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04/09/2025
Trusty Vows Not to Weaponize FCC, Seeks Spectrum Unity
As Sen. Amy Klobuchar quipped during Wednesday’s more than two-hour hearing, Olivia Trusty wins the best name prize for a nominee as senators quizzed her to try and determine if she could in fact be trusted to serve as an FCC commissioner.
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03/26/2025
High Court Hesitant to Roll Back Longstanding USF Program
The FCC’s Universal Service Fund had another day in court as the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments in the most recent challenge to the program.
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03/06/2025
Effros: What If
What’s $8 billion among friends? That’s (sort of) just one of the questions floating around Washington these days as the Courts get involved in the massive realignment going on about how the federal government works, or doesn’t.
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12/11/2024
FCC Changes Rules to Support Broadband Buildout
The FCC unanimously voted during its Wednesday open meeting to change the rules around letters of credit to lessen administrative and financial burdens on ISPs receiving certain kinds of high-cost support from the Universal Service Fund.
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09/10/2024
Republicans Critical of BEAD Ahead of Debate
For those of us who have kept up with Congress’s oversight of the BEAD program this year, Tuesday’s House Communications Subcommittee’s hearing on its progress had a pointed tone that was expected considering it fell on the same day as a presidential debate.
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08/08/2024
FCC States Its Case for USF
The FCC is making sure each state understands what’s at risk with the Fifth Circuit finding that the FCC’s current administration of the Universal Service Fund is unconstitutional.