telecommunications

Federal Government launches Task Force for the Payments System Review

July 05, 2010 13:21

On June 18, 2010, Canada’s Minister of Finance announced the launch of the Task Force for the Payments System Review. The Minister of Finance announced that the Task Force’s mandate is to review: the safety, soundness and  efficiency of the payments system; whether...

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Vihar Georgiev
May 10, 2010 08:08

The European Council in December 2007 decided to establish a ‘reflection group’ of no more than nine people, selected from across the Union on the basis of merit, to identify the key issues which the European Union is likely to face in the future and how these might be addressed. Now...

China’s Draft State Secrets Law and the Eye of the Beholder

Stan Abrams
April 28, 2010 07:45

This is probably the biggest China law story of the day. I haven’t read the draft law (give me a few days) yet, but I have been reading the press accounts, which as you can imagine have been quite interesting. The reaction to this draft law is a perfect case study of how one’s point of...

FCC Releases National Broadband Plan, Promotes Consumer Control Over Personal Information

March 17, 2010 03:05

The Federal Communications Commission released its long-awaited National Broadband Plan today, providing an aggressive roadmap for advancing affordable broadband deployment and adoption; stimulating economic growth; and boosting the nation's capabilities in education, healthcare, homeland...

Incident of the Week: OIG Reports that the FBI Routinely Circumvented Electronic Communications Privacy Act

Foley Hoag
January 29, 2010 13:35

A report entitled A Review of the Federal Bureau of Investigation's Use of Exigent Letters and Other Informal Requests for Telephone Records (.pdf) from the Department of Justice Office of the Inspector General (OIG) indicates that between 2003 and 2005, FBI routinely "circumvented the...