Federal Communications Commission reaches 1.13 Million Dollars Settlement with Scripps on Monitoring of TV Tower Lighting

Federal Communications Commission reaches $1.13 Million Settlement with Scripps on Monitoring of TV Tower Lighting| site |



(January 13, 2020) - - Today, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) provided the following information: WASHINGTON, January 13, 2019—The Federal Communications Commission’s Enforcement Bureau today announced an agreement with Scripps Broadcasting Holdings to settle an investigation into the monitoring practices of lights on television towers it acquired earlier this year from Cordillera Communications. Scripps has agreed to resolve the Bureau’s investigation by paying a $1,130,000 penalty and abiding by a compliance plan to prevent further violations. Consistent monitoring of tower lighting systems is an important aviation safety issue and potentially a life-saving measure, as it ensures that owners quickly learn of—and can correct—malfunctioning obstruction lights. The Bureau began its investigation when, on August 31, 201...

Federal Communications Commission Proposes designating 988 as National Suicide Prevention and Mental Health Hotline Number | site |



Agency Begins Formal Rulemaking, Seeks Comment on Proposal


WASHINGTON, December 12, 2019—The Federal Communications Commission today started the process of designating 988 as a new, nationwide, 3-digit number for a suicide prevention and mental health crisis hotline. This designation will help ease access to crisis services, reduce the stigma surrounding suicide and mental health conditions, and ultimately save lives. Today’s Notice of Proposed Rulemaking proposes that calls made to 988 would be directed to the existing National Suicide Prevention Lifeline, a national network of 163 crisis centers that is funded by the Department of Health and Human Services’ Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA). Currently, the Lifeline is available by calling 1-800-273-TALK and through ...

Federal Communications Commission says First U.S. Auction of Toll Free Numbers takes place Today| site |



FCC says "Auction Will Include Over 17,000 Sought-After Numbers in the 833 Code" (December 17, 2019) - - Today (December 17, 2019), the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) released the following information: WASHINGTON, December 17, 2019—The FCC’s first-ever auction of toll free numbers will be conducted today. It will include 17,638 numbers in the 833 toll free code for which there have been competing requests. Many of these numbers are easy to remember, such as 833-FLOWERS or 833-333-3333. The 833 auction will serve as an experiment in using competitive bidding to assign toll free numbers and ensure that sought-after numbers are awarded to the parties that value them most. Currently, most toll free numbers are assigned on a first-come, first-served basis, a system that does not factor in the need for or value of a number. The FCC will use th...

United States Continues To Lead World In Supercomputing | site |


(November 18, 2019) - - Today, the U.S. Department of Energy published the following information: WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, the world’s TOP500 Supercomputers were unveiled, and once again asserted U.S. supremacy in supercomputing. The Summit machine at DOE’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory again ranked first in the world, and Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory’s Sierra machine ranked second. In total, four of the ten fastest computers belong to U.S. National Laboratories, with Los Alamos and Sandia Labs’ Trinity machine at 7th place and Lawrence Livermore’s Lassen machine at 10th place. Secretary of Energy Rick Perry issued the following statement regarding today’s announcement: “Today’s world supercomputer rankings once again confirms U.S. leadership in high-performance computing and scientific discovery. Led in large part by the extraordinary work of DOE’s National Laboratori...

David J. Redl Addresses ICANN 63 -- The Internet Technological Evolution and the Role and Impact of ICANN

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(October 22, 2018) - - Today, the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) published the following Remarks (as prepared for delivery) of David J. Redl, U.S. Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Communications and Information at the "ICANN 63 -- The Internet Technological Evolution and the Role and Impact of ICANN" program held October 22, 2018 in Barcelona, Spain: Thank you Director General Cierco for the introduction. Today our session will explore the impact of the technological evolution of the Internet on ICANN and the domain name system. We will hear from distinguished colleagues in government as well as from subject matter experts and an invited discussant. To start the discussion, I would like to talk ab...

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Announces the Official Opening of the Health Sector Cybersecurity Coordination Center

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(October 30, 2018) - - On Monday, October 29, the Deputy Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Eric Hargan, announced the official dedication of the Health Sector Cybersecurity Coordination Center (HC3) at an official opening ceremony in the Hubert H. Humphrey building. As part of October’s National Cybersecurity Awareness Month, and in coordination with the Administration’s rollout of the National Cyber Strategy, the opening underscores HHS’ commitment to support and improve the health sector’s cybersecurity defenses. “HHS is proud to work with the health community to better protect Americans’ health data and confidential information,” Deputy Secretary Hargan said. “Today’s announcement is a recognition of the impo...

Federal Trade Commission Announces PrivacyCon 2019 and Calls for Presentations

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(October 24, 2018) - - As part of its efforts to address evolving privacy and data security challenges, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is announcing a call for presentations for its fourth annual PrivacyCon, to be held on June 27, 2019. PrivacyCon 2019 aims to bring together a diverse group of stakeholders, including researchers, academics, industry representatives, consumer advocates, and government regulators, to discuss the latest research and trends related to consumer privacy and data security. “The FTC’s annual PrivacyCon event seeks to spur new research on privacy and security issues,” said Andrew Smith, Director of the FTC’s Bureau of Consumer Protection. “It helps us keep our finger on the pulse of important developments in technology, economics, and consumer privacy so that we can ground our ...

Remarks of Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Commissioner Mignon L. Clyburn (as prepared for delivery)

“Net Neutrality and the Fight for Our Digital Rights” The Voices for Internet Freedom Coalition




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Thank you Steven, for the wonderful introduction. It is great to be part of today’s conversation on net neutrality, or as I prefer to call it, the “open internet.”

So what do Title II reclassification, broad forbearance authority, and interconnection have in common? Before you start to doze, let me quickly say, that while these are all concepts contained in the FCC’s 2015 Open Internet Order, this is not how people outside the halls of the FCC and Communications Bar, generally talk about their experiences online, or with their broadband service providers. Yet this regulatory minutia is exactly what consumes those of us in D.C. and in academia when it comes...

Statement of Federal Communications Commission Commissioner Michael O'Rielly on Commission Consideration of Broadband Privacy Interim Stay Order



Washington, DC - - (February 27, 2017) - - “As I indicated in my dissenting statement when the previous Commission adopted these rules, I believe they are fatally flawed from the standpoints of both statutory authority and public policy. I support the Chairman's proposal to allow the Commission and Congress time to take another look at these ill-considered rules before they have a chance to throw broadband providers' data security practices into unsettled territory.” “Additionally, I support the Chairman's decision to give Commissioners a chance to weigh in here in a process similar to that I proposed in a recent blog post. Agree or disagree with the underlying proposal, everyone should commend the Chairman's move away from the delegated authority abuses we have seen in the past, toward more input from Commis...

Federal Trade Commission Announces Agenda for March 9 FinTech Forum on Artificial Intelligence and Blockchain Technology




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Washington, DC - - (February 27, 2017) - - The Federal Trade Commission today announced the agenda for its March 9, 2017, FinTech Forum focusing on the consumer implications of two rapidly developing technologies: artificial intelligence and blockchain. The forum, which is the third in an ongoing event series, will take place from 9:00 a.m. to approximately 12:30 p.m. Pacific Time in Berkeley, California. The event will bring together industry representatives, consumer advocates, government officials, and others with expertise regarding these technologies. The half-day forum will feature two panel discussions. The first panel will focus on the potential benefits and risks for consumers with the use of artificial intelligence, which involves the capability of machines to mimic human thinking or...