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FBI developing 'Enhanced Carnivore'
The FBI is creating 'Enhanced Carnivore' under a contract running through 01/that calls for the development of two new versions of the system
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Committee advances cybercrime bill
A bill that allocates more federal money to agencies that investigate cybercrimes has been approved by the Senate Judiciary Committee
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Push for tech worker visas renewed
As Congress returns this week, hightech groups are urging lawmakers to raise the cap on H1B visas, which allow skilled foreigners to work in the U.S.
Digital Government
Net fraud complaints largely over auctions
Internet Fraud Complaint Center has received an average of about 1,000 complaints a week since it opened in May
Digital Government
FBI releasing Carnivore files
The FBI plans to release 3,000 pages of documents pertaining to its Carnivore email surveillance system, but privacy groups object to timetable
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Court beefs up Carnivore requirements
Law enforcement agents have to meet the highest legal standards if they want to intercept data that mingles ?quot;to?quot; and ?quot;from?quot; information with the content of the message
Digital Government
Senators propose Web privacy legislation
The bill will require Web sites to provide consumers with a clear opportunity to limit the use and disclosure of personal information for marketing purposes
Digital Government
U.S. updates encryption export policy
U.S. companies can now export any encryption product to any end user in the 15 European Union nations and eight other U.S. allies
Digital Government
Cisco, SBA announce online learning
The Small Business Administration and Cisco Systems Inc. have formed an online training partnership to help small businesses incorporate the Internet into their business operations
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SSA advances e-services offerings
Medicare recipients can use a form at SSA's Web site to apply for a replacement card online
Digital Government
Legislators debate proposals for e-commerce taxes
Several bills allow states to collect taxes on catalog and Internet transactions that occur between a buyer in one state and a merchant in another when the merchant has no 'physical presence'
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Supercomputer souped up
IBM Corp. shipped the most powerful supercomputer in the world to the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory last week, enabling scientists to monitor the condition of nuclear weapons without having to detonate them.
Digital Government
Senate approves Internet filtering amendment
To receive E-rate funding, schools and libraries would have to block access by minors to obscenity, child pornography and 'any other material that the library determines to be inappropriate for minors'
Digital Government
$11 billion needed for rural broadband upgrade
The National Exchange Carrier Association on Wednesday released a survey showing that it would cost nearly $11 billion to upgrade U.S. rural telephone lines
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New center targets Internet fraud
The Justice Department on Monday announced a center where the FBI and other authorities will collect and analyze consumer complaints about suspected fraud on the Internet
Digital Government
Politics, high-tech mix at Comdex
A day after Bill Clinton became the first U.S. president to address a technology trade show, a group of Republican congressmen discussed legislative topics with industry representatives
Digital Government
SI Outlook: CExec makes it big in government
IDG News Service For more than 20 years the small Dulles, Va.based systems integrator CExec Inc. has quietly maintained a steady stream of federal business, including contracts to produce passports and build networks for the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. This year, largely thanks to renewed feder
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CSC buys Nichols
Officials from Computer Sciences Corp. said their company's acquisition of Nichols Research Corp. will strengthen CSC's space and missile defense business
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