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THE H-1B VISA program sparks debate on many fronts, but age may be at the heart of the discord: The foreign workers who use the visa to come to the [...]

THE H-1B VISA turns 25 this year, and while it has seen many ups and downs during that quarter-century, what hasn't changed is the fury IT workers feel after being [...]

In his presidential campaigns, both 2008 and now, Barack Obama has blasted outsourcing and offshoring of US jobs. Such political attention unnerved India's IT industry, which relies on skilled labor [...]

The state of Virginia is on the verge of backpedaling on a provision in its UCITA law that blocks vendors from holding up software license transfers between users involved in […]

WASHINGTON It was as if the U.S. government had lost rather than won its antitrust case against Microsoft. Although U.S. attorneys called the Court of Appeals decision a major victory […]

Washington A new European Union law due to take effect next year will require U.S. companies that sell digital products to collect taxes from EU customers. It would also hold […]

In the wee hours of the morning one day last month, a spammer began using a Microsoft Exchange server at Arrow Products Inc. to send bulk e-mail to Yahoo, Hotmail […]

Beginning this week, financial services companies with customers in Vermont are facing strict limits on what they can do with the personal data of state residents. And the insurance industry […]

Washington The drafters of the controversial UCITA software licensing law have done an about-face on some of its key provisions, including recommending a ban on remote system shut-offs by software […]

WASHINGTON Congress may try again in 2002 to pass an economic stimulus bill with tax incentives to encourage companies to buy IT equipment. But the measure, which lawmakers failed to […]

Washington Concerns about terrorism are partly responsible for a new push in Congress to pump millions of dollars into IT research, especially for information security. But corporate technology managers won't […]

Cost issues. Vendor officials such as Lorin Brennan, one of the founders of Gray Matter LLC in Newport Beach, Calif., which makes software used in motion picture licensing, said UCITA […]

Washington In an unusual forum that ended last week, a special committee of the American Bar Association heard two and a half days of debate over the proposed software licensing […]

WASHINGTON Opponents of the vendor-backed UCITA software licensing law will meet here this week to seek major changes, including a prohibition of 'self-help,' a provision that lets a vendor shut […]

Washington The Microsoft antitrust case is finally drawing to an end, on terms that aren't likely to have a significant impact on corporate users or Microsoft Corp. The U.S. Justice […]

WASHINGTON In the surest sign yet that Microsoft Corp.'s antitrust opponents are split on a remedy against the company, the 18 states involved in the case picked a high-powered attorney […]

Washington Despite the steep high-tech industry downturn, the U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service approved a record number of H-1B visas in the fiscal year ended Sept. 30. But the total […]

Washington A comprehensive data privacy bill to be introduced next year in the U.S. House will apply to online and off-line practices, affecting virtually every company that does business in […]

A special congressional commission, headed by Virginia Gov. James Gilmore, that's investigating weapons of mass destruction outlined recommendations last week for improving cyberdefenses. But a presentation by Gilmore before the […]

WASHINGTON Concerns about bioterrorism at the U.S. Capitol preempted consideration of a time-sensitive Internet-related measure, the extension of the online tax moratorium, which expired yesterday. The U.S. House of Representatives […]

Washington Microsoft Corp. and the government continued antitrust settlement talks into late Friday but were still expected to seek help from a mediator. Most legal experts believe the odds of […]

Cleveland In a reversal of prior policies, the new chairman of the Federal Trade Commission said the agency won't seek new privacy legislation. Instead, it will emphasize 'more law enforcement, […]

Washington The Bush administration is seeking quick action by Congress on a sweeping set of antiterrorism laws intended in part to make it easier for law enforcement agencies to track […]

Washington U.S. fighting forces during World War II were greatly aided by the government's ability to crack enemy codes. But that ability has been largely defeated by much-improved encryption technology, […]

