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Government Technology
Obama and McCain on Technology and Government: Where They Stand
Submitted by Benton Foundation on August 6, 2008 - 9:04pmLast updated: August 6, 2008 - 9:05pm
Technology, while perhaps not the most controversial matter in the election, is another critical topic that the nominees have discussed and debated. Both Obama and McCain acknowledge the significance of technology in the 21st century, and its possibilities for various, high-profile issues such as medicine, education and defense.
Governor Schwarzenegger to Expand Broadband Services
Submitted by Benton Foundation on July 16, 2008 - 7:31amLast updated: July 16, 2008 - 7:32am
California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger (R) has signed Senate a bill authorizing community service districts to provide broadband services to their residents. Nearly one and a half million mostly rural Californians do not currently have access to broadband service.
Carrier Challenges Abound as
Submitted by Benton Foundation on May 18, 2008 - 10:31amIn the next five years the telecom market will change so dramatically and rapidly that government intervention and market engineering will be inevitable in some countries, according to Gartner. At the center of this is the global trend toward telecom "structural separation," which Gartner defines as the deconstruction or breaking apart of a telecom carrier's vertically integrated business model into a more horizontally structured model.
