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April 2025

5 questions for Erie Meyer

Erie Meyer is a former chief technologist at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and Federal Trade Commission who will be a senior fellow researching the intersection of tech, artificial intelligence, and regulation at the Vanderbilt Policy Accelerator and the Georgetown Tech and Society Initiative. Meyer, a co-founder of the U.S. Digital Service that’s better known today as DOGE, talks about how existing consumer protection laws already apply to AI, whether DOGE is making the government efficient, and how AI chatbots could violate financial regulations. 

Rep Bilirakis Works to Close the Digital Divide by Prioritizing Broadband Investment in Flood Plains

Rep Gus Bilirakis (R-FL) reintroduced the Coastal Broadband Deployment Act, which would accelerate the deployment of broadband projects entirely within a floodplain.

Reps Peters, Walberg Introduce Bipartisan Bill to Bridge Digital Divide

Reps Scott Peters (D-CA) and Tim Walberg (R-MI) introduced the Proper Leadership to Align Networks for Broadband Act. This bipartisan, bicameral legislation would require the Administration to develop and implement a national strategy to close the digital divide.  The PLAN for Broadband Act is based on a Government Accountability Office report that found federal broadband efforts are fragmented and overlapping.

Rep Laurel Lee Introduces Bill to Protect American Broadband Consumers

Reps Laurel Lee (R-FL) and Marc Veasey (D-TX) introduced the Stopping the Theft and Destruction of Broadband Act. This bill will impose penalties for those who damage or steal broadband lines. Specifically, the bill will amend section 1362 of title 18, United States Code, to prohibit the destruction of broadband internet access service.

Spring Cleaning at the FCC

We spend a lot of time talking about the future—of AI, of the nation’s economic competitiveness, of closing the digital divide. But too often, we’re forced to try and build that future on a foundation of regulations designed for a different world.

The future of cable growth still looks bleak, for now

Cable operators still have a long road ahead in turning the corner on their subscriber slump, according to New Street Research, as the future of household growth looks bleak. Unsurprisingly, the Trump administration’s crackdown on U.S. immigration calls for slower population growth.

TDS expanding fiber connections in rural Grant County (WI)

TDS Telecommunications has broken ground on a new fiber-optic infrastructure project to connect more than 1,200 rural Grant County (WI) addresses.

Kinetic and Baldwin County (GA) Celebrate $1.9 Million High-Speed Fiber Internet Expansion

Kinetic officially inaugurated Lake Sinclair and east Baldwin County’s (GA) high-speed fiber internet expansion, connecting over 700 households in the area. This $1.9 million transformative project represents a collaborative effort between state and local governments and Kinetic to enhance digital connectivity and bridge the digital divide in the region. The Baldwin County project has been generously funded through a combination of more than $920,000 from the State Fiscal Recovery Fund, and a county match of $151,000.

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