Tech at Night: Obama and FCC power grabs in Cybersecurity and Spectrum; FCC spying
By: Neil Stevens (Diary) | September 22nd at 06:30 AM |
Wow: For a year FCC was tracking the movements of its speed testers without telling them! Privacy! Transparency!
Meanwhile the administration continues to try to do things on its own, without bothering to check that part of the Constitution that says how a bill becomes a law. Remember, the Lieberman-Collins Cybersecurity Act failed in the Senate. It has no business becoming an executive order. It also turns out that they are also looking to grab power when it comes to spectrum, which isn’t great news given the FCC’s obstruction and opposition to the use of efficient market allocation.
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Tech at Night: Lieberman-Collins is dangerously wrong, Republican Governors backing Sales Tax compact, new Internet policy alliances forming
By: Neil Stevens (Diary) | July 26th at 02:15 AM |
Right now the top issues are both getting lots of attention in the Senate. One is the cybersecurity bill. It’s been difficult for me to find out much about what’s going on with it, and it turns out there’s a reason. Sources familiar with the situation indicate to me that Harry Reid has been negotiating with Republicans in bad faith. Even Republicans who love to | Read More »
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