Federal Communications Commission
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Ruth Milkman, chief of the Wireless Telecommunications Bureau at the FCC joins the Federal Drive on the lengthy process
April 01, 2011 -
FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski could replace Gary Locke as Secretary of Commerce, sources tell The Hill.
March 08, 2011 -
Presidential alerts and wireless broadband could be coming to the national Emergency Alert System. We get details from the FCC\'s Lisa Fowlkes.
February 07, 2011 -
The federal government is no stranger to Facebook, Twitter, blogs and even photo-sharing sites like Flickr. Using those tools effectively is the subject of the Federal News Radio Discussion: Shouting from the Rooftops.
January 28, 2011 -
The FCC\'s Zachary Katz explains how the challenge works and what the agency hopes to gain from the public input.
January 11, 2011 -
The next generation of the 9-1-1 call centers will be able to accept texts, video and photos from mobile devices, the FCC announced today.
November 23, 2010 -
Josh Gottheimer, senior counselor to the FCC Chairman, joined the DorobekINSIDER to describe how his agency is trying to close the digital divide.
November 10, 2010 -
The FCC held its first \"Open Developer Day\" yesterday, bringing together web developers from the public and private sectors. Chief datd officer at the FCC, Greg Elin, shares the results with Federal News Radio.
November 09, 2010 -
A really cool interview for you this week about a cloud computing contest the Federal Communications Commission is running. Federal News Radio’s Amy Morris and Tom Temin spoke with Pam Gregory, Director of the FCC’s Accessibility and Innovation Initiative. Gregory told Federal News Radio the FCC recognizes that “cloud is the future†and leveraging its [...]
November 02, 2010 -
The FCC started a contest for ideas on how cloud computing can help people with disabilities.
November 01, 2010 -
The FCC is using Twitter to mock Fox and Cablevision for not renewing contracts, ReadWriteWeb reports.
October 20, 2010 -
October 20th, 2010 at 11 AM The application of knowledge discovery within the cloud is immensely powerful, but not inbuilt. We are collectively moving past the question of \"what is cloud computing\", and swiftly moving towards \"how does the cloud enable advanced analysis against massive volumes of data?\" With industry and government leveraging multiple clouds, how do we successfully share and search large collections of data across systems, departments, and geographies? Organizations will continue to discuss and better understand the analytic power and economies of cloud computing, in the sense of data storage, sharing, and management; but we are quickly discovering that creating knowledge from data is more than just a discussion of technology. It\'s a discussion of what can be accomplished when massive data and cloud computing efficiencies combine to make advanced analysis and innovation possible.
October 15, 2010 -
The Federal Trade Commission is raising some red flags about the new Federal Communications Commission\'s certification program.
October 14, 2010 -
From remotely opening garage doors to controlling appliances, to gaming, banking, shopping, to enabling the use of infrared and radar sensors, GPS, and satellite communications by fisherman, firemen and fighter aircraft the Electromagnetic Spectrum touches lives. We learn more from Blair Levin, co-author of the FCC\'s national broadband plan.
September 20, 2010 -
FCC has tapped a former Microsoft executive to help revamp the agency\'s web and data resources. The goal: to \"reboot\" FCC.gov, and make it a model for how government uses the web to serve citizens.
September 14, 2010