Posted on April 12th, 2013 by Deborah Collier
With the recent announcement by Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman Julius Genachowski of his impending departure, the new commission chair will take charge of what has been called in The Atlantic Wire as “one of the more powerful regulatory bodies in the United States government.” Among the first trials the new chair will face is [...]
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Posted on February 8th, 2013 by Deborah Collier
The year was 1996. Bill Clinton was in the White House; scientists reported that there might be life on Mars; Dolly the sheep, the first cloned mammal, was born; the T.V. hospital show E.R. topped the Neilsen’s ratings long before the “McDreamies” and “McSteamies” of the world entered onto the scene; the Simpsons became the [...]
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Posted on November 14th, 2012 by Deborah Collier
The special access marketplace provides dedicated high-capacity connections that serve voice and data needs for smaller carriers, large businesses and government through lease agreements with larger telecommunications providers. In 1999, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) voted to deregulate the special access marketplace, which has helped to spur growth and innovation in all areas of telecommunications. [...]
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Posted on October 17th, 2012 by CAGW Staff
A signature plan of the Clinton administration, COPS was intended to reduce rising crime rates in the early 1990s by providing federal grant money for the hiring of 100,000 police officers to patrol American streets. Seventeen years later, the program has failed to reach its stated goals and has fallen victim to hundreds of millions [...]
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Posted on October 2nd, 2012 by CAGW Staff
The Daily Waste will examine how eliminating grants to manufacturers of worsted wool can save money for the taxpayers. In the early 2000s, a variety of changes to trade laws subjected domestic producers of worsted wool to increased competition. Consequently, Congress gave the Department of Commerce $5 million in annual subsidies to wool manufacturers that [...]
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Posted on September 14th, 2012 by CAGW Staff
The Daily Waste will examine the ENERGY STAR program and ways to save within it. The ENERGY STAR program, a joint venture between the Energy Department and the EPA, started in 1992 as a voluntary labeling program to identify energy-efficient products. It includes a “Change the World, Start with ENERGY STAR” messaging program and funded [...]
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Posted on September 10th, 2012 by CAGW Staff
Today the Daily Waste will examine a cost effective alternative replacement for the $1 bill. Congress authorized the replacement of the Susan B. Anthony dollar coin with the Sacagawea version in 1997, but production of dollar notes has continued and far too few dollar coins have been issued. The Bureau of Engraving and Printing produces approximately [...]
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Posted on June 12th, 2012 by CAGW Staff
While Congress works to approve the 2012 Farm Bill before the current one expires in September, lobbyists for the domestic sugar production industry have been pouring into Washington, fighting any attempts to cut or dramatically alter the federal government’s sugar program. It should come as no surprise that U.S. sugar producers are fighting hard to [...]
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Posted on June 8th, 2012 by Luke Gelber
Today, Citizens Against Government Waste (CAGW) joined 13 fiscally conservative, pro-competition groups in signing a letter to Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman Julius Genachowski. The letter urges Chairman Genachowski to approve the transfer of spectrum licenses from SpectrumCo and Cox to Verizon Wireless, which would allow for a much-needed increase in the supply of spectrum [...]
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Posted on March 30th, 2012 by Deborah Collier
Yesterday, the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing and Trade held its sixth hearing on online privacy. This hearing followed last month’s request and proposal by the Obama administration for a consumer privacy “Bill of Rights,” and Monday’s release of the Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) online privacy report. Witnesses at yesterday’s hearing included [...]
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