Grant Gross

The value of the top 20 U.S. government IT contracts in fiscal year 2007 will be US$118 billion, less than half the value of the top 20 government IT contracts in 2006, according to a report.

An Internet business that sold people's telephone and credit-card records has agreed to settle charges that it violated U.S. law, the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) said.

Employees at the U.S. Department of Interior (DOI) spend significant time on sexually explicit and gambling Web sites and even more time shopping and playing online games while at work, according to a recent report.

The communications network used to transmit medical data for the U.S. government's Medicare and Medicaid programs has security vulnerabilities that could expose patients' medical data and other personal information, according to a report released Tuesday.

Hewlett-Packard Co.'s (HP's) board of directors has approved a severance package including US$3.7 million (Cdn$4.1 million) in stock options for its general counsel, who resigned Thursday amid a growing scandal into HP's conduct during an investigation into board leaks.

Former Hewlett-Packard Chairwoman Patricia Dunn was assured by HP lawyers that methods used by investigators to find the source of leaks from the company's board of directors were legal, she told a U.S. Congress subcommittee Thursday.

Former WorldCom Inc. chief executive Bernard Ebbers is scheduled to report to a federal prison today to begin a 25-year sentence related to his role in the accounting misstatements that led to the telecommunications giant's bankruptcy.

The U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has shut down four illegal e-mail spamming operations, including one that offered the opportunity to "date lonely wives," the agency said.