Senate Commerce Committee
Senate Commerce Committee Chairwoman Cantwell Wants Children’s Online Privacy Bills Passed During Lame Duck (Senate Commerce Committee)
Submitted by benton on Wed, 11/16/2022 - 06:31Rep McMorris Rodgers, Sen Wicker Call for Streamlined Permitting Process for BEAD Program
House Commerce Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) and Senator Roger Wicker (R-MS) sent a letter to National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) Administrator Alan Davidson urging NTIA to address burdensome permitting processes and other regulatory red tape that may impede the success of the Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment (BEAD) program that was created under the Infrastructure, Investment, and Jobs Act. To prevent slow deployment and the determent of investment, the Members urged the agency to require eligible states and territories to work with t
Sen Wicker Statement on FTC Commissioner Phillips (Senate Commerce Committee)
Submitted by benton on Tue, 08/09/2022 - 06:39Senate Commerce Committee Approves Dr. Prabhakar for Director of White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) (Senate Commerce Committee)
Submitted by benton on Fri, 07/29/2022 - 13:39Commerce Committee Approves 2 Bills and 4 Nominations, including Bipartisan Children’s Online Privacy Legislation and OSTP Nomination
The Senate Commerce Committee approved two bipartisan bills to protect children online, the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy Director nominee, Dr. Arati Prabhakar, the Transportation Security Administration Administrator nominee, David Pekoske, the Assistant Secretary of Commerce nominee, Susie Feliz, and Donald R. Cravins, the nominee to be Undersecretary of Commerce for Minority Business Development. Led by Sens.
House and Senate Leaders Release Bipartisan Discussion Draft of Data Privacy Bill
House and Senate leaders released a discussion draft of a comprehensive national data privacy and data security framework. The draft legislation is the first comprehensive privacy proposal to gain bipartisan, bicameral support. The American Data Privacy and Protection Act would:
Rep McMorris Rodgers, Sen Wicker Raise Concern Over Secretary Raimondo’s Statement on BEAD Program
Department of Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo said that the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) would consider an area “as unserved until [it is] actually served” when determining areas eligible for BEAD program funding, raising the potential for overbuilding unfinished federally-subsidized projects. Not only would this approach undermine the success of this program, it would ignore congressional intent, waste taxpayer dollars, complicate already-strained broadband supply chains and workforce shortages, and leave rural America further behind. Moreover, it coul