Philadelphia Inquirer (Philadelphia, PA). June 21, 2019
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Government communications regulation, Government regulation, United States. Federal Communications Commission -- Political activity, United States. Federal Communications Commission -- Laws, regulations and rules, Bills, Legislative -- Laws, regulations and rules, Bills, Legislative -- Political aspects, Legislators -- Political activity, Legislators -- Laws, regulations and rules, Legislators -- Political aspects, Consumer protection -- Laws, regulations and rules, Consumer protection -- Political aspects, Telecommunication -- Laws, regulations and rules, and Telecommunication -- Political aspects
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June 21--A pair of U.S. House lawmakers unveiled a bipartisan bill Thursday to fight the rise of robocalls, a month after the Senate adopted its own measure to protect consumers [...]
Philadelphia Inquirer (Philadelphia, PA). June 20, 2019
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Government communications regulation, Government regulation, United States. Federal Communications Commission -- Political activity, United States. Federal Communications Commission -- Laws, regulations and rules, Bills, Legislative -- Laws, regulations and rules, Bills, Legislative -- Political aspects, Legislators -- Political activity, Legislators -- Laws, regulations and rules, Legislators -- Political aspects, Consumer protection -- Laws, regulations and rules, Consumer protection -- Political aspects, Telecommunication -- Laws, regulations and rules, and Telecommunication -- Political aspects
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A pair of U.S. House lawmakers unveiled a bipartisan bill Thursday to fight the rise of robocalls, a month after the Senate adopted its own measure to protect consumers from [...]
Broadband Internet, Government communications regulation, Government regulation, United States. Congress -- Telecommunications policy, Broadband transmission -- Laws, regulations and rules, Broadband transmission -- User statistics, Commercial associations -- Political activity, and Consumer groups -- Political activity
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The Open Internet Coalition, which claims to represent consumers, grassroots organizations, and businesses, called on Congress Thursday to adopt a national broadband policy for universal, affordable access to high-speed Internet [...]
Wireless technology, Government communications regulation, Telecommunications services industry, Company business planning, Government regulation, United States. Congress -- Telecommunications policy, Telecommunications services industry -- Laws, regulations and rules, Telecommunications services industry -- Services, Communications industry -- Laws, regulations and rules, Communications industry -- Services, Mobile communication systems -- Laws, regulations and rules, Wireless communication systems -- Laws, regulations and rules, and Chief executive officers -- Planning
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Chief executive officers of some leading technology companies plan to call on Thursday for the U.S. government to find more wireless airwaves for use as new applications [...]
Government communications regulation, Government regulation, United States. Congress -- Telecommunications policy, Information technology workers -- Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, and Net neutrality -- Laws, regulations and rules
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More than 20 Internet experts want Congress to prevent the Federal Communications Commission's vote to overturn the 2015 rules that prohibit Internet service providers from blocking and slowing online content. [...]
Broadband Internet, Government regulation, Government communications regulation, United States. House of Representatives -- Telecommunications policy, Broadband transmission -- Laws, regulations and rules, Privacy, Right of -- Laws, regulations and rules, and Data entry -- Laws, regulations and rules
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The House of Representatives voted Tuesday to overturn broadband privacy rules established five months ago by the Federal Communications Commission. After the 215-205 vote, a measure repealing the [...]
Government communications regulation, Company internet strategy, Cookie file, Internet security, Data security issue, DoubleClick Inc. -- Services, and Internet service providers -- Laws, regulations and rules
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There was slight irritation in Senator Bill Frist's voice when he asked the president of DoubleClick about 'cookies' during a discussion of privacy at the U.S. Capitol last month. [...]
Government communications regulation, Company Web site/Web page, Censorship issue, Information services industry, Computer network equipment industry, Microsoft Corp., Cisco Systems Inc., Google Inc., Yahoo! Inc., United States. House of Representatives -- Telecommunications policy, United States. Global Internet Freedom Task Force -- Powers and duties, Censorship -- Political aspects, Censorship -- International aspects, Web sites -- Censorship, Computer software industry, China -- Telecommunications policy, and China -- Social policy
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WASHINGTON -- Internet giants Yahoo, Microsoft, Google and Cisco were accused yesterday at congressional hearings of greedily collaborating with China's efforts to control Internet access and to track down dissidents. [...]
Government communications regulation, Government regulation, United States. Federal Communications Commission -- Laws, regulations and rules, United States. Congress -- Powers and duties, Net neutrality -- Political aspects, Net neutrality -- Laws, regulations and rules, and Telecommunication -- Laws, regulations and rules
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Net neutrality is bubbling back to the top of Capitol Hill's agenda. Committees in both houses of Congress hold hearings today on proposed legislation designed to protect the [...]
Government communications regulation, Government regulation, United States. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau -- Economic policy, Consumer protection -- Laws, regulations and rules, Telecommunication -- Laws, regulations and rules, Telecommunication -- Evaluation, and Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2010
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Consumer Financial Protection Bureau head Richard Cordray is building an empire. Given the vast unchecked power the Dodd-Frank Act gave the agency, why wouldn't he? The CFPB is insulated from [...]
