Chairman Carr Announces Additional Appointments to the Native Nations Communications Task Force and Date of First Meeting
The Task Force is comprised of elected and appointed leaders, or their designees, from a broad cross section of Native Nations
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Civil Rights Letter to the House Democratic AI Commission
The need for civil rights protections to be the foundation of any comprehensive artificial intelligence legislation
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Co-ops tell FCC revising pole attachment regulations will delay BEAD builds
NRECA is pushing back on an FCC inquiry seeking to potentially meddle with state pole attachment regulations for broadband builds
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Benton Institute for Broadband & Society Calls on NTIA to Act on Digital Equity and Opportunity Funding After Court Ruling
The Administration committed to restarting the program, and we call on Administrator Roth to act quickly.
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Court Rules the Digital Equity Act's Race Provision Is Unconstitutional—But Severable
This is a ruling on the government's motion to dismiss the entire case, not a final judgment.
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How Americans Are Engaged With News, Politics, Religion and Civic Life
Mapping how Americans take part in society
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Could China and Russia really destroy Starlink? Only with a boomerang.
Starlink would not be easy to defeat.
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European Commission provides guidance to Google for AI interoperability on Android and sharing of Google Search data under the Digital Markets Act
The aims of the measures are to 1) ensure that competitors' Artificial Intelligence (AI) services can compete with Google's own AI services, such as Gemini, by having equal access to features on Google's Android devices and 2) rebalance the playing field by giving third-party search engines access to search data that only Google Search can collect at scale.
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FCC Announces Anticipated Renewal of its Consumer Protection and Accessibility Advisory Committee and Solicits Nominations for Membership
Applications due Monday, September 14, 2026
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The AI boom tests the limits of growth
Electricity demand is becoming the clearest measure of the AI industry's extraordinary expansion and a test of how long that pace can last.
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WIA Foundation Launches Wireless Futures Program to Help Employers Build the Next Generation of Wireless Talent
A national initiative designed to connect employers across the wireless and digital infrastructure ecosystem with undergraduate and graduate students
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A Reduction in BEAD Awards for Satellite? A Look at the Latest Data
This latest development highlights several important takeaways and open questions about BEAD and the state of broadband availability in the U.S.
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What the FCC's New Strategic Plan Says and What It Doesn't
Two Plans, Four Fewer Words: "Independent," "Equity," "Affordable," "Low-Income"
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From Education to Advocacy: The First Year of the Blue Ridge Broadband Alliance
A look back at the first year of the Blue Ridge Broadband Alliance
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