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FCC Releases Data on Local Telephone Competition

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News release: “The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) today released new data on local telephone service competition in the United States. Twice a year, all incumbent local exchange carriers (incumbent LECs) and competitive local exchange carriers (CLECs) are required to report basic information about their local telephone service, and all facilities-based mobile telephony providers are required to provide information about their subscribers, pursuant to the FCC’s local telephone competition and broadband data gathering program (FCC Form 477). Statistics released today reflect data as of June 30, 2008.”

  • Local Telephone Competition: Status as of June 30, 2008 – Industry Analysis and Technology Division, Wireline Competition, July 2009: “We present here summary statistics of the latest data on local telephone service competition in
    the United States as reported in the Commission’s local competition and broadband data gathering program (FCC Form 477). The summary statistics provide a snapshot of local telephone service competition based on switched access lines in service and state-specific mobile telephony service subscribers as of June 30, 2008.”

    • CBO: Student Aid and Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2009

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    Student Aid and Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2009: “H.R. 3221 would amend the Higher Education Act of 1965, which authorizes most federal postsecondary education programs. It would prohibit new federally guaranteed loans from being made under the Federal Family Education Loan (FFEL) Program and would increase direct spending for the Federal Pell Grant Program and… Continue Reading

    CBO: Approaches for Giving the President Broad Authority to Change Medicare

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    Approaches for Giving the President Broad Authority to Change Medicare – July 25, 2009. Letter to the Honorable Steny H. Hoyer. “Expanding the authority of the President to effect change in the Medicare program might lead to significant long-term savings in federal spending on health care. The available evidence implies that a substantial share of… Continue Reading

    Mandatory Minimums: A Statistical Overview

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    Overview of Statutory Mandatory Minimum Sentencing: “The Commission has identified at least 171 individual mandatory minimum provisions currently in the federal criminal statutes. In the Commission’s fiscal year 2008 datafile, there were 31,239 counts of conviction that carried a mandatory minimum term of imprisonment.3 Because an offender may be sentenced for multiple counts of conviction… Continue Reading