Upcoming event
The Board of the First Responder Network Authority will convene a meeting of the FirstNet Authority Board and the Committees of the Board of the First Responder Network Authority that will be open to the public via teleconference and WebEx on June 20, 2018.
On the date and time of the meeting, members of the public may listen to the meeting by dialing toll free 1–888–324–9653 and using passcode 4609182.
Geoffrey Adam Starks, of Kansas, to be a Member of the Federal Communications Commission
Completed nomination questionnaires are available at www.commerce.senate.gov/nominations
The hearing is a follow-up to a joint full committee hearing with Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, with a focus on the collection and use of social media data, the privacy concerns raised in the wake of the Cambridge Analytica/Facebook scandal, and potential steps to protect consumers.
Witnesses:
Smart agriculture engages technologies such as Big Data, GPS, IoT and connected devices to help farmers and ranchers better manage their production. Using these technologies, farmers and ranchers can improve water efficiency, produce higher quality crops and raise healthier livestock. Reliable and robust rural connectivity are fundamental to helping farmers gain benefits from new technologies.
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Judge Richard Leon's decision in the Justice Department's challenge to the AT&T/Time Warner decision is one of the most anticipated antitrust decisions in recent years. The decision is likely to influence not only how content providers, distributors, and platforms operate and interact with one another, but the entire landscape of vertical mergers more generally. |
An all-day conference hosted by the Open Markets Institute and the Tow Center at the Columbia University School of Journalism. Our speakers will explore how the power and business models of large online and telecom intermediaries affect the ability of reporters and editors to gather and distribute news in the 21st century.
The guiding question for the day will be: How do we ensure that America’s journalists are fully independent, and that they are robustly supported to report the news, both nationally and locally, that is so vital to sustaining our democracy?
Witnesses
Dr. Howard Beales
Professor of Strategic Management and Public Policy, George Washington University
Ms. Rachel Glasser
Global Chief Privacy Officer, Wunderman
Mr. Mike Zaneis
President and CEO, Trustworthy Accountability Group
On December 14, 2017, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) voted to repeal “net neutrality,” a set of Obama-era regulations that had only been enacted in 2015.
As one of the foremost academic institutions on rural research, the University of North Dakota brings a number of unique social and health research opportunities to the academic community that have global impacts. The Midwest Big Data Hub (MBDH) incubates collaborative partnerships among industry, academic, government, and non-governmental organizations to drive economic development and capacity-building for data practices, policies, standards, and applications. The Hub’s Smart, Connected and Resilient Communities efforts aim at developing shared knowledge and practices around data and data