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Senate Should Confirm FCC Nominees So Agency Can Focus on Clearing Spectrum
Today, President Barack Obama nominated Mike O’Rielly to fill the GOP vacancy at the FCC. With the Senate Commerce Committee having just sent the nomination...
FCC Reporting Reform Passes House Committee, but Omits Key Transparency Reform
The House Energy and Commerce Committee today approved the Federal Communications Commission Consolidated Reporting Act of 2013 on a voice vote today. The following statement...
TechBriefing: E-Rate Subsidies for Schools and Libraries
Print Version Summary Since 1998, the Universal Service Fund’s E-Rate program has funded telecommunications and broadband connections for schools and libraries around the United States....
E-Rate Needs Oversight and Spending Constraints, Coalition Letter Urges
TechFreedom and other groups have released a letter to Acting FCC Chairwoman Mignon Clyburn, urging the FCC to adopt Commissioner Ajit Pai’s E-Rate reform proposals....
Competition, Not Price Controls, Is the Key to Prison Payphone Justice
Today, the Federal Communications Commission is holding a workshop on prison payphone rates . In December, the FCC issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking seeking...
TechMemo: Freeing Government Spectrum
Background Rising demand for data from users of mobile phones, tablets, PCs and other devices is leading to a spectrum crunch . Global mobile data...