Policy & Regulations

Could Meg Whitman be just the person to get California out of its budget crisis? The eBay CEO is rumored to be preparing to run for governor of the Golden State since two-term guvenator Ahnold can’t run again.Now, we could make a number of jokes here. California is in deep financial you-know-what. Maybe Whitman could auction off the state’s assets ...

Sometimes it takes an outsider to tell the truth we all want to tell. Consider this most excellent observation from UK-based TelecomTV: “It's a New Year and over in the US it’s a New Start. And, as a new president waits in the wings, political appointees from the old regime are watching as their meal tickets wither, curl-up and blow ...

One of the points often lost in the “ubiquitous broadband” discussion is that poor urban areas are just as neglected by service providers as many rural regions. The clamor for a national broadband strategy is growing and some activists are urging President-elect Barack Obama not to overlook inner-city residents in the quest to roll out high-speed Internet access throughout the ...

Deborah Tate’s time at the FCC is almost up.The one-term Republican commissioner has made it official that she will resign in early January. It’s not known what she’ll do next, although she’ll probably land somewhere as a lobbyist or think-tank fellow or higher-ed faculty. Tate spent her three years at the FCC advocating for children’s issues, serving on the FCC’s ...

The United States continues to drop in the global broadband deployment rankings – the world leader in innovation now sits at No. 15, according to a May 2008 report written by the Information Technology & Innovation Foundation. Now, as America teeters on the edge of depression, policymakers are viewing broadband buildouts as another way to stimulate the economy. Roads and ...