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Mobile Technology News, April 9, 2015
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As developers for tablets and smartphones we like to keep abreast of the latest mobile technology developments . This is a daily digest of mobile development and related technology news gathered from the BBC, the New York Times, New Scientist and the...
News Briefing for Monday, April 13
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TEA PARTY PATRIOTS: Fiorina, Tea Party loyalists have much in common “Carly Fiorina told the Tea Party Patriots Sunday that she too wants smaller, more responsive government, as she spoke and took questions from callers. The grassroots conservative...
October 15 TN News Digest
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This is a compilation of Tennessee news and political stories assembled daily by staffers in Gov. Bill Haslam’s office. Editorial: Clarksville welcomes Hankook (Leaf Chronicle) Gov. Bill Haslam and his economic development team know that the...
Headlines of the day I: Spies, pols, zones, bluster
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We begin today’s collection of headlines from the worlds of spooks and “security” with European Edward Snowden blowback by way of SecurityWeek: Germany to Beef Up Spy Defenses Against Allies: Report Germany plans to beef up its counterintelligence...
How Philanthropist David Rubenstein Helped Save a Tax Break Billionaires Love
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by Alec MacGillis ProPublica Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Comment Donate The Patriot: How Philanthropist David Rubenstein Helped Save a Tax Break Billionaires Love A private equity mogul lauded for his patriotic donations has quietly worked...

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Libraries gearing up for a gig: An anchor for rural America

Maine State Librarian Linda Lord at a congressional hearing. This Wednesday, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) will dive into broadband needs and challenges in rural American communities during an all-day workshop that will take place in Washington...
ALA seeks candidates for 2014 Google policy summer fellowship

For the seventh consecutive year, the American Library Association is pleased to participate in the Google Policy Fellows program for 2014. The ALA Office for Information Technology Policy began its participation at the program’s founding. For...
Abby Lull joins OITP as research associate

OITP Fellow Abby Lull. Today, the American Library Association (ALA) announces the appointment of Abby Lull as research associate for the organization’s Office for Information Technology Policy (OITP). As part of the OITP Fellows Program, she...
Take down but don’t take away

The Botnet via Wikipedia The Library Copyright Alliance (LCA)—of which ALA is a member—submitted comments (pdf) to the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet regarding another hearing on copyright...
NSA oversight group receives American Library Association award

Today, the American Library Association awarded President Barack Obama’s Review Group on Intelligence and Communications Technologies the 2014 James Madison Award during the 16th Annual Freedom of Information Day in Washington, D.C. The Presidential...

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President Obama’s Budget Increases Library Funding

President Barack Obama today transmitted to Congress the Obama Administration’s nearly $4 trillion budget request to fund the federal government for fiscal year 2016, which starts October 1, 2015. The...