http://techdailydose.nationaljournal.com/ en Copyright 2010 Fri, 22 Oct 2010 18:21:36 GMT http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/ http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification FCC Media Bureau Chief William Lake on Friday wrote the executives of Cablevision and News Corp, parent company of Fox, requesting information about the companies' ongoing dispute over programming fees. Citing the commission's belief, per congressional intention, that broadcasters and cable companies have an obligation to negotiate carriage fees "in an atmosphere of honesty, purpose and clarity or process," Lake asked the companies to provide information about the nature of their current negotiations. Specifically, Lake requested that each company describe how it "is satisfying this important statutory obligation in the context of your retransmission consent negotiations." He also asked both http://techdailydose.nationaljournal.com/2010/10/fcc-wants-details-on-cablevisi.php http://techdailydose.nationaljournal.com/2010/10/fcc-wants-details-on-cablevisi.php Cable Television Fri, 22 Oct 2010 18:21:36 GMT Monday TechAmerica hosts an 8:30 am news conference to release a paper in response to the White House IT review. Featured speakers include Phil Bond, president of TechAmerica. The New America Foundation hosts a 9:00 am forum on the "Internet's Mid-Life Crisis." Featured speakers include Bruce Gottlieb, former Chief Counsel of the FCC and Link Hoewing, assistant VP for Internet and technology policy, Verizon. Tuesday The Heritage Foundation hosts a 10:00 am discussion on "What (If Anything) Will Congress Do About Cybersecurity?" Featured speakers include Brandon Milhorn, Republican staff director and chief counsel at the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental http://techdailydose.nationaljournal.com/2010/10/week-ahead-in-tech-and-telecom-4.php http://techdailydose.nationaljournal.com/2010/10/week-ahead-in-tech-and-telecom-4.php Cybersecurity Innovation Politics & Tech digitalfuture Fri, 22 Oct 2010 17:00:50 GMT The Tennessee Valley Authority selected Duffield, Va., as a "prime location" for data center development, Rep. Rick Boucher, D -Va., announced on Friday. "Data centers provide high-wage jobs to highly skilled employees, and Duffield has much to offer a company seeking a location for a data center," said Boucher, Communications Subcommittee Chairman. "It is home to the Scott County Business and Technology Park, which is fully outfitted with the water, wastewater and telecommunications infrastructure necessary to accommodate a data center. In addition, its multi-tenant Crooked Road Technology Center is available for occupancy." TVA, according to a statement from Boucher, considered http://techdailydose.nationaljournal.com/2010/10/duffield-va-selected-for-prime.php http://techdailydose.nationaljournal.com/2010/10/duffield-va-selected-for-prime.php Telecom Fri, 22 Oct 2010 15:58:26 GMT What do Meet the Press, American Idol and Chelsea Handler have in common? They are all part of the awesome swag up for grabs at the Federal Communications Bar Association charity auction next Thursday evening. Prizes to the event, which will be held at the Hamilton Crowne Plaza in Washington, include two pairs of tickets to the Late Show with David Letterman, four tickets to a Redskins game, two tickets to a taping of The Daily Show, and many more. The grand prize is an entertainment packing featuring and 47" 3D TV, 3D blu-ray disc player and 3D glasses. Proceeds http://techdailydose.nationaljournal.com/2010/10/techprofessionals-and-glittera.php http://techdailydose.nationaljournal.com/2010/10/techprofessionals-and-glittera.php Charity Technology Fri, 22 Oct 2010 15:35:13 GMT Efforts to ramp up intellectual property enforcement in the digital marketplace are bumping up against free speech advocacy in an international treaty nearing completion and a pending Senate bill, CongressDaily reported. Rights holders and many government leaders are determined to crack down on Internet piracy through stricter enforcement, but public-interest groups argue that such rules can jeopardize free speech, particularly in countries without the types of safeguard measures found in American law. The U.S. Trade Representative's Office recently released the latest text -- and possibly the final version -- of the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement, an accord aimed at increasing international http://techdailydose.nationaljournal.com/2010/10/ip-enforcement-policies-stir-c.php