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Former BSA VP Confirmed as Tech Undersecretary

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the get-your-scared-on dept.

RedOregon writes "The Senate has confirmed Robert Cresanti as the Commerce Department's new undersecretary for technology. Who's that, you ask? He was the former vice president of public policy at the Business Software Alliance. Does this give anyone else the Heebie Jeebies??"

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  1. Oh no by Kijori · · Score: 5, Funny

    Now the government might start using bad data to justify ridiculous copyright laws and restriction of users' rights! But wait, surely no-one would let them get away with that?

  2. I'm shocked! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    I would have thought they would have went with some script kiddie or long-haired open source zealot, but instead they went with an industry man. Still scratching my head over this one.

  3. Heebie-Jeebies? Hardly by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    If this administration was to make an appointment that didn't favor business interests over the needs of the populace, THEN I'd be worried. I'd be expecting a time-space continuum breach or the earth spinning off its axis or something.

  4. Jeez, don't scare me like that! by Creosote · · Score: 3, Funny

    I first interpreted "BSA" in your title as Boy Scouts of America... ... and given the nature of Bush Administration appointments, it would have been about as likely.

  5. You were expecting? by mschuyler · · Score: 3, Funny

    What? You were expecting Cowboy Neal to be appointed?

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  6. Re:Sheesh, what a day by digitaldc · · Score: 4, Funny

    I need half a bottle of Valium just to read /. anymore.

    Sorry, your Scientologist pharmacist won't be providing that to you any more because he has found it is against his religion. You'll just have to fly to Canada to read /.

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