors to help solve a number of pressing global issues. One of the first fruits of the Global Partnership Initiative was a series of TED Talks, dubbed TED@State, held yesterday afternoon at the State Department’s Dean Acheson Auditorium.
Continue reading »Internet tax working its way down the tubes to Louisiana
Louisiana residents may find themselves paying an extra fee on top of their regular Internet costs if the state’s House of Representatives has its way. The House voted 81 to 9 in favor of the 15-cent monthly levy Thursday, with the bill’s sponsors arguing that the money would go towards fighting Internet-related crimes in the state. The bill now moves to the state’s Senate for a vote, though it faces opposition from Republican Louisiana governor Bobby Jindal.
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