February 2018

Remarks of FCC Chairman Ajit Pai "50th Anniversary of the Fist Call Made to 911"

Ken Sunseri, the Mayor of Haleyville (AL)  is here with us today. He’s here for a good reason. Fifty years ago today, the first 911 call was made from the Haleyville City Hall to the city’s police station. 

The Cost of Malicious Cyber Activity to the U.S. Economy

This report examines the substantial economic costs that malicious cyber activity imposes on the US economy. Successful protection against cyber threats requires cooperation across firms and between private and public sectors. 

Fear itself

[Commentary]  President Donald Trump’s derision hasn’t just seeped into the public consciousness; it’s worked its way into journalists’ bloodstreams, too. Take bad economics, mix in the devaluing of journalism as a profession—both from within and without—and the downgrading of truth in American culture, and you have a recipe for despair. There’s a growing impetus for our best journalists, now and in the future, to write off the profession entirely and opt for a life that’s relatively sane.

The non-starter

[Commentary] Race remains a no-go topic for much of the media—which will have serious consequences for the press.

Trump/FCC Propose Billions in New User Fees

The White House, backed by the Federal Communications Commission, is once again seeking to impose a new fee on communications providers that would amount to billions of dollars. That is according to the FCC's FY 2019 budget, released this week as part of the Administration's overall budget proposal.