by TechLatino | Aug 7, 2019 | Barack Obama, Being Latino, Clemente Nicado, Comcast, FCC, internet Essentials, LISTA, LISTA in the News, xFinity
Back in 2011, as part of a pledge to the U.S. Federal Communications Commission to secure the approval of its merger with NBC Universal, Comcast launched a low-cost internet service tier dubbed Internet Essentials. It initially extended contract-free broadband...
by JAM | Apr 22, 2016 | Barack Obama, FCC, google, LISTA in the News, obama
. For years, government integrity groups, journalists and major media and communications companies have raised questions about Google’s cozy ties to the administration of President Obama, whose campaigns have taken in massive amounts of money in political...
by JAM | Feb 18, 2015 | #techlatino247, Barack Obama, Cha
Recently, FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler announced his plan to use antiquated, 20th Century telephone rules to help protect Internet openness in the 21st Century. The move puts at risk some of the crucial policy initiatives that Latinos in Information Sciences and...
by JAM | Dec 15, 2014 | Barack Obama, Being Latino, Broadband, Cesar Chavez, Comcast, google, Government, LISTA, LISTA in the News, Negocios Now, net neutrality, Sprint, Time Warner, Title II, Uncategorized, Verizon
The open Internet debate has long focused on protecting content developers from discriminatory treatment by Internet service providers (ISPs). Those who advocate in favor of strong network neutrality rules typically argue that “the next Facebook” or “the next Google”...
by JAM | Nov 10, 2014 | #techlatino247, Barack Obama, Big data, Comcast, Cyber Security, FCC, HTTP, net neutrality, spectrum, Title II
The President’s Statement An open Internet is essential to the American economy, and increasingly to our very way of life. By lowering the cost of launching a new idea, igniting new political movements, and bringing communities closer together, it has been one...
by JAM | Nov 10, 2014 | Barack Obama, Cyber Security, DOJ, Health IT, inclusion, IT Professionals, LISTA, LISTA in the News, Policy
Nearly everyone agrees there’s a shortage of cybersecurity professionals across government. But quantifying the precise cyber talent gap remains an inexact science. “We always hear from agencies that they need more cybersecurity people, but they have a very...
