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July 2019

FCC Announces the Membership of Two BDAC Working Groups

Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai has appointed members to serve on two Broadband Deployment Advisory Committee (BDAC) working groups: (1) the Broadband Infrastructure Deployment Job Skills and Training Opportunities working group, and (2) the Increasing Broadband Investment in Low-Income Communities working group. The Broadband Infrastructure Deployment Job Skills and Training Opportunities working group will be chaired by Leticia Latino, chief executive officer at Neptuno/SmartTecPort.

Senator Warren, Rep Jayapal Investigate Reports that FCC Advisory Council is Dominated by Industry Insiders

Sen Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) and Rep Pramila Jayapal (D-WA) sent a letter to Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai, requesting more information about reports that the FCC's Communications Security, Reliability, and Interoperability Council (CSRIC) may be inappropriately dominated by industry insiders.

Google internet balloon spinoff Loon still looking for its wings. First commercial trial planned.

Google’s bet on balloons to deliver cell service soon faces a crucial test amid doubts about the viability of the technology by some potential customers.  The company behind the effort, Loon, says its balloons will reach Kenya in the coming weeks for its first commercial trial. The test with Telkom Kenya, the nation’s No 3 carrier, will let mountain villagers buy 4G service at market-rate prices for an undefined period. Kenya’s aviation authority said its final approval would be signed in July.

Sponsor 

Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau

Federal Communications Commission

Date 
Thu, 07/11/2019 - 18:00 to 18:45

The webinar will include an overview of the EAS and instructions on how to register and file in the EAS Test Reporting System (ETRS).


Sponsor 

Information Technology and Information Foundation

Date 
Thu, 07/11/2019 - 15:00 to 16:30

There are growing calls from the administration, Congress, and some presidential candidates to either break up big tech companies or subject them to more careful scrutiny out of concern they may be violating competition laws. Some of this is egged on by advocates who would like to jettison the long-standing consumer welfare standard for antitrust policy, which holds that regulators should stay out of the way unless there is clear evidence a player’s actions are raising prices or curbing innovation.


Sponsor 

National Institute of Standards and Technology

Date 
Mon, 07/08/2019 - 12:30 to Tue, 07/09/2019 - 21:30

NIST will be hosting the third in a series of public workshops on the development of the Privacy Framework: An Enterprise Risk Management Tool


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