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"The Communicators visited a Capitol Hill "hackathon"seminar in which congressional staffers and employees from government agencies and outside groups brainstorm about how to use technology to open up…

The House Ways and Means Subcommittee on Social Security convened a hearing to examine the dangers of identity theft or losing one’s Social Security number. Notable witnesses included…

The chairs of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) and the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) testified at a hearing on their agencies' respective fiscal year 2019 budget requests. Some of the…

Consumer advocates talked about the challenges around the expansion and modernization of the digital electric grid and the concerns around privacy and accessibility to low-income and rural…

Ann Marie Buerkle, acting chair of the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, addressed a forum hosted by the Consumer Federation of America. The event brought together government,…

Gigi Sohn and Robert McDowell talked about the proposed merger of T-Mobile and Sprint and what it means for the two companies, consumers, and the wider cellular and communications world.

Technology experts talked about recent data challenges with Equifax and Facebook. They also discussed how corporations were dealing with the fallout from security breaches and best practices in…

Panelists talked about New Americ ‘s 2018 study that ranks major global telecommunications and internet companies based on their digital platform policies relating to users’ privacy and…

House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA), House Minority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-MD), along with staffers and others at a congressional “Hackathon,” talked about their efforts to make…

Communications analysts and officials from the Federal Communications Commission and the Federal Trade Commission talked about ways to deal with illegal robocalls. The panelists focused on…

White House Budget Director Mick Mulvaney, also the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau director, testified before the House Financial Services Committee on the consumer agency’s semi-annual report to…

Representatives from the Center for Food Integrity, the Think Healthy Group, and the Center for Science in the Public Interest took part in a panel discussion of the Consumer Federation of…

Michael Farren talked about the recent pedestrian death by a self-driving car and the future of autonomous vehicles.

Bob Quinn, AT&T’s top lobbyist in Washington, D.C., talked about the trial that began that week over his company’s plan to buy Time Warner. The Justice Department brought an antitrust suit against AT&T,…

Representatives from the Customs and Border Protection Office, the Consumer Product Safety Commission, and the Government Accountability Office (GAO) testified at a hearing on ways to protect…

Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Acting Director Mick Mulvaney talked about the agency’s priorities at the National Association of Attorneys General winter meeting.

The Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee held a confirmation hearing for Federal Trade Commission (FTC) nominees Rohit Chopra, Noah Phillips, Christine Wilson, and Joseph Simons,…

David Mitchell talked about efforts by his Patients For Affordable Drugs organization to lower prescription drug prices.

Democratic Senators Elizabeth Warren (MA), Ron Wyden (OR), Al Franken (MN), and Jeff Merkley (OR) talked about net neutrality as the Federal Communications Commission was to vote on December 14 on…

Democratic Senators Maria Cantwell (WA), Ed Markey (MA), Gary Peters (MI), Patrick Leahy (D), and Amy Klobuchar (MN) talked about net neutrality as the Federal Communications Commission was to vote on…