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U.S. government watchdog examines oversight of AT&T’s emergency broadband contract

June 29, 2018 admin Comments Off on U.S. government watchdog examines oversight of AT&T’s emergency broadband contract

The U.S. Commerce Department’s Inspector General has opened an audit into the federal government’s supervision of a multi-billion dollar contract granted to AT&T Inc, the world’s largest telecommunications company, to build a long-awaited nationwide broadband network for emergency responders. Carol Rice, assistant inspector general for audit and evaluation, said in a memo published on May 3 this year that her office was reviewing how well the department’s First Responder Network Authority, also known as FirstNet, was carrying out its mandate to create and run a new national emergency responders network. …read more […]

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California lawmakers approve data-privacy bill opposed by Silicon Valley

June 29, 2018 admin Comments Off on California lawmakers approve data-privacy bill opposed by Silicon Valley

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – California Governor Jerry Brown on Thursday signed data privacy legislation aimed at giving consumers more control over how companies collect and manage their personal information, a proposal that Google and other big companies had opposed as too burdensome.

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5 dead, others wounded at Maryland newspaper shooting

June 28, 2018 admin Comments Off on 5 dead, others wounded at Maryland newspaper shooting

A gunman opened fire at a newspaper office in Annapolis on Thursday, killing five people and gravely wounding a number of others before being taken into custody in one of the deadliest attacks on journalists in U.S. history, police and witnesses said. Police gave no immediate details on the gunman or the motive for the attack at The Capital Gazette and said the suspect was being interrogated. Phil Davis, a reporter who covers courts and crime for the paper, tweeted that the gunman shot out the glass door to the office and fired into the newsroom, sending people …read more […]