Obama and the FCC are both calling for more unlicensed spectrum to fuel the tech economy. That kind of advocacy from the administration is just what we need in a government… Read more »
The full backing of the U.S. executive branch is now behind the idea of spectrum sharing, which would split time between federal and commercial users on the wireless airwaves. Read more »
After nearly four years as FCC chairman, Julius Genachowski is stepping down in “coming weeks”. President Obama will now get to appoint two new commission members in his second term. Read more »
The Democratic chairman is stepping down, according to the Wall Street Journal, just as a Republican commissioner is departing, preserving an administration-friendly majority on the commission. Read more »
In an aggressive proposal, the President’s Council of Advisors on Policy and Technology not only wants the administration to double the amount of federal spectrum being targeted for new mobile and… Read more »
Things are suddenly moving quite fast on the digital privacy front. With privacy legislation stalled in Congress, the Obama Administration on Wednesday moved to take matters into its own hands by… Read more »
President Barack Obama’s proposed 2012 budget was unleashed yesterday, and it appears to be pretty good news for clean energy and green technology. The budget proposes increasing the Department of Energy’s… Read more »
Let’s put some facts and figures behind last night’s SOTU clean energy pitches. As you’ve all read by now, President Barack Obama called for America to get 80 percent of its… Read more »
What does the United States need to spend on R&D to retain a lead in green technology? About $16 billion a year, or three times current spending, according to the President’s… Read more »
After months of speculation, President Obama announced today that he has nominated Julius Genachowski to lead the Federal Communications Com… Read more »