The Broadband Data Task Force announces that the seventh Broadband Data Collection filing window for submitting broadband availability and other data as of June 30, 2025, will open on July 1, 2025.
Not only did Congress unanimously pass the Martha Wright Reed Act, but the Federal Communications Commission unanimously adopted the decision. And the Federal Communications Commission’s newly appointed General Counsel vigorously and persuasively defended the decision in April 2025.
Federal Communications Commission Chairman Brendan Carr announced that the agency’s Wireline Competition Bureau has taken action to address the consequences stemming from the Commission’s 2024 decision on Incarcerated People’s Communications Services. The order extends the deadlines by which IPCS providers must comply with certain rules adopted in the 2024 IPCS Order until April 1, 2027 or any alternative date the FCC sets as part of further action.
Federal Communications Commission Chairman Brendan Carr circulated an order that would save the American public millions of dollars by rejecting a request to expand a COVID-era waiver. Specifically, the circulated order denies a request by Lifeline providers to extend the FCC’s waiver of the program’s non-usage rules.
Sen Maria Cantwell (D-WA), Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation, spoke out against the last-minute deal between Sens Ted Cruz (R-TX) and Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) on a proposed five-year moratorium on states’ ability to regulate artificial intelligence. The deal comes as parents, school districts and states are fighting social media companies in court to stop them from pushing their harmful and addictive products on kids, and this provision will give Meta and TikTok a get out of jail free card.
Federal Communications Commission Chairman Brendan Carr announced the appointment of Katie McAuliffe to serve as Policy Advisor in his office. In this role, Katie will lead coalitions and external affairs work for the FCC. Katie joins the FCC from Information Technology Industry Council, where she served as Senior Director of Telecommunications Policy. At ITI, her portfolio included spectrum policy, connectivity, broadband, privacy, antitrust and competition, internet taxes, future of work, and tech/telecommunications regulatory reform.
The denial of equitable access has been a defining feature throughout American history.
The initial vote on the One Big Beautiful Bill Act was 51-49, with most Republicans in favor and all Democrats opposed, putting the Senate potentially on track to pass the bill by Monday after a day of debate and amendments.
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