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 August 20th, 2012 by CAGW Staff
Starting today, CAGW is introducing the Daily Waste, a Monday-Friday morning hit that highlights wasteful government spending that deserves to be cut. You can also read more about wasteful government spending in our 2011 Prime Cuts report. To start things off, lets look at the Market Access Program, formerly known as the Market Promotion, MAP is [...]
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Posted on June 11th, 2012 by Deborah Collier
As part of the Recovery Act in 2009, Congress authorized $4.7 billion towards the Broadband Technology Opportunities Program (BTOP) grant program. To contract this figure, according to data compiled last year, the private sector invested over $250 billion from 2008 to 2011 in broadband infrastructure improvements and development. Last December, The Daily Caller reported that [...]
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Posted on May 3rd, 2012 by Sean Kennedy
The current economic climate, record national debt, and automatic cuts to the Department of Defense (DOD) posed by sequestration have placed defense spending on the political front burner. Leaders in Washington, even inside the Pentagon, have stated publicly the dangers of continued deficit spending. On August 26, 2010, Admiral Mike Mullen, then-Chairman of the Joint [...]
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Posted on May 3rd, 2012 by Sean Kennedy
The following Wastewatcher was composed by Luke Gelber One does not need to be an accountant to recognize that the United States Postal Service (USPS), which lost $8.5 billion in fiscal year (FY) 2010, $5.1 billion in FY 2011, and is on pace to lose another $11 billion in FY 2012, is in dire straits. [...]
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Posted on May 3rd, 2012 by Sean Kennedy
The following Wastewatcher was composed by Deborah Collier. As government agencies at all levels continue to face tremendous pressure to do more with less, the use of cloud computing tools to reduce the cost of information technology (IT) infrastructure is particularly enticing as an opportunity to save taxpayer dollars. Cloud computing products can be an [...]
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Posted on May 3rd, 2012 by Sean Kennedy
The following Wastewatcher was composed by Jordan M. Hicks IV. Cybersecurity has been a very prevalent issue on Capitol Hill recently with legislation such as The Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) and The Protect IP Act (PIPA) being introduced before Congress. Both of these bills pertain to issues of piracy and online theft, and the [...]
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Posted on May 3rd, 2012 by Sean Kennedy
The following Wastewatcher was composed by Erica Gordon: In this critical election year, Americans will not only cast their votes for elected officials at all levels of government including President of the United States; they will also decide on several state ballot initiatives. Some of these votes will be cast long before November 6. Californians, in [...]
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Posted on February 3rd, 2012 by CAGW Staff
The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), commonly referred to as food stamps, has grown dramatically under President Obama’s administration. At the start of his term, in January 2009, there were approximately 32 million Americans receiving federal assistance from SNAP, costing more than $3.6 billion per month. According to the most recent data from the U.S. [...]
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Posted on February 2nd, 2012 by Deborah Collier
The Lifeline program is part of the Universal Service Fund’s (USF) low-income support services, providing subsidized telephone services to low-income households. The low-income support program also includes the Link-Up program, which provides a discount off the initial installation fee for one traditional, wire line telephone service at a primary residence, or the activation fee for [...]
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