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• Internet: A threat to government or the other way around?

  The answer is, maybe both. The Internet has plunged government institutions into a very steep learning curve, creating new frontiers that many bureaucrats believe help how they run the country.

• FCC releases broadband agenda

  The FCC released its broadband agenda and supplied a presentation on areas to be reviewed which is due in 90 days.

• Politician wants Twitter banned from use by....wait for it -- politicians!

  Is this really the Pot calling the kettle black? Politicians don't need Twitter to do that, they simply have to hold a press conference and that pretty much does the job anyway.

• FCC wants public comment on digital democracy - voting online

  The FCC is looking for comments which will influence the FCC's policy and submit back recommendations to Congress.

• FCC to review regulatory and legal impacts to cloud services and identity management

  The FCC is embarking on a review of several innovations that have now gained critical mass, among them, cloud computing, identity management and government data transparency.

• Royal Navy gets creative in attracting engineers - develop online game

  Engineering is not what it used to be.  There used to be only 10 or so basic engineering degrees one could graduate with. Now there are hundreds (some even argue it’s triple that) of specialties.…

• Selling customer information leads to prosecution

  Perhaps Mr. Graham of the Information Commission was reading my post yesterday. The BBC has reported that an individual attempted to sell customer mobile cellular account information. A broker got the information from an employee…

• Web and Newspaper Journalist joins FCC

  Commissioner Copps announces Journalist to join FCC as Media advisor.

• Internet Governance Forum goes to Egypt and hits a few snags

  It seems that no matter where, when and why, somebody has to make sure a political statement is made. Now it seems that the United Nations is also getting into the Internet debate and dipping…

• The Queen could better manage security of personal information than civil servants are

  Information in the health care sector, voter information are being either stolen or misplaced on a regular basis. Hundreds of incidents are occurring.