Topic: Federal Communications Commission
Republican members of the US Senate and House of Representatives are seeking to quash rules approved by US telecom regulators designed to ensure an open Internet.The five-member Federal Communications Commission (FCC), in a vote split on party lines, agreed in December to ...
Pressure is building in Washington for the Federal Communications Commission to abandon its plans to apply old-style regulation to the Internet. Dingell, who has supported Net neutrality, said that Congress--not the FCC itself--needs to clarify the FCC's authority. He said he is ...
Senator John McCain (R-AZ) is the top recipient of campaign contributions from large Internet service providers like AT&T, Verizon, and Comcast over the past two years, according to a new report from the Sunlight Foundation and the Center for Responsive Politics. Meanwhile, ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A group of U.S. House of Representatives Republicans urged the Federal Communications Commission to conduct a market analysis before proposing a new rule to maintain an open Internet.In a letter Monday to FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski, 20 Republicans asked ...
Almost lost in the news overload: the U.S. Senate confirmed President Obama's choice of Julius Genachowski to head the Federal Communications Commission, finally moving with speed after several delays since the March nomination. The confirmations of Genachowski and Republican Robert McDowell, nominated ...
com, President Barack Obama has nominated Republican Meredith Attwell Baker fill the last spot on on the Federal Communications Commission.. Before her government career, Baker handled telecom, intellectual property and international trade issues as vice president at Williams Mullen Strategies. She's also ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate on Thursday approved the Obama administration's nomination of Julius Genachowski, a telecommunications industry executive, to head the Federal Communications Commission.Genachowski is set to chair the five-member panel that will be dominated by Democrats seeking to bring ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama plans to nominate Meredith Attwell Baker to a Republican seat on the Federal Communications Commission, the White House said on Thursday.Baker has more than 12 years of experience in telecommunications and technology policy in the private ...
President Obama's choice to head the Federal Communications Commission plans to review the exclusive arrangements between wireless carriers and cell phone makers.
Reuters reports that the Senate Commerce Committee voted overwhelmingly in favor of Julius Genachowski to become the next chairman of the FCC. The committee also unanimously approved the renomination of Robert McDowell, the current Republican FCC commissioner, to a second term, according ...
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FCC Net Neutrality
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FCC Rolls Out New Rules for ...
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Family Guy - The Freaking FCC
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The Communicators: FCC Commissioner Michael Copps ...
Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Commissioner Michael Copps (D) shared his ...2011-04-11
