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18 Jun 2007, 5:11 am
“What we’re really looking at is the building blocks of a new broadband service, with all sorts of new equipment and all sorts of new services,” said Art Brodsky , communications director for Public Knowl edge, part of a coalition of consumer groups pressuring the Federal Communications Commission to use the auction to create new competition. [read post]
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”) issued updates to its online technical assistance for employers, providing guidance for managing workplace issues arising from the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic in compliance with the panoply of federal anti-discrimination laws that it enforces. [read post]
29 Apr 2019, 6:05 am by Michael Geist
Monica Auer is the executive director of the Forum for Research and Policy in Communications. [read post]
8 Mar 2013, 1:42 pm by R. J. Quianzon
Department of Justice dragged a bidder through federal court in order to enforce penalties related to anti-collusion violations. [read post]
30 Sep 2021, 3:14 pm by Michel-Adrien
Today marks the first National Day for Truth and Reconciliation that is intended to honour the memory of all those who attended Canada's Indian Residential Schools and to draw attention to the legacy of abuse and discrimination of those institutions in Indigenous communities.The creation of the day comes out of the report of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) in 2015 that included 94 calls to action aimed at governments, institutions and Canadian society in general.In… [read post]
19 May 2009, 9:49 am
Substance-involved people have come to compose a large portion of the prison population and substance use may play a role in the commission of certain crimes. [read post]
26 Aug 2022, 4:00 am by Jim Sedor
But an analysis shows fewer women are using federal funds to cover childcare expenses this election cycle. [read post]
30 Apr 2024, 4:31 pm by Jack Bogdanski
Our community is anxious for change – and isn’t afraid to say so. [read post]
13 Dec 2018, 2:09 pm by Karen Gullo
A lawyer and innovator who has both counseled and stood up to the Federal Communications Commission—albeit not always at the same time—Sohn has fearlessly worked for over 30 years to make U.S. communications networks accessible to all consumers and protective of user privacy. [read post]
6 Jan 2014, 10:23 am
Of particular interest to the appellate community is the comprehensive list of appellate court vacancies. [read post]
27 Mar 2016, 8:25 am by Gritsforbreakfast
It has, however, taken a fiscal toll as well as damaged individuals, families, and whole communities. [read post]
23 Mar 2020, 2:28 pm by Karen Gullo
Ashkan was one of the first staff technologists at the Federal Trade Commission’s Division of Privacy and Identity Protection, where he helped lead investigations of Google, Twitter, and Facebook for misleading user privacy practices. [read post]
13 May 2021, 10:13 am by Corynne McSherry
For those who haven’t been following this issue: after the Federal Communications Commission rolled back net neutrality protections in 2017, California stepped up and passed a bill that does what the FCC wouldn’t: bar ISPs from blocking and throttling internet content and imposing paid prioritization schemes. [read post]
6 Feb 2023, 5:00 am by Unknown
The 2022 examinations generally focused on the NRSROs activities from January 1, 2021, through December 31, 2021, in which the staff considered “material regulatory deficiencies” to be essential findings that involved:Conduct or a deficiency that could undermine the quality of a credit rating or impair the objectivity of an NRSRO’s credit rating process; orConduct that may be inconsistent with the anti-fraud provisions of the federal securities laws.In total, the staff… [read post]
19 Oct 2023, 9:00 am by Barbara van Schewick
On Thursday, the FCC Commission voted 3-2 to adopt a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking asking for comments on the FCC’s plan to restore net neutrality. [read post]
A poll released yesterday surveyed some of the most politically diverse areas in the country — including Nevada, Arkansas, Georgia, New Hampshire, Virginia, and Southern California — and found that over 84 percent of people supported an update to the Electronic Communications Privacy Act (ECPA), the federal law which protects email and other online communications from government snooping. [read post]
29 Jul 2016, 1:19 pm by Howard Friedman
 The decision came in the case of a part-time adjunct professor at a community college who claimed that she was denied a full-time position. [read post]
30 Oct 2013, 7:14 am by R. J. Quianzon
The Senate has confirmed Tom Wheeler and Michael O’Rielly as Chairman and Commissioner, respectively, of the Federal Communications Commission. [read post]
27 May 2016, 2:40 pm by Rebecca Jeschke
Broadband Providers Have Unique Ability to Spy on CustomersSan Francisco - The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) urged the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) today to update privacy rules to prevent broadband Internet access service providers from recording and sharing their customers’ every move online. [read post]