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Logo of the United States Federal Communications Commission, used on their website prior to 2002 or 2003, and still used on some publications and areas of their website. The central part of the logo is also used on products which conform to FCC requirements. (Photo credit: Wikipedia ) US agency that regulates Internet service too poor to build a good website | Ars Technica :  ""Efforts to upgrade this IT capability were a casualty of sequestration," Wheeler wrote in a blog post yesterday. "Most recently, the agency requested of Congress approximately $13 million for IT upgrades in the FY 2015 appropriation. I appreciate that the Senate subcommittee has provided the Commission with full funding in its FY 2015 spending bill, so that we can make these important upgrades. Unfortunately, the appropriations bill passed by the House today would fund the FCC at $17 million below current levels and $53 million below our overall budget request, dramatically under...

i read with interest your posted article by Crystal Shepeard at CARE2  regulations require funding for oversight agencies. the GoP has spent the last four decades ensuring that Government does not work under the rubric "Cutting Costs, Lowering Taxes, and creating business-friendly environments" all to the benefit of Korporations like Freedom Industries who are left "free" from any social and legal moderation,this clipping says it all:  [At the time of the article, the EPA had spent eight years under the George W. Bush administration ’s direction, which was less than supportive of environmental causes.  With the election of Barack Obama , the agency has had more support from the White House , but has been held back by cuts to its budget from House Republicans] Related articles Emails show extensive collaboration between EPA, environmentalist orgs The Slow Motion Lynching of President Barack Obama By: Frank Schaeffer EPA Chief Can't Answer Questio...

Logo of the United States Federal Communications Commission, used on their website and some publications since the early 2000s. (Photo credit: Wikipedia ) FCC to Fight Open-Internet Court Defeat, Chairman Says - Bloomberg :  "“Using our authority we will re-address the concepts in the open Internet order, as the court invited, to encourage growth and innovation and enforce against abuse,” Wheeler said." Related articles U.S. to fight open-Internet court defeat, FCC chief says Net Neutrality Followup Calling Internet a Modern-Day Ma Bell Among FCC's Options - Bloomberg Why FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler isn't big on net neutrality rules - VentureBeat FCC's Wheeler vows to 'fight' after net neutrality rules struck down FCC Boss Wheeler Ambiguously Promises to Act on Net Neutrality - What Today's Ruling Against the FCC's Open Internet Laws Means for You Where do we go from here on net neutrality? FCC Chairman intends to fight network n...

Official photographic portrait of US President Barack Obama (born 4 August 1961; assumed office 20 January 2009) (Photo credit: Wikipedia ) Responsibility for Healthcare.gov's IT problems lie with dot gov | Clay Shirky | Comment is free | theguardian.com :  "Before Obama 's remarks on launch day, someone should have said: Hey, chief, say it's a soft launch , or the first day of public testing. Say we need feedback, or that the we're going to fine-tune it. Say anything but "Come and get it."" ...ero. Related articles Responsibility for Healthcare.gov's IT problems lie with dot gov Shirky- Ch. 5 Consumers Abandoning Healthcare.gov

English: South façade of the White House, the executive mansion of the President of the United States, located at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington, D.C. Español: Fachada sur de la Casa Blanca, la residencia oficial del Presidente de los Estados Unidos, situado en 1600 Avenida Pennsylvania en Washington, D.C. (Photo credit: Wikipedia ) Accelerating Broadband Deployment | Benton Foundation :  "Accelerating Broadband Deployment Submitted by Kevin Taglang on June 15, 2012 - 10:52am Accelerating Broadband Deployment This week, the White House announced the latest federal actions to lower broadband deployment costs across the Nation. Part of these efforts include the launch of the US Ignite Partnership between Federal agencies along with partners from industry, the non-profit sector , and local communities to accelerate the development of applications that can take advantage of ultra-high-speed, programmable broadband to bring innovative new products and services to t...

Seal of the White House Office of Homeland Security, which was formed by executive order on October 8, 2001,http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2001/10/20011008-2.html and later grew into the United States Department of Homeland Security. (Photo credit: Wikipedia ) Executive Order -- Accelerating Broadband Infrastructure Deployment | The White House :  "Executive Order -- Accelerating Broadband Infrastructure Deployment EXECUTIVE ORDER - - - - - - - ACCELERATING BROADBAND INFRASTRUCTURE DEPLOYMENT By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America , including section 301 of title 3, United States Code, and in order to facilitate broadband deployment on Federal lands , buildings, and rights of way, federally assisted highways, and tribal and individual Indian trust lands (tribal lands), particularly in underserved communities, it is hereby ordered as follows:" Related articles Executive Order -...

Cray X-MP/24 (serial no. 115) used by NSA (Photo credit: Wikipedia ) NSA phone records collection: anger swells after data revelations | World news | guardian.co.uk :  ""The information acquired does not include the content of any communications or the name of any subscriber. It relates exclusively to call details, such as a telephone number or the length of a telephone call." But such metadata can provide authorities with vast knowledge about a caller's identity. Particularly when cross-checked against other public records , the metadata can reveal someone's name, address, driver's licence , credit history , social security number and more. Government analysts would be able to work out whether the relationship between two people was ongoing, occasional or a one-off." Related articles NSA phone records collection: anger swells after data revelations | World news | guardian.co.uk Through a PRISM darkly: Tracking the ongoing NSA surveill...

The seal of the U.S. National Security Agency. The first use was in September 1966, replacing an older seal which was used briefly. For more information, see here and here. (Photo credit: Wikipedia ) AM 1600 WWRL - NSA Spying Operation In Place For Years, All Major Phone Companies :  ""NSA has been doing all this stuff all along, and it's been all these companies, not just one" William Binney told news program Democracy Now on Thursday. "They're just continuing the collection of this data on all U.S. citizens." " Related articles AM 1600 WWRL - NSA Spying Operation In Place For Years, All Major Phone Companies NSA Whistleblower: The Government Is Still Telling You an 'Outright Lie' About Its Spying Programs NSA Says It Doesn't Spy On Americans As Obama Administration Defends Letting NSA Spy On Americans White House denies it spies on Americans NSA not just monitoring Verizon, over 3 billion US calls monitored daily o...