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The Week Ahead

December 14, 2009 | 9:38 AM

There are several technology and telecom-related events this week. Here are some of the highlights:

Monday, Dec. 14,
The FCC will hold a field hearing at 6 p.m. in Memphis on digital inclusion.

Tuesday, Dec. 15, 2009
The House Energy Commerce Committee's Communications, Technology, and the Internet Subcommittee is holding a hearing at 9:30 a.m. on H.R. 3125, the Radio Spectrum Inventory Act and H.R. 3019, the Spectrum Relocation Improvement Act of 2009.

The Senate Commerce Committee holds a nomination hearing at 2:30 p.m. for two nominees to the FTC, Julie Simone Brill and Edith Ramirez.

Public Knowledge President Gigi Sohn and Chris Guttman-McCabe, vice president of regulatory affairs for the wireless group CTIA, will debate net neutrality at 9:30 a.m.

Wednesday, Dec. 16
The House Judiciary Committee will hold a hearing at 10 a.m. on the piracy of live sports broadcasting over the Internet.

The FCC will hold an open meeting at 11 a.m. to receive a status report on the development of the national broadband plan.

The FCC will hold a staff workshop at 1 p.m. on speech and democratic engagement as part of the agency's open Internet proceeding.

Thursday, Dec. 17
NDN President Simon Rosenberg delivers remarks at 12: 15 p.m. at a presentation of "The Dawn of a New Politics," which examines "how changing media, technology, and demography trends are birthing a new politics here in America and around the world."

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Juliana Gruenwald

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Juliana Gruenwald has been covering tech and telecom issues for more than a decade for National Journal, Interactive Week, BNA and Congressional Quarterly. This is her second stint with National Journal. She was recruited by NJ in 1998 to help launch its first tech policy publication, Technology Daily. She left in 2000 to cover international tech and telecom issues for Ziff Davis Media's Interactive Week magazine. She started her career at United Press International as the wire service's first Helen Thomas Intern. She has a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Minnesota. A Minneapolis native, she misses the lakes but not the cold.


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Josh Smith covers technology policy as a staff reporter for National Journal. He previously interned at National Journal Daily, a Senate press office, and the Deseret News in Salt Lake City where he covered the state legislature, courts, and crime. In 2009 he graduated with honors from Southern Utah University after managing an award-winning student newspaper as editor-in-chief. Josh has received state, regional and national awards for his political and policy reporting, including first place in CapitolBeat’s 2009 Best of Statehouse Reporting college competition. A native of drop-dead-gorgeous Utah, Josh lives in Virginia with his wife, Amber.