Cybersecurity
House Energy Committee Approves Series of Cyber Bills to Improve Telecom Security
The committee approved five bills dealing with protecting networks and educating the public on cyberattacks.
Infrastructure
Federal Focus On Municipal Builds Rubs Against States’ Policy Opposing Practice: Report
April 8, 2021 – President Joe Biden’s new broadband plan, which emphasizes the importance of municipal-owned networks, is likely to cause tensions with states that have restrictive rules in place against those kinds of builds, according to a new report. That focus on local networks in Biden’s infras
Broadband Mapping and Data
Broadband Roundup: Two Separate State Antitrust investigations of Google and Facebook, and Broadband Mapping
Two separate bi-partisan groups of state attorneys general on Friday confirmed that they are launching antitrust investigations into tech giant companies Google and Facebook. New York Attorney General Letitia James, a Democrat, on Friday announced that she and eight other state attorneys general wil
Broadband's Impact
As Zuckerberg Continues Hill Testimony, Privacy Takes Backseat To ‘Censorship’ Accusations
WASHINGTON, April 11, 2018 – Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg arrived at the Rayburn House Office Building Wednesday for the second day of his first trip to Capitol Hill as a witness, this time before members of the House Energy and Commerce Committee. His prepared testimony was the same, but the atmosp