The Hill. Oct 25, 2017, Vol. 24 Issue 93, A6, 1 p.
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Data security issue, Market trend/market analysis, Government regulation, Government communications regulation, United States. Congress -- Telecommunications policy, United States. National Institute of Standards and Technology -- Powers and duties, Data security -- Laws, regulations and rules, Industry -- Safety and security measures, Cyberterrorism -- Forecasts and trends, and Cyberterrorism -- Prevention
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Small businesses are the backbone of the American economy and employ almost half of the working population. Yet because of their size, they rarely have access to the same information [...]
Wireless telecommunications service, Wireless telephone, Wireless voice/data device, Government communications regulation, Government regulation, United States. Library of Congress -- Laws, regulations and rules, Cellular telephone services industry -- Laws, regulations and rules, Cellular telephones -- Laws, regulations and rules, and Telecommunication -- Laws, regulations and rules
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Most cellphones sold in the United States have a software 'lock' that prevents them from working on other carriers' networks. So when the Library of Congress announced recently [...]
Government communications regulation, Government regulation, United States. Congress -- Telecommunications policy, United States. Federal Trade Commission -- Powers and duties, Robocalls -- Laws, regulations and rules, Robocalls -- Statistics, and Telemarketing -- Laws, regulations and rules
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Congress may have found an issue that all Americans can rally around. Stopping robocalls. All right -- a little depressing that it can't be world peace [...]
Government communications regulation, Government regulation, United States. Federal Communications Commission -- Powers and duties, United States. Congress -- Powers and duties, Net neutrality -- Laws, regulations and rules, Telecommunication -- Laws, regulations and rules, and Telecommunication -- Political aspects
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WASHINGTON-In May the backers of net neutrality rules thought they'd finally found salvation. After being told by a federal appeals court that the agency didn't have the authority to regulate [...]
Government regulation, Government communications regulation, Telecommunications services industry, Bills, Legislative -- Laws, regulations and rules, Telecommunications services industry -- Laws, regulations and rules, Communications industry -- Laws, regulations and rules, and Telecommunication -- Laws, regulations and rules
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The U.S. House and Senate voted yesterday to free the exploding television, telephone and home-computer industries to jump into each other's fields and reshape the culture and commerce of the [...]
The Hill. April 13, 2016, Vol. 23 Issue 34, p14, 1 p.
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Encryption, Government communications regulation, Government regulation, United States. Congress -- Telecommunications policy, Data encryption -- Laws, regulations and rules, and Data encryption -- Political aspects
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* The White House on Tuesday cast doubt on lawmakers' ability to pass 'constructive' legislation on encryption. 'Both their ability to pass legislation and put together constructive legislation [...]
Telecommunications services industry, Government communications regulation, Government regulation, United States. Federal Communications Commission -- Telecommunications policy, United States. Federal Communications Commission -- Laws, regulations and rules, United States. Congress -- Laws, regulations and rules, United States. Congress -- Political activity, United States. Congress -- Telecommunications policy, Telecommunications services industry -- Laws, regulations and rules, and Communications industry -- Laws, regulations and rules
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WASHINGTON (Reuters)--;Federal Communications Commission Chairman Kevin Martin on Wednesday urged Congress to toughen laws protecting telephone subscriber records in the wake of the discovery of several online data brokers. [...]
Telecommunications services industry, Government communications regulation, Government regulation, United States. Congress -- Political activity, Net neutrality -- Laws, regulations and rules, Net neutrality -- Political aspects, Telecommunications services industry -- Laws, regulations and rules, Communications industry -- Laws, regulations and rules, and United States -- Telecommunications policy
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The inventor of the World Wide Web, Sir Timothy Berners-Lee spoke in favor of network neutrality during a congressional hearing this week. Berners-Lee was the sole witness Thursday, [...]
Government regulation, Government communications regulation, Internet access, United States. Congress -- Laws, regulations and rules, Center for Democracy and Technology -- Laws, regulations and rules, Internet access -- Laws, regulations and rules, Net neutrality -- Laws, regulations and rules, and United States -- Telecommunications policy
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One of the most influential groups to lobby for technology policy has laid out its plans for shaping the Internet and technology this year. The Center for Democracy [...]
The Hill. Oct 22, 2015, Vol. 22 Issue 98, p12, 2 p.
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Government regulation, Technology installation instructions, Government communications regulation, United States. Senate -- Transportation policy, United States. Department of Transportation -- Powers and duties, United States. Federal Communications Commission -- Powers and duties, United States. Department of Housing and Urban Development -- Powers and duties, Railroads -- Safety and security measures, Railroads -- Laws, regulations and rules, Railroads -- Political aspects, Safety equipment -- Installation, Safety equipment -- Laws, regulations and rules, Net neutrality -- Laws, regulations and rules, Net neutrality -- Political aspects, Presidential candidates -- Telecommunications policy, Tenants -- Laws, regulations and rules, Tenants -- Safety and security measures, Landlords -- Laws, regulations and rules, and Sexual abuse -- Prevention
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* Lawmakers in the House and Senate have reached an agreement to extend a federal deadline for a new automated train system by three years, possibly avoiding a partial railway [...]
