» Better U.S. Net Rules for Iran, Cuba and Syria
10/03/10 03:42 from Open Government News RSS Feeds
The Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) announced on Monday key amendments to the regulation of United States sanctions against Cuba, Iran and Sudan. The new provisions give a blanket license for the export of "certain ..

» New "Smart Meters" for Energy Use Put Privacy at Risk
09/03/10 22:12 from Open Government News RSS Feeds
The ebb and flow of gas and electricity into your home contains surprisingly detailed information about your daily life. Energy usage data, measured moment by moment, allows the reconstruction of a household's activities: when people ..

» UPDATED: All Your Apps Are Belong to Apple: The iPhone Developer Program License Agreement
09/03/10 08:49 from Open Government News RSS Feeds
The entire family of devices built on the iPhone OS (iPhone, iPod Touch, iPad) have been designed to run only software that is approved by Apple—a major shift from the norms of the personal computer market. Software developers who wa..

» South Dakota Posts Government Financial, Personnel Records Online
08/03/10 22:37 from Open Government News RSS Feeds
South Dakota Gov. Mike Rounds unveiled a searchable website of state records, including 106,000 financial and personnel documents. The governor had vetoed a bill requiring the posting of the data six months earlier but at the time committed..

» Federal Judge Orders Unsealing of Confidential Drug Data
08/03/10 22:37 from Open Government News RSS Feeds
A federal judge in Brooklyn ordered the unsealing of confidential materials related to Eli Lilly's antipsychotic drug, Zyprexa. Judge Jack B.Weinstein cited "the health of hundreds of thousands of people" using the drug and "fundamental que..