Topic: Federal Communications Commission
Protecting privacy and revamping the U.S. Federal Communications Commission seems to be on a lot of groups' agenda as a new administration prepares to take over.. A dozen privacy and consumer groups met with members of President-elect Barack Obama's transition team Tuesday ...
Concerns are growing that President-elect Barack Obama and newly empowered congressional Democrats are preparing a battle plan to silence the right and try to establish a permanent liberal majority. " The Fairness Doctrine, created by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) in 1967, ...
President-elect Barack Obama has chosen three members of a technology, innovation and government reform policy working group, reports vnunet. Blair Levin, a former FCC staffer; Julius Genachowski, formerly chief council to the FCC; and Sonal Shah, head of Google's philanthropic arm Google. ...
More members of President-elect Barack Obama's transition team were named Wednesday, including some veterans of the technology and communications sectors. The transition team announced its agency review teams Wednesday, groups of advisers who will review key federal departments, agencies, and commissions, as ...
19 people named Wednesday to help Obama's transitionPresident-elect Obama's transition team Wednesday announced 19 people to help oversee the effort. She was counselor for the State Department and special adviser to President Clinton and policy coordinator on North Korea. He was assistant ...
eBay reports its total merchandise value drop for the first time ... The McCain campaign asked YouTube to reinstate the videos, saying they were protected under the fair use provision of copyright law.. It's also a law that John McCain and 98 ...
Google is tilting at windmills again.. Having lost the auction for abandoned TV frequencies (while winning some "open access" rights), Google has now launched a campaign called FreeTheAirwaves aimed at making the "white space" between auctioned channels unlicensed.. The success of WiFi, ...
FCC Chief Denies Any Media Ownership Loophole, Says He's Willing to Rework Rule's LanguageThe nation's top communications regulator Wednesday denied that his proposed media ownership rule has a major loophole that would allow newspapers and broadcast stations to merge in any size ...
U.S. lawmakers promised to push ahead legislation aimed at cracking down on pretexting despite some objections from telecom carriers and the U.S. Department of Justice.. Nearly all the members of the House of Representatives Energy and Commerce Committee pledged to push the ...
The Federal Communications Commission's monthly public meeting has been postponed from its scheduled start time of 9:30 a.m. EST on Wednesday. After working late into Tuesday night, the commissioners were still negotiating business slated for a vote on the day's agenda (PDF) ...
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FCC Rolls Out New Rules for ...
The Federal Communications Commission on Tuesday approved new rules, known ...2010-12-22 -
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
