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January 2 - 2005 Legislative Summary: Broadcast Indecency Penalties

January 2 - 2005 Legislative Summary: Computer 'Spyware' Regulation

January 2 - 2005 Legislative Summary: Digital Television Transition

January 2 - 2005 Legislative Summary: Telecommunications Overhaul

January 16 - Futurist: Science on a Shoestring

January 16 - Is Access to Technology An Inalienable Right?

January 23 - House, Senate Measures to Address Selling of Cell Phone Calling Records

January 23 - Hubble's Last Hurrah?

February 6 - Asbestos Bill Heads to Senate Floor, Could Stall Because of Points of Order

February 13 - Futurist: The Bells Toll for Google

February 13 - Unease With Asbestos Bill Continues

February 20 - Asbestos Bill Set Back on Point of Order

February 20 - Nuke Lab Catches a Wave

February 20 - Privacy Erosion: A 'Net Loss

February 27 - DP World's Port Operations

February 27 - Dubai's World Company

February 27 - Ports Deal on Hold; Issue Still Hot

February 27 - The Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States: Its Mandate and History

February 27 - The Strange Case of Cybersecurity: Key DHS Post Goes Begging

February 27 - United Arab Emirates's Allegiances Still Cause Tension

March 6 - A Plethora of Port Security Bills

March 6 - Bills Aim to Clarify Patent Issues

March 6 - Bills Seek Cell Phone Protections

March 6 - Hill Scrutiny of Ports Deal Intensifies

March 6 - Intel on the Inside

March 13 - Futurist: Visions of an e-Lawmaker

March 13 - House and Senate Plans Differ on Protecting Phone Records

March 13 - House Panel Leaders Work on Bill To Aid Competition in Cable Market

March 13 - Mail Free or Die: AOL Spam Policy Sparks Nonprofit Revolt

March 13 - Notes of Caution Temper Nanotechnology Promise

March 13 - Ports Deal Falls to Bipartisan Attack

March 20 - Bill Sets Standard for Data Security

March 20 - Bill Would Give FTC More Power to Work With Foreign Officials to Fight Online Fraud

March 20 - Crackdown on Online Gambling

March 20 - Critics Decry Logic of Biggest-Ever FCC Fine

March 20 - DP World Gives Up Ports; House Wary

March 27 - House Energy and Commerce Pushes On With Telecom Bill

March 27 - Inspector General May Throw Wrench Into FAA System

April 3 - Congress Waits as FEC Approves Online Campaign Finance Rules

April 3 - House Energy and Commerce Approves Identity Theft Legislation

April 3 - House Panel OKs $821 Million For Beefed-Up Port Security

April 3 - Measure Calls for Deeper Review of Foreign Investments

April 3 - Phone Measure Contains Provision That Has Proved Problematic in Past

April 3 - Provisions of Judiciary Committee's Immigration Bill

April 10 - Building a Wider Video Market

April 10 - Futurist: Sensing Our Every Move

April 10 - Poker Maestros Show Strong Suits on Hill

April 17 - Major Provisions of the Consumer Security Bills

April 24 - Tech Industry Urges More High-Skill Visas

May 1 - Collectors Resist Torment of Cell Phones

May 1 - Gas Price Angst Gets Hill Going

May 1 - Homeland Panel Approves Port Bill

May 1 - House Passes Phone Privacy Bill

May 1 - Internet Architecture Back on the Drawing Board

May 1 - Legislators Get Small for Pod-Cast Duty

May 1 - Panel OKs Telephone Move Into Video

May 8 - Futurist: ICANN -- and You Can't

May 8 - House Bill Would Prohibit Use of Credit Cards for Online Bets

May 8 - Port Security Bills Advance With Democrats' Ire on Cargo Scans

May 15 - Commerce-Justice-Science: Crime Fighting Vies With NASA

May 15 - Health Care Agenda Falters in Senate

May 15 - Media: Radio Redux

May 15 - New CAFE Standards for Autos Allowed Under House Measure

May 22 - Mine Safety Legislation Approved

May 22 - Polls Show Opposition to NSA Program Is a Matter of Phrasing

May 22 - Senate Bill Aims for Technological Improvement

May 29 - Caller ID 'Spoofing' Targeted by Committee

May 29 - House Panel Backs Bill to Boost Health Information Technology

May 29 - House Panels Move Competing Data Privacy Bills After Text Swap

May 29 - Internet Neutrality Provisions on Conflicting Paths in House

May 29 - Odds Improve on Gambling Bills

May 29 - Senate Passes Indecency Bill

May 29 - States & Localities: Main Street Mesh

June 5 - Did Commerce Make Itself Master of Porn Domain?

