MacNN | government News http://www.macnn.com/ MacNN is the leading source for news about Apple and the Mac industry. It offers news, reviews, discussion, tips, troubleshooting, links, and reviews every day. The best place for Mac News. Period. en-us government, Latest News, Headlines, Stories; http://images.macnn.com/images/macnn-logo-bw.gif http://www.macnn.com/ House bill standardizing broadband nears approval http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/10/01/broadband.bill.approval/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/esta/content/0710/ussenate.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />A bill pertaining to accelerating growth of broadband service was recently passed through both the Senate and the House, and is currently undergoing its final approval at the Senate and the President. PC Mag writes that measure S. 1492 seeks to ensure underserved communities are provided with proper service, as well as updating the government's definition of what broadband service is. The FCC cons... http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/10/01/broadband.bill.approval/ Wed, 01 Oct 2008 04:50:00 GMT Apple budgets $450K for lobbying govt in Q2 http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/08/15/apple.spends.to.lobby/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/macnn/news/0808/applelogo-black.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />During the second quarter of 2008, Apple reportedly spend $450,000 on lobbying within the federal government, under a broad spectrum of interests in energy conservation, education, and intellectual property rights. Forbes writes that a disclosure form ñ which Apple filed July 21st ñ shows Apple dividing the aforementioned figure among patent reforms, consumer product safety, No Child Left Behind, ... http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/08/15/apple.spends.to.lobby/ Sat, 16 Aug 2008 00:10:00 GMT Canadian govt holds conference on Copyright Act http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/06/12/canadian.copyright.act/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/esta/content/0711/tivoseries2dt.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />The Canadian government on Wednesday announced it would hold a press conference regarding pending amendments to the Copyright Act, a move said to resemble the DMCA measure in the US. The conference is set to transpire at 9:30 on Thursday, June 12th for press, with ministerial comments following at 10:45. Press have been advised that no wireless communications devices would be permitted at the asse... http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/06/12/canadian.copyright.act/ Thu, 12 Jun 2008 04:20:00 GMT RIM can't give India access to BlackBerry messages http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/05/26/rims.indian.market.woes/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/esta/content/0804/blackberrycurve8310-att.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />The latest update in the Indian government's ban of the BlackBerry cellular phone has the Canadian maker of the device, Research In Motion, telling the government it is not able to provide it with encrypted messages sent by its enterprise customers. RIM already had a 15-day ultimatum imposed on it by the government, which is demanding access to all wireless communications for security reasons.... http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/05/26/rims.indian.market.woes/ Mon, 26 May 2008 21:45:00 GMT UK bill gives access to public phone, data logs http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/05/20/uk.looks.to.comm.data.bill/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/esta/content/0805/sony-ericssonz780-purple.jpg ' border='0' width='176' height='120' />A controversial bill may be passed in front of the UK legislature later on this year that would keep all text, e-mail, VoIP and phone messages as well as Internet history from cellular networks on file with the government for one year, alleges a report published on Tuesday. Unlike the current requirement outlined by the European Union, the bill would have cellular network providers surrender all i... http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/05/20/uk.looks.to.comm.data.bill/ Tue, 20 May 2008 20:00:00 GMT