========================================================= ----- eWEEK.com GOVERNMENT UPDATE ------ ========================================================= November 10, 2004
========================================================= Sponsored by Proofpoint Free Report: Outbound Email Security and Content Compliance Everyone is familiar with inbound e-mail threats such as spam and viruses, but little attention has been paid to the risks posed by outbound email. Learn how IT execs are meeting these challenges in this free report from Proofpoint and Forrester Consulting. http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1373-31-67-59-151116-1 ========================================================= ========================================================= In This Edition ========================================================= 1. News: US Attorney General John Ashcroft Resigns 2. News: FCC: VOIP Is Not Subject to State Rules 3. Opinion: FCC Vote Is Good News for VOIP 4. Baseline: Marketing of the President 2008 5. News: Remote Control Could Save Soldiers' Lives 6. The Channel Insider: Cash-Strapped Customers Laud IBM Partner InfiniTec Visit eWEEK.com's Government Industry Center http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1373-31-67-59-151119-1 ========================================================= Government Update ========================================================= 1. News: US Attorney General John Ashcroft Resigns Rumors had been floating around the web for days, but it wasn't until late Tuesday evening that the White House confirmed that US Attorney General John Ashcroft has resigned as the nation's top cop. http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1373-31-67-59-151122-1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 2. News: FCC: VOIP Is Not Subject to State Rules In what amounts to a big win for Vonage Holdings, the Federal Communications Commission on Tuesday ruled that the broadband phone company's service was exempt from state and local regulation and tariffs. What does this mean for the future of VOIP? http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1373-31-67-59-151125-1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 3. Opinion: FCC Vote Is Good News for VOIP While it leaves a lot of the regulation tangle still to be sorted out, the FCC's decision to remove VOIP from state control pumps adrenalin into the industry and gives customers a great range of choices. eWEEK.com's VOIP Editor Ellen Muraskin takes a look. http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1373-31-67-59-151128-1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 4. Baseline: Marketing of the President 2008 With the 2004 Presidential race in the books, one sizable question remains: Who's going to be the next Howard Dean, in 2008? http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1373-31-67-59-151131-1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 5. News: Remote Control Could Save Soldiers' Lives Unmanned aerial vehicles and other so-called "stand-off" weapons, whether currently used or in secret testing, belong to a developing high-tech arsenal that the U.S. military says will help minimize casualties as it battles insurgents. Learn more about this evolving technology. http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1373-31-67-59-151134-1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 6. The Channel Insider: Cash-Strapped Customers Laud IBM Partner InfiniTec IBM business partner InfiniTec has found that the iSeries is just what IT resource--and cash-starved local governments need to get their work done. http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1373-31-67-59-151137-1 ========================================================= Tech Jobs http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1373-31-67-59-151140-1 ========================================================= Ziff Davis Channel Zone http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1373-31-67-59-151143-1 ========================================================= DevSource http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1373-31-67-59-151146-1 ========================================================= eNewsletter Information ========================================================= You are subscribed to this newsletter with the e-mail address [EMAIL PROTECTED] TO UNSUBSCRIBE, click here: http://www.eweek.com/unsubscribe_newsletter/0,4223,,00.asp?n=91&type=u&[EMAIL PROTECTED] To change your HTML/text preferences, change your e-mail address or subscribe to other eNewsletters from Ziff Davis Media, click here: http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1373-31-67-59-151149-1 ========================================================= eWEEK Magazine Information ========================================================= To apply for a free subscription to eWEEK, please go to http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1373-31-67-59-151152-1 For help with your print subscription to eWEEK, click here: http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1373-31-67-59-151155-1 Copyright (c) 2004 Ziff Davis Media Inc. All Rights Reserved. Ziff Davis Media Inc., 28 East 28th Street, New York, NY 10016
