Industry lobbying keeps public in the dark about broadband

Washingtonians get less bang for their broadband buck than every state in the nation except Alaska, according to a survey released Tuesday.

Industry lobbying keeps public in the dark about broadband
The government is spending up to $350 million of taxpayer money to create a map that will show where there is high-speed Internet service in the United States and where there is not. Despite the large expenditure of taxpayer funds, it will display no information on price or subscriber numbers. Internet connection speeds will be averaged over an entire metropolitan area and an as-yet unknown portion of the data collected to make the map will be off-limits to the public.
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Maryland Corrections Agency includes passwords as a part of their background check process

Maryland Corrections Agency Demanding All Social Media Passwords Of Potential Hires

Maryland Corrections Agency Demanding All Social Media Passwords Of Potential Hires
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The FCC is out of control

The FCC a regulatory organization that is out of control written by FCC COMMISSIONER ROBERT M. McDOWELL one of it’s own. Preserving the Open Internet, et al., Report and Order (Dec. 21, 2010) the
FCC is not only defying a court, but it is circumventing the will of a large, bipartisan majority of Congress as well.

is the FCC  a regulatory organization that is “out of control” and can operate “above the law”? a MUST READ by one of their own.
excerpted from the STATEMENT of FCC COMMISSIONER ROBERT M. McDOWELL
Before the SUBCOMMITTEE ON COMMUNICATIONS AND TECHNOLOGY
COMMITTEE ON ENERGY & COMMERCE
UNITED STATES HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
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