The FCC’s Wireline Competition Bureau is seeking comment on Universal Marketing, LLC’s (Universal) Petition for Rulemaking (Petition), urging the Commission to initiate a rulemaking in the Lifeline program to evaluate the professional, academic, and economic standards required to hold an
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) issued an updated joint cybersecurity advisory on Medusa ransomware. Medusa, a ransomware-as-a-service variant first identified in June
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit has affirmed dismissal of claims brought by CSX Transportation, Inc. against Zayo Group, LLC. The court says railroads can’t charge fiber providers for access without the property right to do so.
The U.S. Senate confirmed Adam Cassady, former acting chief of the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA), as the U.S. Department of State’s ambassador at large for cyberspace and digital policy. Cassady led NTIA during the beginning of the second
The FCC has adopted a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) aimed at strengthening the administration and management of the Universal Service Fund (USF) and the Commission’s oversight of the Universal Service Administrative Company (USAC). The Commission seeks comment on four
The FCC has issued an alert warning consumers to beware of scam calls and texts from fraudsters posing as FCC Commissioners and employees. The FCC identified a recent scheme in which impersonators, posing as FCC Commissioners and employees, are contacting
The Federal Communications Commission has adopted a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking seeking comment on a framework that would allow unlicensed devices operating in certain spectrum bands to communicate directly with satellites. The proceeding reflects the Commission’s view that direct-to-device technology
The Federal Communications Commission has adopted a Third Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking seeking comment on additional reforms to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of the Rural Health Care (RHC) Program. The Commission states that the proposed changes are intended
President Donald Trump has nominated Danielle Thumann Severs, a senior adviser to Federal Communications Commission Chair Brendan Carr, to fill an open Republican seat at the agency. Thumann Severs, who currently serves as Carr’s senior counsel, has advised on wireline,
The FCC banned one of the largest recipients of federal Lifeline subsidies from enrolling new Lifeline subscribers. IM Telecom apparently violated its Lifeline compliance plan and the Lifeline program rules by: (1) transferring thousands of former subscribers back to IM
