Congress and tech: Little to show

CONGRESS AND TECH: LITTLE TO SHOW
[SOURCE: C-Net|News.com, AUTHOR: Declan McCullagh and Anne Broache]
Politicians in Washington, D.C., spent the last two years promising new laws on everything from Net neutrality to computer security and social-networking sites. But when the 109th Congress finally adjourned over the weekend, ending 12 years of Republican rule of the U.S. House of Representatives, few technology-related bills had actually made it through the legislative process. "If they were going to get a grade, it would be an 'I' for failure to complete all assignments," said John Palafoutas, senior vice president and chief lobbyist for the American Electronics Association, whose members include about 2,500 companies, among them Adobe Systems, Intel, Sun Microsystems and Hewlett-Packard. A review of outstanding legislation shows both chambers of Congress approved only a handful of technology-related items, leaving proposals on topics like data breach notification, patent reform and Net neutrality to die in committee.
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