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• Open Internet Fight Continues

  by David Valdez on Friday, November 11, 2011

  Tags: public advocacy , IT Security , broadband , walden , Advocacy , Genachowski , Valdez , FCC

  Earlier this week a very significant development took place that went fairly unnoticed.  Congressman Greg Walden, chairman of the Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Communications, unveiled legislation with the purpose of improving process and transparency at the Federal Communications Commission (FCC).
  
  This move was significant because the FCC is an independent agency that has been ... Read More

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• Funding Broadband for Underserved Communities in Review

  by David Valdez on Friday, February 11, 2011

  Tags: public advocacy , broadband , Advocacy , Valdez

  Yesterday, the Subcommittee on Communications and Technology held the first (of possibly several) hearings focused on scrutinizing the rollout of the $7 billion fund administered by the National Telecommunications and Information Administration and the Rural Development Agency.
   
  Testimony from the Inspector Generals from each respective agency indicated that there was concern that the Broadband ... Read More

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• What Has the Recovery Act Meant for Broadband Deployment

  by David Valdez on Friday, February 04, 2011

  Tags: public advocacy , Unified Communications , broadband , Advocacy , government IT , News , Valdez

  The Subcommittee on Communications and Technology will hold hearings next week on the spending practices under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act for Broadband deployment. Witnesses have not been announced, but we expect representatives from the National Telecommunications and Information Administration to be present, as well as recipients of the broadband deployment grants.
  
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• What does Google broadband mean for the IT industry?

  by Todd Thibodeaux on Wednesday, February 17, 2010

  Tags: CEO Corner , broadband

  Google announced plans to “build and test ultra high-speed broadband networks in a small number of trial locations across the United States.”  The gigabit fiber broadband service is expected to be available at “a competitive price to at least 50,000 and potentially up to 500,000 people,” according to Google’s official blog post on the subject... Read More

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