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FCC Nominees Warmly Received

July 16, 2009

From CongressDaily's AM Edition...

FCC nominees Mignon Clyburn and Meredith Baker were generally noncommittal during their Wednesday confirmation hearing before the Senate Commerce Committee, giving few, if any, hints on how they might decide policy and regulatory issues. That left lawmakers to use the hearing to reiterate their strong criticisms of the commission Clyburn and Baker would join, if confirmed, to fill the remaining Democratic and Republican vacancies, respectively. Read more.

Meanwhile... Senate Commerce Chairman John (Jay) Rockefeller has asked 11 federal agencies, including the FCC, the FTC and the Commerce, Homeland Security and Transportation departments, to report on their cybersecurity preparedness and the effectiveness of their incident-response capabilities. Read more.

And... A group of public interest, library and technology organizations are urging U.S. Trade Representative Ron Kirk to set aside a controversial portion of Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement negotiations focused on "Internet distribution and information technology." Read more.

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