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Alliance for Digital Equality Legislations
- House Votes To Create Privacy Officers At DHS
American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) http://www.aclu.org/privacy/gen/39116prs20090324.html WASHINGTON – The House of Representatives passed legislation today that creates a privac... - The Oregon Telecommunications Coordinating Council (ORTCC)
The Oregon Telecommunications Coordinating Council (ORTCC) mission is to provide all Oregonians with affordable access to broadband digital applications that will improve the quality of life in Orego... - The State of Washingtonâs Department of Information Services (DIS)
The state of Washington’s Department of Information Services (DIS) is led by the agency director and state CIO and provides technology leadership, policy and service choices for the use of info... - Governorâs Innovation Council
Governor’s Innovation Council brings together entrepreneurs, venture capitalists and leaders from established technology companies, as well as bring together government officials, pioneers in t... - Arizonaâs Government Information Technology Agency (GITA)
Arizona’s Government Information Technology Agency (GITA) provides strategic oversight and leadership to develop advanced telecommunications (Broadband) service and infrastructure throughout Ar... - Iowa Communications Network
The Iowa Communications Network is a premier fiber-optic network, committed to continued enhancement of distance learning and providing Iowans with convenient, equal access to education and government... - Virginia Information Technologies Agency (VITA)
Through the consolidation of information technology (IT) services for Executive Branch Agencies within the Commonwealth, VITA will ultimately be responsible for managing and developing all IT solutio... - National Service Bill Signed Into Law
Association for Career and Technical EducationOn April 21, 2009, President Obama signed into law the Edward M. Kennedy Serve America Act. The new law greatly expands national-service program opportu... - American Public Health Association (APHA)
American Public Health Association (APHA)On Tuesday, March 31, Chairman Henry A. Waxman (D‐Calif.) of the Energy and Commerce Committee and Chairman Edward J. Markey (D‐Mass.) of the Energ... - Obamaâs Health Team Taking Shape
American Public Health Association (APHA)President Obama has nominated Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius (D‐Kan.) to serve as Secretary of HHS. Sebelius’ health care experience comes from eigh... - House Votes To Create Privacy Officers At DHS
American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU)WASHINGTON – The House of Representatives passed legislation today that creates a privacy official for each division of the Department of Homeland Security (... - Hawaii broadband bill fails
Associated Press A proposal meant to speed up Hawaii's Internet speeds has died in the state Legislature.Disagreement among lawmakers, Internet providers and regulatory agencies caused the measure to... - ADE Atlanta Digital Empowerment Council
The Alliance for Digital Equality's Digital Empowerment Council (DEC) for the city of Atlanta, Georgia was launched in July of 2008 and was the host city for The Alliance’s First Annual Digital ... - ADE Miami Digital Empowerment Council
The Alliance for Digital Equality's Digital Empowerment Council (DEC) for the city of Miami, Florida was launched in May of 2008 with the support of Miami Mayor Manny Diaz and his Elevate Miami ambass... - ADE Boston Digital Empowerment Council
The Alliance for Digital Equality's Digital Empowerment Council (DEC) for the city of Boston, Massachusetts was launched in August of 2008 with the support of many local community leaders and prominen... - ADE Chicago Digital Empowerment Council
The Alliance for Digital Equality's Digital Empowerment Council (DEC) for the city of Chicago, Illinois was launched in February of 2009, with the endorsement of Rev. Jesse Jackson, and has 50 DEC mem... - ADE Charleston Digital Empowerment Council
The Alliance for Digital Equality’s Digital Empowerment Council (DEC) for Charleston, South Carolina was the first council to be launched to study the impact of broadband access in the areas of ... - ADE Houston Digital Empowerment Council
The Alliance for Digital Equality’s Digital Empowerment Council (DEC) for the city of Houston, Texas was launched in February of 2008 with the support of Texas State Senator Rodney Ellis, along ... - ADE Detroit Digital Empowerment Council
The Alliance for Digital Equality’s Digital Empowerment Council (DEC) for the city of Detroit, Michigan was launched in March of 2008. The Detroit DEC has 45 members. The Detroit DEC presented f... - GOVERNOR PATRICK FILES BROADBAND LEGISLATION TO PREPARE THE COMMONWEALTH FOR ACCESS TO FEDERAL STIMULUS FUNDS
Bill to Ensure Massachusetts Captures Funding Opportunities BOSTON – Monday, April 27, 2009 – As part of his Massachusetts Recovery Plan to secure the state’s economic future, Govern... - House and Senate Adopt Budget Agreement
