Affordable Connectivity Program
Senate Commerce Committee Set to Vote on Short-Term ACP Funding
The Spectrum and National Security Act would infuse the program with $7 billion.
Affordable Connectivity Program
The Spectrum and National Security Act would infuse the program with $7 billion.
Cybersecurity
Cybersecurity leaders consider the potential efficacy of a landmark privacy bill.
Affordable Connectivty Program
Sen. Ben Ray Luján signaled his USF working group is looking to fold ACP into the fund.
Digital Inclusion
A U.S. senator, FCC commissioners, and a White House official rallied alongside public interest and industry groups for the subsidy program.
Spectrum Auction
The proposal would provide $7 billion for the ACP, an increase from the discussion draft.
Digital Inclusion
A commitment to fully fund the month of May would give Congress time to provide new money for the Affordable Connectivity Program.
Spectrum
The Senate Commerce Committee is planning to vote on the bill at its May 1 markup
Net Neutrality
The agency is set to vote on the measure next week.
Privacy
The measure would hand enforcement to the FTC, but would leave in place data breach rules the FCC adopted in December.
Artificial Intelligence
The argument found support among other speakers, including Senator Maria Cantwell.
Spectrum
The FCC’s spectrum auction authority expired in March.
FCC
The Mandatory Disaster Response Initiative requires providers to negotiate network sharing within nine months.
FTC
Epic’s $275 million penalty for alleged COPPA violation is the largest to date, according to the agency.
A new bill would provide grants to providers who can quickly build middle-mile infrastructure along existing electrical grid system.
TechFreedom cites Supreme Court’s EPA decision as limit on FCC authority to broaden agency fees.
Funding
Republican Sens. Susan Collins and Shelley Moore Capito listed infrastructure fund disbursement among their foremost focuses for the coming year.