February 07, 2001, 3:54 PM — Getting a grip on HIPAA
A new law governing the privacy, security and electronic transmission of health care data is rippling through the industry, and IT is playing a key role in the changes.-- 5/11/2001 ITworld.com
Privacy proposals could cost billions
The cost of complying with privacy legislation now pending in Congress could run well into the billions of dollars for companies doing business online, according to a report released Tuesday by the Association for Competitive Technology (ACT).-- 5/7/2001 ITworld.com
Corporate privacy policies scrutinized
The merits of company privacy policies were debated today as an FTC commissioner criticized them for being confusing and unwieldy while some corporate privacy officers said the federal government was partly to blame for the complex statements.-- 5/3/2001 Computerworld
Senators mull Telecom Act five years later
Competition in local telephone service and DSL was not improved as much as expected by the Telecommunications Act of 1996, industry officals testified to the Senate.-- 5/2/2001 ITworld.com
Marketers back anti-spam bill
Online marketers are said to be lining up behind a Senate bill crafted to limit unsolicited email, or spam. However, privacy advocates claim that the measure does not go far enough.-- 4/26/2001 Infoworld
Proposed broadband bill gets cold reception
Powerful lawmakers on Tuesday were poised to introduce controversial new telecom legislation that favors the Baby Bells. Representatives W.J. Tauzin, R-La., and John Dingell, D-Mich., have crafted the Internet Freedom and Broadband Deployment Act of 2001.-- 4/24/2001 Infoworld
FCC's Powell:'Net content to remain unregulated
It's a myth that the Internet is not regulated, said Michael Powell, newly-installed chairman of the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC), at the National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) conference during a keynote speech on Tuesday.-- 4/24/2001 ITworld.com
Bill proposes tax credits for IT training
US senators introduced a bill Tuesday that would provide a tax credit to employers that invest in training programs to increase workers' IT skills and fill empty IT jobs.-- 4/24/2001 ITworld.com
Cheney endorses Internet tax ban
The Bush administration endorses a ban on all Internet access taxes and wants Congress to approve such a measure by the end of this year, Vice President Dick Cheney told high-tech business leaders in a speech Wednesday in Virginia-- 4/19/2001 ITworld.com
CERT will sell early security warnings to business
The CERT Coordination Center, a government-funded Internet security group, will offer a 45-day advance security notice service, previously reserved for government agencies, to private sector companies.-- 4/19/2001 ITworld.com
FTC sues to protect personal data
The US Federal Trade Commission filed lawsuits aimed at halting the operations of three online "information brokers" that offer to locate personal financial information, such as bank balances, in return for fees.-- 4/19/2001 Computerworld
Federal government eyes more IT outsourcing
If the Bush administration has its way, an increased amount of federal services may soon be outsourced. IT, which accounts for some $44 billion in federal spending, is considered a prime candidate for outsourcing. -- 4/18/2001 Computerworld
Judge might order H1-B recruiter to pay legal fees
A company that recruits workers to the U.S. under the H-1B visa program might have to pay the legal fees of an employee it recruited from India. The employee sued the company when it tried to make him pay tens of thousands of dollars in fees and expenses for breaking his employment contract. -- 4/18/2001 ITworld.com
