Commissioners from both parties emphasized the issues to the House Communications and Technology Subcommittee.
Proposed rules would also put more limits on when utilities can pass full replacement costs to telecom companies.
Telecom and utility companies have been clashing on replacement costs.
Digital navigators spoke about their work at the Connect20 Summit in Washington.
Officials from broadband funding programs emphasized the important of non-deployment projects at the Connect20 Summit in Washington.
The rules would aim to prevent unequal broadband access along racial and class lines.
Cable companies can leverage low upgrade costs and network operating experience to win grants, executives said.
The new U.S.-led group aims to develop broader international consensus on critical areas of telecommunications policy.
Trade group says telecoms are not discriminating when they don’t build in financially difficult areas.
The Fifth Circuit ruled that the administration overstepped in coercing social media platforms to take down misinformation.
A national privacy standard would ensure a baseline set of protections and would restrict companies from storing and selling personal data.
The ECF funds will go to 184 schools and 13 libraries serving over 100,000 students.
Existing laws provide the ability to address potential harms from artificial intelligence.
Senators introduced changes to a 2022 bill that would increase AI regulation.
Regulatory AI transparency will increase federal agency and company accountability to the public.
The court has not yet agreed to hear the cases, but multiple justices have commented on their importance.
39 states and territories have submitted letters of intent to participate in the NTIA's Internet for All initiative.
Former Chairman William Kovacic said that Biden’s direction of the FTC raises expectations for the agency.
America and Europe are working together to address supply chain concerns.
John Stankey said the amount would completely cover rural and remote America -- if "done right."
AP releases infrastructure report cards, Washington passes bill removing muni networks limits, AEI says fair use case win for programmers.
March 23, 2021 – Sen. Mark Warner, D-Virginia, said he and his staff are in “regular contact” with big tech representatives about Section 230 reform. “Both...
March 4, 2021 – In a bipartisan letter Thursday, Sens. Michael Bennet, D-Colo., Angus King, I-Maine, Rob Portman, R-Ohio, and Joe Manchin, D-W.V., urged the Biden...
January 27, 2021 – Keynoting Wednesday’s State of the Net Conference, former Federal Communications Commission Chairman Michael Powell urged the new administration of Joe Biden to...
January 22, 2021—The Schools, Health & Libraries Broadband Coalition released its 2021 Policy Roadmap on Thursday—an agenda to promote open, affordable, high-quality broadband to anchor institutions—as...
January 22, 2021—President Joe Biden designated Rebecca Slaughter as acting chair of the Federal Trade Commission on Thursday. Slaughter has served as an FTC Commissioner since...
January 21, 2021—Tech platforms are approaching the 2021 presidential transition with caution, lest their tools get used to livestream another historic insurrection, after providing the platforms...
January 20, 2021—$20 billion in federal funding has been promised by the incoming Biden Administration to build up broadband infrastructure in rural America. With President-elect Joe...
January 19, 2021—The U.S. Department of Commerce issued a new rule on Thursday, following up on Executive Order 13873, concerned with “Securing Information and Communication Technology...
January 15, 2021 – The United States has rapidly increased its cell tower construction over the past four years, according to Federal Communications Commission Commissioner Brendan...
January 5, 2021 — The digital divide afflicting the United States has become even more apparent throughout the pandemic, repositioning the issue of universal broadband access...
December 9, 2020 — The Senate on Wednesday voted 49-46, along party lines, to confirm the appointment of President Donald Trump’s nominee Nathan Simington to the...
December 2, 2020 — This Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation on Wednesday morning voted 14-12 to advance Federal Communications Commission nominee Nathan Simington to...
December 1, 2020 — Experts recommended the incoming Biden administration take a trial-and-error approach to antitrust policy, during a Brookings Institute webinar on Tuesday. The new...
According to numerous reports, the incoming Biden administration is aiming to address broadband disparities in the United States with billions in new funding. The Biden broadband...
November 12, 2020 — The failure to connect the rural-urban digital divide in the United States is not one of technology, but of markets, politics, and...
November 6, 2020 — With Twitter flagging and obscuring Donald Trump’s tweets on a daily basis, and with Facebook and other internet gatekeepers clamping down on...
