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Supercomputer, Research and development, Government regulation, Supercomputers -- Innovations, Supercomputers -- Laws, regulations and rules, Industrial research -- Laws, regulations and rules, Industrial research -- Government finance, Industrial research -- United States, Research grants -- Laws, regulations and rules, and Research grants -- Political aspects

IN OCTOBER 2010, China built what was then the world's fastest supercomputer. Three months later, President Barack Obama warned in his State of the Union address that America was facing [...]

Government Regulation, Contract agreement, United States. Congress, United States. Congress -- Laws, regulations and rules, and Contract labor -- Laws, regulations and rules

A new Senate bill S.460 to recognize the rights of high technology workers to operate as independent contractors is under consideration by the Hose/Senate conference committee. The problem for high technology workers is a result of an outdated 20-factor 'common law' employment test used by the IRS to distinguish between independent contractors and employees. Workers in other industries can avoid passing the test, if they can show that it is the practice of their industries to hire independent contractors. The Section 1706 of the Tax Reform Act passed by the US Congress in 1986 excludes high-technology workers from this safe haven. The House has approved a more flexible definition of 'independent contractor', called 'Christensen definition in a tax/budget bill that it passed. This definition essentially cancels Section 1706. However, the Senate has not included any independent contractor provisions in its tax/budget bill. S.460 is likely to remedy this.

Supercomputer, Supercomputers -- Rankings, and Supercomputers -- Political aspects

U.S. DOMINANCE of supercomputer development is being heavily challenged for the first time in years, with Chinese-built systems ranked first and third in the latest Top500 list of the most [...]

Information systems, International Trade, Government Regulation, Standard, European Economic Community, Encryption, Security, National Research Council, United States. National Security Agency, United States. National Institute of Science and Technology, Data Security, United States. Congress -- Science and technology policy, United States. National Security Agency -- Science and technology policy, European Community -- Safety and security measures, National Academy of Sciences. National Research Council -- Reports, Data security -- Laws, regulations and rules, Information systems -- Safety and security measures, Computer industry -- Safety and security measures, Telecommunications services industry -- Laws, regulations and rules, Computer software industry -- Safety and security measures, United States economic conditions -- Safety and security measures, and Security systems industry -- Laws, regulations and rules

The US is in danger of losing its leadership in the area of computer and communications security because US security technologies and standards are not adequate for utilization in international business. The European Community (EC) has established its own suggested standards called the Information Technology Security Evaluation Criteria (TSEC). TSEC parallels US Trusted Computer System Evaluation Criteria, but they also encompass commercial availability and integrity. The US has not been able to mimic the EC's harmonization efforts, and decisive action by Congress may be needed to enable the computer security industry, the National Security Agency and the National Institute for Science and Technology to create unified guidelines. The lack of a unified policy has made it very risky for firms to invest in information security technology, and there is indications that the US industry is moving production of technologies, such as encryption, offshore.

Information technology, Market trend/market analysis, United States. Congress -- Powers and duties, Expenditures -- Forecasts and trends, Information technology -- Forecasts and trends, and Information technology -- Economic aspects

Tech spending in the U.S. will increase by a smaller amount this year than earlier predicted, mostly because of moves in Congress, says Forrester Research. The research firm [...]

American Telephone and Telegraph Co. -- Cases, United States. Department of Justice -- Cases, United States. Congress -- Economic policy, telecommunication -- Cases, and Antitrust law -- Cases

The settlement reached between the Justice Department and AT & T will be studied by 3 congressional committees. The hearings will involve the Senate Commerce Committee, the Senate Judiciary Committee, and a joint hearing of the House Telecommunications and Monopolies Subcommittees. Judge Harold Greene has yet to accept the settlement pending public comment on the settlement agreement.

Information accessibility, Company systems management, United States. Library of Congress -- Information management, Information storage and retrieval -- Methods, Database administration -- Methods, and Information management -- Methods

IF YOU THINK the storage systems in your data center are out of control, imagine having 450 billion objects in your database or having to add 40 terabytes of data [...]

Internet security, Government regulation, United States. Congress -- Social policy, Internet piracy -- Political aspects, Internet piracy -- Laws, regulations and rules, Internet -- Safety and security measures, Internet -- Laws, regulations and rules, Internet -- Political aspects, and Stop Online Piracy Act of 2011 (Draft)

AS A NEW U.S. CONGRESS begins work this month, few insiders expect that there will a rush to create new versions of the controversial Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) or [...]

Market trend/market analysis, Government regulation, Telecommunications services industry, Voice over IP, Voice-over-IP gateway, United States. Congress -- Science and technology policy, United States. Congress -- Interpretation and construction, Communications industry -- Laws, regulations and rules, Communications industry -- Forecasts and trends, Telecommunications services industry -- Laws, regulations and rules, Telecommunications services industry -- Forecasts and trends, VoIP (Network protocol) -- Usage, and VoIP (Network protocol) -- Laws, regulations and rules

THE GOVERNMENT ought to get out of the telecommunications business. As far as I can tell, the U.S. government has botched every initiative to regulate, deregulate and legislate [...]

