Tag: Federal Communications Commission

Ajit Pai's short talk, titled "American Pai: The Courageous Chairman of the FCC," will be followed by a panel discussion with fellow Republican FCC Commissioners Michael O'Rielly and Brendan Carr. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Beltway Confidential

Ajit Pai’s FCC can double down on deregulation

Casey Given · February 22, 2018 3:40 pm

In November, the Federal Communications Commission voted to ease media ownership rules after a monthslong effort led by Chairman Ajit Pai. That same year, Sinclair Broadcast Group announced it would buy Tribune Media. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)

FCC watchdog investigating rules change that facilitated possible Sinclair-Tribune merger

Daniel Chaitin · February 16, 2018 12:17 am

Nearly 41 million American adults lack access to a physical university, and of those, 3 million also lack access to an Internet connection suitable for online education.

Efforts to stem opioid abuse have side effects

Washington Examiner Staff · February 13, 2018 5:01 am

In this Dec. 1, 2017 file photo, Hawaii Emergency Management Agency officials work at the department's command center in Honolulu. The Hawaii government has conducted an internal review into the incident in which a day shift warning officer with the state's emergency management agency erroneously disseminated the message alerting more than 1 million people via cellphones, televisions, and radio stations of the supposed missile. (AP Photo/Caleb Jones, File)

National Security

FEMA to revamp training programs after Hawaii emergency alert bungle

Naomi Lim · February 6, 2018 6:09 pm

The FCC did not respond to requests for comment on its approach to 5G cybersecurity, but the commission's industry advisory panel, the Communications Security, Reliability and Interoperability Council, is working on a proposal on the issue. (Simon Dawson/Bloomberg)

Telecoms lash out at plan to nationalize 5G network

Charlie Mitchell · February 6, 2018 5:01 am

Honolulu attorney Michael Green, right, sits with his client, the former Hawaii Emergency Management Agency employee who sent a false missile alert to residents and visitors in Hawaii, left, during an interview with reporters on Friday. The ex-state employee says he's devastated about causing panic, but he believed it was a real attack at the time. The man in his 50s spoke to reporters Friday on the condition he not be identified because he fears for his safety after receiving threats. (AP Photo/Jennifer Sinco Kelleher)

Hawaii employee who sent botched missile alert was ‘100 percent sure’ a threat was imminent

Diana Stancy Correll · February 3, 2018 1:51 am

After users of CNN's app received dozens of push notifications for an updated story on the false ballistic missile alert in Hawaii,
many Twitter users wondered what was happening, noted the irony, and made fun of the cable news network. (Screenshot via Twitter)

Twitter mocks CNN for repeatedly sending push alert about false ballistic missile alert

Mandy Mayfield · January 30, 2018 11:26 pm

This smartphone screen capture shows the retraction of a false incoming ballistic missile emergency alert sent from the Hawaii Emergency Management Agency system on Jan. 13. On Tuesday, the employee who sent the alert was fired, and Vern Miyagi, the administrator of the Hawaii Emergency Management Agency, submitted his resignation. (AP Photo/Caleb Jones)

Hawaii fires emergency management worker who sent false missile alert

Melissa Quinn · January 30, 2018 11:02 pm

President Trump adopted two-thirds, or about 64 percent, of the Heritage agenda, meaning that the administration copied and pasted 334 of the think tank's unique policy proposals. (AP)

Beltway Confidential

Heritage says Trump has surpassed Reagan. But does that make him the most conservative?

Philip Wegmann · January 30, 2018 6:02 pm

The Federal Communications Commission released a report into the events of the morning of Jan. 13, when a ballistic missile alert was sent to more than 1 million people through the emergency alert system in Hawaii. (AP)

National Security

Hawaii worker who sent false ballistic missile alert thought the threat was real: FCC

Melissa Quinn · January 30, 2018 5:23 pm

Sammi LeMaster helps to dismantle a large alarm clock display that reads "Net Neutrality Wake Up Call" after a protest at the Federal Communications Commission in Washington. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Net neutrality repeal won’t harm cybersecurity, telecoms say

Charlie Mitchell · January 30, 2018 5:01 am

Workers on a telephone pole.

Republican FCC commissioners oppose Trump’s reported plan for nationwide 5G network

Melissa Quinn · January 29, 2018 4:39 pm