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Marketers could face rules about how consumer data is tracked and used. Kelley Blue Book is a popular resource for car buyers, who flock to its Web site for car reviews and information.

The chairs of the House Energy & Commerce Committee and the Communications Subcommittee have asked the Government Accountability Office to conduct a study of how the government and commercial entities use spectrum, including "commercial spectrum that may be underutilized and could potentially be reassigned or reallocated." That came in a letter ...

House Communications Subcommittee Chairman Rick Boucher and Mike Pence Friday praised the Senate Judiciary Committee for approving a compromise version of the shield law bill.

Lawmakers Thursday questioned whether businesses are amassing too much data about consumers without their knowledge or consent.

National Republican Party chairman Michael Steele speaks during a rally for then-Republican gubernatorial candidate Bob McDonnell, Thursday, Oct.

U.S. Rep. Rick Boucher's staff took notes from 13 people who showed up last week to voice concern over his vote on health care reform.

Cable operators and phone company Verizon both threw their support behind expanding the Universal Service Fund to include broadband, though the National Cable & Telecommunications Association made clear it would have to be a targeted approach.

In a sign that Madison Avenue is taking note of the debate surrounding digital data collection, the Omnicom Media Group is recruiting its first privacy guru.

Next week is shaping up to be a busy one for the tech industry on the Hill, with at least four hearings slated to examine a variety of issues, some with bills attached, others with legislation still being drafted.

U.S. Rep. Nick Rahall, D-W.Va., believes President Barack Obama will have a health care reform bill signed into law before Christmas.

Back in August, U.S. Rep. Rick Boucher promised an Abingdon town hall meeting that he wouldn't vote for any health care plans that figured on the government competing with private businesses.

With last week's sweeping electoral victories and a national debate over health care and energy reform, Republicans have turned their attention to the 2010 Congressional midterm elections.

The House Communications Subcommittee has scheduled hearings next week on universal service and online privacy.

A former Enterprise reporter continues to leave his mark in the Virginia legal and anti-poverty communities even after his sudden death from cancer in 2007.

The Affordable Health Care for America Act barely passed the House last weekend, with two regional congressman, both Democrats, parting ways on the legislation.

For the first time in decades and after much debate, the U.S. House has approved a healthcare reform bill.

"Southwest Virginians clearly depend on their community hospitals for their health care delivery, so we must take every step to make sure the financial success of our local hospitals is not placed at risk.

Why should I die on this hill he's chosen? If you were a cavalryman with Custer at the Little Big Horn on the afternoon of June 25, 1876, it was a little late to be asking this question.

From Chuck Todd, Mark Murray, Domenico Montanaro, and Ali Weinberg *** Senate gets the baton : After Saturday night's historic, contentious, and very narrow health-care vote in the House of Representatives, the action now moves to the Senate, where things won't get any easier.

By Julie Ardery and Bill Bishop, DailyYonder.com , Guest Writer, 11-09-09 39 Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives opposed the Democrat-sponsored bill to change the nation's health insurance system.