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Chairman Pai to attend Portland (ME) Sept fundraising event for Maine Heritage Policy Center
Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai will deliver the keynote address for the Maine Heritage Policy Center, a conservative research organization, at a fundraising luncheon in September. The center noted Chairman Pai's controversial role in ending the FCC’s net neutrality regulations and touted his efforts to eliminate fraud, waste, and abuse in federal programs. Chairman Pai will attend the center’s 2018 Freedom & Opportunity Luncheon. “The FCC Chairman’s regulatory philosophy is informed by a few simple principles, competition paramount among them,” the center stated.
Industry Thoughts for FTC
The News Media Alliance, which represents the newspaper industry, laid out a potential antitrust case against its foes, Google and Facebook, in comments filed with the Federal Trade Commission. The organization outlined legal considerations — including non-price harm to consumers, such as the newspaper industry’s ability to sustain journalism — and explained “how they connect to a potential antitrust case against one or more platforms.”
TPI's Aspen Forum brings together leaders from business, government, and academia to discuss and debate key public policy issues affecting innovation, technology, and communications.
The purpose of the hearing is to consider the energy efficiency of blockchain and similar technologies and the cybersecurity possibilities of such technologies for energy industry applications. In particular, should we expect electricity prices to increase from rising electricity demand in blockchain applications? In addition, how can we evaluate whether blockchain and similar approaches will soon improve the cybersecurity of computing systems used to supply our energy?
Witness Panel 1
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Mr. Paul Skare
Chief Cyber Security and Technical Group Manager
Panel I
- The Honorable James Lankford
United States Senator
State of Oklahoma
- The Honorable Richard Blumementhal
United States Senator
State of Connecticut
Panel II
- Mr. Sujit Raman
Associate Deputy Attorney General
United States Department of Justice
Washington , DC
- Mr. Michael J. Moss
Deputy Director
Cyber Threat Intelligence Integration Center (CTIIC)
Office of the Director of National IntelligenceEllicott City, MD
CDT, in conjunction with the Delegation of the European Union to the United States and the R Street Institute, are hosting a series of tech and internet policy happy hours.
A hearing to consider three presidential nominees.
Witnesses:
- Dr. Kelvin Droegemeier, of Oklahoma, to be the Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy
- Mr. James “Jim” Morhard, of Virginia, to be Deputy Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration
- Mr. Joel Szabat, of Maryland, to be Assistant Secretary for Aviation and International Affairs at the Department of Transportation
Sen Udall Will Seek Press Protection Commitment from FCC Chairman Pai in Aug 16 Hearing
Sen Tom Udall (D-NM) has signaled he will use some of his time questioning Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai at an Aug 16 FCC oversight hearing to make sure he has journalists' backs. That is the same day journalist organizations are getting together to push back on President Donald Trump's attacks on mainstream media as fake news outlets in league with his Democrat opponents to undermine his presidency and policies. Sen Udall will call on Chairman Pai "to defend the free press in light of repeated attacks from President Trump and members of his administration."
Congress is set to grill Chairman Pai for falsely claiming his agency was hit with a cyberattack — here's how it could affect the war over net neutrality
Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai is set to testify Aug 16 in front of a Senate oversight committee. He's certain to have to respond to questions while there about false statements he and some of his subordinates made to lawmakers about an incident in 2017 in which the agency's computer systems got overwhelmed during the comment period for its then-ongoing net-neutrality proceeding. Chairman Pai has tried to distance himself from those false statements, blaming them on the agency's former chief information officer, David Bray.
The Audit and Finance Committee of the CPB Board of Directors will meet telephonically. On the draft agenda: