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Headlines, Policymakers
Today's Quote 06.25.08
Submitted by Benton Foundation on June 25, 2008 - 8:02am"Generally, I think the Universal Service Fund needs to be blown up like the Death Star."
-- Rep Mike Doyle (D-PA)
Those DEMs and the FISA Update
Submitted by Benton Foundation on June 24, 2008 - 9:05pmLast updated: June 25, 2008 - 7:56am
On Friday, the House passed "the most significant revision of surveillance law in 30 years," and the Senate is expected to soon follow suit. House leaders insisted the bill was a "compromise" with conservatives, but as the New York Times noted, it was actually "a major victory for the White House after months of dispute." While progressives succeeded in forcing the White House to accept some important concessions, the deal fails to give the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court the authority to protect law-abiding Americans from being spied on by their government.
Baller: McCain and Obama Should Issue Joint Statement on Broadband
Submitted by Benton Foundation on June 24, 2008 - 8:55pmPresidential candidates John McCain and Barack Obama should issue a statement underscoring the consensus between Republicans and Democrats on the importance of broadband in the United States, says Jim Baller.
National Tech Policy: Which Way Forward?
Submitted by Benton Foundation on June 24, 2008 - 8:53pmWhat would you do as part of a new administration to impact tech policy on day 1 in 2009?
McCain and the Internets
Submitted by Benton Foundation on June 24, 2008 - 8:52pmLast updated: June 25, 2008 - 7:38am
Mark Soohoo, McCain's deputy e-campaign director, drew guffaws at an Internet conference in New York when he tried to dig his candidate out of a techno black hole.
Markey: Wait on Online-Ad-Service Technology
Submitted by Benton Foundation on June 24, 2008 - 8:48pmLast updated: June 25, 2008 - 7:34am
House Telecommunications & Internet Subcommittee Chairman Ed Markey (D-MA) has told cable operators and other broadband providers to hold off implementing ad-service technology similar to what Charter Communications was planning to use from online-ad network NebuAd.
Digital TV Switch Needs Bill Cosby
Submitted by Benton Foundation on June 24, 2008 - 8:44pmMeredith Attwell Baker is the acting head of the National Telecommunications and Information Administration, the Commerce Department unit responsible for overseeing next year's transition to digital signals.
Obama's Telecom Policies Suggest Open-Internet Push
Submitted by Benton Foundation on June 22, 2008 - 3:33pmSen Barack Obama (D-IL) is seen as likely to push for key changes in telecommunications policies that would expand Internet businesses if he's elected US president. He supports Network Neutrality legislation which prevents Internet providers from interfering with Web content based on its source or ownership.
OECD Discord To The Tune of 'Martin Seoul'
Submitted by Benton Foundation on June 22, 2008 - 3:17pmFifty-five years of peace on the Korean peninsula suffered a minor setback last week after Federal Communications Commission chairman Kevin Martin landed in Seoul for a two-day ministerial session of the 30-country Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development.
Today's Quote 06.19.08
Submitted by Benton Foundation on June 19, 2008 - 9:59amLast updated: June 19, 2008 - 10:00am
"Now we're full-blown into this digital era, and we, in general, need to upgrade the laws that ensure that there is accessibility for all the people who use these new technologies."
-- Rep Ed Markey (D-MA)
