Broadband, public-safety spectrum and cybersecurity are priorities this year for...
Broadband, public-safety spectrum and cybersecurity are priorities this year for Senate Commerce Committee Chairman Jay Rockefeller, D-W.Va., he said Thursday. He said he plans “to fight to bring modern day protections for consumers and accountability to fraudsters, promote high-tech job…
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creation and competitiveness, and keep Americans safe, secure, and on the move.” Rockefeller’s jobs agenda includes promoting broadband deployment and revamping the Universal Service Fund, he said. On homeland security, Rockefeller wants to enact comprehensive cybersecurity legislation, and give public safety the “communications resources” it needs. His consumer protection agenda includes protecting consumer information and privacy online, fighting online billing scams and stopping distracted driving. And Commerce plans to continue oversight of the FCC and other federal agencies under the committee’s jurisdiction.