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Susan Ness, a Federal Communications Commission commissioner from 1994-2001, spoke with “The Communicators” while attending the annual “State of the Net” Conference. She talked about what sh…

Senator Mark Warner (D-VA) and former Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff delivered remarks on the challenges and dangers to democracy regarding digital disinformation campaigns. Th…

A panel of former Federal Communications Commission chairs and commissioners talked about digital media regulation. Topics included net neutrality, media ownership rules, and the structure o…

The Democratic National Committee Platform Drafting Committee met for the third day to draft the Democratic Platform for adoption by the full committee and ultimately by the Democratic Conve…

The Democratic National Committee Platform Drafting Committee met to determine its 2012 platform recommendations. On day two of the proceedings, dozens of witnesses spoke about various issue…

On the first day of a meeting to draft the 2012 platform for the Democratic Party. Among the topics addressed were marriage equality, local economic issues, education reform, U.S.-Israel rel…

Former members of the Federal Communications Commission talked about the positions of the three major 2008 Presidential campaigns on telecommunications policy. Former Commissioner Aberna…

Participants talked to reporters about an annual analysis of gender and leadership in communications companies. Following their remarks they answered questions from the reporters.

FCC Commissioners heard testimony on the proposed merger between Time-Warner and America OnLine. U.S. broad-band service issues were discussed such as the effect of the merger on promises of…

Commissioner Susan Ness testified about a variety of issues facing the communication industry including the state of competition in the industry, the impacts of new technology, enforcing the…

Witnesses testified about the progress of the Federal Communications Commission. They focused on the implementation of the V-chip and the increased competition in the telecommunications mark…

The Federal Communications Commission held a hearing on the merger of several telecommunications companies. The panelists discussed the positive and negative aspects of the Bell Atlantic mer…

Panelists discussed the proposed merger between Ameritech and SBC Communications. While proponents of the merger argued that service and access to the internet would be made more readily ava…

Consumer activists argued against a proposed merger between SBC Communications and Ameritech claiming that in other such mergers telephone service deteriorated.

Commissioners of the Federal Communications Commission listened to panelists who discussed the proposed merger between AT&T and TCI cable services. They focused on if the merger will benefi…

The Federal Communications Committee heard testimony concerning mergers in the telecommunications industry. Executives in the industry spoke about the benefits of consolidation for consumers…

House Judiciary committee members heard testimony from law enforcement officials and representatives of telecommunication corporations on the recent mergers taking place in the industry. Pan…

Senators heard testimony on the funding of the Federal Communications Commission. Among the topics talked about were Internet access for public schools, and cable television.

Chairman William Kennard and commissioners of the Federal Communications Commission appeared individually to talk about the role of the FCC and communication issues. Each responded to audien…

The Federal Communications Commission held a hearing to discuss the status of competition in the cable industry and how much consumer choice exists in the marketplace. Officials from the cab…