News release: “The Advanced Communications Law & Policy Institute (ACLP) at New York Law School has released a report identifying major barriers to broadband adoption among senior citizens and people with disabilities, and across the telemedicine, energy, education, and government sectors. This report was prepared in coordination with staff of the Omnibus Broadband Initiative (OBI) for use in the development of the FCC’s National Broadband Plan.”
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Daily Archives: October 23, 2009
Financial Regulation and Supervision after the Crisis: The Role of the Federal Reserve
Chairman Ben S. Bernanke At the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston 54th Economic Conference, Chatham, Massachusetts, October 23, 2009 Financial Regulation and Supervision after the Crisis: The Role of the Federal Reserve “The theme of the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston’s Economic Conference this year–reevaluating regulatory, supervisory, and central banking policies in the wake of… Continue Reading
BusinessWeek: Forty Strongest U.S. Metro Economies
Forty Strongest U.S. Metro Economies: “Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke might think the country is out of the recession, but unemployment is rising from Connecticut to California and banks are taking possession of a growing share of American homes. But some metros across the nation have managed to stay out of the recession’s path and… Continue Reading
FCC Seeks Input on Empowering Parents and Protecting Children in an Evolving Media Landscape
News release: “The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) today released a Notice of Inquiry (NOI) asking how children can be served and protected and parents can be further empowered in the new digital media landscape. The NOI comes almost 20 years after enactment of the Childrens Television Act and follows the Commissions recently issued Child Safe… Continue Reading
Launch of Google Search Expected in November
InformationWeek: “Social Search will be launched in a few weeks as a Google Labs experiment. As its name suggest, it integrates information created by people in a searcher’s Google network — defined by one’s list of Google Contacts — into Google search results.” Continue Reading
FCC Seeks Public Input on Draft Rules to Preserve the Free and Open Internet
News release: “In the next chapter of a longstanding effort to preserve the free and open Internet, the Federal Communications Commission is seeking public input on draft rules that would codify and supplement existing Internet openness principles. In addition to providing greater predictability for all stakeholders, the Notice is aimed at securing the many economic… Continue Reading
