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Tech Talk In Committee
The partisan shift of power from Republicans to Democrats on Capitol Hill means the policymaking terrain has changed for the technology industry. That is especially true in the House and Senate committees, where much of the heavy congressional lifting occurs.
With that in mind, Technology Daily this week began a two-week series to examine the tech-related agendas of the committees and subcommittees, the leaders behind those agendas and the newest lawmakers on the panels. We started by covering the panels with the broadest tech and telecom jurisdictions, including the House Energy and Commerce Committee now headed by Michigan Democrat John Dingell.
Dingell has an ambitious 2007 agenda. His priorities include fresh telecom legislation with a more deregulatory focus; a further examination of television "indecency;" and renewed efforts to overhaul the universal service fund that subsidizes telecom services in rural and impoverished areas.
Massachusetts Democrat Edward Markey will head the panel's Telecommunications and the Internet Subcommittee, and he is expected to continue pushing for a mandate to treat high-speed Internet content equally, among other things.
The rest of this week's podcast includes reports on tech industry reaction to the president's State of the Union address, the state rebellion against federally mandated ID standards, and an emerging type of stock fraud.
Posted by Technology Daily on January 26, 2007 11:27 AM | Permalink
