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The Federal Communications Commission is a federal agency with some regulatory and investigative power. It focuses on broadband, competition, electromagnetic spectrum, mass media, and public safety and security. The FCC is headed by five commissioners appointed by the President, confirmed by the Senate, and each serves a five-year term. Only three of the five commissioners may be of the same political party.
The FCC's requested fiscal 2012 budget was $354,181,000. With these funds the FCC says it can ensure that the American people have access to nation- and worldwide communication services whether by radio, television, wire, cable or satellite. The FCC launched a new website in April 2011 built on the open source content management tool Drupal.
NewsVanRoekel to release final federal mobility strategy by March
A final version of a federal mobility strategy will be out by March 2012, said Federal Chief Information Officer Steven VanRoekel Jan. 13 during a Washington, D.C. event hosted by industry group Read more...
LightSquared GPS interference cannot be solved, say federal agencies
Proposed commercial broadband wireless service provider LightSquared received a possibly deadly blow with the Jan. 13 release (.pdf) of a letter from nine federal agencies concluding that the Read more...
FCC thinks "API First" to create custom dashboards, share code
The Federal Communications Commission launched Dec. 20 the public beta of My.FCC.gov, an online tool for creating, saving and managing a customized FCC website based on a menu of 22 "widgets." The Read more...
BART backtracks on cellphone service interruption
Four months after a controversial decision to temporarily shut down cellphone service in two public transit stations in anticipation of disruptive protests, Bay Area Rapid Transit officials say they Read more...
Cybersecurity policy must consider culture, says panel
More than 20 pending bills in the Senate and 13 in the House address cybersecurity, but a panel of cybersecurity policy experts says the current proposals all fail to consider the role of culture in Read more...
LightSquared: GPS, DoD, FCC at fault for interference
Proposed commercial broadband wireless service LightSquared claims that, despite recent congressional scrutiny, its technology is not flawed. Rather, says the company, LightSquared interferes with Read more...
NG9-1-1 to cost between $1.44B and $2.68B, says FCC
Nationwide adoption of Next Generation 9-1-1, a system that would allow the public to send multimedia messages to emergency call centers, would cost between $1.44 billion and $2.68 billion over 10 Read more...
Guest Opinion: APCO President Greg Riddle on the D block
What will shake Congress into action? Help first responders help you Several recent incidents have shown once again the urgent need for Congress to establish a dedicated broadband network for Read more...
Shelton: GPS and LightSquared network cannot currently coexist
Tests have shown that a proposed commercial broadband wireless service, known as LightSquared, effectively jams the GPS receivers that many military, aircraft and agricultural technologies depend Read more...
BART cellphone shutdown sparks FCC petition
A bevy of public interest groups called on the Federal Communications Commission Aug. 29 to issue a preemptive ruling against local government suspension of commercial cellular service. In an Read more...
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