FCC Open Meeting (February 2010)

The General Services Administration should open its massive Networx telecommunications contract to state and local governments to encourage the expansion of broadband into rural and other underserved areas.

The Federal Communications Commission will hold an Open Meeting on Thursday, February, 11. The agenda includes...

Assuming the Federal government opens for business on Thursday, we can expect to see Federal Communications Commission Chairman Julius Genachowski taking another substantial step to make good on his pledge to reform how the FCC does business.

The Federal Communications Commission has rescheduled its Feb. 11 public meeting due to the second major snow storm scheduled to hit DC in less than a week. The meeting will...

On February 18, the Federal Communications Commission outlined its ongoing efforts to help earthquake-ravaged Haiti.

The Federal Communications Commission has extended -- from March 8, 2010 to Friday, May 7, 2010 -- the public comment period in its Future of Media and Information Needs of Communities In A Digital Age proceeding.

The Federal Communications Commission has proposed revisions to its rules as part of its larger effort to reform and transform the agency into a model of excellence in government.

The Federal Communications Commission's Wireline Competition Bureau has ) extends by one year -- to June 30, 2011 -- the deadline for participants in the Rural Health Care Pilot Program. In addition, the Pilot Program has funded the build-out of an additional 16 broadband telehealth networks that will link hundreds of hospitals regionally in Iowa, Louisiana, Maine, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New York, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Dakota, Vermont, Virginia, West Virginia, and Wisconsin.

The Federal Communications Commission adopted an order that enables schools that receive funding from the E-rate program to allow members of the general public to use the schools' Internet access during non-operating hours.

Working recommendations meant to bring the innovative force of broadband to healthcare, education, energy and the environment, government, public safety and homeland security, job training, and small business were unveiled February 18 at a meeting of the Federal Communications Commission.