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InternetNews February 9, 2007 Roy Mark	House Delivers Package of Privacy Bills Members of the U.S. House Energy and Commerce Committee introduced a package of bills Thursday evening aimed at identity theft, pretexting, data security and breach notifications.
InternetNews August 3, 2007 Roy Mark	Competition Bill Passed to President's Desk The America Competes Act calls for doubling spending on research and math, science and engineering education.
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InternetNews February 1, 2007 Roy Mark	House Bill Would Ban Connection Taxes Legislation calls for permanent bar on Internet access taxes.
PC Magazine January 10, 2007 Aaron Dalton	Washington's Net Change How the Democrat-controlled Congress could affect technology legislation.
InternetNews January 27, 2009 Kenneth Corbin	Privacy 'Achilles Heel' in Health IT Debate Senate hearing considers privacy concerns as Congress prepares to spend billions on digitizing healthcare industry.
InternetNews October 16, 2007	Net Groups Cheer Reps' Move on Taxes Technology industry groups and lobby outfits heaped praise on the U.S. House of Representatives today after it overwhelmingly passed a bill that extends the moratorium on Internet taxes for another four years.
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InternetNews November 10, 2006 Roy Mark	Will Dems Change Tech Policy? One-party rule in Washington ends next year when the 110th Congress convenes with Democrats taking over the House and the Senate. What does this mean for technology policy?
InternetNews July 11, 2006 Roy Mark	House Passes Ban on Internet Gambling In the sharpest attempt yet to curb Internet gambling by Americans, the U.S. House of Representatives voted today to ban financial payments to offshore casinos.
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InternetNews December 26, 2006 Roy Mark	New Leaders, Old Issues What's Next in Tech: Democratic lawmakers may put a new emphasis on network neutrality and data-privacy issues in 2007.
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PC World April 25, 2008 Erik Larkin, PC World	Should You Trust Your Health Records to Google and Microsoft? Until we have laws guaranteeing the privacy of my digitized health information, I'll pass.
InternetNews June 24, 2004 Roy Mark	Anti-Spyware Bill Clears Committee Hurdle Bill sponsors amend anti-spyware measure to cure Internet 'cancer.'
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InternetNews June 17, 2004 Roy Mark	House Panel OKs Anti-Spyware Bill Legislation wants harsh penalties to combat use of tracking software.
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InternetNews April 6, 2006 Roy Mark	GOP Defeats Dem's Net Neutrality Moves House Republicans Wednesday strengthened net neutrality provisions in their working telecom reform legislation but turned back tougher measures demanded by Democrats.
InternetNews January 19, 2007 Roy Mark	Senate: Write Away, Bloggers Republicans force changes in language calling for greater reporting requirements for grassroots groups and political bloggers.
InternetNews July 25, 2006 Roy Mark	House Plans Data Breach Disclosure Vote Republicans pick weakest of several bills for full floor vote; Davis wants mandatory breach disclosure for federal agencies; Congress poised to create first national Internet database of sex offenders.
Information Today April 21, 2011 George H. Pike	House and Senate Propose Online Privacy 'Bill of Rights' Legislation The face of online privacy could change dramatically if legislation recently introduced in Congress becomes law.
PC World October 7, 2002 Michelle Madigan	Privacy Concerns Pushed to Front Lines Feds must explore, explain any effect on privacy by new policies or practices, under pending legislation.
InternetNews November 1, 2004 Roy Mark	Tech Lacks Traction in Presidential Race Pollsters, politicians and pundits have made it well known that the 2004 presidential race is tight for many reasons. But one thing is for certain: Technology policy is not one of them.
InternetNews March 14, 2008	House OKs Spy Bill, Rejects Telco Immunity The Democratic-led U.S. House of Representatives defied President George W. Bush on Friday and passed an anti-terrorism spy bill that permits lawsuits against phone companies.
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InternetNews March 5, 2004 Roy Mark	Anti-Offshoring Fever in Senate Partisan bickering delays legislation to end EU trade penalty tariffs imposed this week on U.S. goods.
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IEEE Spectrum October 2006 Robert N. Charette	Dying for Data A comprehensive system of electronic medical records promises to save lives and cut health care costs -- but how do you build one? The many technical, social, and political issues are also formidable.
InternetNews September 22, 2004 Roy Mark	Lawmakers OK Video Voyeurism Privacy Bill The U.S. House of Representatives joined the Senate Tuesday in passing privacy protections against video voyeurism. The House bill makes it a crime to engage in illicit photography or "cyber peeking" on federal property.
InternetNews May 23, 2005 Roy Mark	House Approves Anti-Spyware Bills The U.S. House plunged ahead in its anti-spyware campaign, passing two different bills targeting unfair or deceptive practices related to spyware.
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InternetNews July 26, 2006 Roy Mark	House Targets Social Networking Sites Legislation would force schools and libraries to block sites like MySpace.
InternetNews February 14, 2007 Roy Mark	Senate Panel Moves on 911 Upgrades Responding to requests from emergency responder groups, the Senate Commerce Committee Tuesday approved two bills to expedite funding for 911 systems and to pre-position communications equipment for disasters.
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InternetNews March 15, 2007 Roy Mark	A Charming Third Time For Anti-Spyware Bill? House panel backs Spy Act again despite two rejections from Senate. H.R. 964 would require an opt-in, notice and consent regime for adware or spyware that collects personally identifiable information from consumers.
InternetNews February 6, 2007 Roy Mark	Concealment a Crime in Latest Data Breach Bill Additional legislation calls for criminal penalties for concealing breaches and consumer notification of 'significant' breaches.
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InternetNews May 25, 2006 Roy Mark	House Judiciary Approves Net Neutrality Net Neutrality finally won a vote today when the House Judiciary Committee voted 20-13 to turn the issue into an antitrust matter after months of it being dismissed as a matter for further Federal Communications Commission study.