Category: Government Money
Co-founder of the World Wide Web speaks about internet regulations
Co-founder of the World Wide Web, Robert Cailliau, speaks about internet regulations.
For North Korea, next step is a nuclear test
(Reuters) – North Korea’s next step after rattling the world by putting a satellite into orbit for the first time will likely be a nuclear test, the third conducted by the reclusive and unpredictable...
US to arm militants in Syria with heavy weapon
According to a report from the Times of London, the Obama administration has secretly launched a covert operation to send heavy weapons to the foreign backed militant groups in Syria. The weapons are believed...
Big Brother’s Listening
The era of private conversations on city buses — and even on San Francisco’s iconic streetcars — may be coming to an end. Government officials are quietly installing sophisticated audio surveillance systems on public...
Michigan approves right-to-work legislation amid intense protests
The Michigan Legislature on Tuesday gave final approval to contentious “right-to-work” legislation, in the face of raucous protests in the capital and stern warnings from Democratic lawmakers. “There will be blood, there will be...
ISSA: IT Reformation is Not a Partisan Issue
Chairman Issa addresses the need for IT Reform Legislation in the face of government waste. The federal government currently spends $81 billion each year on information technology, yet its use and deployment of IT...
Palestine Liberation Organization calls on EU to ‘reconsider’ relations with Israel
Hanan Ashrawi of the PLO Executive Committee says Europe must follow words with actions to condemn “settlement activities and the rise of settler violence.” The Palestine Liberation Organization called on the European Union on...
California Leads U.S. Pay Giveaway
Nine years ago, California Democrat Gray Davis became the first U.S. governor in 82 years to be recalled by voters. The state’s 20 million taxpayers still bear the cost of his four years and 10 months...
U.S. Intelligence Agencies See a Different World in 2030
New technologies, dwindling resources and explosive population growth in the next 18 years will alter the global balance of power and trigger radical economic and political changes at a speed unprecedented in modern history,...