Fri, May 25, 2012 - The efforts of U.S. President Barack Obama's administration to streamline and improve the government's IT systems aren't proceeding as quickly as officials have suggested, however, government auditors note steady progress as departments and agencies transition to the cloud and consolidate data centers.

Fri, May 25, 2012 - There is a bipartisan push for legislation to automatically give green cards to students who earn a master's degree and above in science, technology, engineering and math, the so-called STEM degrees.

Thu, May 24, 2012 - A recently released FCC report puts Google's explanation into question, the two congressmen say

Thu, May 24, 2012 - Online anonymity is once again under attack. This time, it comes from the New York state Senate floor, where is bill is aiming to cut down on cyberbullying, protect small businesses, and -naturally - protect politicians from anonymous attacks during campaign season.

Thu, May 24, 2012 - The U.S. OMB still has work to do to meet its goal of streamlining government IT systems, a report says

Thu, May 24, 2012 - Lawrence Strickling, the lead administrator of the agency doling out stimulus money for broadband deployments, urges grant recipients to amplify success stories as program faces political persecution in election season.

Thu, May 24, 2012 - The company was allowed to offer downloads of some of its software in Iran last year

Wed, May 23, 2012 - The president tells agencies to make two key services available on mobile phones within a year

Wed, May 23, 2012 - Less than a week after Facebook's initial public offering, the social networking firm's new shareholders Wednesday filed a class action lawsuit against the company, CEO Mark Zuckerberg, Morgan Stanley and others.

Wed, May 23, 2012 - Other countries also can obtain personal data stored in the cloud, an international law firm found

Tue, May 22, 2012 - The filing comes after a municipal broadband provider files a theft-of-service complaint against the VoIP service with local police

Mon, May 21, 2012 - Schools are moving to using the Internet as a teaching resource throughout the day, not just as an add-on, SETDA says

Mon, May 21, 2012 - The U.S. Federal Trade Commission has hired Paul Ohm, a privacy advocate and critic of current online privacy practices, as a senior privacy adviser for consumer protection and competition issues affecting the Internet and mobile services.

Mon, May 21, 2012 - Even if your cloud provider is at fault should your company fall out of compliance, the law will come after you.