February 2023

Daily Digest 2/2/2023 (Six more weeks of winter)

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Thu, 02/02/2023

Today's top broadband news

Opinion | Bad news, remote workers: You need to return to the office for your employer to succeed (USA Today)

Submitted by benton on Thu, 02/02/2023 - 06:42

Big Tech is listening and tracking your voice recordings. How to make it stop! (USA Today)

Submitted by benton on Thu, 02/02/2023 - 06:41

Is broadband available near you? This updated FCC map can tell you. Maybe. (USA Today)

Submitted by benton on Thu, 02/02/2023 - 06:41

A smartphone app may help detect stroke symptoms, research shows (Washington Post)

Submitted by benton on Thu, 02/02/2023 - 06:40

TikTok Dealt Another Hit as Senator Bennet (D-CO) Joins Calls for Banning the App (Wall Street Journal)

Submitted by benton on Thu, 02/02/2023 - 06:40

Congress gears up for another farm bill. Here's what's on the menu (National Public Radio)

Submitted by benton on Thu, 02/02/2023 - 06:39

House Republicans Vote to Turn Back Time on Telework Policies

The House voted 221-206, mostly along party lines, to pass legislation requiring federal agencies to revert to their pre-pandemic telework policies, although the measure is likely to meet stiff resistance in the Democratically controlled Senate. The Stopping Home Office Work’s Unproductive Problems Act (H.R. 139), introduced by Rep. James Comer (R-KY), would require agencies to “reinstate and apply the telework policies, practices and levels . . . in effect on December 31, 2019” within 30 days of the bill’s enactment.

Achievements during the 117th Congress (Senate Commerce Committee)

Submitted by benton on Thu, 02/02/2023 - 06:34

FCC Announces Over $30 Million in Emergency Connectivity Funding

The Federal Communications Commission committed over $30 million in a new funding round through the Emergency Connectivity Program, which provides digital services for students in communities across the country. These funding commitments support applications from all three application windows, benefiting approximately 75,000 students across the country, including students in Colorado, Florida, Idaho, Nebraska, New Jersey, and Nevada—and will fund applications from all three application windows that will support over 200 schools, 15 libraries, and 1 consortium.

Benton

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