International Trade, Telecommunications, Japanese Competition, Legislation, Communications Equipment, Market Penetration, Japan, and Import

A trade agreement opening the Japanese telecommunications market to American products will be unveiled April 7. Congress, nevertherless, remains skeptical. Within the last two weeks the Senate voted unanimously to retaliate against Japan if it does not eliminate trade barriers. Moreover, the Senate Finance Committee gave President Reagan ninety days to obtain increased access to Japan's markets. Failure to do so will result in banning of Japanese imports.

Data security issue, Government regulation, United States. Congress -- Political activity, Data security -- Laws, regulations and rules, Identity theft -- Prevention, Identity theft -- Political aspects, and Denial of service attacks -- Prevention

CONGRESS WILL probably pass a law related to identity theft this year, but I expect that it will be trivial and ignore prevention. Corporate lobbyists have proved themselves adept at [...]

Government regulation, Information technology, Data security issue, Research and development, United States. House of Representatives. Committee on Science, Space and Technology -- Laws, regulations and rules, War on Terrorism, 2001- -- Science and technology policy, Information technology -- Research, Data security -- Research, and High technology industry -- Research

Washington Concerns about terrorism are partly responsible for a new push in Congress to pump millions of dollars into IT research, especially for information security. But corporate technology [...]

Company legal issue, Microsoft Corp. -- Cases, United States. Department of Justice -- Cases, Antitrust law -- Cases, and Computer software industry -- Cases

Microsoft took a step last week to begin complying with its proposed antitrust settlement, appointing two attorneys to oversee the process. But despite that move, the company's antitrust-related legal problems [...]

Internet address/domain name, Lawsuit/litigation, Industry legal issue, United States. House of Representatives. Committee on Energy and Commerce -- Planning, Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers -- Laws, regulations and rules, and Domain names -- Laws, regulations and rules

WASHINGTON The group charged with managing the Internet's domain name system, the 2-year-old Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), may be facing a challenge to its [...]

Telecommunications industry, Government Activity, Government communications regulation, United States. Congress, United States. Congress -- Laws, regulations and rules, and Telecommunications services industry -- Laws, regulations and rules

Telecommunication managers are urging Congress to eliminate all regulations so that the competition for corporate accounts will reduce costs and speed up technology innovations. Congress is currently revising a bill that would permit market crossover between cable companies, long distance carriers and Baby Bells. The final version of the bill may be on Clinton's desk by early August. Industry analysts anticipate that the bill will pass and that the industry will change irrevocably. New companies coming on the market will need to offer competitive rates and services, hopefully including wider bandwidth. Some technologies that people in the industry would like to see include coordinated interfaces and standards, fiber optic capabilities and Synchronous Optical Network for voice, video and data transmission.

Government regulation, Government communications regulation, United States. Congress -- Laws, regulations and rules, Pretexting -- Laws, regulations and rules, and United States -- Telecommunications policy

The U.S. Congress has passed a bill that would make it illegal to obtain a person's phone records without permission. The Law Enforcement and Phone Privacy Protection Act was spurred [...]

Internet security, Government regulation, United States. House of Representatives -- Science and technology policy, United States. House of Representatives -- Social policy, Emigration and immigration -- Political aspects, Emigration and immigration -- Laws, regulations and rules, Internet -- Safety and security measures, Internet -- Political aspects, and Internet -- Laws, regulations and rules

THOUGH THE NEW CONGRESS comes in with plans to focus on the budget and social issues, analysts expect that legislators will also take on key technology concerns, albeit with scaled-back [...]

Financial services industry, Government regulation, United States. Congress -- Domestic policy, Financial services industry -- Laws, regulations and rules, Identification numbers, Personal -- Usage, and Identification numbers, Personal -- Laws, regulations and rules

THE POSSIBILITY that U.S. lawmakers might restrict the widespread use of Social Security numbers as customer identifiers because of data-privacy issues is prompting big concerns within the financial services industry. [...]

United States. Congress. House, Systems management, and United States. House of Representatives -- Information management

US Rep Vernon J. Ehlers is in charge of updating the computer systems and implementing networking in the House of Representatives under a plan he calls the CyberCongress computer plan. Ehlers traces his interest in computers back to the 1950s, and later he modernized the computer systems when he served as a Michigan state senator. The 1987 project introduced LANs, which initially caused the computer center director to be concerned. Current plans call for Ehlers to computerize the entire House. The software architecture is going to be Microsoft Exchange, and the hardware will be client/server-focused. Ehlers is now trying to lobby House members to buy new computers for their offices. Ultimately the new system will enable House members to access all House documents, and document management will be facilitated.

Company business management, United States. Congress -- Management, and Information technology workers -- Political aspects

Nikita Dolgov is a software engineer who lives in Moscow and would like to get an H-1B visa to work in the U.S. He's aware of the controversy surrounding the [...]