Archive for ‘Government’

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Dec07

Requiring sex offenders to register IM names and email addresses

by Michael Farnum on December 7th, 2006 at 4:35 pm
Posted In: Crime, Government, Laws, Rant, Security

I just wrote a post over at Computerworld entitled The Security of Web 2.0 – an Oxymoron. Then I find this story about Senators McCain and Schumer proposing legislation that will require sex offenders to register their IM names and email addresses. I need to read more about this bill. Like typical security legislation passed […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

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Nov13

Security Blogs and Politics

by Michael Farnum on November 13th, 2006 at 4:17 pm
Posted In: Blogging, Blogging Buddies, Government, Rant, Security

  Before you read this post, go take a look at my “Rules” for my blog.   OK, now that you are back, let me piss off some people.  During this election season, I have to say that most of the security bloggers out there stayed out of the fray by sticking to what their […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

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Oct15

Selling security to government may be profitable…

by Michael Farnum on October 15th, 2006 at 11:21 pm
Posted In: Business of Security, Government, Rant, Security

…but it is also one big pain in the neck!  I have been thrown into the process of answering an RFP (request for proposal) for a city government down here in Texas, and I cannot begin to tell you how tedious and ridiculously complicated the whole process can be.  RFPs can be complicated enough with […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

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