White House draft bill expands DHS cyber responsibilities

WFED’s Jason Miller on the Federal Drive April 14, 2011 Download mp3

By Jason Miller Executive Editor Federal News Radio

Under a White House plan, the Homeland Security Department will have far-reaching oversight over all civilian agency computer networks.

The proposal would codify much of the administration’s memo from July 2010 expanding DHS’s cyber responsibilities […]

Egypt’s Internet crackdown makes ‘kill switch’ bill a wee bit less popular

Ed Morrissey HotAir.com 2/1/2011

Imagine if the government had the power to disconnect an entire country from its Internet service. Actually, we don’t have to imagine it; we have seen it happen in the past week, as the Mubarak regime in Egypt tried in vain to keep protesters from organizing on Twitter, Facebook, and other […]

Speaker Boehner Honors School Choice

The Foundry Heritage.org 1/25/2011

Parents across America who’d like to lift their children out of failing public schools can be grateful that the new leader of the House of Representatives gets it. Speaker John Boehner’s invited guests for tonight’s State of the Union address include students, teachers and other champions of vouchers that allow low-income […]

American Power Act: Senators Kerry and Lieberman Release “Discussion Draft” of New Climate Change Bill

Alec D. Rogers, Jeffrey H. Wood New Federal Initiatives Project The Federalist Society 7/8/2010

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In the event of cyber attack, let’s rely on and trust…the government?

Seton Motley Washington Examiner 7/2/2010

“Right now, China, the government, can disconnect parts of its internet, in the case of war, we need to have that here too.”

– Senator Joe Lieberman

The number of Americans still clinging to the notion that the government is competent and capable of anything […]

Senator Kerry: Spain’s failed green job program was an ‘anomaly’

Kerry Picket Washington Times 6/15/2010

Senators John Kerry, Massachusetts Democrat, and Joe Lieberman, Connecticut Independent, spoke about their climate change bill on Tuesday afternoon touting what they believe to be the benefits of pricing carbon. Republicans jumped at Democrats with the often cited Rahm Emanuel quote of “never letting a crisis go to waste,” implying […]

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