Caller overload at the Dallas 911 center, coming soon after a widespread AT&T wireless 911 outage, shows that maintaining the emergency-number service must be a priority for industry and government, 911 officials said Friday. The FCC said it will provide an update on the AT&T outage at commissioners' Thursday meeting, and 911 officials said they look forward to learning more information. Meanwhile, a few state legislatures are moving bills that could direct funding to 911 systems. And at the Nebraska Public Service Commission, industry said "no" to state requirements for 911 reliability exceeding what the FCC requires.
House Commerce Committee lawmakers are reviving broadband infrastructure proposals they floated last Congress ahead of Tuesday’s Communications Subcommittee hearing on the topic. Two draft measures were posted last week -- one 30-page bill text compiling many siting provisions (see 1703090046), and the seven-page dig once legislation led by Rep. Anna Eshoo, D-Calif.
The March 18 joint communique (here) of Group of 20 international finance ministers omitted previous language that called on G20 nations to oppose protectionism, reportedly at the urging of U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin during the ministers’ meeting in Baden-Baden, Germany, last week. The ministers also added to the communique that member nations are “working to strengthen the contribution of trade to our economies.” Communiques from the past three G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors meetings all contained the following statement: “We will resist all forms of protectionism.” While the March 18 communique deleted this, that statement did carry over language from the preceding sentence committing to refrain from competitive currency devaluations and from targeting exchange rates for competitive purposes.
C Spire Vice President Ben Moncrief, a candidate for the open Republican slot on the FCC (see 1703100061), may have a Twitter problem. Moncrief recently closed @BenMoncrief. Making the rounds in Washington is a compilation of his deleted Tweets, some of which were critical of President Donald Trump, before and after he was elected.
C Spire Vice President Ben Moncrief, a candidate for the open Republican slot on the FCC (see 1703100061), may have a Twitter problem. Moncrief recently closed @BenMoncrief. Making the rounds in Washington is a compilation of his deleted Tweets, some of which were critical of President Donald Trump, before and after he was elected.
Sen. Ed Markey, D-Mass., introduced legislation that would impose strict privacy and data collection requirements on commercial and government drone uses. He acted before a Senate Commerce Committee hearing Wednesday at which Markey called the current environment "dangerous" and pressed Earl Lawrence, Federal Aviation Administration director-Office of Unmanned Aircraft Systems, about the agency's efforts on drone privacy: “There are no safeguards that are in place in order to ensure that there’s a baseline federal privacy protection about the collection, retention, the sale of personal information," Markey said.
The FCC will “breathe life” into Section 7 of the Communications Act and will determine within a year whether any proposal for a new technology or service is in the public interest, Chairman Ajit Pai said Wednesday in a speech at Carnegie Mellon University’s Software Engineering Institute, webcast from Pittsburgh. The agency posted Pai’s remarks. Pai said he's directing staff to follow Section 7 and is charging the Office of Engineering and Technology with making sure the FCC adheres to the law.
Sen. Ed Markey, D-Mass., introduced legislation that would impose strict privacy and data collection requirements on commercial and government drone uses. He acted before a Senate Commerce Committee hearing Wednesday at which Markey called the current environment "dangerous" and pressed Earl Lawrence, Federal Aviation Administration director-Office of Unmanned Aircraft Systems, about the agency's efforts on drone privacy: “There are no safeguards that are in place in order to ensure that there’s a baseline federal privacy protection about the collection, retention, the sale of personal information," Markey said.
The FCC will “breathe life” into Section 7 of the Communications Act and will determine within a year whether any proposal for a new technology or service is in the public interest, Chairman Ajit Pai said Wednesday in a speech at Carnegie Mellon University’s Software Engineering Institute, webcast from Pittsburgh. The agency posted Pai’s remarks. Pai said he's directing staff to follow Section 7 and is charging the Office of Engineering and Technology with making sure the FCC adheres to the law.
Sen. Ed Markey, D-Mass., introduced legislation that would impose strict privacy and data collection requirements on commercial and government drone uses. He acted before a Senate Commerce Committee hearing Wednesday at which Markey called the current environment "dangerous" and pressed Earl Lawrence, Federal Aviation Administration director-Office of Unmanned Aircraft Systems, about the agency's efforts on drone privacy: “There are no safeguards that are in place in order to ensure that there’s a baseline federal privacy protection about the collection, retention, the sale of personal information," Markey said.