Publications Addressing InfoTech & Telecom Policy
Books
- Emerging Issues 2005 proceedings from the First Annual (2004) Heartland Emerging Issues Forum
- Emerging Issues 2006 proceedings from the Second Annual (2005) Heartland Emerging Issues Forum
- Emerging Issues 2007 proceedings from the Third Annual (2006) Heartland Emerging Issues Forum
Policy Studies
David Tuerck, Ph.D., Paul Bachman, Steven Titch, and John Rutledge, Ph.D. - April 30, 2007
David Tuerck, Ph.D., Paul Bachman, Steven Titch, and John Rutledge, Ph.D. - April 30, 2007
David Tuerck, Ph.D., Paul Bachman, Steven Titch, and John Rutledge, Ph.D. - April 30, 2007
WHAT'S NEW: Information TechnologyLynn Margherio, Project Director - December 21, 2008
This 1999 report of the U.S. Department of Commerce describes the potential impact on the economy of the Internet and electronic commerce.
In explaining ... (read more)
Tabassum Rahmani - November 26, 2008
The cable TV industry is urging Congress to step in and ensure broadcasters do not use the switch to digital television as an opportunity to force cable ... (read more)
Tabassum Rahmani - November 26, 2008
Broadband providers should share more market-penetration information with government officials so states can better plan ways to bring high-speed Internet ... (read more)
Phil Britt - November 26, 2008
Congress has passed legislation intended to press the federal government to provide parents with more control over the content their children receive through ... (read more)
Cord Blomquist - November 26, 2008
Google entered the browser wars in September (if any such war really exists) with the launch of Chrome, its new Web browser.
It’s good to see more ... (read more)
Aleks Karnick - November 26, 2008
The Federal Communications Commission has announced plans to re-auction the “D” block of the analog spectrum, which will be vacated when television ... (read more)
Phil Britt - November 26, 2008
The federal cybersecurity team with primary responsibility for protecting government computer networks isn’t up to the task, according to a new report ... (read more)
Brien Farley - November 26, 2008
Most events this year commemorating the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks occurred without incident, except one—the release of al Qaeda’s ... (read more)
Aricka Flowers - November 26, 2008
Telecommunication giants Verizon, AT&T, and TimeWarner Cable announced their support of an opt-in plan for targeted online advertising, a decision that ... (read more)
Patrick Gleason - November 26, 2008
A Kentucky judge has ruled the state has the power to seize online gambling domain names and prohibit Kentuckians from accessing the Web sites, in order ... (read more)
WHAT'S NEW: Telecom
Ohio’s satellite TV subscribers are fighting against what they consider to be discriminatory treatment in the state’s tax code.
Five years ... (read more)
Philadelphia Freedom
Philadelphia shook loose of its rust-belt image to make 2004 headlines for its visionary wireless broadband network. "Municipal ... (read more)
The cable TV industry is urging Congress to step in and ensure broadcasters do not use the switch to digital television as an opportunity to force cable ... (read more)
The December 2008 issue of Infotech & Telecom News leads with Google’s announcement that it would not jump through federal regulators’ hoops ... (read more)
The Federal Communications Commission says the use of empty airwaves for taxpayer-provided wireless Internet proposed by the federal government would not ... (read more)
The Federal Communications Commission wants to overhaul the fees phone companies pay each other to connect calls—and increase the fund subsidizing ... (read more)
A Minnesota judge tossed out a lawsuit filed by a telecommunications company against the city of Monticello claiming the government could not use public ... (read more)
Cities across the nation are scrambling to be the first in their region to offer their citizens free wireless Internet access at hotspots around town. Add ... (read more)
Sprint Nextel Corp. has opened its new wireless network to customers in Baltimore, Maryland, offering WiMax Internet service. It is the first commercial ... (read more)
The chairman of a powerful U.S. Senate committee is demanding the telecommunications industry justify rising text-messaging charges, in a letter suggesting ... (read more)
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