Former CTO at FCC Tapped to be Assistant Directory for Telecom And Cybersecurity at OSTP
US Chief Technology Office Michael Kratsios has tapped Federal Communications Commission veteran Eric Burger to a top network security post.
November 2019
Campaigns Pressure Facebook to Stay Put on Political Ads (New York Times)
Submitted by Robbie McBeath on Fri, 11/22/2019 - 06:30Op-Ed: The Real Cost of Tweeting About My Kids (New York Times)
Submitted by Robbie McBeath on Fri, 11/22/2019 - 06:30FCC Commissioner Carr Suggests FCC Democratic Commissioners Lack 5G Vision (Multichannel News)
Submitted by Robbie McBeath on Thu, 11/21/2019 - 17:44Parents Television Counsel Calls for Reconstituting Content Ratings Board (Broadcasting&Cable)
Submitted by Robbie McBeath on Thu, 11/21/2019 - 17:42Senators Cotton, Schumer Request Suspension of Licenses Allowing US Exports to Huawei (US Senate)
Submitted by Robbie McBeath on Thu, 11/21/2019 - 17:41Former President Barack Obama Worries That Tech Has Led Society Astray (Fortune)
Submitted by Robbie McBeath on Thu, 11/21/2019 - 17:39Securing a future for Latinx journalists (Columbia Journalism Review)
Submitted by Robbie McBeath on Thu, 11/21/2019 - 17:38
FCC Announces Tentative Agenda for December 2019 Open Meeting
Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai announced that the items below are tentatively on the agenda for the Open Commission Meeting scheduled for Thursday, Dec 12, 2019:
988: Suicide Prevention Hotline Number – The FCC will consider a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking that would propose to designate 988 as the 3-digit number for a national suicide prevention and mental health crisis hotline. (WC Docket No. 18-336)