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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.