Stories tagged "policy"

Health and Human Services Secretary Michael Leavitt has proposed a new rule that will limit the rights of women to receive medically accurate information and treatment. The alleged goal of the rule is to protect the rights of health care workers, voluntee

Complete Linkedin Profile of Joseph Karsner, a San Francisco-based public policy professional.

Major Internet companies say that they inform their customers about privacy issues through specially written policies. What they don’t say is that more often than not consumers would need college education to easily wade through the verbiage.

The end user license agreement for Google's new browser, Chrome, apparently gives the company the right to all data submitted or displayed by the browser. But the company now tells Ars it's all a big mistake and that the offending parts are being pulled

When Sarah Palin ran for mayor in 1996, Wasilla, Alaska, got its first local lesson in wedge politics.

As the Democratic convention opens, with a speech by Michelle Obama and an in-person appearance by Ted Kennedy, undecided voters wrestle with their feelings about change -- and the nominee.

As telephone conversations have moved to the Internet, so have those who want to listen in. But the technology needed to do so would entail a dangerous expansion of the government's surveillance powers

Senator Barack Obama has all but settled on his choice for a running mate and set an elaborate rollout plan for his decision, beginning with an early morning alert to supporters, perhaps as soon as Wednesday morning, aides said.

Jetico Personal Firewall uses multiple level filtering scheme to provide highest protection level. Jetico Personal Firewall outperformed Zone Alarm,...

Treating HIV and AIDS patients earlier using early antiretroviral therapy might be effective, a U.S. researcher told the International AIDS Society on Monday.