House Democrats name Communications panelists
The Democratic side of the House Subcommittee on Communications has been named, a task the Republican side completed over a month earlier. Although Ranking...
Leahy set to address Judiciary 2013 agenda
Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-VT) is chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee, and he will be speaking at Georgetown University Wednesday, 1/16/13 to lay out...
Rockefeller heading for the sidelines
Sen. Jay Rockefeller (D-WV) is the chair of the Senate Commerce Committee, but his tenure at the gavel now has a deadline – he...
Media is part of the conversation on guns, violence
Vice President Joe Biden is leading the White House effort on gun control and related matters in the wake of the shootings at Sandy...
FCC schedules Hurricane Sandy field hearings
The FCC will be going on the road to discuss the resiliency of America’s communications infrastructure when challenged by a major natural catastrophe such...
House Communications panel will be set soon
We know that Greg Walden (R-OR) will remain at the top of the House Subcommittee on Communications, but nothing is official yet and there...
FTC offers restitution to supplement ad victims
Five manufacturers of dietary supplements went too far in their advertising claims, according to the FTC, and are ready to pay consumers who took...
New Senate Commerce lineup – hold the DeMint
Jay Rockefeller (D-WV) will continue on as chair of the influential Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation. And we now know who will...
More reaction to Clyburn’s new FCC term
President Barack Obama and the US Senate have seen to it that FCC Commissioner Mignon Clyburn will be on the job for at least...
Markey announces bid for Kerry’s Senate seat
Sen. John Kerry (D-MA) is likely headed for the State Department as Secretary of State, and Scott Brown (R-MA) is leaving the Senate at...
Translator slammed by FCC for violations
Juan Alberto Ayala’s K262BP in Conner CA has had a rough time getting started, and to top it off did a very poor job...
Kerry nomination undoes communications panel leadership
The Senate Subcommittee on Communications will be undergoing a complete makeover at the front of the table. First Ranking Member Jim DeMint (R-SC) retired...
Changing of the guard at FTC
The person in charge of protecting consumers at the FTC, David Vladeck, is on his way back to the world of academia. Among his...
Replacement for Sen. Jim DeMint named
Upon word of the resignation from the Senate of Jim DeMint (R-SC), freshman US Rep. Jim Scott said, “Looking forward, Governor Haley will now...
Democrats adjust Senate Commerce membership
Jay Rockefeller (D-WV) (pictured) will continue to wield the gavel as Chair of the influential Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation, and the...