http://techdailydose.nationaljournal.com/2010/10/ip-enforcement-policies-stir-c.php Commerce Copyright Intellectual Property Internet Freedom piracy Fri, 22 Oct 2010 13:00:59 GMT Two potential GOP presidential candidates went to their Facebook accounts Thursday to blast National Public Radio for firing analyst Juan Williams for controversial comments he made about Muslims and to urge lawmakers to cut funding for the organization. Williams was fired for telling Fox News host Bill O'Reilly that when he boards an airplane and sees "people who are in Muslim garb and I think, you know, they are identifying themselves first and foremost as Muslims, I get worried. I get nervous.'' Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, the 2008 Republican vice presidential nominee and possible 2012 presidential contender, took to http://techdailydose.nationaljournal.com/2010/10/huckabee-palin-call-for-npr-fu.php http://techdailydose.nationaljournal.com/2010/10/huckabee-palin-call-for-npr-fu.php Politics & Tech Radio Thu, 21 Oct 2010 22:01:10 GMT A group of 40 companies and business groups wrote Senate Judiciary Chairman Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., Thursday to push for action on his legislation aimed at cracking down on online piracy and counterfeiting. The coalition urged Leahy to push for Senate approval of the legislation when Congress returns in mid-November for a lame-duck session after the November midterm elections. The legislation would give the Justice Department new authority to file a civil action against a domain name linked to a website trafficking in illegal copyrighted content or counterfeit goods. Under the bill, the company that sold the domain name registration to http://techdailydose.nationaljournal.com/2010/10/groups-firms-push-for-action-o.php http://techdailydose.nationaljournal.com/2010/10/groups-firms-push-for-action-o.php Congress Intellectual Property Legislation piracy Thu, 21 Oct 2010 19:50:35 GMT The head of the Commerce Department's National Telecommunications and Information Administration said Thursday that his agency has recommended that 115 megahertz of spectrum now controlled by some federal agencies be reallocated for commercial mobile broadband use. During a speech at the Federal Communications Bar Association, NTIA Director Lawrence Strickling said the recommendation is included in a report for freeing up spectrum that is being reviewed by Obama administration officials. The plan is aimed at helping the administration meet a five-year goal, included in the FCC's national broadband plan, for freeing up 500 megahertz of spectrum for wireless broadband technologies. Strickling http://techdailydose.nationaljournal.com/2010/10/ntia-identifies-federal-spectr.php http://techdailydose.nationaljournal.com/2010/10/ntia-identifies-federal-spectr.php Agencies Broadband Spectrum Thu, 21 Oct 2010 18:31:37 GMT Given the growing U.S. consumer demand for mobile technologies, the shortage of spectrum is likely to reach 300 megahertz in the next five years, according to a new whitepaper released by the FCC Thursday. The FCC's spectrum forecast found that "the amount of mobile data demanded by American consumers is likely to exceed capacity of our wireless networks in the near-term." Driving the demand for spectrum is growth of the mobile technologies such as smart phones, tablet computers and e-books like the iPad and Kindle. The paper estimates that mobile broadband traffic will increase by 35 times the amount of http://techdailydose.nationaljournal.com/2010/10/fcc-forecasts-major-spectrum-s.php http://techdailydose.nationaljournal.com/2010/10/fcc-forecasts-major-spectrum-s.php FCC Spectrum reports Thu, 21 Oct 2010 16:52:05 GMT FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski announced Thursday that the commission will raise three items related to unleashing spectrum during the agency's November meeting. More spectrum (airwaves) is needed to power the rapid growth of mobile broadband. The first item will be a notice of proposed rulemaking for implementing spectrum incentive auctions in anticipation of Congress approving such a measure. The incentive auction rule would explore a licensing framework to allow for channel sharing. A notice of proposed rulemaking to expand experimental spectrum licensing will be the second item. The goal of this proposal is to accelerate innovation and reduce the amount http://techdailydose.nationaljournal.com/2010/10/spectrum-on-november-fcc-agend.php