Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Lindsey Graham is “agnostic” about whether a new agency should replace the FTC as primary privacy enforcer, the South Carolina Republican told reporters Tuesday. “I’m agnostic until you prove to me that they’re not the right agency,” he said when asked about consumer groups’ call for a new agency.
Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Lindsey Graham is “agnostic” about whether a new agency should replace the FTC as primary privacy enforcer, the South Carolina Republican told reporters Tuesday. “I’m agnostic until you prove to me that they’re not the right agency,” he said when asked about consumer groups’ call for a new agency.
In the May 15 Customs Bulletin (Vol. 53, No. 15), CBP published notices that propose to modify rulings and similar treatment for fruit products.
The White House soliciting evidence of anti-conservative bias by tech platforms (see 1905160059) is a “good thing,” Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., said last week. Asked about concerns over the administration's requesting information like citizenship status, Hawley told reporters it doesn’t seem much different from congressional offices collecting information for voluntary complaints. “It sends a signal to tech companies that [the White House is] paying attention, and it’s a good thing to be paying attention to.”
The White House soliciting evidence of anti-conservative bias by tech platforms (see 1905160059) is a “good thing,” Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., said last week. Asked about concerns over the administration's requesting information like citizenship status, Hawley told reporters it doesn’t seem much different from congressional offices collecting information for voluntary complaints. “It sends a signal to tech companies that [the White House is] paying attention, and it’s a good thing to be paying attention to.”
The industry-sponsored TV Parental Guidelines Oversight Monitoring Board (TVOMB) has been “insufficiently accessible and transparent to the public,” said the FCC Media Bureau in a report to Congress. It was posted Thursday on the TV ratings body and the accuracy of its ratings, as expected (see 1905140069).
A draft order on cable leased access rules set for the June commissioners’ meeting would eliminate requirements that cable companies provide part-time access to leased access programmers and include a Further NPRM on modifying the rate formula, FCC General Counsel Tom Johnson said Wednesday at a Media Institute luncheon. Cable companies have supported eliminating the part-time requirement, while leased access programmers want it preserved (see 1905140059). Along with leased access, Johnson discussed upcoming FCC legal cases and the Office of General Counsel (OGC) under Chairman Ajit Pai.
House Communications Subcommittee Democrats criticized FCC Chairman Ajit Pai on a range of actions during a Tuesday hearing. That fulfilled expectations House Commerce Committee's oversight of the majority-GOP commission would be more critical since Democrats gained a majority in the chamber (see 1905140060). Lawmakers' ire was tempered by other communications policy interests. Top House Communications members used the hearing as a venue to float legislative proposals on broadband infrastructure, C-band spectrum reallocation and 911 fee diversion.
House Communications Subcommittee Democrats criticized FCC Chairman Ajit Pai on a range of actions during a Tuesday hearing. That fulfilled expectations House Commerce Committee's oversight of the majority-GOP commission would be more critical since Democrats gained a majority in the chamber (see 1905140060). Lawmakers' ire was tempered by other communications policy interests. Top House Communications members used the hearing as a venue to float legislative proposals on broadband infrastructure, C-band spectrum reallocation and 911 fee diversion.
As the FCC considers changes to its national broadband map, states are waiting to see what ramifications those changes have on their own maps. Minnesota's broadband map shares some of the same shortcomings as the FCC's Form 477-centric map, and it's worked with providers on improvements, emailed state Office of Broadband Development Executive Director Danna MacKenzie. "We will gladly give it up if and when the federal map improves and meets our needs."