By Yaël Ossowski / April 10, 2015 / Watchdog.org More students than ever are opting for Atlanta charter schools, and they’re about to get a bigger piece of the financial pie. In the 2016 budget…
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Seizer-in-chief: Obama sets eyes on cyber hackers’ goods
THE PUNISHER: President Obama signed an executive order declaring hacking a “national emergency” and offers sanctions to seize their property and effects By Yaël Ossowski | Watchdog.org If cyber hackers are aiming their malicious code…
Conservatives push guest worker program to halt illegal immigration
By Yaël Ossowski | Watchdog.org An easy way to fix the convoluted immigration system in the United States entails making it easier for foreigners to be hired, without a lot of red tape in their…
Don’t act like that: TSA defends screening program amid lawsuits, won’t release documents
By Yaël Ossowski | Watchdog.org The Transportation Security Administration is defending its controversial “behavior detection program” against a torrent of criticism by civil libertarians and a fresh lawsuit by the American Civil Liberties Union. “The…
Can the FCC be trusted with its net neutrality regulations?
By Yaël Ossowski / March 24, 2015 / Watchdog.org Much of the debate on the net neutrality regulations — now a reality — hinged on the FCC’s role in enforcing the rules. But after all…
The tech media still doesn’t understand the FCC’s net neutrality regulations
By Yaël Ossowski / March 19, 2015 / Watchdog.org Since the Federal Communications Commission released its net neutrality regulations last week, there have been some strange interpretations about what these rules mean for Internet consumers….
White House’s new data scientist is ready to give you homework
By Yaël Ossowski / March 19, 2015 / Watchdog.org In his first month on the job, the nation’s chief data scientist DJ Patil has been busy assigning Americans some homework. As part of his effort…
FCC net neutrality regulations include one really scary sentence
By Yaël Ossowski / March 13, 2015 / Watchdog.org At long last, the FCC has released its 400-page tome of net neutrality regulations. One sentence alone reveals in a nutshell what’s to come. It’s to…
No one in government knows knows how to use email — except Hillary Clinton
By Yaël Ossowski / March 10, 2015 / Watchdog.org Yet again, Americans can rest reassured their government officials don’t really know how to use email. Or technology for that matter. Save for Hillary Clinton, of…
House of Cards: Feds aim to overrule states, ban online gambling
By Yaël Ossowski / March 5, 2015 / Watchdog.org Taking risks and reaping huge rewards may be a fixture of American politics, but a bill being pushed through committee may completely outlaw the chance for…