Democrats Continue To Pressure Administration On AT&T/T-Mobile Merger
09.22.11
U.S. Representative Heath Shuler and 14 House colleagues urged the Obama administration to approve the AT&T/T-Mobile merger. Read More »
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U.S. Needs AT&T/T-Mobile Merger, Says Larry Cohen on C-Span
09.21.11
Appearing on C-Span's The Communicators series, CWA President Larry Cohen reiterated the reasons the union supports the AT&T/T-Mobile Merger: that AT&T would repatriate offshored jobs and would benefit the parts of the country underserved by broadband networks. Read More »
The White House Makes A Digital Promise
09.19.11
The White House and the Department of Education announced recently the creation of the Digital Promise center to promote technology in the nation's classrooms. Read More »
Obama Jobs Bill Includes Allocation of Public Safety Spectrum
09.14.11
The new Obama jobs bill addresses the popular, but still not passed, first responders communications network. According to the White House: "The plan follows the model in the bipartisan legislation from Senators Rockefeller and Hutchison in including an investment to develop and deploy a nationwide, interoperable wireless network for public safety." Read More »
Rural Health Technology Gets Financial Boost From U.S. Health and Human Services
09.07.11
"We need health information technology to bring our health care system into the 21st century," HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius announced in early September. "These funds will help safety net providers acquire state-of-the-art health information technology systems to ensure the delivery of quality care to some of the most remote areas of our country." Read More »
FCC Mandates Closed Captioning On Streaming Video
08.29.11
By a 4-0 vote, FCC Commissioners have ordered broadcasters and cable operators to provide "new video description regimes," which includes closed captioning, within nine months. The new ruling will make it possible for the approximately 28 million Americans with hearing deficits to enjoy the same closed captioning now required for TV broadcast. Read More »
Federal Funding Brings Computers To Those Who Need Them
08.03.11
Many low-income people still have trouble accessing and using computer technology. So, the federal government, through the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA), is bringing computer technology to the very people who need it most. Read More »
Administration Presses Federal Government On Technology Accessibility
07.29.11
On July 26, 2011, the 21st anniversary of the 1990 American with Disabilities Act, the Obama administration instructed federal agencies to improve technology accessibility for people with disabilities. Read More »
Net Neutrality Jumps Yet Another Hurdle
07.21.11
On July 7, 2011 the Federal Communications Commission submitted its net neutrality regulations to the Office of Management and Budget for review. Read More »
Nation Needs D-Block To Modernize Emergency Communications
07.19.11
The September 11 attacks revealed that a coordinated response was extremely difficult because first responders from different jurisdictions used radios with different frequencies. 10 years later, many emergency departments are still struggling with a national patchwork system of communication. Read More »
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