American Public Health Association (APHA) The U.S. House of Representatives and Senate passed the conference report on the FY 2010 budget resolution by votes of 233â193 and 53â43, respectively. Th... - Appropriations Committees Begin Hearings
Association for Career and Technical Education (ACTE)The House and Senate Appropriations Committees have begun work on their FY 2010 bills. On May 12 and 13, Secretary of Labor Hilda Solis testified b... - FCC Pressed On Improving Broadband Access
InformationWeek By W. David GardnerThe Telecommunications Industry Association on Friday presented its list of recommendations to the FCC for creating a strong National Broadband Plan.Danielle Coffey,... - The Nationâs C.T.O. Lays Out His Priorities
New York Times By Saul HansellI had a chance to sit down this week with Aneesh Chopra, the newly confirmed chief technology officer of the United States. My first question, of course, was &ldquo... - President\'s 2010 Budget Released: Significantly Increases Funding for Law Enforcement Priorities
National Association of Police Organizations (NAPO) On May 7, 2009, President Obama released his fiscal 2010 budget proposal. The budget shows that the administration and the attorney general li... - Governor Kaine Releases Broadband Availability Map
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DENVER - Today, President Obama traveled to Denver to sign the $787 billion \"American Recovery and Reinvestment Act\" into law. Colorado is expected to receive $2.791 billion over the next two years.... - Alabama broadband initiative launches Web site
Associated PressMONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) -- Alabama\'s broadband initiative has launched a Web site that allows visitors to test the speed of their Internet connection and share stories about how high-sp... - House Majority Whip Clyburn: Stimulus funds must pay attention to rural areas
SpeedMatters.org House Majority Whip James Clyburn (D-SC) emphasized the importance of widespread broadband deployment and adoption for economic recovery and social justice at a recent event sponsore... - North Carolina releases statewide map of broadband availability
SpeedMatters.org Connected Nation recently released its first statewide assessment of broadband availability in North Carolina.Created in conjunction with the North Carolina Farm Bureau, the assessmen... - Susannah Fox of Pew Internet & American Life Project Statement at Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology for Sept 18 Hearing
Patient Choice in Health Information Technology by Susannah Fox at Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology In the year 2000, the Pew Internet Project began surveying the A... - U.S. FCC to meet Oct 22 for open Internet rules
Reuters WASHINGTON, Sept 24 (Reuters) - U.S. regulators have set an Oct. 22 meeting to formally propose a new net neutrality rule aimed at ensuring that network operators treat the flow of Internet co... - Matsui Introduces Legislation to Help Low-Income Americans Subscribe to the Internet
Representative Doris O. Matsui Website Press Release Proposal Will Help Bridge the Digital Divide for Millions of Americans WASHINGTON, DC - Today, Representative Doris O. Matsui (CA-05), a Member of ... - US senator: Broadband infrastructure key for W.Va.
CNBC By: The Associated PressCHARLESTON, W.Va. - Developing a strong broadband infrastructure is vital to West Virginia\\\'s future, U.S. Sen. Jay Rockefeller said during a statewide conference Monday... - Blackburn introduces bill to block net neutrality
TheHill By Kim HartRep. Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) introduced legislation today to block the FCC from implementing net neutrality regulations, saying in a press release that the FCC\'s proposals \"iro... - FCC moves forward on net neutrality rule-making in unanimous vote
Washington Post By Cecilia Kang With a unanimous vote to move forward on a rule-making process for how the federal government will police access to the Internet, FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski won a ... - Net Neutrality in the Spotlight
Wall Street Journal Broadband providers, wireless carriers and public-interest groups will be watching the Federal Communications Commission next week to see what the agency has in store for net neutr... - Lawmakers Float Bill to Boost Rural Broadband
InternetNews.com By Kenneth CorbinLawmakers are set to consider a measure next week to reform the federal subsidy paid to telephone companies to provide service to low-income and rural households to i... - Georgia Receives $2.2 Million For Broadband Mapping and Planning
Gov Monitor The U.S. Department of Commerce’s National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) announced that it has awarded Georgia one of 15 grants to fund broadband mapping a... - Will Deliver National Broadband Plan To Congress By Feb. 17
