Consumer Electronics Association CEA:WHAT: Gary Shapiro, president and CEO of the Consumer Electronics Association CEA, will testify before the Senate Commerce Committee at a hearing next week examining the transition to ...
ARLINGTON, Va. -- The following statement was issued today by Consumer Electronics Association (CEAR) President and CEO Gary Shapiro in response to the House Energy and Commerce Committee's "Committee Print" of the "Digital Television Transition Act of 2005" setting a hard date for the end of analog television broadcasting:
The House of Representatives finally voted Tuesday to address a national forest health crisis decades in the making, passing Rep. Scott McInnis' Forest Restoration Act 256 to 170. The bill, if it becomes law, would help expedite the thinning of 20 million acres of overgrown, fire- and disease-prone national forests,...
Agencies' Energy Bill Review Criticizes Renewables, Pipeline Provisions With Senate and House members poised to go to a conference committee to reconcile different versions of the energy bill, a Bush administration interagency review has voiced serious concerns over provisions regarding ethanol use and tax credits for the construction...
ARLINGTON, Va. -- The following statement was issued today by Consumer Electronics Association CEA President and CEO Gary Shapiro in response to a staff draft released by Senate Commerce Committee Chairman Ted Stevens (R-AK) and Co-Chairman Daniel Inouye (D-HI) setting a hard date for the end of analog television broadcasting:
SACRAMENTO, Calif.--The California Assembly narrowly approved a state-run earthquake insurance program that would establish a privately-financed $10.5 billion pool to cover losses in this seismically active state. The 80-member house, controlled by ReSACRAMENTO, Calif.--The California Assembly narrowly approved a state-run earthquake insurance program that would...
SACRAMENTO--Just days before a deadline imposed by reinsurers, a proposed $10.5 billion state-operated California earthquake insurance agency was approved by a key Senate committee--a strong signal that the plan is likely to emerge from the upper houseSACRAMENTO--Just days before a deadline imposed by reinsurers, a proposed...
ARLINGTON, Va. -- The following statement was issued by Consumer Electronics Association President and CEO Gary Shapiro regarding today's hearing before the Senate Commerce Committee on "Issues Related to MGM v. Grokster":
SACRAMENTO - Signaling a legislative battle over California's proposed state-run earthquake insurance program, the chair of the state Senate Insurance Committee has introduced a bill that prohibits homeowners' insurers in quake-prone California from noSACRAMENTO - Signaling a legislative battle over California's proposed state-run earthquake insurance program,...
SACRAMENTO, Calif.--Capitol negotiators have reached agreement on a state-run earthquake insurance program by resolving the two remaining sticking points--the scope of insurers' long-term liability and geographic uniformity in premiums. The acco SACRAMENTO, Calif.--Capitol negotiators have reached agreement on a state-run...
Pressure on the U.S. Congress over network neutrality, video franchising and others aspects of telecom law rewrites has attracting an eclectic crowd. Here's a sampling of how others are weighing in: * A broad base of 70 Internet consumer groups; content providers; and service, device...
WASHINGTON -- Broadcast, Cable, Consumer Electronics, Motion Picture, Satellite Industries and TV Networks Join Ad Council to Launch Multi-Million Dollar Coordinated Campaign A broad cross-section of industries today announced an unprecedented coordinated effort to educate and inform American families about how they can monitor and supervise their children's...
Consumers now have another reason to buy a digital TV: Stations will stop broadcasting in analog after Feb. 17, 2009, under a measure the Senate passed Wednesday. With House passage of the measure earlier this week, Congress has signed off on a long-awaited timetable for the USA's transition...
By Bob Mims, The Salt Lake Tribune Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 19--America's aging safeguards for copyrights and patents are proving increasingly ineffective as schemes for copying and illegally sharing digital information grow more sophisticated, an intellectual property expert ...
ARLINGTON, Va.--BUSINESS WIRE--Nov. 9,1999-- The Information Technology Association of America ITAA praised the U.S. House of Representatives today for passing, H.R. 1714, The Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act, with a strong bi-partisan show of support. "We're pleased to see that federal legislation is...
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