Senate Intelligence Committee Introduces Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act
The Senate Select Committee on Intelligence has introduced the Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act of 2015 (S. 754) in the United States Senate. The 54-page...
Bureau Releases Updated Rate-of-Return Cost Model Reports
The FCC’s Wireline Competition Bureau (Bureau) has released updated reports for the rate-of-return cost model it is developing, the Alternative Connect America Cost Model...
Study Area Boundary Changes Due March 23; Recertification Deadline is May 26
The Wireline Competition Bureau (WCB) has extended the deadline for incumbent local exchange carriers (ILECs) to file updated study area boundary data if any...
FCC Seeks Nominations for Tribal Official Intergovernmental Advisory Committee Slot
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC or Commission) is seeking nominations for an open position for an elected or appointed Tribal representative to serve on...
Data Broker Accountability and Transparency Act Introduced in Senate
Senators Edward Markey (D-MA), Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), and Al Franken (D-MN) have introduced the Data Broker Accountability and Transparency Act (S. 668)...
Bureau Claims New Rate-Of-Return Cost Model Increases High-Cost Support
The FCC’s Wireline Competition Bureau (Bureau) has released an updated version of the rate-of-return local exchange carrier cost model: the Alternative Connect America Cost Model...
Bureau Announces More Rural Broadband Experiment Winners
The FCC’s Wireline Competition Bureau (Bureau) has announced that the following 12 entities have been provisionally selected to receive roughly $12 million in rural...
Bureau Denies More Rural Broadband Experiment Waiver Requests
The FCC’s Wireline Competition Bureau (Bureau) has denied four more petitions requesting waiver of the FCC’s rural broadband experiment requirements. Specifically, the Bureau has...
FCC Adopts Landmark Broadband Orders
In a dramatic open meeting that featured guest speakers from the online, technology and entertainment industries, the FCC officially adopted two orders that boldly...
Push for Delayed Net Neutrality Vote and Public Disclosure of Order Rebuffed by Chairman
Three days before the FCC’s February 26 meeting, Commissioners Ajit Pai and Michael O’Rielly have made a last-ditch effort to delay the FCC’s net...
