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CyberWith political campaigns increasingly subject to cybersecurity breaches this year, the Department of Homeland Security and the FBI are racing to educate campaign staffers against potential threats. According to reports, foreign governments and others have stepped up efforts to hack into Democratic and Republican campaigns to access sensitive information, including address and credit card…

Last week, the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) released its long-awaited report on the gathering and use of so-called “political intelligence.” While the report targets the role of political intelligence in the financial markets, it may fuel attempts to regulate this growing Washington industry by using federal lobbying laws as a model. The report also …

The Federal Election Commission approved a proposal earlier this week to allow contributions via text messaging in federal elections. With the lawmaking process ill-equipped to keep pace with developing technologies, the success of this proposal – a year-and-a-half after the FEC rejected another text-messaging proposal – suggests that the path to approval for tech entrepreneurs…