The Senate Commerce Committee is considering a bill, the Marketplace Fairness Act, which would grant states the authority to require Internet retailers to remit sales taxes on purchases shipped to their residents, even if the seller has no physical operations within that state.
Trade protectionism is hurting the tech sector. The Business Software Alliance is trying to raise awareness among policymakers about the restrictive policies some foreign nations have adopted that limit market access for software and cloud providers.
Subcommittee chairman Daniel Akaka is calling for an overhaul of the Privacy Act as he warns that current privacy statutes governing how federal agencies use citizens' personal information have failed to keep pace with the way government authorities use modern technology.
Tech officials are warning House subcommittee members that foreign cloud services providers are trying to exploit perceived weaknesses in privacy laws to drive business away from U.S. providers.
House Republican and Democratic lawmakers begin the debate to work out legislation to permit states to force the collection of Internet sales taxes, which will ultimately affect the prices consumers see when they shop online.
The traditional notion of warfare among nation-states is rapidly becoming obsolete as acts of kinetic aggression are being replaced by online crimes and other disruptions that can be perpetrated by individuals or small groups. Expert Ben Hammersley argues that policymakers need to rethink the core principals of national security away from the current outdated military model in use.
Social network giant defends use of facial recognition technology and addresses concerns about user privacy as lawmakers seek answers on Facebook's tag suggestions feature.
Ahead of Senate debate on cybersecurity legislation, lawmakers focus on threats to electrical system; experts warn of vulnerabilities from lackluster information sharing and new smart grid technologies.
The day Wikipedia went dark was perhaps the most memorable part of the successful online protest against proposed copyright laws, but Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales doesn't expect to see it repeated anytime soon.
Senior members of Justice Department and FTC express alarm at spike in technology patent disputes where litigants seek import bans of hugely popular devices.
While the Federal Communications Commission focuses on spectrum auctions and initiatives to improve competition and service in the broadband arena, House lawmakers focus on FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski and are challenging the hypocrisy of his opposing international efforts to regulate the Internet while proposing that the FCC have the power to do so.
As industry players advance the self-regulatory approach, lawmakers question whether all can be fully trusted to responsibly police their own data collection and if legislative remedies are thereby necessary to really protect consumer privacy on the Web.
As online distribution grows, House members consider an update to the 20-year-old Cable Act, debating whether to relax rules on cable- broadcast negotiations, whether protections for online channels are necessary to guard against punitive data caps, net neutrality violations.
With the 2012 legislative calendar running out of pages, there is still a window of opportunity for debate and passage of a comprehensive cybersecurity overhaul bill.
With half a trillion dollars in defense cuts looming, technology firms and other defense contractors could be in store for major layoffs and facilities closures if sequestration plan takes effect.