http://techdailydose.nationaljournal.com/2010/10/spectrum-on-november-fcc-agend.php Broadband FCC Spectrum Thu, 21 Oct 2010 15:00:42 GMT The federal government's point man on health IT this week urged vendors not to create a new "digital divide" by overlooking health care providers in minority communities, Nextgov.com reported. "Electronic health records possess the ability to help improve both the quality and efficiency of medical care accessible by minorities," David Blumenthal, the national coordinator for health information technology, wrote in a letter to the vendor community in his Coordinator's Corner blog. Yet providers serving uninsured black and Hispanic or Latino populations are less likely to have adopted electronic health records, he noted. Racial and ethnic minorities are disproportionately affected by http://techdailydose.nationaljournal.com/2010/10/health-it-official-to-vendors.php http://techdailydose.nationaljournal.com/2010/10/health-it-official-to-vendors.php Agencies Diversity Health IT Thu, 21 Oct 2010 14:56:24 GMT Google is still feeling the fallout from its revelation in May that its Street View cars mistakenly collected information from unsecured Wi-Fi networks all over the world. The Internet firm said Thursday that nearly a quarter of a million Germans have asked to opt-out of having their homes revealed on Google's Street View service, which provides street-level photos of addresses as part of Google Maps. Google has agreed to blur the photographs of the homes of those German citizens who sign up to opt-out of the service. Google acknowledged in May that its Street View cars had mistakenly collected personal http://techdailydose.nationaljournal.com/2010/10/more-fallout-for-google-from-w.php http://techdailydose.nationaljournal.com/2010/10/more-fallout-for-google-from-w.php International Privacy Wireless Thu, 21 Oct 2010 13:47:19 GMT Phil Weiser, a senior White House aide for technology and innovation, said Wednesday that the Obama administration has not taken a position on whether a valuable and controversial band of airwaves, known as the D block, should be auctioned for commercial use or handed over to public safety officials. The administration favors an "integrated" approach to the challenge of creating an interoperable public safety communications network, Weiser said. The FCC, members of Congress, industry, and first responders are divided about what should happen to the D block of spectrum. Some public safety officials have argued that the D block is http://techdailydose.nationaljournal.com/2010/10/white-house-no-position-on-d-b.php http://techdailydose.nationaljournal.com/2010/10/white-house-no-position-on-d-b.php FCC Public Safety Spectrum White House Wed, 20 Oct 2010 21:45:57 GMT FCC member Michael Copps issued a terse statement Wednesday on the continued standoff between the Fox broadcast network and Cablevision over retransmission fees, saying the commission needs to examine whether both sides are engaging in true "good-faith" negotiations. At issue are the fees that Cablevision pays to Fox to provide its programs to the cable operator's subscribers in Connecticut, New Jersey and New York. Fox is demanding twice as much for its programming than what Cablevision currently pays, according to Cablevision. Fox pulled its programming from Cablevision's 3 million subscribers in the New York area on Friday after the two http://techdailydose.nationaljournal.com/2010/10/copps-fcc-may-need-to-interven.php http://techdailydose.nationaljournal.com/2010/10/copps-fcc-may-need-to-interven.php Cable Carriage Fees FCC Net Neutrality Television Wed, 20 Oct 2010 19:48:14 GMT Senate Judiciary Chairman Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., said Wednesday that delays and cost overruns plaguing the FBI's computerized case management system, which are detailed in a new FBI inspector general's report, are "alarming." The report from Justice Department Inspector General Glenn Fine's office examined the status of the FBI's Sentinel case management system and found "significant additional issues that we believe can affect the full and successful implementation of Sentinel." The report is the seventh in a series of IG reports that have monitored the progress of the $450 million Sentinel system, which was estimated to be completed in December 2009. http://techdailydose.nationaljournal.com/2010/10/leahy-justice-ig-voice-concern.php http://techdailydose.nationaljournal.com/2010/10/leahy-justice-ig-voice-concern.php Agencies E-Government Security Technology Wed, 20 Oct 2010 19:10:48 GMT