GOP: Blame DTV Delay on Clearwire
You can't beat a good conspiracy theory, accurate or not. With the digital television deadline of Feb. 17 now history, Republicans point the finger at Clearwire.
Monday, February 09, 2009 4:10 PM/EST
Thursday, February 05, 2009 1:42 PM/EST
Tech Groups Protest Stimulus Protectionism
Tech trade groups are breathing a little easier Feb. 5 after the U.S. Senate approved an amendment to moderate the "Buy American" provisions of the now $900 billion stimulus package. Under a Senate amendment to the bill passed Feb. 4, stimulus funding should be "applied in a manner consistent with United States obligations under international agreements." The Senate, however, refused to totally eliminate the Buy American provisions. The legislation is still under debate in the Senate so there's no assurance the chamber's protectionists won't ultimately prevail.
Friday, January 30, 2009 3:07 PM/EST
Tech's Skin in the Stimulus Game
Just two days after the U.S. House passed an economic stimulus package that includes $6 billion for broadband build outs to rural and underserved areas, the sniping has begun that lawmakers are short-changing the country's broadband future. The Wall Street...
Monday, January 12, 2009 4:13 PM/EST
Obama Sends Wrong DTV Signal
President-elect Barack Obama isn't playing it very cool when it comes to the digital television transition. No sooner had the National Telecommunications and Information Administration announced that funding for the $1.34 billion digital converter box coupon program had been temporarily exhausted than Obama called for a delay in the Feb. 17 deadline for television stations to begin exclusively broadcasting in digital format.
Tuesday, January 06, 2009 5:00 PM/EST
Crying Wolf: Lawmakers Ignore Cyber-threats
In June of last year, U.S. Rep. Frank Wolf, R-Va., took to the floor of the House of Representatives to announce his office computers had been hacked via China. The veteran lawmaker also revealed that the House Information Resources and...
Wednesday, December 31, 2008 1:14 PM/EST
Lawmakers Still Fretting over DTV
Years ago in an early DTV (digital television transition) hearing in the U.S. House, a senior lawmaker told his colleagues, "Gentlemen, mess with the voters' television and you won't be coming back after the next election." It's a warning elected...
Monday, December 22, 2008 3:58 PM/EST
Lawmakers Continue Push for Free Broadband Plan
Despite Federal Communications Commission Chairman Kevin Martin's decision to cancel a scheduled Dec. 18 agency vote on a controversial proposal to impose a free wireless broadband mandate on the FCC's next spectrum auction, Congressmen Bobby Rush, D-Ill., and Edolphus Towns,...
Monday, December 22, 2008 2:53 PM/EST
Obama Names Science Team
President-elect Barack Obama selected Dr. John Holdren Dec. 20 to serve as director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy. Holdren will also serve as assistant to the president for science and technology and co-chair of the...
Thursday, December 04, 2008 1:59 PM/EST
Google-Yahoo Deal Went to the Brink ... and Google Blinked
In November, just hours before the government planned to file an anti-trust lawsuit accusing Google of engaging in monopolistic behavior through its advertising deal with Yahoo, the search giant pulled the plug on the transaction. According to Sanford Litvack, the...
Wednesday, December 03, 2008 5:25 PM/EST
AT&T Launches Google Privacy Attack
Don't look for Google to be joining the Future of Privacy Forum any time soon. The FPF is yet another Washington coalition purporting to serve consumers' best interests, fancying itself as a champion of online privacy issues. "FPF will seek...
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