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Communications

Communications, Congress, FCC, General Waste, Internet, Spectrum, Tech-Telecom, Telecommunications

First Responder Communications Remain Vital on the 24th Anniversary of 9/11

September 11, 2025 Deborah Collier

The anniversary of September 11, 2001, is always difficult for the millions of Americans who lived in New York and Washington, D.C. and saw the terrorist attacks firsthand, and everyone else who watched the attacks and heard about the crash of the fourth plane in Shanksville, Pennsylvania.  Thousands of first responders were involved in the […]

Senate Hearing Must Focus on Avoiding Duplicative Middle Mile Broadband Funding
Agency Comments, Broadband, Communications, fiber, General Waste, government-owned network, Internet, NTIA, Tech-Telecom, Telecommunications

CAGW Declares Victory Over Biden’s Broadband Regulators

June 26, 2025 Alec Mena

Citizens Against Government Waste (CAGW) applauds a major victory for taxpayers, consumers, and rapid broadband deployment to close the digital divide as the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) rescinds broadband price controls and other non-statutory guidance following a strong push for these changes by CAGW. On June 6, 2025, the National Telecommunications and Information […]

Broadband, Communications, FCC, General Waste, Internet, Tech-Telecom, Telecommunications

Senate Votes to Repeal Taxpayer Funded Wi-Fi Hotspots for Home Use

May 13, 2025 Deborah Collier

Citizens Against Government Waste’s (CAGW) comments to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) regarding the “Delete, Delete, Delete” proceeding included the repeal of a regulation that expanded the use of the E-Rate program under the Universal Service Fund (USF) to allows tax dollars to be used for the installation of Wi-Fi hotspots in school buses.  The […]

Communications, General Waste, Oversight

Federal Agency Hands Out Participation Trophies

May 30, 2014 staff

According to the website for the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), the mission of the agency “is to make markets for consumer financial products and services work for Americans — whether they are applying for a mortgage, choosing among credit cards, or using any number of other consumer financial products.”  The agency came into existence […]

Appropriations, Communications, Congress, Environment, General Waste, Pig Book

Murkowski’s Folly

March 21, 2014 Sean Kennedy

The first rule of communications is getting the message right. A March 11, 2014 op-ed by former Secretary of the Interior Bruce Babbitt appearing in the Los Angeles Times provided a unique glimpse into how messaging used by politicians can shift over time.  The editorial detailed the push in the 1990s by former Alaska Senators […]

Appropriations, Army, Communications, Congress, Defense, General Waste

New Voice Opposes MEADS

September 11, 2013 Sean Kennedy

As members of Congress reconvene following their long summer break, one of their most immediate tasks will be to pass legislation to fund the federal government beyond the current fiscal year, which ends at the end of the month. One issue that is likely to crop up (yet) again is funding for the Medium Extended […]

Agriculture, Communications, Congress, General Waste, Oversight

Farm Bill, Part 2: Divide (the Bill) and Conquer (the Conservatives?)

July 10, 2013 wchristian

Rep. Frank D. Lucas (R-Okla.), Chairman of the House Agriculture Committee, has proposed a strategy to move the chamber’s recently failed 2013 Farm Bill forward to passage by the House and on to conference with the Senate’s already passed version.  Stung by the unprecedented defeat of a recurring piece of legislation once considered “must pass” […]

Agriculture, Communications, Congress, General Waste

Reform on Sugar Policy Isn’t Getting Sweeter

June 13, 2013 staff

The Senate overwhelmingly approved its version of the Farm Bill on June 10, 2012 with a vote of 66-27.  There is plenty to say about what is in the $955 billion legislation—with more than $760 billion for going to food stamps and  nutrition programs, and billions more going to various other programs, it seems that […]

Communications, General Waste, Oversight

Internal Revenue (Dis)Service

June 8, 2013 staff

The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) is under heavy scrutiny after a report by the Inspector General (IG) at the Treasury Department. Recent videos have surfaced showing IRS employees practicing the popular dance, “the cupid shuffle” and parodying Star Trek. Costing more than $50,000, these videos add visual representations of the service’s recent misuse of tax […]

Appropriations, Army, Communications, Congress, Defense, International, National Security

Mixed News on Defense

June 8, 2013 Sean Kennedy

The summer appropriations process for the Department of Defense (DOD), beginning with the initial authorizing bills, has thus far brought a mixed bag of news. On the positive side, the House version of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) directs the Pentagon to look for commercial products capable of performing functions currently under the purview […]

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