Funding
Shutdown Enters Third Week as More Than 4,000 Federal Workers Face Layoffs, Telehealth Services Disrupted
Healthcare groups warn that the lapse in federal funding is disrupting telehealth access for underserved patients
FCC
The Federal Communications Commission is the regulator of telecommunications, television, wireless, cable, satellite and radio-frequency spectrum in in the United States.
Public Safety
FCC’s ‘Operation Clean Carts’ Targets Online Sales of Blacklisted Chinese Tech
E-commerce platforms remove ‘millions of listings’ tied to Huawei, Dahua, and other entities
Affordability
Advocates Push to Rebuild a Permanent Federal Broadband Subsidy
Calls mount for a modernized Universal Service Fund to address broadband affordability
Free Speech
Sen. Cruz Plans Bill to Combat Government-Driven Censorship
Cruz said recent bipartisan interest could give the bill new momentum
Justice Department
Spectrum Licenses Create Property Rights: USTelecom
The group said the government should have to compensate license holders if it seizes their airwaves.
Briefs
Gov. Newsom Signs California Law Targeting Loud Streaming Ads
California becomes the first state to regulate ad volume on streaming platforms.
Free Speech
Legal Experts Warn FCC’s Brendan Carr Edging Toward ‘Coercion’
Panelists likened FCC chairman’s content interventions to 'jawboning'
FCC
GOP Lawmakers, Attorneys General Want More Expansive Congressional Review Act
The Sixth Circuit ruled in August the FCC could reinstate parts of previously nullified rules.
Public Safety
Trusty Urges Cooperation Between Lawmakers, Private Industry, and the Public
Trusty warned that rising attacks on communications infrastructure slow broadband expansion
Spectrum
WISPA to FCC: Don’t Sell General Access CBRS Spectrum
The group noted most CBRS devices are associated with at least one general access license.
Spectrum
Levin: Chinese Investment in SpaceX Unlikely to Hold up Spectrum Deal
The FCC will have to clear the company's $17 billion spectrum purchase from EchoStar.
FCC
FCC to Examine Broadband Nutrition Labels at October Meeting
The agency will also take up satellite regulations, NextGen TV, and prison communication rates, among other things.
Education
Dale Hatfield, Wife Give $2.5 Million to Endow Chair at CU Boulder
The aim is to strengthen the rules and norms of the emerging space age
Digital Inclusion
With Future Funding Blocked, Molaks Drop Legal Challenge to School Bus Wi-Fi
The FCC ended E-Rate funding for off-campus Wi-Fi last week.
Supreme Court
Supreme Court to Consider FTC Firing, Piracy Liability for ISPs in Upcoming Term
Circuit courts are split on whether the FCC can issue fines after SEC v. Jarkesy, but the Supreme Court hasn't yet been asked to weigh in.
Digital Inclusion
FCC to Revisit 2024 Inmate-Calling Rules
FCC chair says 2024 rate caps forced facilities to scale back phone access.
