Huawei submitted a timely request to the Bureau of Industry and Security at the Department of Commerce in advance of completing the purchase in May and the Department of Commerce certified that no license was required to export the 3Leaf technology.

FORBES: Huawei's Open Letter To U.S. Investigators

The first shots may have already been fired: In August and September 2006, Chinese computers penetrated the State Department and the U.S. Department of Commerce's Bureau of Industry and Security.

FORBES: Magazine Article

If Mr Blair wants new female faces in his cabinet, an obvious choice is Patricia Hewitt , the energetic 52-year-old minister responsible for small business and e-commerce at the Department of Trade and Industry.

ECONOMIST: The queue for the cabinet

Indeed, the Banking Committee's proposed "carve-out" language does not represent a unified Administration position at all, but rather merely language desired by industry and some in the Department of Commerce.

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The Commerce Department's Bureau of Industry and Security had to go offline for several months.

WSJ: Internet Attacks Are a Real and Growing Problem

The Senate Judiciary Committee discussed the need for a facelift for the Act today with attorneys from law enforcement, the Commerce Department, the tech industry, and civil rights groups.

FORBES: Industry Will Benefit From Clearer Electronic Communications Privacy Law

In the report the Commerce and Employment Department said the changes safeguarded the industry and consumers.

BBC: Guernsey Dairy industry changes 'lack clear plan'

Although the Clinton administration favors allowing the industry to regulate itself, agencies such as the Department of Commerce and the Federal Trade Commission have been discussing how to encourage privacy protection and lawmakers have talked about enacting laws that would make Web sites liable for privacy breaches on their sites.

CNN: Is the e-commerce boom fueling security holes?