Press Releases

Representative Greg Walden (R-Ore.) intends to attach an amendment to the “continuing resolution” in the House that would prohibit the Federal Communications Commission from using any funds to implement the Net Neutrality rules it passed last December.

WASHINGTON — Budget-slashing House Republicans are taking aim at America’s public broadcasting system. The funding resolution introduced today by the House Appropriations Committee would eliminate more than $400 million in federal spending that supports local public radio and television stations and their programming.

WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama delivered a speech in Marquette, Mich., on Thursday, highlighting a new proposal for wireless innovation and infrastructure.

WASHINGTON -- On Wednesday, Federal Communications Commission Chairman Julius Genachowski delivered a speech to the Broadband Acceleration Conference touting the value of broadband and the need for continued investment in its infrastructure. He promised to cut the “red tape” that stands as “a significant obstacle to broadband deployment.”

WASHINGTON -- Federal Communications Commission Chairman Julius Genachowski released his proposal to revamp the Universal Service Fund and a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking to update its broadband data collection efforts at the agency’s open meeting Tuesday.

WASHINGTON -- In a speech to the Information Technology and Innovation Foundation on Monday, Federal Communications Commission Chairman Julius Genachowski outlined a proposal to revamp the Universal Service Fund (USF), echoing ideas discussed by the chairman last year. A Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on USF reform is on the agenda for the FCC’s meeting on Tuesday.

WASHINGTON -- At the upcoming February 8 meeting, the Federal Communications Commission plans to have a presentation on the “status of the comprehensive reform efforts to improve the agency’s fact-based data-drive decision making.” Now twenty-five organizations, including the National Organization for Women, Rainbow PUSH, National Hispanic Media Coalition, Office of Communication, Inc.

WASHINGTON -- Confronted by overwhelmingly negative public response, Sens. Susan Collins (R-Maine), Joseph Lieberman (I-Conn.) and Tom Carper (D-Del.) have gone on the defensive about legislation they plan to reintroduce this year.

WASHINGTON - According to press reports, Comcast announced on Saturday that it had assumed control of NBC Universal from General Electric. The nation's largest cable and broadband provider now has a 51 percent ownership stake in one of the nation's top content producers. Last week, federal regulators paved the way for the final deal.

WASHINGTON -- A U.S. company appears to have sold Egypt technology to monitor Internet and mobile phone traffic that is possibly being used by the ruling regime to crack down on communications as protests erupt throughout the country.