Multichannel News By John EggertonFederal Communications Commission broadband advisor Blair Levin\'s team has been working over the holidays as they bear down on a Feb. 17 deadline Levin tells Multich... - Sen. Durbin Joins Lawmakers Cheering On State Broadband Grants
BroadbandBreakfast.com By Winter CaseyWASHINGTON, December 29, 2009 – Assistant Senate Majority Leader Dick Durbin, D-Ill., last week joined the bandwagon of lawmakers voicing support for the go... - PolicyWatch: FCC Broadband Update
Light Reading The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is set to meet this morning and offer a status report on the National Broadband Plan, which is to be delivered to Congress on March 17, a mont... - Lawmaker Pushes for New Broadband Funding
PCWorld Representative Matsui calls on the FCC to subsidize broadband service through the USF. The U.S. government should spend more on broadband adoption by redirecting money from a fund that subs... - Markey introduces bill to provide broadband to low-income students
The Hill By Kim Hart Rep. Ed Markey (D-Mass.) introduced a bill today to update the E-Rate program to help close the digital divide.Markey authored the original E-Rate bill that, in 1996, allowed scho... - A Plan for Broadband
New York Times Editorial The Federal Communications Commission’s broadband strategy comes not a moment too soon. High-speed Internet is on its way to replacing the telephone as the nation’... - Court Strikes at Net Neutrality
Wall Street Journal By AMY SCHATZ And BRENT KENDALL WASHINGTON—A federal appeals court ruled Tuesday that the Federal Communications Commission exceeded its authority when it sanctioned Comcast ... - FCC Chairman Genachowski expected to leave broadband services deregulated
Washington Post By Cecilia Kang The chairman of the Federal Communications Commission has indicated he wants to keep broadband services deregulated, according to sources, even as a federal court decis... - House Subcommittee Chair worries more Americans lack broadband than previously thought
SpeedMatters.orgDuring its first hearing on the National Broadband Plan, U.S. House Subcommittee on Communications, Technology, and the Internet Chairman Rick Boucher expressed concern over one of the... - Virginia Gov. McDonnell Signs Telemedicine Reimbursement Legislation
BroadbandBreakfast.com The Federal Communications Commission’s national broadband plan seeks to promote telemedicine, but the national health care bill recently-passed by Congress fails to ... - Kerry to chair hearing on improving Web access for deaf, blind
The Hill By Tony Romm Sen. John Kerry (D-Mass.) will chair a hearing next week on legislation that would require technology companies, phone manufacturers and Web vendors to adapt their products for d... - Communications Law to be Reviewed
New York Times By EDWARD WYATT WASHINGTON — Two top Democratic legislators said Monday that they would begin a process to modernize telecommunications laws that were last overhauled in 1996 but ... - Republican senators not happy with FCC\'s \"Third Way\"
The Hill By Gautham Nagesh Senate Republicans voiced their displeasure Monday with the Federal Communications Commission\'s (FCC) plans to reclassify broadband Internet access as a telecom service.37 ... - F.C.C. Begins Review of Regulations on Media Ownership
New York Times By EDWARD WYATT WASHINGTON — The Federal Communications Commission said on Tuesday that it would begin soliciting public comments as part of a review and possible revision of its ... - Rural Lawmakers Voice Concern With Broadband Plan
National Journal By Juliana Gruenwald FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski\'s broadband policies are under renewed criticism. This time, concerns are being raised by a bipartisan group of House lawmakers w... - The Regulatory Challenge
Wall Street Journal FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski on how far the U.S. still has to go on the service front For a chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, Julius Genachowski has an unusua... - Duke, city hit digital divide over new lines: City Council delays vote on university\'s request to install fiber optic lines
TMCnet DURHAM, Jun 23, 2010 (The Herald-Sun - McClatchy-Tribune Information Services via COMTEX) -- Duke University\'s plan to spend $1 million to link its downtown office space more tightly with the ... - FCC to propose $400 million rural health care broadband fund
Washington Post By Cecilia Kang The Federal Communications Commission will announce at its open meeting Thursday a plan to create a $400 million program that would bring broadband connections to rural... - Senate Commerce Committee approves disabilities legislation
The Hill By Sara Jerome The Senate Commerce Committee approved legislation on Thursday to require technology companies to make products that can be used by people with disabilities.The Equal Access to... - House Saves Broadband Funding
BroadbandBreakfast.com WASHINGTON July 29, 2010- With a vote of 308- 114 the House has approved a supplemental appropriations, HR 4899, which eliminates previous amendments that would have rescinded b...