Today on TAP: A vicious lobbying campaign killed her nomination. Key Senate Democrats and Biden can share the blame.
FCC
Posted inPolitics
Gigi Sohn: Round Two
She has been renominated as a commissioner for the FCC, which would break a partisan deadlock at the agency and give Democrats the majority.
Posted inPolitics
Democratic Majority at the FCC Still Blocked
The nomination of Gigi Sohn for the fifth commissioner’s slot has languished for over a year. Numerous policies affecting telecom interests are at stake.
Posted inEconomic Policy
Robocallers Still Have Your Number
The FCC has implemented new rules, but the decades-old problem requires stronger tactics.
Posted inPolitics
Heidi Heitkamp Lobbies Against a Democratic FCC
The former Democratic senator is running misleading ads claiming that FCC nominee Gigi Sohn would be bad for rural America.
Posted inHousing and Transportation
5G Rollout Is an Administrative-State Fail
Reliable wireless networks? Safe air travel? Why not both?
Posted inEconomic Policy
Biden Proposes Government Actually Try to Create Broadband Competition
The broadband proposal in the American Jobs Act prioritizes allowing utilities and co-ops to provide a public option to compete with telecom monopolies. This would be a critical step.
Posted inEconomic Policy
Universal Broadband, Now More Than Ever
Like electricity, broadband is an essential utility that everyone should have access to.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Remote Control
A civil rights lawsuit highlights how Comcast’s monopoly crushes media diversity.
Posted inBooks, Arts and Culture
FCC’s Proposed Lifeline Restructuring Only Exacerbates the Digital Divide
At a House hearing regarding expanding broadband internet access across the country on July 25, Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai said that closing the “digital divide” was a “top priority” during his tenure as chairman. If that’s the case, then he certainly has a surprising approach to doing so. In November 2017, the Republican-dominated […]
