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InternetNews December 16, 2009	First Draft of FCC Broadband Policy Revealed While not final, the proposal does give an indication of where the government is headed with broadband buildout.
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InternetNews June 3, 2010	Feds Scrambling to Avert Spectrum Shortfall Few would argue the need for more spectrum to ensure that wireless carriers have sufficient capacity to handle the exploding growth of the mobile Web. But where's it going to come from?
InternetNews March 11, 2010	FCC Mulling Free Broadband Plan, Again As more details surface of the national broadband plan the Federal Communications Commission is preparing to deliver to Congress, the commission said it will consider a plan to develop a free or low-cost wireless broadband network.
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InternetNews February 10, 2011	White House Unveils Wireless Broadband Push At a speech in Michigan, President Obama plans to debut National Wireless Initiative, an effort White House officials say will reduce the deficit while expanding mobile broadband service.
InternetNews February 24, 2010	Genachowski Outlines Spectrum Overhaul FCC chairman details plans for a reallocation scheme that would ask broadcasters and other license holders to cough up some of their spectrum licenses in exchange for a share of profits generated by reselling the airwaves at auction.
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InternetNews December 17, 2009	Feds Award First Broadband Stimulus Funding Vice president presides over inaugural broadband stimulus awards.
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InternetNews September 16, 2010	FCC White Spaces Vote Inspires High Hopes Advocates of releasing unused spectrum that sits in between broadcast channels are gearing up for next week's FCC meeting, when the commissioners are expected to set the final rules for new broadband networks built on the so-called white spaces.
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InternetNews April 9, 2010	FCC Details Broadband Plans After Legal Setback Federal Communications Commission chairman argues that court ruling has little bearing on its broadband agenda for the rest of the year, which will tackle spectrum, universal service and a host of other issues.
InternetNews January 10, 2011 David Needle	Commerce Dept. Forms Office for Online ID The federal response to the security and privacy challenges stemming from a constellation of online identity issues will be housed in the Commerce Department, with a final administration report with recommendations due out in the coming months.
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InternetNews July 9, 2009 Kenneth Corbin	Senate Nears Vote on Rethinking U.S. Spectrum A Senate committee yesterday passed a bill that would direct two federal agencies overseeing the nation's wireless spectrum to conduct an inventory to determine how the various bands of airwaves are being used.
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CIO September 30, 2008 Grant Gross	Where the Candidates Stand on Five Technology Issues The 2008 presidential election gives CIOs and other IT executives a choice of Republican nominee Senator John McCain and Democratic nominee Senator Barack Obama who are both interested in technology-related issues.
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InternetNews November 9, 2010	What's Holding Back Wider Broadband Adoption? The government's Digital Nation II report is based on data collected from 54,000 households by the U.S. Census Bureau in 2009.
InternetNews April 5, 2010	Battle Lines Take Shape in Spectrum Showdown As it looks to reclaim spectrum for mobile broadband, the FCC is courting a vigorous political fight, with broadcasters, wireless firms and open Internet advocates all to have their say.
InternetNews December 28, 2005 Roy Mark	Agency Spectrum Relocation to Flirt With $1B Clearing federal agencies out of spectrum earmarked for advanced commercial wireless services will cost approximately $936 million, according to data released today by the U.S. Department of Commerce.
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InternetNews June 25, 2004 Roy Mark	Bush Stumps For Internet Access Tax Ban President outlines broadband policy calling for fewer taxes and less regulations to achieve universal access by 2007.
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InternetNews January 12, 2009 Kenneth Corbin	Will Congress Give Billions to Broadband? Advocates on the Hill hope for a boost to the nation's digital infrastructure by grabbing a share of the nearly $800 billion stimulus package on the table.
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InternetNews October 19, 2007 David Needle	AT&T CEO Has Tough Message For Regulators AT&T CEO Randall Stephenson discusses spectrum and the iPhone and tells regulators to 'get the hell out.'
InternetNews January 19, 2007 Roy Mark	Senators Part Ways on White Space Use Competing bills promote use of unused spectrum between broadcast channels for wireless broadband.
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