National Security
InfraCo Wants Trump to Build $125 Billion Dark Fiber Network
Company executives cite national security fears, but experts say a new network ‘only gets you so far’
USF
Simington Urges Trump to Nominate Gavin Wax to FCC
The former day trader and MAGA activist built political clout through right-wing organizing.
FCC
Simington Announces Early Exit from FCC
Commission to enter 1-1 partisan split with Simington and Starks stepping down
FCC
Simington, Wax Call on Trump to ‘DOGE’ the FCC
The commissioner and his new chief of staff called for slashing subsidies and downsizing staff.
Ann Wagner
House Introduces Version of EARN IT Act, The Farce of a Borderless Internet, Investor Confidence in Rural WISPs
On Wednesday, Reps. Sylvia Garcia, D-Texas, and Ann Wagner, R-Missouri, introduced a House version of the “Eliminating Abusive and Rampant Neglect of Interactive Technologies Act of 2019”, or the EARN IT Act, introduced in the Senate by Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., and
