WASHINGTON, June 8, 2009 – Late Friday afternoon, the Federal Communications Commission announced that Blair Levin, former chief of staff to Clinton FCC Chairman Reed Hundt,...
WASHINGTON, June 8, 2009 – The NTIA faces a choice between scoring broadband grants according to a common criteria, or meeting the manifold objectives of the...
WASHINGTON, June 8, 2009 - A White House official involved in technology policy last week called U.S. broadband networks inadequate. This week, attention is likely to...
WASHINGTON, June 1, 2009 – This week marks the 19th annual conference, about “Computers, Freedom and Privacy,” which is hosted this week in Washington, D.C.
WASHINGTON, June 1, 2009 – Reading through the Federal Communications Commission’s 90-page report, “Bringing Broadband to Rural America,” it is clear that questions of broadband data...
WASHINGTON, June 1, 2009 - The FCC issued its rural broadband report, which many see as laying the groundwork for the national broadband strategy due February...
WASHINGTON, May 25, 2009 – By June 30, the NTIA intends to hire an outside contractor to help administer its broadband grants program, release rules for...
WASHINGTON, May 25, 2009 – One key area of the broadband stimulus package in which states are certain to have an impact is in the area...
WASHINGTON, May 25, 2009 - Broadband stimulus funds from the Commerce Department will begin flowing in either October or in December, according to either an NTIA...
WASHINGTON, May 18, 2009 - Broadband policy is becoming central to a host of debates concurrently occurring: it’s about national infrastructure, the use of wireless frequencies,...
WASHINGTON, May 18, 2009 – The United States desperately needs a national broadband strategy, agreed a wide range of telecommunications experts, speaking last week at a...
WASHINGTON, May 18, 2009 – The federal government’s Commerce Department is at least one month off from finalizing the rules that will govern the broadband stimulus...
WASHINGTON, May 11, 2009 - The broadband stimulus program of the federal government needs a concrete and transparent mechanism for sifting through applications, and for determining...
SAN MATEO, Calif., May 11, 2009 – The debate around the American Reinvestment and Recovery Act placed a strong focus on “shovel ready” projects, including the...
WASHINGTON, May 11, 2009 – Over the course of about three months, the dialogue about high-speed internet connectivity went from the general to the specific. Now...
DALLAS, May 4, 2009 – Broadband is and must be more than better-quality voice signals, higher-definition television, and more digital products bundled together, internet visionary David...
DALLAS, May 4, 2009 – Regulations have not yet been issued regarding the federal government’s program to invest $7.2 billion in broadband networks, but experts inside...
The Rural Utilities Service last week released rules for its Community Connect grant program. While not a part of the recently-passed federal broadband stimulus, a RUS...
The NTIA seeks to digest and react to the 1,700 comments and questions filed with the agency. It plans to issue final rules within two months....
WASHINGTON, April 25, 2009 – Drew Clark, Editor and Executive Director of BroadbandCensus.com, will be speaking during a general session of the Broadband Properties Summit, which...
Nearly 1,700 comments and questions were filed with the NTIA in the broadband grant program: hundreds were substantive documents. The NTIA, RUS and the FCC now...
The Federal Communications Commission officially unveiled a proposal for a national broadband plan. Meanwhile, commenters worked to finish filings for the NTIA/RUS broadband grant program, due...
What’s the biggest broadband need: better infrastructure, or greater adoption? Different world-views on America’s broadband challenge emerged at two Washington-area conferences this past week. Meanwhile, less...
The public record from Commerce Department’s NTIA and the Agriculture Department’s RUS forums is complete, with 18 sessions over six days. Now comes the hard part:...
In four days of meetings at the Commerce Department, NTIA and RUS entertained debate on eligibility rules, coordination between the Commerce and Agriculture Departments, the definition...
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