Rural
FCC Seeks Public Input on RDOF Amnesty Proposal
Nearly 70 broadband associations have asked the FCC to permit recipients of RDOF and CAF II to relinquish their commitments.
Eighth Circuit
Wireless Trade Groups File Suit Against FCC Digital Discrimination Order
The suit filed Tuesday marks the third legal case to target the FCC’s digital discrimination rules since adopted in November.
Rural
FCC Urged to Grant Amnesty for RDOF Recipients
Almost 70 broadband associations are urging the FCC to allow ISPs who cannot fulfill their commitments to surrender their grants with a lesser penalty.
FCC
Interagency Coordination Unique in History, say Federal Representatives
Coordination cross-agencies for broadband project deployment is unique, conference hears.
FCC
National Broadband Plan Legislation Introduced in Senate
The strategy would identify gaps and limitations that would hinder coordination across federal broadband programs.
Rural
FCC Urged to Address Overbuilding and Broadband Tech Neutrality in Agency Coordination
The FCC should incorporate the mapping data from local governments to avoid overbuilding, ensure technology neutrality.
FCC
FCC and NTIA Release Updated Coordination Memorandum
The document includes information about how often the agencies will meet and when they’ll get involved in proposed actions.
FCC
Treasury Department Joins FCC, USDA and NTIA in Collaborating on Broadband Funding
Agency leaders sign pact to formalize information-sharing on broadband deployment projects.
FAA
Information Sharing Needed to Avoid Aviation-5G Crisis, Congress Hears
Lack of coordination, information sharing was raised as possible culprits in aviation-5G crisis.
FCBA
Chairs Of FCC and FTC Point To Achievable Common Grounds Amid Political Discord
March 30, 2021 – With a change in administration comes a change in the party leadership structure for federal agencies, but that won’t sway the bipartisan tradition at the Federal Communications Commission and Federal Trade Commission, according to the acting chairs of those agencies. At a Federal C
Biden-Harris Administration
Four Failures of the FCC’s Broadband Policy, According to University of Virginia Professor
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 policy, argued Christopher Ali, associate professor in the Media Studies Department at the University of Virginia, during a virtual presentation whic
Robocall
Supreme Court Upholds Act Banning Robocalls For Debt Collectors and Political Consultants
July 6, 2020 — The U.S. Supreme Court upheld a ban on unsolicited robocalls to cell phones with their Monday ruling on Barr v. the American Association of Political Consultants. The court expanded the ban to additionally prohibit robocalls from political consultants and debt collectors. The American
defense
Panelists Critique Common Claims Agencies Use to Oppose FCC’s Ligado Decision
June 24, 2020 — The conflict over the Federal Communications Commissions’ Ligado decision, which continues to be disputed by the Department of Defense and the Department of Transportation, has exposed a fault line in the spectrum allocation decision-making process. “Why are the agencies behaving thi
FCC
Tribes Have Many Government Programs Available for Supporting Broadband Amid the Coronavirus, Say Officials
May 12, 2020 — Education officials catalogued the many government broadband programs devoted to bridging the digital divide affecting tribal communities hit hard by the coronavirus pandemic. For example, during the Tuesday teleconference of the Universal Service Administrative Company, speakers from
CTA
Labor Secretary Eugene Scalia Says the Impact of Coronavirus Like World War II
May 11, 2020 — The most challenging aspect of running the Department of Labor right now is “how fluid and shapeshifting it is,” Labor Sec. Eugene Scalia said on a Monday webinar hosted by the Consumer Technology Association. Scalia traced a turbulent trajectory starting from the beginning of the cor
FEC
Federal Election Commissioner Says Facebook Continues to Pose Dangers to Democracy
May 8, 2020 — Facebook is still affected by many of the problems represented in 2010’s “The Social Network,” as well as some new ones, Federal Election Commissioner Ellen Weintraub said in a Slate webinar Thursday. The event was part of Future Tense’s My Favorite Movie series, which invites scientis
