Upcoming event

Sponsor: 

Georgetown Center for Business and Public Policy

Date: 
Wed, 09/21/2022 - 12:00

A conversation featuring Roger Entner, Analyst and Founder of Recon Analytics LLC, a leading telecommunications, media, and technology research firm. They will compare notes with Roger on the market and regulatory headwinds facing broadband and tech industries heading into Q4. They will also discuss the current thinking on the impact of IIJA, RDOF and BEAD funding on the market for broadband access and broadband providers, the potential for fixed wireless access to take share from cable, the thinking behind a satellite and terrestrial network mash-up and more. 



Sponsor: 

Mozilla

Date: 
Wed, 09/21/2022 - 16:00

A discussion about the need for comprehensive privacy reform and whether the political landscape is ready to make it happen.



Sponsor: 

National Telecommunications and Information Administration with Wyoming County Commissioners Association (WCCA) and Wyoming Association of Municipalities

Date: 
Tue, 09/27/2022 - 08:30

This day-long summit will bring together critical stakeholders in Wyoming from the federal, state, and local governments, tribal communities, industry, and other key partners to discuss coordination on broadband efforts as the state prepares to receive significant broadband funds from the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act.



September 12-16 Is Lifeline Awareness Week

The Federal Communications Commission is partnering with the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners (NARUC) and the National Association of State Utility Consumer Advocates (NASUCA) to raise awareness of the Lifeline program and the Affordable Connectivity Program (ACP) during Lifeline Awareness Week, September 12-16, 2022. Lifeline is an FCC program designed to help make communications services more affordable for low-income consumers, and provides up to a $9.25 monthly discount on qualifying voice and broadband services for eligible low-income subscribers and up to $34.2

Sponsor: 

Consumer Action

Date: 
Tue, 09/20/2022 - 13:00 to 14:30

A free webinar on the Affordable Connectivity Program for rural and tribal lands. The presentation will feature speakers Olivia Wein, staff attorney at the National Consumer Law Center; Derik Goatson, legal advisor in the Office of Native Affairs Policy at the Federal Communications Commission; and a speaker from the Universal Service Administrative Company (USAC).

The webinar will cover:



Sponsor: 

NTCA, the Fiber Broadband Association, and INCOMPAS

Date: 
Wed, 09/14/2022 - 13:00 to 13:30

This session will address the current broadband supply chain challenges and key mitigation strategies to help speed deployment.



Sponsor: 

Federal Communications Commission

Date: 
Thu, 09/22/2022 - 12:00 to 16:00

The goal of the Symposium and Town Hall is to examine the issues and challenges that states and localities face in addressing the need for greater adoption of digital skills training. The Symposium and Town Hall will provide information to attendees on what federal and state government entities, non-profit sector, community-based organizations, and other diverse stakeholders are doing to close the digital divide and advance digital literacy for all Americans.



Sponsor: 

Benton Institute for Broadband & Society and the National Broadband Mapping Coalition

Date: 
Mon, 09/26/2022 - 15:00
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Federal Trade Commission

Date: 
Thu, 09/15/2022 - 13:00
  1. Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on Government and Business Impersonation: FTC staff will provide a presentation on public comments received in response to the agency’s Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPR) to address government, business, and nonprofit impersonation fraud, and the Commission will vote on whether to issue a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) formally initiating a rulemaking.


FCC Announces Agenda for September 29, 2022 Open Meeting

Federal Communications Commission Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel announced that the items below are tentatively on the agenda for the September Open Commission Meeting scheduled for Thursday, September 29, 2022. At the meeting, the FCC will: