Upcoming event
Week before last, there were more independent media voices and less online censorship in Russia than many of us in the West might have imagined. But with every passing day that Russian troops are in Ukraine, it becomes harder for their friends and family back home to access and share independent news of what is happening. The Kremlin has cracked down hard on dissent, the remnants of a free press, and social media platforms it does not control.
What is the state-of-the-art in cable broadband Internet? Is cable broadband as capacious, reliable, secure, sustainable, and scalable as other fiber-based solutions? Panelists will provide insights into the industry’s 10G platform initiative to deliver multigigabit symmetrical capacity, lower latencies, enhanced reliability, and improved security.
Last month, following the signing of the bipartisan infrastructure law in November, the White House released an infrastructure law guidebook. The guidebook is meant to provide information to American communities, so they know what to apply for, who to contact, and how to get ready to rebuild.
This guidebook is a roadmap to the funding available under the law, as well as an explanatory document that shows direct federal spending at the program level.
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Competition, Concentration and Antitrust:
Proposals to fundamentally reform U.S. antitrust law and policy are being advanced not only by antitrust think tanks, but also by antitrust leaders in the Biden Administration and in Congress. These proposals take various forms and are premised on a range of arguments; some ideological, some empirical. |
A three-day event exploring the organized spread of disinformation and strategies to respond to it.
Tennessee is setting out to connect every corner of the state. The State Broadband Director, Taylre Beaty, is working to administer over $400 million of federal funding through the Tennessee Emergency Broadband – American Rescue Plan (TEBF-ARP), and is planning for what will come down the pike with additional federal funding from IIJA. Since the launch in 2018, Tennessee’s broadband program has administered over $120 Million in funding to serve over 140,000 Tennesseans.
A close look at precisely what effect the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) may have on the digital economy, on U.S. innovation in the broadband and tech sectors, and on eradicating the digital divide.
The Fiber Broadband Association announced that in partnership with NTCA –The Rural Broadband Association, the two groups have released the Broadband Infrastructure Playbook, a comprehensive guide designed to assist state broadband offices to best leverage federal funds available through the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA).
At this meeting, the Task Force will provide updates on Task Force administration; review and discuss programs and policies relevant to the Task Force’s duties; and continue to discuss strategies to advance broadband deployment on agricultural land and promote precision agriculture.
This agenda may be modified at the discretion of the Task Force Chair and the Designated Federal Officer.
The meeting will be held via conference call and be available to the public via live feed from the FCC’s web page at www.fcc.gov/live