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The Week Ahead

March 19, 2010

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

Monday:
TechAmerica holds its "Beyond the Beltway 2010" briefing on state and local government information technology issues beginning at 9:15 a.m.

Tuesday:
The Senate Commerce Committee holds a hearing on the FCC's national broadband plan at 2:30 p.m.

National Journal is hosting a telecommunications forum beginning at 8 a.m. featuring House Energy and Commerce Communications Subcommittee Chairman Rick Boucher, D-Va., and the panel's ranking member, Cliff Stearns, R-Fla.

Wednesday:
The Senate Commerce Committee holds a markup session at 10 a.m. that will include consideration of cybersecurity legislation, S. 773.

The Congressional-Executive Commission on China holds a hearing on "Google and Internet control in China" at 2 p.m.

Thursday:
The House Energy and Commerce Communications, Technology, and the Internet Subcommittee is holding a 10 a.m. hearing on the FCC's national broadband plan.

The Senate Judiciary Committee is holding a markup session at 10 a.m. and included on its agenda is legislation, S.3111, that aims to improve federal agencies' response to Freedom of Information Act requests.

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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.