Washington Last week's terrorist attacks are expected to shift government and legislative priorities on a host of technology issues. Internet privacy, for instance, the top technology policy issue a week […]

Washington The government's decision last week to drop its attempt to break up Microsoft Corp. will likely limit the long-running antitrust case's ultimate impact on corporate users, according to IT […]

Washington The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is considering a set of rules that could affect the information security practices at a range of businesses. And although the FTC says the […]

Washington Legislation was introduced last week to allow federal IT managers to work at private-sector jobs for up to two years while being paid as government employees through an exchange […]

Washington Officials at some top U.S. firms are urging federal lawmakers to show restraint and caution in imposing privacy-related regulatory burdens on their privacy practices. 'Administrative processes such as those […]

California lawmakers have moved closer to supplanting financial privacy provisions set in federal law with a more restrictive set of rules, a step that has implications for IT managers nationwide […]

Washington A bipartisan group of U.S. senators is pushing for an online privacy law, but the lawmakers sharply disagree on many key issues that could have a major impact on […]

Washington The federal government plans to usher in new regulations this week that will require all electronic and IT equipment used by federal agencies and departments to be accessible to […]

Washington Stopping cybercrime is going to require new laws, more money and legal protections for companies that share security data with the government, lawmakers were told last week. During three […]

The American Bar Association may vote at its annual meeting in August to oppose UCITA unless the controversial software licensing law is extensively revised. The ABA's Tort and Insurance Practice […]

Washington Federal law enforcement officials said they have filed charges against 90 individuals and companies involved in a host of Internet fraud schemes that have bilked approximately 56,000 people out […]

Washington An agreement being negotiated by 46 countries to address jurisdictional issues in the borderless world of e-commerce has given rise to concerns that it could force U.S. companies to […]

Opponents of the controversial UCITA software licensing law appear to have succeeded in stalling the bill in states where it's being considered this year. The vendor-backed measure has consequently been […]

Arlington, Va. Many corporate privacy policies are too hard to find, too long and too confusing, according to U.S. Federal Trade Commissioner Sheila Anthony, who said she believes companies need […]

Washington U.S. businesses face a patchwork of privacy laws, but that may be better than having to write a single, uniform law to handle all privacy concerns, a House subcommittee […]

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Technology industry officials are hoping President Bush's appointment of Silicon Valley venture capitalist Floyd Kvamme to co-chair an advisory committee will help keep IT issues at the […]

Washington The sweeping set of medical data privacy rules that were announced late last year by the Clinton administration are under fire and in limbo. The Bush administration last month […]

WASHINGTON The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is examining how companies exchange personal data and use it to develop profiles of consumers. Such practices, integral to many businesses, are largely invisible […]

WASHINGTON The U.S. Senate Commerce Committee, which is considering two controversial issues related to Internet taxation, was told last week by online retailers that dot-coms shouldn't be forced to collect […]

WASHINGTON Concern is growing in Congress that tough European data protection laws are on the verge of becoming the world's de facto privacy standard, with potentially costly implications for U.S. […]

A Texas-size wrangle over the proposed Uniform Computer Information Transactions Act - one that pits large corporate users against a group of major technology vendors - is under way in […]

Washington New U.S. Treasury Secretary Paul O'Neill last week outlined a broad IT vision for his department, with an emphasis on systems interoperability. He also cited a belief in the […]

A titanic struggle over the proposed new Uniform Computer Information Transactions Act -- one that pits large corporate users against a group of major technology vendors -- is under way […]

Washington A bill that would place electronic signatures on a level legal ground with written ones still remains a work in progress, despite becoming law in October. The U.S. Federal […]

Washington A new push began this month in Congress to extend legislation that is widely known as an Internet tax moratorium. But despite that moniker, the initial legislation hasn't had […]

Washington Microsoft Corp. last week said it's no Standard Oil or AT&T and warned that a court-ordered breakup 'is too great a risk to take' for the nation's economy. Moreover, […]