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NewsLightSquared 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...
No 'supranational regulatory body' should govern the Internet, say U.S. officials
The United States will oppose attempts to create a "supranational regulatory body" for the Internet during a planned December 2012 meeting of the International Telecommunications Union, said Larry Read more...
NTIA expresses concern over ICANN TLD expansion
The National Tele-communications and Information Administration is the latest federal agency to express concern about a planned expansion of generic top level domains for the web. In a letter (.pdf) Read more...
U.S. opposition to ICANN TLD expansion grows
Last minute opposition over a planned rollout of new top level domains for the web by the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers is growing, with Sen. Jay Rockefeller (D-W. Va.) adding Read more...
NTIA: U.S. broadband penetration increases; income disparities remain
U.S. household adoption of broadband Internet continues to grow, says the National Telecommunications and Information Administration, although gaps remain among income levels and locations. Based on Read more...
Senate harder on science appropriations than House
Many scientific federal efforts covered by the Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies annual spending bill do relatively better under the House Appropriations Committee version than under Read more...
Cell phone detection systems in federal prisons not systematically evaluated
The Bureau of Prisons lacks a sound evaluation plan for testing anti-cell phone technology deployed within federal prisons, says the Government Accountability Office. Confiscation of contraband cell Read more...
Agency IT programs set for budget cuts
Federal agency information technology programs--to the extent that they're visible--will face cuts ranging from minor to significant in the presumptive fiscal 2011 budget, introduced April 11 into Read more...
Latest continuing resolution makes $6 billion in cuts
The House of Representatives approved March 15 yet another short term spending bill, one that would make $6 billion worth of cuts but otherwise keep the federal government funded through April 8. The Read more...
NTIA sets stage for IANA change
With the contract for administering the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority set to expire in September 2011, the National Telecommunications and Information Administration is wondering whether some Read more...
| Press ReleasesNew Commerce Department Report Shows Broadband Adoption Rises But Digital Divide PersistsAdoption Gap Remains Along Demographic Lines; Socio-Economic Status Does Not Explain the Entire Gap WASHINGTON, Nov. 9, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Department of Commerce's Economics and Read more >> NRF Seeks Delay in Plan to Expand Internet Domain NamesWASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- The National Retail Federation today asked the Commerce Department to delay implementation of a controversial plan to vastly expand Internet domain names, saying Read more >> Meredith Attwell Baker, FCC Commissioner, to Join Comcast as Senior Vice President of Government Affairs, NBCUniversalWASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Meredith Attwell Baker will join Comcast as Senior Vice President of Government Affairs, NBCUniversal. Ms. Baker currently serves as a member of the Federal Read more >> CADNA Strongly Supports ICANN Oversight HearingWASHINGTON, April 26, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Coalition Against Domain Name Abuse (CADNA) strongly supports Rep. Bob Goodlatte (R-VA), Chairman of the House Committee on the Judiciary Read more >> As Congress Holds Hearing, CAGW Highlights Broadband WasteWASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Today, while the House Committee on Energy and Commerce held a hearing on Broadband Spending in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (stimulus), Citizens Against Read more >> |
