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The House Energy & Commerce Committee Communications Subcommittee Tuesday is launching a bipartisan supply chain working group focused on the "myriad hardware and software components that make up the communications infrastructure." The concern is the possibility of security breaches along the supply chain, from design to delivery to installation, ... (more)

California saw plenty of change to its congressional delegation last year, with the long-serving likes of Fortney "Pete" Stark , David Dreier , Jerry Lewis , Joe Baca , Elton Gallegly , Mary Bono Mack and more either retiring or getting turned out.

House Democrats urged the Federal Communications Commission on Thursday to reject the advice of a group of Republicans on the upcoming auction of broadcast TV licenses.

A Lebanese man was sentenced to 300 lashes with a whip and six years in prison for his role in helping a Saudi woman convert to Christianity and flee the kingdom in the latest example of the religious intolerance that grips the region.

In late January, unlocking your cellphone technically became illegal after the Librarian of Congress removed it from the DMCA exception list last year.

WASHINGTON, May 9 -- Rep. Jared Polis, D-Colo. , issued the following news release: Reps.

TOPIC/SUBJECT: holds the annual Public Safety Communications Leadership in Policy Awards Dinner, which "commemorates the leaders in public safety communications who are outstanding advocates for the industry and advance all aspects of public safety policy." AGENDA: Highlight: -- Rep.

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Called the Unlocking Technology Act , it has a simple goal: to fix that silly section of U.S. law that says it's actually a copyright violation to use your cellphone for a purpose besides what's intended by its manufacturers.

Ranking House Communications Subcommittee member Rep. Anna Eshoo has asked the GAO to conduct a study of usage-based wired and wireless broadband pricing.

"Zoe Lofgren has introduced the Unlocking Technology Act of 2013 this afternoon with co-sponsors Jared Polis and Thomas Massie .

Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse is bringing back a bill to fight breast cancer with a new commission to identify prevention and treatment strategies for the disease.

Rep. Anna Eshoo has been named honorary cochair of the Information Technology and Innovation Foundation , succeeding Rep.

U.S. President Barack Obama has nominated telecom trade group veteran Tom Wheeler to be the next chairman of the U.S. Federal Communications Commission.

On April 25, five Congressional Democrats called for a top Brown Administration official's immediate resignation after Natural Resources Deputy Director Jerry Meral made a controversial statement that the Bay Delta Conservation Plan to build the peripheral tunnels is not about restoring the Bay Delta ecosystem.

The twelve person House Congressional delegation that went to Rome, Italy in March for the installation Mass of Pope Francis cost the House of Representatives almost $50,000. The travel report for this delegation was the first to be filed after Speaker John Boehner adopted a policy of only approving delegation trips that use commercial air travel ... (more)

Five Congressional Democrats on April 26 called for a top Brown Administration official's immediate resignation after Natural Resources Deputy Director Jerry Meral made a controversial statement that the Bay Delta Conservation Plan to build the peripheral tunnels has little to do with ensuring the restoration of the critical Bay Delta ecosystem.

A few members of congress will soon be able to admire the artwork of an inspiring Gunn High School student.

A pair of Democrats on the House Energy and Commerce Committee on Thursday called for regulators to open an inquiry into a website that falsely claims the government offers taxpayer-funded cell phones for free.

Throw out the Lifeline? Money is drifting away. That was the tune from a chorus of House Republicans Thursday as they challenged the FCC's Lifeline Universal Service Fund subsidy for phone, and if many Democrats have their way, broadband, service to low-income homes.