public policy
RSS public policyWatchdog demands data breach confessions
News Anna Fielder, senior policy advisor with the NCC, told silicon.com: "Thousands of businesses are handling bank account details, dates of birth and other personal details daily and a lot of incidents could go unreported because they are not... [01 Sep 2008]
Mobiles: Ofcom wants your views
News It will also look at issues such as the future of competition and how regulatory policy needs to evolve to keep pace with a fast changing market. Ofcom is particularly keen to get feedback from members of the public - and has launched a blog... [29 Aug 2008]
Inbox: Data breaches, tech wages, ePassport woes
Comment If breaches occur then if the policy is found wanting (or completely lacking) then the most senior people should be held accountable. Every government agency that keeps sensitive data should have a robust policy in place to keep it safe. [28 Aug 2008]
"Shambolic" security behind Home Office data breach
News Wicks added: "Policies and procedures should be put in place, as well as technology controls that either stop people being able to download sensitive information onto these devices or ensure the data is encrypted… If you start from this premise... [27 Aug 2008]
Prisoner data breach firm paid £100m
News The Home Office's policy of casual data trafficking, and the Ministry of Justice's stated goal to 'remove barriers to data sharing', are arrogant beyond belief. The Conservative party shadow home secretary, Dominic Grieve, added in a statement... [22 Aug 2008]
The Weekly Round-Up: 22.08.08
Round-Up There's a row brewing in Whitehall and just for a change it has nothing to do with government policy on immigration or the loss of yet more personal data. A Tory spokesman bleated: "While the British public are having to tighten their belts, the... [22 Aug 2008]
Interference on the radar for FCC "white space"
News Steven Sharkey, Motorola's senior director for regulatory and spectrum policy, said: "There's no question that the geolocation technology that was tested is reliable. Google said in a policy blog last week before the microphone test on Saturday... [12 Aug 2008]
Apple iPhone gets Google Translate service
News The Google Translate mobile service came about as the result of the company's '20 percent' time policy, which sets aside a day of each employee's week for work on any new project or idea they may wish to pursue. [11 Aug 2008]
Best Practices in Messaging Security: Managing email security policy and regulatory compliance requirements
White Paper Special attention is paid to the special concerns in financial services, health care and public sector groups, but companies across all industries and government agencies at the federal, state and local levels are under pressure to respond to new... [05 Aug 2008]
An Improved Architecture for High-Efficiency, High-Density Data Centers
White Paper This represents an enormous financial burden on industry, and is a significant public policy environmental issue. Data center power and cooling infrastructure worldwide wastes more than 60,000,000 megawatt-hours per year of electricity that does no... [04 Aug 2008]
A Horizontal Leap Forward: Formulating a New Communications Public Policy Framework Based on the Network Layers Model
White Paper U.S.policymakers face a virtual conundrum: how best to incorporate the new Internet Protocol ("IP")-centric services, applications, and facilities into the nation's pre-existing legal and public policy construct. [03 Jul 2008]
Oil and Gas Services for the Public Sector
White Paper Effective government policy demands consideration of a wide range of costs and benefits for multiple stakeholders. ICF Consulting developed many of the energy markets models that are used to support program and policy analyses for a variety of U.S... [03 Jul 2008]
E-Rulemaking: Information Technology and Regulatory Policy
White Paper As a result, any innovation in government practice that improves the way that regulatory agencies make new rules is likely to have important public benefits. Government regulation plays a vital role in nearly every aspect of social and economic life. [03 Jul 2008]
The Future of Head Start
White Paper The purpose of this paper is to review the arguments for and against giving greater control of Head Start to the states and to make recommendations about Head Start policy. The Bush administration is proposing that control of Head Start be turned... [03 Jul 2008]
Education and Nonmetropolitan Income Growth in the South
White Paper The role of education in local, state and national economic development has become a central public policy issue in recent years. Rural localities, in particular, which typically have lower education levels among the adult population than urban... [03 Jul 2008]
