How the US Federal Communications Commission Managed the Process of IT Modernization

2018 ◽  
pp. 411-428
Author(s):  
Kevin C. Desouza ◽  
James S. Denford ◽  
Rashmi Krishnamurthy
Keyword(s):  
Federal Communications Commission ◽  
The Us

The Federal Communication Commission’s National Broadband Plan

2011 ◽  
pp. 57-72
Author(s):  
John B. Meisel ◽  
John Navin ◽  
Timothy S. Sullivan
Keyword(s):  
Federal Policy ◽  
Federal Communications Commission ◽  
Technological Innovations ◽  
Critical Questions ◽  
Open Networks ◽  
The Us ◽  
Legal Arguments ◽  
Near Future

The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 charged the US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to develop and deliver to Congress a national broadband plan by February 17, 2010. The FCC formally commenced the process of developing the plan by issuing a Notice of Inquiry (NOI) on April 8, 2009. The NOI identified broadband issues and critical questions and asked stakeholders to respond to these issues and questions with data and analysis. The purpose of this chapter is to analyze the written documents generated by stakeholders’ responses concerning the specific issues of open networks and competition and to make recommendations to the FCC in its formulation of federal policy as to the position that makes the most economic sense on these issues. We find that many of the arguments and concerns of stakeholders are dependent upon predictions regarding the competitiveness of ISP markets. We predict with confidence that technological innovations are likely to make many legal arguments (on all sides) obsolete in the near future.

International Competition: Communication Services

1985 ◽  
Vol 38 (1) ◽  
pp. 112-115
Author(s):  
John Langdale
Keyword(s):  
Limited Range ◽  
Federal Communications Commission ◽  
International Competition ◽  
Communication Services ◽  
The Us ◽  
Us Government ◽  
International Services

In later 1984 President Reagan announced that the US Government had given permission in principle for US private communications satellite companies to provide a limited range of international services. The companies have not been given permission to go ahead as yet: the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has to give its approval and the companies have to obtain governmental approval in other countries.

scholarly journals Economics and computer science of a radio spectrum reallocation

2017 ◽  
Vol 114 (28) ◽  
pp. 7202-7209 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kevin Leyton-Brown ◽  
Paul Milgrom ◽  
Ilya Segal
Keyword(s):  
Internet Access ◽  
Radio Spectrum ◽  
Federal Communications Commission ◽  
Wireless Internet ◽  
Broadcast Television ◽  
Fixed Set ◽  
The Us ◽  
Wireless Internet Access ◽  
Computational Procedures ◽  
Human Participants

The recent “incentive auction” of the US Federal Communications Commission was the first auction to reallocate radio frequencies between two different kinds of uses: from broadcast television to wireless Internet access. The design challenge was not just to choose market rules to govern a fixed set of potential trades but also, to determine the broadcasters’ property rights, the goods to be exchanged, the quantities to be traded, the computational procedures, and even some of the performance objectives. An essential and unusual challenge was to make the auction simple enough for human participants while still ensuring that the computations would be tractable and capable of delivering nearly efficient outcomes.

China’s low-cost tech will trump other concerns

2018 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Low Cost ◽  
The United States ◽  
Federal Communications Commission ◽  
High Tech ◽  
Content Type ◽  
High Profile ◽  
The Us ◽  
Us Government ◽  
Federal Subsidies ◽  
Technology Partnerships

Subject China's international technology partnerships. Significance The US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) announced on March 26 that it is considering blocking federal subsidies for smaller telecom operators that use Chinese technology. The US government is determined to prevent Chinese companies such as Huawei and ZTE from developing a stronger base in the United States. This attitude, grounded in national security concerns, stands in contrast to the situation in many other markets where these companies have developed high-profile and close relationships with telecom operators and governments. Impacts Huawei and ZTE may overtake US firms in filing for patents. Telecom partnerships with developed and emerging economies are likely to increase Beijing’s influence over global internet governance. China’s low-cost high-tech equipment is likely to overcome security objections from intelligence agencies in other countries.

The Eleventh Circuit Holds that Agreements in which Pharmaceutical Companies Pay Generic Companies Not to Compete May be Valid

2004 ◽  
Vol 32 (1) ◽  
pp. 181-184
Author(s):  
Amy Garrigues
Keyword(s):  
Pharmaceutical Companies ◽  
Court Decisions ◽  
Patent Holder ◽  
Trial Court ◽  
Court Of Appeals ◽  
The Us ◽  
Antitrust Laws ◽  
Per Se ◽  
Appeals Court ◽  
Two Sides

On September 15, 2003, the US. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit held that agreements between pharmaceutical and generic companies not to compete are not per se unlawful if these agreements do not expand the existing exclusionary right of a patent. The Valley DrugCo.v.Geneva Pharmaceuticals decision emphasizes that the nature of a patent gives the patent holder exclusive rights, and if an agreement merely confirms that exclusivity, then it is not per se unlawful. With this holding, the appeals court reversed the decision of the trial court, which held that agreements under which competitors are paid to stay out of the market are per se violations of the antitrust laws. An examination of the Valley Drugtrial and appeals court decisions sheds light on the two sides of an emerging legal debate concerning the validity of pay-not-to-compete agreements, and more broadly, on the appropriate balance between the seemingly competing interests of patent and antitrust laws.

Fighting the US Youth Sex Trade

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carrie N. Baker
Keyword(s):  
Sex Trade ◽  
The Us

Putting Trust in the US Budget

2000 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eric M. Patashnik
Keyword(s):  
The Us

Relation of Statistically Significant, Abnormal, and Typical WAIS-R VIQ-PIQ Discrepancies to Full Scale IQs

2000 ◽  
Vol 16 (2) ◽  
pp. 107-114 ◽  
Author(s):  
Louis M. Hsu ◽  
Judy Hayman ◽  
Judith Koch ◽  
Debbie Mandell
Keyword(s):  
Graphical Method ◽  
The United States ◽  
Full Scale ◽  
True Score ◽  
Absolute Value ◽  
Normative Population ◽  
The Us ◽  
The Mean ◽  
And Performance ◽  
Quadratic Models

Summary: In the United States' normative population for the WAIS-R, differences (Ds) between persons' verbal and performance IQs (VIQs and PIQs) tend to increase with an increase in full scale IQs (FSIQs). This suggests that norm-referenced interpretations of Ds should take FSIQs into account. Two new graphs are presented to facilitate this type of interpretation. One of these graphs estimates the mean of absolute values of D (called typical D) at each FSIQ level of the US normative population. The other graph estimates the absolute value of D that is exceeded only 5% of the time (called abnormal D) at each FSIQ level of this population. A graph for the identification of conventional “statistically significant Ds” (also called “reliable Ds”) is also presented. A reliable D is defined in the context of classical true score theory as an absolute D that is unlikely (p < .05) to be exceeded by a person whose true VIQ and PIQ are equal. As conventionally defined reliable Ds do not depend on the FSIQ. The graphs of typical and abnormal Ds are based on quadratic models of the relation of sizes of Ds to FSIQs. These models are generalizations of models described in Hsu (1996) . The new graphical method of identifying Abnormal Ds is compared to the conventional Payne-Jones method of identifying these Ds. Implications of the three juxtaposed graphs for the interpretation of VIQ-PIQ differences are discussed.

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