Agenda

What's on the agenda for policymakers.

A Rising Star in the Biden Administration Faces a $100 Billion Test

The Commerce Department, under Secretary Gina Raimondo’s leadership, is now poised to begin distributing nearly $100 billion — roughly 10 times the department’s annual budget — to build up the U.S. chip industry and expand broadband access throughout the country. How Raimondo handles that task will have big implications for the United States economy going forward.

Sponsor: 

Getting Older Adults onLine (GOAL)

Date: 
Fri, 12/02/2022 - 12:00 to 13:30

Opening Remarks

FCC CGB Chief Alejandro Roark

Panel

OATS from AARP, FCC Outreach staff, and Industry Providers AT&T, Charter, and Comcast.

Speakers will discuss opportunities the Affordable Connectivity Program (ACP) has provided to deliver broadband to older adults, and the challenges of providing broadband services for the aging community.

Space is limited. Reserve your spot by responding directly to drberlyn@theprojectgoal.org 



California, Texas, Florida tipped to get most BEAD funding

Now that the first version of the Federal Communications Commission’s new broadband map is out, providers across the country are likely scrambling to calculate how much money each state is set to get from the $42.5 billion Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment (BEAD) Program. If estimates put out by industry group ACA Connects are to be believed, California, Texas and Florida are set to get the most support from the program, while Massachusetts, Delaware and Rhode Island will reap the least. Cartesian figures offer a baseline for understanding where funding is likely to be concentrated.

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Center for Data Innovation

Date: 
Thu, 12/08/2022 - 11:00 to 12:00

Product endorsements, whether they are from minor celebrities or household names, help sell products. But deceptive endorsement advertising, especially on social media platforms and in consumer review websites, can mislead consumers. The rapid evolution of social media and endorsement advertising has created new challenges, such as how to disclose financial relationships between social media influencers and brands properly. And the rise of new Web 3 platforms, including the metaverse, will likely create new questions, such as the rules around virtual celebrity endorsements.



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Center for Data Innovation

Date: 
Thu, 01/19/2023 - 12:00 to 13:00

To attract customers, some businesses have taken to posting fake reviews online to manipulate their own reputation or that of their competitors. These fake reviews deceive customers into buying goods or services of unknown or substandard quality, damage honest businesses’ reputations, and influence billions in e-commerce. Unfortunately, while industry and government have taken significant steps to address their proliferation, the prevalence of fake reviews has likely grown alongside the digital economy.



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Federal Communications Commission

Date: 
Thu, 12/08/2022 - 10:00

The Technological Advisory Council will continue to consider and advise the FCC on topics such as 6G, artificial intelligence, advanced spectrum sharing technologies, and emerging wireless technologies, including new tools to restore internet access during shutdowns and other disruptions. This agenda may be modified at the discretion of the TAC Chair and the Designated Federal Officer (DFO).



Elon Musk’s Twitter Takeover Triggers Partisan Clash on Government’s Role

Elon Musk’s takeover of Twitter is fueling a partisan clash in Washington, as Democrats raise concerns about the platform’s security and Republicans counter that the criticism is a thinly veiled attempt to stamp out conservative voices on the site.

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Fiber Broadband Association

Date: 
Wed, 11/23/2022 - 10:00 to 10:30
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Schools Health & Libraries Broadband Coalition

Date: 
Tue, 12/13/2022 - 13:00

As leaders seek to remedy the digital divide in their communities, projects that deploy new wireless network connections “to and through” anchor institutions are proliferating, demonstrating innovative, cost-effective approaches to connect the un-and underserved by using CBRS and WiFi spectrum. In this webinar, you’ll hear directly from anchor institution pioneers and their partners about their inspiring wireless projects.



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New America

Date: 
Tue, 11/29/2022 - 16:30 to 17:30

The digital domain is fast emerging as a new landscape of global competition and conflict. The benefits of digitization have been immense, but so have the harms -- rampant disinformation, privacy violations, cyberattacks, and the worsening of inequalities, to name a few. As harms proliferate and the technology rapidly broaches new frontiers of complexity and power, such as in AI and quantum computing, tensions over security, access, innovation, and human rights are becoming more pronounced, and the stakes are rising.