Executives from CEA and Pandora said in separate interviews Tuesday lawmakers are increasingly supportive of leveling the playing field among broadcast, radio and Internet radio stations. CEA President Gary Shapiro and Pandora founder Tim Westergren are scheduled to testify Wednesday at a House Communications Subcommittee hearing on the future of audio.
Executives from CEA and Pandora said in separate interviews Tuesday that lawmakers are increasingly supportive of leveling the playing field among broadcast, radio and Internet radio stations. CEA President Gary Shapiro and Pandora founder Tim Westergren are scheduled to testify Wednesday at a House Communications Subcommittee hearing on the future of audio.
Executives from CEA and Pandora said in separate interviews Tuesday that lawmakers are increasingly supportive of leveling the playing field among broadcast, radio and Internet radio stations. CEA President Gary Shapiro and Pandora founder Tim Westergren are scheduled to testify Wednesday at a House Communications Subcommittee hearing on the future of audio.
June 5 FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski speaks at FCBA annual luncheon, noon, Grand Hyatt, 1000 H St. NW -- http://xrl.us/bimfn6
Public Knowledge and the California Public Utilities Commission squared off in reply comments to a March 1 FCC public notice on intentional interruptions of wireless service by government agencies seeking to protect public safety, disagreeing sharply on whether the FCC has authority to impose national rules. The FCC issued the notice after the Bay Area Rapid Transit District (BART) shut down wireless service at one of its stations for three hours last August to prevent a possible protest (CD May 2 p8).
Public Knowledge and the California Public Utilities Commission squared off in reply comments to a March 1 FCC public notice on intentional interruptions of wireless service by government agencies seeking to protect public safety, disagreeing sharply on whether the FCC has authority to impose national rules. The FCC issued the notice after the Bay Area Rapid Transit District (BART) shut down wireless service at one of its stations for three hours last August to prevent a possible protest (WID May 2 p2).
MAHWAH, N.J. -- D&M Holdings is combining its U.S. sales and marketing for the Boston Acoustics, Denon and Marantz brands under a single organization in breaking up previously independent groups, CEO Jim Caudill said at a product line show here.
The U.S. imposes “fairly strict restrictions on the Internet, and its approach ‘remains full of problems and contradictions,'” the Chinese government said Friday (http://xrl.us/bm9dr6). It quoted its new report responding to a U.S. report earlier last week on China’s human rights practices. The U.S. uses “Internet freedom” as “just an excuse” to “impose diplomatic pressure and seek hegemony,” said the report, “Human Rights Record of the United States in 2011” (http://xrl.us/bm9dzj), released by the information office of the State Council of China’s Cabinet. The Patriot Act and the Homeland Security Act both have “clauses about monitoring the Internet, giving the government or law enforcement organizations power to monitor and block any Internet content harmful to national security,” it said. The Protecting Cyberspace as a National Asset Act of 2010 also stipulates that the federal government has “absolute power” to shut down the Internet under a declared national emergency, the report said. It cited a report by The Guardian “which said that the U.S. military is developing software that will let it secretly manipulate social media sites by using fake online personas.” That project “aims to control and restrict free speech on the Internet,” China’s report said. The State Department’s Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for 2011 said “deterioration in key aspects” of the China’s human rights situation continued during the year (http://xrl.us/bm9dv8). “The authorities increased attempts to limit freedom of speech and to control the press, the Internet, and Internet access,” the U.S. report said.
The U.S. imposes “fairly strict restrictions on the Internet, and its approach ‘remains full of problems and contradictions,'” the Chinese government said Friday (http://xrl.us/bm9dr6). It quoted its new report responding to a U.S. report earlier last week on China’s human rights practices. The U.S. uses “Internet freedom” as “just an excuse” to “impose diplomatic pressure and seek hegemony,” said the report, “Human Rights Record of the United States in 2011” (http://xrl.us/bm9dzj), released by the information office of the State Council of China’s Cabinet. The Patriot Act and the Homeland Security Act both have “clauses about monitoring the Internet, giving the government or law enforcement organizations power to monitor and block any Internet content harmful to national security,” it said. The Protecting Cyberspace as a National Asset Act of 2010 also stipulates that the federal government has “absolute power” to shut down the Internet under a declared national emergency, the report said. It cited a report by The Guardian “which said that the U.S. military is developing software that will let it secretly manipulate social media sites by using fake online personas.” That project “aims to control and restrict free speech on the Internet,” China’s report said. The State Department’s Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for 2011 said “deterioration in key aspects” of the China’s human rights situation continued during the year (http://xrl.us/bm9dv8). “The authorities increased attempts to limit freedom of speech and to control the press, the Internet, and Internet access,” the U.S. report said.
The Transportation Security Administration is seeking comment on a new Information Collection Request related to its decision to consolidate some assessment programs within surface modes of transportation. As a result, the Highway Corporate Security Reviews will become a Baseline Assessment for Security Enhancement. It said that will provide increased consistency because TSA also has a BASE program to evaluate the status of security and emergency response programs on transit systems throughout the nation that operates similarly to the CSRs.