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White House: 'Consumer Privacy Bill of Rights' a step toward do not track legislation
The White House unveiled Feb. 23 a " Consumer Privacy Bill of Rights " as part of a larger report (.pdf) formulated through the work of the Commerce Department's Internet Policy Task Force. The task
BART backtracks on cellphone service interruption
Four months after a controversial decision to temporarily shut down cellphone service in four public transit stations in anticipation of disruptive protests, Bay Area Rapid Transit officials say they
First EAS nationwide test will lack captioning, say federal officials
This Wednesday will be the first nationwide test of the new Emergency Alert System, federal officials are reminding broadcasters and the public. The EAS requires public television broadcasters, cable
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
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
Audio: FCC officials on Irene communication outages
Federal Communications Commission Chairman Julius Genachowski and FCC public safety and homeland security bureau chief James Barnett spoke with reporters Aug. 28 on the effects Hurricane Irene had on
Coastal cell outages didn't affect Irene response, says FCC
Emergency response to Hurricane Irene-damaged areas in the southern and mid-Atlantic regions of the United States don't appear to have been hampered by a loss of commercial cellphone service, said
FCC's Genachowski says NG9-1-1 proposal coming in September
The Federal Communications Commission will publically reveal in September a proposal outlining how the nation's 9-1-1 system could be upgraded to receive text, photo and video transmissions. In an
FCC adopts LTE for national public safety broadband network
Long Term Evolution will serve as the planned public safety national broadband network's common air interface, the Federal Communications Commission decided Jan. 25. Plans for a nationwide
FCC seeks comment on tech barriers to NG9-1-1
Despite broad agreement that today's 9-1-1 system remains a relic from a receding era of plain old telephone service, instituting a new high-tech and multimedia emergency call system will first
