Look, it's a blue moon: DMCA reform bill introduced in Congress
Three Democrats and a Republican have proposed a House Resolution entitled the Unlocking Technology Act of 2013. It's actually good governance. Surprised?
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David Gewirtz
David Gewirtz, Distinguished Lecturer at CBS Interactive, is an author, U.S. policy advisor, and computer scientist. He is featured in The History Channel special The President's Book of Secrets.
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3D gun printing, hidden eyeglass cameras, constant cyberhacks: Are we all doomed?
These technologies are wonderful, empowering, and simply breathtaking. They're also no end of trouble.
Why an Internet sales tax is such an incomprehensibly bad idea
If the economy is to get stronger, charging consumers more when they're already struggling to afford goods and services is not a wise move. Even brick and mortars won't win. Here's why.
Special report: How managing presidential email is managing a president's legacy
In part 4 of our four-part special report, presidential scholar David Gewirtz (who wrote the book on White House email) explores how President Bush's email archives are going to be managed, and how presidential email is part of the legacy of each presidential administration.
Special Report: Innovative application of modern analytics techniques to presidential email
In Part 3 of our 4-part Special Report, our resident presidential scholar David Gewirtz (who wrote the book on White House email) explores how applying modern analytics techniques to the President Bush 200-million email message archive could help governance.
An America without privacy
Not only will we become an America without privacy, we'll become an America without recourse. The Constitution must not end where the digital domain begins.
Special Report: G.W. Bush's 103.6 million missing email messages and the IT archiving challenge
In Part 2 of our 4-part Special Report, our resident presidential scholar David Gewirtz (who wrote the book on White House email) explores why a large part of the story will always be missing from the record books.
Don't freak out about CISPA again (yet)
We don't know enough about this revised version of the bill to freak out, and it still has a bunch of hurdles to get through. But, if it does get through the House, and if we still don't know much about it, go ahead and freak out.
Special Report: GW Bush Presidential Center to release 200 million White House emails to archivists
In part 1 of our 4-part Special Report, our resident presidential scholar David Gewirtz (who wrote the book on White House email) provides an exclusive look behind the scenes of White House email.
It's about frickin' time: US govt requires security review for Chinese tech purchases
We have been letting the fox guard the hen house for far too long, and it's high time the US government did something about it.