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E-gov should emphasize integrated services, says U.N.
Nations must place greater emphasis in e-government on integrated delivery of services across agencies and tiers of government, the United Nations says in a biennial survey of member countries'...
International Coast Guard forum needed to discuss Arctic security issues, says CSIS
The world lacks a meaningful international forum to discuss Arctic security issues, says a paper released Jan. 19 by the Center for Strategic and International Studies. The paper, whose principal
No 'supranational regulatory body' should govern the Internet, say U.S. officials
The United States will oppose attempts to create a "supranational regulatory body" for the Internet during a planned December 2012 meeting of the International Telecommunications Union, said Larry
IAEA details Iran's suspected path to nuclear weapons
Iran's questionable nuclear activities have added to the International Atomic Energy Agency's suspicions that its nuclear program is not exclusively peaceful, says a Nov. 8 IAEA report (.pdf). For
Biden: International Internet policy unnecessary
The White House says it would be misguided to change the current norms around the Internet in favor of further regulation, saying "if it ain't broke, don't fix it." In a Nov. 1 satellite web address
Human trafficking high among labor migrant populations, says CdeBaca
Human trafficking isn't necessarily a consequence of the most abject poverty, said Luis CdeBaca, State Department ambassador-at-large within the office to monitor and combat trafficking in persons,
Obama signs global Open Government Partnership charter
In advance of the United Nation's General Assembly, world leaders congregated Sept. 20 at New York City's Waldorf Astoria hotel to formally launch a new initiative called the Open Government
China suspected in Operation Shady RAT hacks
Online fingers are pointing to China following the August 2 revelation of an at least 5-year hacking plot that targeted the usual slew of companies and government entities--and also the International
Backgrounder: The U.N. Convention on the Law of the Sea
What the U.N. Convention on the Law of the Sea is: First drafted in 1982, the Law of the Sea Convention went into effect on Nov. 16, 1994 following its ratification by 60 countries. On Oct. 7, 1994,
DoD: Arctic seen as peripheral for next decade or more
The Arctic region will continue to be seen as peripheral to national security interests for the next decade or more even as the departments of Defense and Homeland Security take steps to reassess
