Google’s chairman, Eric Schmidt, appeared before the Senate Judiciary Committee yesterday. The witness testimony is available in prepared remarks and an archived webcast. The hearing was titled “The Power of Google: Serving Consumers or Threatening Competition?” Other witnesses included Jeff…
Posts Tagged ‘Congress’
EDUCAUSE Policy Analysis of Pending Data Privacy Legislation
27
Aug
EDUCAUSE has released Data Privacy Legislation: An Analysis of the Current Legislative Landscape and the Implications for Higher Education. 18 bills have been introduced in Congress on data privacy. These privacy bills generally fall into three distinct areas: comprehensive online…
Friday Fun: Congress Considers Cutting 12 States from the Union to Reduce Spending
26
Aug
The Onion News Network’s Brooke Alvarez gets reaction from ordinary Americans. [JH]
Opening: Director, Harris County Law Library, Houston
26
Aug
Harris County Law Library: The Director of the Harris County Law Library is responsible for the administration of the Harris County Law Library which is located at 1019 Congress in downtown Houston, Texas. It serves the judges, attorneys, and litigants…
Apparently the GPO Is Not Considered an Essential Government Service by Some Members of Congress
01
Aug
At least not if one views the issue in the context H.R. 2551, The Legislative Branch Appropriations Bill [Thomas]. Case in point, in response to the GPO’s request for $5 million to continue the development of FDsys, the House cut…
Friday Fun: Congress Passes the Pornographic Media Concealment Act
29
Jul
Congress Announces Plan To Hide Nation’s Porn From Future Generations
Friday Fun: Congress Debates New American Dreams
22
Jul
Live: Congress Debates New Sex-Based American Dreams
CRS On The Debt Limit
20
Jul
What with all the goings on about the need to raise the debt limit and the implications for doing so, or not, the Congressional Research Service has issued a report entitled The Debt Limit: History And Recent Increases. It doesn’t…
A New Income Tax Revenue Stream? Bill Introduced to Legalize Online Poker
30
Jun
Actually it would legalize online poker if allowed in your state. HR 2366 [Open Congress] would establish a program for state licensing for Internet poker companies for winning (and losing) real money. What the heck, wouldn’t that be a “good…
Sixth Circuit Upholds the Constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act
29
Jun
From the opinion: Congress had a rational basis for concluding that, in the aggregate, the practice of self-insuring for the cost of health care substantially affects interstate commerce. Furthermore, Congress had a rational basis for concluding that the minimum coverage…
