Broadband stimulus: Let’s get it done, not repeat history
I live in the policy belt where there’s no rust in sight and the river of policy statements flows with honey. There’s never a recession in the policy-wonk biz, so with that setting, let’s talk about...
View ArticleProposed FCC head is an FOB
The rumored new head of the FCC is an FOB. That’s “Friend of Barack,” people, as in a former Harvard Law School classmate of the president-elect, who definitely knows his way around Washington D.C....
View ArticleCyber-security policy locks down lobbyist job security
President Barack Obama promised a bipartisan effort, and in terms of his cyber-security strategy, so far the plan looks remarkably like the 2008 plan recommended by a bipartisan group of computer...
View ArticleBroadband stimulus: A universal service?
Like the housing bailout, the telecom industry has its very own hot-head issue. It’s a little like crazy radio, but the people taking up the airwaves are talking about the $7.2 billion in broadband...
View ArticleNew Obama cyber czar must balance security/economic needs
After months of speculation, this promises to be the week that Washington and security experts have been waiting for – the announcement of President Obama’s cyber czar, along with a 40-page report that...
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