Ship it: FCC’s DevEx Day pushes next-day code
- By Luke Fretwell · Thursday, May 16, 2013 · 3:19 pm
Making sense of ‘ugly, messy’ data
- By Camille Tuutti · Friday, May 10, 2013 · 2:58 pm
Finding it near-impossible to make sense of the monthly Bureau of Labor Statistics reports? There is now a simple dashboard that packages that information into an easily digestible format — without requiring users to have a background in statistics.
FedOSS: Open GIS with FCC GIO Michael Byrne
- By Luke Fretwell · Tuesday, May 07, 2013 · 8:00 am
Federal Communications Commission Geographic Information Officer Michael Byrne discusses the role open source plays in geographic information systems and how the FCC leverages tools such as GitHub to further its mission.
Internet freedom bill returns without additional costs
- By Kathryn Sadasivan · Monday, May 06, 2013 · 12:50 pm
Another reason why a bill reaffirming the U.S., multistakeholder approach to Internet governance will remain government policy – it is free.
Obama announces nominees to lead FCC, FHFA
- By Kathryn Sadasivan · Thursday, May 02, 2013 · 2:02 pm
President Barack Obama announced his intent to nominate Rep. Melvin Watt (D-N.C.) and Tom Wheeler as director of the Federal Housing Finance Authority and chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, respectively.
FCC chair to head to Aspen Institute
- By Camille Tuutti · Monday, April 15, 2013 · 1:08 pm
Federal Communications Commission head Julius Genachowski has lined up a new gig, less than a month after announcing his resignation from government.
Genachowski officially announces departure (VIDEO)
- By David Stegon · Friday, March 22, 2013 · 4:28 pm
As previously reported, Federal Communications Commission Chairman Julius Genachowski announced Friday he will step down from his post in the near future.
FCC chair Genachowski to step down
- By David Stegon · Thursday, March 21, 2013 · 8:40 pm
Federal Communications Commission Chairman Julius Genachowski is expected Friday to announce he will step down from his position, The Wall Street Journal reports.
GAO: FCC failed to protect information
- By David Stegon · Monday, February 04, 2013 · 12:31 pm
The Federal Communications Commission failed to implement appropriate information security controls in the initial components of the Enhanced Secured Network project, the Government Accountability Office said in a new report.
FCC launches online smartphone security tools
- By David Stegon · Tuesday, December 18, 2012 · 2:37 pm
To assist the more than 120 million American smartphone owners, the FCC launched the Smartphone Security Checker, an online tool to arm consumers with security steps customized by mobile operating system.
FCC CIO Naylor to step down Jan. 4
- By David Stegon · Monday, December 03, 2012 · 8:51 pm
Naylor has served as the FCC CIO since June of 2011 and will leave January 4 to become the CIO and equity partner for a cyber-security firm that specializes in assisting the intelligence community.
FCC updates small business cybersecurity planner
- By David Stegon · Thursday, October 18, 2012 · 4:31 pm
The Federal Communications Commission unveiled an updated 2.0 version of its “Small Biz Cyber Planner,” as part of National Cybersecurity Month.
GAO: FCC should encourage private sector mobile security standards
- By David Stegon · Wednesday, September 19, 2012 · 2:15 pm
The U.S. Government Accountability Office said the Federal Communications Commission needs to encourage the private sector to implement a broad, industry-defined baseline of mobile security safeguards as consumers have become increasingly reliant on mobile devices.
FCC asks court to uphold net neutrality
- By David Stegon · Tuesday, September 11, 2012 · 12:54 pm
The Federal Communications Commission asked a federal appeals court to uphold its net neutrality order on Monday, saying that Verizon’s challenge to the commission’s rules had no merit.
FCC to host ‘Developing for Accessibility’ event
- By David Stegon · Thursday, August 09, 2012 · 5:07 pm
The Federal Communications Commission will host a “Developing with Accessibility” event at the agency headquarters on September 6-7.
FedPod: Cybersecurity bill gets shot down, cyber coordinator speaks, new FCC political database
- By David Stegon · Friday, August 03, 2012 · 12:54 pm
Cybersecurity bill gets shot down, White House cyber coordinator says cybersecurity takes a ‘cross-cutting response’ and FCC opens its new political advertising database.
TV stations to submit political advertising buys to FCC
- By David Stegon · Thursday, August 02, 2012 · 8:21 pm
Television stations in the nation’s largest media markets will begin uploading information on political advertising buys to a new Federal Communications Commission database on Wednesday.
FCC launching political ad database
- By David Stegon · Monday, July 09, 2012 · 2:52 pm
The Federal Communications Commission will conduct a public demonstration of a new online database of political television commercials on July 17.
FCC seeks digital strategy director
- By Luke Fretwell · Wednesday, June 20, 2012 · 3:37 pm
Is GitHub government’s next big thing?
- By Luke Fretwell · Wednesday, June 06, 2012 · 3:07 pm










