Well Connected
 
Technology has created a chessboard of corporate and government interests in telecommunications and media. The players battle it out in Congress, at the Federal Communications Commission and in state houses. The "Well Connected" Project tracks this inside influence game.
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The Media Tracker will tell you who owns the media where you live. Type in your ZIP code or a city and state. Media Tracker will comb our database of more than 5 million records from government sources, corporate documents and original research.
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Blog on Digital Convergence and Policy
An Open Knowledge Base for the National Broadband Project
Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., announced an online effort to write national broadband strategy legislation. Durbin says he will be crafting legislation based on the input he gets during those sessions. He will then post drafts of that legislation online. (7/26/2007)
Well Connected Project Begins Wiki Issue Portal on Congresspedia
Today, the Well Connected Project of the Center for Public Integrity is excited to launch an issue portal jointly with Congresspedia. This issue portal is a wiki, like Wikipedia, creating a collection of articles on telecom, media and technology policy. (7/13/2007)
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The 700 (MHz) Club
When Lobbying the FCC, Sometimes Less is More
WASHINGTON, August 10, 2007 — In the run-up to a key FCC vote on rules governing the public airwaves, lobbyists logged nearly 600 meetings or conversations with agency officials, an analysis by The Center for Public Integrity reveals.  >>
Center Spearheads Efforts to Disclose Broadband Data
Telco Deployment by ZIP Code at Issue in Legislation
WASHINGTON, June 27, 2007 — The Center for Public Integrity's efforts to shed light on local Internet availability are having an impact in the legislative and regulatory debate over broadband. For example, Senate Commerce Committee Chairman Daniel Inouye, D-Hawaii, last month introduced S. 1492, the Broadband Data Improvement Act. The bill would require the FCC to supplement the information it currently collects about broadband deployment with more localized data, including ZIP code plus four digits.  >>
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