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InterGovWorld.com readers write back

By: InterGovWorld.com readers(07-10-2007)

Here's where you'll find a collection of reader feedback, where you've taken your turn to weigh in with comments, ideas, opinions, questions and concerns.

A whole new (biometrics) world

"9/11 has taken our world to a whole new level: a level where security is always in doubt and privacy always a concern. So how long will all this continue; is there an end to it or how farther will we go to be certainly sure that we are completely secured? ... more

Canada under attack for 'soft' copyright laws

"The U.S., home of the Mickey Mouse Copyright non-expiry, is so far out of touch with regard to copyright that every country should stand up to them... more

Citizen satisfaction with government Web sites dips

"I have to tell you that the USASearch.gov has been very helpful out of the federal and state site I have used for school and jobs. The FirstGov site has the best search I have found on the Web... more

Climate for change: Ten ways to greener highways

"I believe a carbon tax is a means to reduce emissions with appropriate regulation and incentives. An option for revenues from carbon taxes is to shift taxes from earnings (personal and corporate) to taxing energy... more

Consumer groups push for net neutrality rules

"Companies like Verizon simply saying they support Internet neutrality principles isn't enough. The U.S. needs a high speed, open Internet. That can't be left to the whims of the broadband providers... more

Cyberterrorism threat to public sector IT

"As the internet develops toward a 3-D virtual environment such as Second Life, many of these cyber terrorism concerns are likely to transfer to virtual environments... more

Facebook ban a knee-jerk reaction, say experts

"Without getting into the old argument of, 'What is the value of social activities in the workplace?' it's more pertinent to deal with the reality of today's challenges and responsibilities... more

Hactivism attacks could rise, warns security expert

"NANOG meets three times a year and grew directly out of the NSF Regional Techs meeting in the early days on government-funded Internet ... more

Laptop security: insure, recover or delete?

"I disagree with the assumption that the asset depreciates over time; it actually appreciates with the accumulation of data on the machine over time... more

Math for the masses: managing infrastructure assets

"These can be posed as geometrical problems ... more

MySpace agrees to give up sex offender data

"So the famed MySpace.com is going to eradicate all sex offenders from their site? Perhaps they are unaware that the Internet is world-wide. Or that anyone can obtain an e-mail address with false information... more

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