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The American Library Association filed comments with the Federal Communications Commission on reforming the E-rate program. read more

On June 30, the House Commerce Committee sent Federal Communications Commission Chairman Julius Genachowski a letter about funding for constructing and maintaining a nationwide, interoperable public safety broadband network. The letter contained a number of questions on the existing public safety equipment and device market to help with the Committee with its ongoing evaluation of the National Broadband Plan recommendations on creating a public safety network. On July 20, Chairman Genachowski replied. read more

Development of ways to link regional health IT systems, as well as an information plan that maps what data flows, security and standards are need to ensure real-time communications between health organizations and emergency services, are some of the key elements of a plan for achieving U.S. national health security. read more

This final rule implements the provisions of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA) (Pub. L. 111-5) that provide incentive payments to eligible professionals (EPs), eligible hospitals and critical access hospitals (CAHs) participating in Medicare and Medicaid programs that adopt and successfully demonstrate meaningful use of certified electronic health record (EHR) technology. read more

The Department of Health and Human Services is issuing this final rule to complete the adoption of an initial set of standards, implementation specifications, and certification criteria, and to more closely align such standards, implementation specifications, and certification criteria with final meaningful use Stage 1 objectives and measures. read more

The Federal Communications Commission proposes changes to its satellite television ''significantly viewed" rules to implement Section 203 of the Satellite Television Extension and Localism Act of 2010 (STELA). read more

The Senate Commerce Committee held a hearing on online privacy. read more

The Senate failed to advance a campaign finance bill Tuesday, dealing a blow to Democrats who were trying to pass a key piece of their agenda before the August recess. read more

Free speech implies responsibility. The Supreme Court said earlier this year that corporations and unions have the First Amendment right to spend whatever they want on independent political ads, but many businesses don't want the responsibility that comes with that new right. read more

Chip maker Qualcomm Inc. last week signaled it may give up a costly six-year quest to bring broadcast TV to mobile phones and other devices in the U.S. Not too many people are surprised, however, given the reception for mobile-TV services in the country so far. read more

The Pew Hispanic Center finds that young Latinos born in the United States are far more likely to use text messages, social networking sites and other digital methods to communicate with their friends than their foreign-born parents or peers. read more

House Homeland Security Emergency Communications Subcommittee Chairwoman Laura Richardson (D-CA) said that the Federal Communications Commission should not go forward with selling commercial firms access to communications spectrum needed by public safety organizations until key technical and legal issues are resolved. read more

In general, US courts don't put all that much stock in rulings from other countries. But a recent move by a French antitrust regulator could end up playing a role in an antitrust lawsuit brought in Ohio against Google by comparison shopping search engine myTriggers. read more

The publisher Random House is in a dispute with the powerful Wylie Agency over an exclusive deal Wylie recently signed with Amazon to sell digital versions of some bestsellers -- books that came out before e-books even existed. read more

In a development that could revolutionize how PCs and other tech gadgets communicate, Intel announced that it had made the first chip that sends and receives information using beams of light. read more

Across Europe, cash-strapped governments looking for ways to reduce yawning budget gaps are embracing online gambling, a source of revenue they once viewed with wary skepticism. read more

Eighteen states and the District of Columbia were named as finalists on Tuesday in the second round of a national competition for $3.4 billion in federal financing to support an overhaul of education policies. read more

Consumers have a new, easy-to-use, Consumer Help Center that puts them within one click of all the information they want from the Federal Communications Commission. read more

On April 21, after a National Broadband Plan oversight hearing on March 25, House Commerce Committee Chairman Henry Waxman (D-CA) sent Federal Communications Commission Chairman Julius Genachowski a 14-page follow-up letter with written questions for the record directed to him from Members of the Committee. read more

On May 4, after a National Broadband Plan oversight hearing on April 14, the Senate Commerce Committee sent Federal Communications Commission Chairman Julius Genachowski a 12-page follow-up memorandum with written questions for the record directed to him from Republican members of the Committee. read more