June 5 - Futurist: Surfing the 'Othernet'

June 12 - Bill Targets Digital Music Licensing Problems

June 12 - Caller ID Measure Backed in House

June 12 - Congress Declares War on Mass E-Mail Campaigns

June 12 - Media: Long, Gone Memories

June 12 - Panel OKs Health Information Bill

June 12 - Steep Broadcast Indecency Fines Cleared

June 12 - Telecom Bill a Win for Phone Companies

June 19 - CJS Bill Keeps Law Enforcement Aid

June 19 - Limits of 'Fair Use' Tested By Google Library Project

June 19 - Medical Records Bill Approved

June 26 - A New Net Neutrality Anthem

June 26 - Celebrities Unite to Save Their Pennies

June 26 - House Panel Completes C-J-S, Wraps Up Spending Bills

June 26 - Internet Providers Would Be Restricted in Giving Information to Governments Under House Bill

June 26 - Political Economy: Medicinal Technology

June 26 - Privacy Battle Shaping Up Over Cell Phone Tracking

July 10 - AARP's Cell Phone Division

July 10 - Agency Security Efforts Yield Mixed Results

July 10 - Comparing the Telecom Legislation

July 10 - Data Drip: How the Feds Handle Personal Data

July 10 - Media Reporting From Leaks Is Target of House Resolution

July 10 - Partisanship Might Deter Telecom Bill

July 10 - Searching for Competition.com

July 10 - Security Built on a Patchwork of Standards

July 10 - The Futurist: Hacking New Trails

July 17 - House-Passed Bill Targets Web Gambling

July 17 - Phone Companies Cross Wires on USF Fees

July 17 - Senate Committee Approves C-J-S Bill

July 17 - The Air Force's Blogs of War

July 24 - Craigslist Conundrum: Keeping Housing Posts Colorblind

July 24 - Modified Crops Finding a Friendlier Playing Field

July 31 - Five Questions for Gary Shapiro, President and Chief Executive of the Consumer Electronics Association

July 31 - Futurist: The Wireless Agitator

July 31 - Minors' Use of Social Web Sites At Schools and Libraries Targeted

August 7 - Politicians are the New Generation of MySpace Invaders

August 14 - Video Game Ratings: A Hot-Button Issue

September 4 - Fall Agenda: Telecommunications Overhaul

September 4 - Fannie Mae: A New Mother of Invention

September 11 - Futurist: Houston, We Have a Pitch

September 18 - Electronic Medical Records Bill Advances in House Panel

September 18 - House Clears Creation of Database on Federal Grants and Contracts

September 18 - Senate Ports Bill Includes Enhancement of 911 Service for Internet Phone Companies

October 2 - Outrage Over Laptop Theft Prompts Quick Passage of Data Overhaul Bill

October 2 - The Next Big Thing in Air Travel Is Small

October 9 - Client of the Month Club: Larry W. Sonsini, Outside Counsel to Hewlett-Packard Co. Board of Directors

October 9 - Political Economy: The Carbon Fix

October 9 - The 'V-Chip' Trip Back to the Future

October 9 - The Futurist: Rise of the Citizen Auditor

October 16 - Chamber Stakes Out Right End of the Blogosphere

October 16 - Clear Channel Cosponors National Search for Liberal Talkers

October 16 - Doctors Slow to Embrace Electronic Health Records

October 16 - Media: Mixed Blessings

November 6 - Intel Analysts Get Web Happy

November 13 - 110th House Committees: Energy and Commerce

November 13 - 110th Senate Committees: Commerce, Science and Transportation

November 13 - Media: Been There, Done That

December 4 - Futurist: High-Tech Body Shop

December 4 - Markey Won't Try to Head Resources Panel

December 4 - Top Computer Cop Hones Diplomat Skills

December 11 - A Dairy Solution to Explosive Detection?

December 11 - Fisheries Bill Clears After Compromise

December 11 - Media: Overcovered.com

December 11 - Tax and Trade Highlights

December 18 - 2006 Legislative Summary: Broadcast Indecency Penalties

December 18 - 2006 Legislative Summary: Data Theft Penalties

December 18 - 2006 Legislative Summary: Health Information Technology Promotion

December 18 - 2006 Legislative Summary: Internet Gambling Restrictions

December 18 - 2006 Legislative Summary: Telecommunications Overhaul