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Julius Genachowski Leads April FCC Meeting

Julius Genachowski, FCC Chairman, kicked off the Commission’s April meeting.  First order of business was moving towards creating the Connect America Fund, the process of initiating a “once-in-a-generation transformation of the Universal Service Fund, in order to connect all Americans to broadband, including Americans who live and work in rural areas,” according to a recent [...]

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FCC’s Broadband Plan: 11 Provisions for Healthcare IT

On Tuesday, the FCC released its National Broadband Plan.  It notes that “the United States is not taking full advantage of the opportunities that health IT provides. It lags other developed countries in health IT adoption among primary health care providers,” and provides eleven recommendations to close the gap between the U.S. and leaders in [...]

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