Today, the FCC’s Wireline Competition Bureau took some positive steps toward addressing a number of issues that NTCA–The Rural Broadband Association has raised about the Universal Service Fund (USF) reporting requirements, as well as the continuing need for the commission to actually create a targeted support mechanism for broadband support for rural areas and consumers served by …
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May 13 2013
Congress Weighs In With the Government Accountability Office
Sixty-three members of the U.S. House of Representatives sent a missive today to the Government Accountability Office (GAO) requesting that it conduct a report to monitor and measure the effects of modifications adopted as part of the FCC’s order intended to modernize the high-cost component of the Universal Service Fund (USF) and advance the availability …
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May 10 2013
Leadership Engages on FCC Appointments
The White House formally submitted Tom Wheeler’s nomination to chair the FCC to the Senate yesterday. The process has begun. Commissioner Robert McDowell’s departure in the next week also ensures that there will be a nomination for both the Democratic chairmanship and a Republican commissioner. In these partisan times, it is likely that the nominations will be paired …
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May 09 2013
New Senator Engages On Rural Broadband
Given the quality of my photojournalism skills, I’d better keep my day job, but I snapped this covert photo of Sen. Tim Kaine (D–Va.) this morning when he spoke at a Capitol Hill breakfast. Kaine has served as a mayor, governor and now senator, and I find him to be pragmatic, thoughtful and committed to getting …
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