Watching the Watchdog
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It was January when a small Baghdad newspaper got a big scoop. Editor's Note: this is the final story in a series of articles about the U.N. Oil-for-Food program.
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The proxy fight over the Iraq war grew more crowded yesterday with the launch of Freedom's Watch, a lobbying group that will mount a $15 million advertising and grass-roots campaign to maintain Republican support for President Bush's policies.
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This pilot fish works for a company that makes automated optical inspection equipment that's installed all around the world. But at one overseas site, it's all going wrong.
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The UK media watchdog, Ofcom, highlights possible concerns over competition within the pay TV sector.
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Artificial intelligence is being used to process surveillance video feeds and determine unacceptable behavior.
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Why surveillance is rampant in the UK and who is watching what you do
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Rosie OÂDonnell washed over ÂThe ViewÂ like a jolt of Red Bull, but Barbara Walters has been keeping a vigilant eye on her newest hire.
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Europe's leading election monitoring agency, known for keeping tabs on voting in trouble spots such as Belarus and the Balkans, is gearing up for a super-sized challenge: observing the U.S. presidential election.
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Tracking all of the people, all of the time You know in the movies or on the telly, where the sinister (Bourne) or perhaps heroic (Spooks) government agents are thinking about a problem somewhere?â¦
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A survey of hospital review boards that watchdog experiments on patients shows that one in three members takes money from companies that make drugs and medical devices that come under study. What's more, many of those with conflicts rarely or never disclose their financial ties, researchers found.
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Phone-ins to be licensed Icstis chairman Sir Alastair Graham denied he was running a watchdog which had lost its bite at a press conference today.â¦
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Regulator says system working beautifully The regulator for Britain's snoopers has released a report covering the last nine months of 2006, painting a panglossian picture of a period which saw a quarter of a million intercepts.â¦
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What&#39;s the difference between a broker and an investment adviser? A lot, when it comes to oversight - advisers are subject to more scrutiny.
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The Hewlett-Packard scandal revealed much about corporate spying. But boardrooms are still defining the ethical boundaries.
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While cameras increasingly watch our every move, software judges our behavior, columnist Mike Elgan says.
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The NHS is facing a blitz of inspections as a health watchdog uses new powers to crackdown on infections.
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The Motion Picture Association of America shows off a new antipiracy tool: DVD-sniffing dogs.