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March 26, 2007
Board Elects New ISA President
Larry Clinton will be president of the Interent Security Alliance. The board voted to promote him from deputy and other roles at ISA since 2002.
BellSouth is forwarding its general counsel, Jonathan Banks, to US Telecom. Banks has been at BellSouthfor a dozen years, most recently as vice president of executive and regulatory affairs.
The National Association of Manufacturers has hired two tech experts -- Craig Cussimanio and Marc-Anthony Signorino.
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March 20, 2007
The Best Of Online Politics
Golden Dot awards for new media performance are awarded at a politics online conference hosted by George Washington University's Institute for Politics, Democracy and the Internet.
Rep. Jack Kingston, R-Ga., wins online politician of the year. ePolitics wins for best national political blog.
National Music Publishers Association asks its CEO for a repeat, extending David Israelite's contract until 2010.
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March 13, 2007
Tech Group Nabs Pelosi Aide For Outreach
The Information Tecnology Association of America has added a high-profile Democrat to its staff. Cindy Jimenez joins the tech trade association after five years with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's office.
Former Sen. George Allen's communications director has found a new job doing communications for the U.S. Chamber of Commerce.
Pelosi has appointed members for a newly created select House committee on global warming. Rep. Edward Markey of Massachusetts will chair it.
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March 09, 2007
Tech Policy Pod On Hiatus
Dear readers/listeners,
I have reluctantly decided to temporarily put Tech Policy Pod on hiatus.
I have been recording the weekly news summary based on Technology Daily content for a year now. I see the podcast as a valuable addition for subscribers who like the idea of an audio recap of the news and as a venue for introducing non-subsribers to the kind of content we produce at Tech Daily. But my plate at work is too full right now to continue the podcast.
I do intend to revive Tech Policy Pod in the near future and hopefully make some improvements in how it is produced. In the mean time, Senior Writer Heather Greenfield will continue posting her weekly PeopleReport, a podcast based on her "People Column," here. So please click this way every Tuesday, and stay tuned for Tech Policy Pod 2.0.
Feel free to e-mail me with any questions or thoughts you have about Tech Daily's podcasts. You can reach me at dglover@nationaljournal.com.
Danny Glover
Editor
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March 06, 2007
High-Level Staff Changes At NAM
The National Associaton of Manufacturers is giving an executive from the Bush adminsitration and taking one from Capitol Hill. Aric Newhouse will leave Sen. George Voinovich's office for NAM.
After 27 years of government service, Fred Wentland is moving to the private sector to work for Freedom Technologies.
Trade specialist Amber Cottle, meanwhile, is leaving the private sector for Captiol Hill. Cottle has joined the Democratic staff of the Senate Finance Committee as international trade counsel.
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March 02, 2007
Long-Awaited ID Mandate Is Released
The Homeland Security Department this week proposed long-overdue guidelines to fulfill a federal mandate for standard driver's licenses and identification cards.
The proposed rules, now in the 60-day comment phase, are required under the so-called REAL ID Act. The rules would give states a five-year phase-in period to comply with minimum standards for their ID systems. States seeking extensions need to apply by Feb. 1, 2008.
Under REAL ID, compliant cards will be required to enter federal buildings, board commercial airplanes and access certain types of federal services, such as Social Security. The department also announced that up to 20 percent of state homeland security grants would be made available during the fiscal 2007 cycle to help cover the costs of REAL ID compliance.
The agreement to let states seek extensions prompted senators who wanted a delay written into law to withdraw their proposal. They had planned to offer the language as an amendment to a broader security bill now before the Senate.
Other topics in this week's podcast include oversight of the transition to digital television, the push to reform the universal service fund for telecommunications and the approval of competitiveness bills.
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