They could drive that down to 10% accepted just by submitting bullshit requests (I want to spy on the duck in my yard, or the POTUS, etc.). The percent accepted/rejected is nearly meaningless. If would be better to know (for the government to show) how these actions are DIRECTLY related to criminal activity. I would add that all requests, accepted or rejected, should automatically be publicly available a few (say 5) years afterwards (if they are not already). There's nothing quite like the light of public review to force people to re-think their bad habits.

Agree! Rogers and Hoekstra are tools and an embarrassment to Michigan. Hoekstra's puppet Ellis was handed his ass by "we the people" when Amash was re-elected. You would think that, at some point, they would get a clue and realize that they work for us, not the special interests that are lining their pockets.

B.S. When I lived in Troy we had 2 cable providers and DSL as an option. Yes, two companies and two cables. I have never had higher speed or better up time in any city where there is only 1 cable provider. And, the price was cheaper than anywhere else that I've lived before/after. I think that you over-estimate the power of regulation and under-estimate the power of competition. P.S. AFAIK, Troy still has at least two cable providers. Please identify a location where regulation and one provider are actually offering a better product.

Agreed. Who do we see implementing these new rules? Yahoo and HP, companies that are dying. Rather than have a very public, and image damaging lay-off, they just end the telecommute knowing that the headcount will go down as a result. The VPN bullshit excuse that Yahoo gave was believed by? Nobody. That being said, I've tried all kinds of combinations w.r.t. telecommuting and have found that working at the office 3-4 days a week and at home 1-2 days seems to give the best results, for me.

This is exactly HOW Americans are eliminated from the search. Typically, the position and the candidate is already know. Only then is the list of requirements crafted. It is created to match the resume of the candidate ensuring that it would be very unlikely that somebody else would qualify for this position with those unique skill and experience requirements. Compliance is to the letter of the law, not the intent.

Here's how --> http://myownlastwords.com/

Historically, Michigan is a one of the very few donor states in the union (i.e. pays more in federal taxes than it receives). So, unless you are from one of the other few, STFU.

Amen!!! I tried to add to the list of light-weight web servers. Even though I followed the rules AND used the exact format of another entry, mine was deleted. I had/have no stake in the server that I was trying to add, only trying to put there for completeness of the article. It's a nice site to "use", but not a nice one to contribute to. I speculate that it will eventually fade away and be replaced by something else.

I can't believe that I am defending M$, but seriously... 1. They are doing the right thing. 2. If if you want to be tracked, flip the switch in the browser options and quit whining about it.

LinuxMint is THE way to go.