Sarah MuellerJanuary 8, 2020
3min372
Howell comes to the party after serving as communications director and senior strategist for the Federal Communications Commission.
Tag: FCC
Sarah MuellerJanuary 8, 2020
Danny McAuliffeNovember 3, 2018
5min221
The chief legal adviser to the Federal Communications Commission believes it’s incumbent upon the panel to be humble in its regulatory approach. During Friday remarks before the Economic Club of Florida, FCC General Counsel Thomas Johnson said “humility” is essential in order to learn from prior failings and adapt to the ever-evolving communications-technology landscape. Above all else, […]
Staff ReportsOctober 20, 2018
3min225
Chief Financial Officer Jimmy Patronis urged Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai on Friday to establish safeguards against wireless communications breakdowns like the one that followed Hurricane Michael. “After more than a week of wireless service failures in Hurricane Michael’s hardest hit areas, I urge you to recommend industry-wide measures that would help prevent downed telecommunications for […]
Scott PowersMay 21, 2018
3min315
Patriot Majority USA has begun a barrage of television commercials in Orlando supporting Democratic U.S. Rep. Stephanie Murphy‘s re-election campaign. Patriot Majority USA, a liberal dark-money committee, has reserved more than 350 commercial spots for this month on Orlando’s four biggest television stations for ads that began appearing late last week, extolling Murphy’s commitments to […]
Drew WilsonApril 25, 2018
4min240
There’s four months left before Republicans pick their nominee in to replace Attorney General Pam Bondi, and Pensacola Rep. Frank White’s advantage could be a deciding factor in how the race shakes out. White has a little over $2 million banked for his campaign, including $1.5 million from himself, while his chief rival, former circuit […]
Peter SchorschApril 25, 2018
4min254
Tech companies say opening up the radio frequencies used by first responders and infrastructure workers could bring better mobile data speeds to consumers, and the FCC seems to be giving it some thought. Apple, Cisco, HP, Facebook, Google, Intel, and others made their pitch to the FCC last year, asking the commission to look into […]
Guest AuthorAugust 22, 2017
5min229
When the issue of net neutrality first emerged more than 10 years ago, some wondered whether it would result in overreaching, heavy-handed government intervention. We saw this intervention come to life in 2015, when the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) under President Obama took the unprecedented and rather extreme step of classifying the internet as a […]
A.G. GancarskiSeptember 14, 2015
6min235
Monday’s meeting of City Councils Neighborhood Improvement and Enhancement Committee was to be highlighted by subcommittee presentations about the persistent issues of vehicle requirements and backing cars into driveways. However, the real highlight ended up being a committee inquiry into federal law, overly restrictive FCC guidelines relative to robocalls, and a potential lawsuit against Google […]
Phil AmmannFebruary 26, 2015
3min211
U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio today weighed in on net neutrality, panning the Federal Communications Commission decision to implement rules ensuring Internet service providers handle all legal content equally. In a vote Thursday morning, the FCC elected to reclassify broadband as a telecommunications utility under Title II of the Communications Act, which consider ISPs as public […]
Guest AuthorSeptember 2, 20146min170
Post-primary punditry about low voter turnout in Florida (especially in Democrat-rich Miami-Dade, Broward, and Palm Beach counties) is as predictable and prolific as it is paltry. Adding up the numbers, analysts–I use the term loosely–have come to the unremarkable conclusion that Charlie Crist’s chances of defeating Rick Scott are in doubt. Henny Penny’s sky is […]