A large coalition of government, public interest and telecom industry groups sent a letter to Capitol Hill urging the Senate Commerce Committee to pass a bill that would permanently exempt the universal-service fund from the Anti-Deficiency Act. More than 30 organizations, including Alcatel, Western Wireless Corp....
A U.S. Senate committee on Monday heard testimony on whether the Universal Service Fund's so-called E-rate program for subsidizing Internet access by U.S. schools and libraries should be spared from stringent government- accounting requirements on a permanent or temporary basis, including an optional Government Accountability Office GAO...
Byline: HEATHER FORSGREN WEAVER Even as government tries to figure out how to alter universal service funding to make it viable, the part of the fund that pays to connect schools and libraries to the Internet is under its own scrutiny. ...
The Senate passed a fiscal year 2001 spending bill for the departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education June 30. Like its House counterpart, the bill is under a veto threat for issues that have little to do with technology. The Senate...
Schools and libraries would have to install filtering software intended to prevent children from seeing Web material that is obscene or otherwise objectionable under bipartisan legislation approved by the U.S. Senate. The Children's Internet Protection Act, S. 97, would withhold E-rate funding from...
In a swift and unanimous vote on Friday, the U.S. Senate passed the fiscal 1999 appropriations bill for the departments of Commerce, State and Justice, with a provision that requires schools and libraries, receiving federal discounts on Internet access, to install filtering software on their computers to shield children from...
Byline: HEATHER FORSGREN WEAVER, JEFFREY SILVA Minutes literally before the Senate adjourned for the year, it managed to pass a troika of important wireless bills-spectrum relocation, enhanced 911 upgrades and universal service. " ...
BELLEVUE, Wash.--BUSINESS WIRE--July 27, 1998--In a swift and unanimous vote on Friday, the U.S. Senate passed the fiscal 1999 appropriations bill for the departments of Commerce, State and Justice, with a provision that requires schools and libraries, receiving federal discounts on Internet access, to install filtering software on their computers...
The U.S. Senate has passed a Commerce, Justice, State Appropriations bill with language providing an additional 12-month exemption of the Universal Service Fund USF from Anti-Deficiency Act ADA provisions that prevent federal agencies from spending or committing funds to programs that are inadequately financed and that...
The 11th-hour introduction of a U.S. Senate bill on applying the universal service fund USF to broadband deployment (TPR, Aug. 1, page 1) underscores how the FCC-mandated subsidy program appears to be a virtually untouchable if not a permanent fixture in Washington, D.C. to put it on...
A U.S. Senate committee on Monday heard testimony on whether the Universal Service Fund's so-called E-rate program for subsidizing Internet access by U.S. schools and libraries should be spared from stringent government- accounting requirements on a permanent or temporary basis, including an optional Government Accountability Office GAO...
Byline: HEATHER FORSGREN WEAVER A key lawmaker Thursday called universal service "the 800-pound gorilla'' and said that last week's action by the Federal Communications Commission to raise the universal-service contribution factor above 10 percent amounted to "bait-and-switch.'' ...
Schools and libraries would have to install filtering software intended to prevent children from seeing Web material that is obscene or otherwise objectionable under bipartisan legislation approved by the U.S. Senate. The Children's Internet Protection Act, S. 97, would withhold E-rate funding...
The U.S. Senate Commerce Committee yesterday approved a bill (S. 97) that would require schools receiving E-rate money to install filtering software to prevent those federally funded computers from being sullied by pornography. "Parents can protect their children from Internet smut at home, but have no ability to do the...
Pent-up frustration over the FCC's regulations burst to the surface yesterday when the U.S. Senate Commerce Committee finally got all five commissioners at the witness table for an agency budget hearing. There was no fist-pounding, but Sens. John McCain (R-Ariz.) and Ted Stevens (R-Alaska) let their disgust with the...
In a swift and unanimous vote on Friday, the U.S. Senate passed the fiscal 1999 appropriations bill for the departments of Commerce, State and Justice, with a provision that requires schools and libraries, receiving federal discounts on Internet access, to install filtering software on their computers to shield children from...
Re: FCC approval of the e-rate Today, America takes a giant step into the 21st century. The e-rate sends an exciting message to every student, educator, parent, and community. It says: The future can belong to you. I congratulate the FCC on its wise, forward-looking ruling....
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