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The Metaverse Could Revolutionize Workforce Preparation
By: Joseph Murgida Businesses have warned for years about the ever-growing shortage of skilled labor in United States. Effective workplace training is not only essential to the safety and security of crucial sectors of our daily life, but also key for growth and innovation. Training regimes typically involve curricula…
Jordan Questions Khan’s Impartiality on Musk’s Twitter Purchase
by Rich Sill Representative Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) sent a letter to Federal Trade Commission Chair Lina Khan regarding her former employer, Open Markets Institute, stating that the federal government should block Elon Musk’s purchase of Twitter. In the letter, Jordan addressed his concern that Khan’s former…
Secretary Raimondo Testifies to Senate Commerce Committee about Broadband and Chips
By Rich Sill Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo testified at a Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation hearing on April 27th regarding the budget for broadband deployment and domestic semiconductor production. At the meeting, she informed committee members of the Biden Administration’s commitment to prioritizing broadband…
Encryption Provides Millions with Privacy and Security
By Rich Sill Privacy and security are the utmost priorities of millions of internet users. Popular messaging apps like WhatsApp from Meta, Signal and Telegram all use end-to-end encryption to keep users’ messages and searches private and secure. Users’ messages are scrambled up by their devices and then unscrambled by…
EU’s Digital Markets Act Subverts Competition and Security
By Rich Sill As the world becomes more digitized and enters a permanent hybrid-work economy, governments should be helping incentivize major tech companies to innovate for a better future. However, Europe is attempting to undermine American tech companies with the Digital Markets Act. The European Union’s proposed rules are an…
Automation: America’s Key to Future Prosperity
by Rich Sill Many people are concerned over whether the United States can maintain its global economic dominance, and especially about its influence on the world stage while also concerned about labor shortages in the current job market. Although they may not come to fruition for many years, advancements…
New Report Highlights Importance of Utility Poles to Broadband Deployment
By: Katie McAuliffe Thanks to the resiliency of American networks, millions of Americans were able to quickly access their work, healthcare, education, entertainment and community from the safety of their homes. Today however, there are still many who lack broadband access and the opportunities that it affords. A new…
FTC “Zombie Votes” is Catching Attention
By: Noah Vehafric Since Federal Trade Commissioner Rohit Chopra left the agency to become Director the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), it has been left in a 2-2 stalemate between democrats and republicans. Yet in some of its recent proceedings, there have been 5 votes. How? Rohit Chopra never stopped…
Senators Scold USDA for Politicizing Broadband Access
By: Noah Vehafric A group of 13 Senators wrote to USDA Secretary Tom Vilsack expressing concerns over the agencies use of “net neutrality” standards for evaluating applicants of its upcoming ReConnect Loan and Grant Program. The ReConnect Program was authorized by the 2018 Consolidated Appropriations Act with the goal…
A Cybersecurity Wakeup Call?
By: Noah Vehafric A top Pentagon IT official resigned last month, warning that China is on pace to overtake the U.S. in key areas of artificial intelligence, machine learning, and cybersecurity. Nicolas Chailan was the inaugural Chief Software Officer (CSO) for the U.S. Air Force. This position was created…