GAO

Commercial Spectrum: Plans and Actions to Meet Future Needs, Including Continued Use of Auctions

Stevie Converse — Tue, 03 Jan 2012 11:48:15 -0500

Full article: U.S. Government Accountability Office
The FCC's authority to auction spectrum ends Sept. 30, 2012. The GAO reviewed the FCC's history of making spectrum available for new commercial uses and its plans and actions to meet future needs. The GAO recommended that Congress should consider extending FCC's auction authority beyond the current expiration date.

GAO: FCC Should Do More for Wireless Competition

Stevie Converse — Thu, 26 Aug 2010 12:28:22 -0400

Full article: Free Press
The Government Accountability Office has released a new report on the wireless industry. The GAO report acknowledges the views of many stakeholders that spectrum policies, special access prices, early termination fees and exclusive handset arrangements have created significant advantages for the largest national wireless companies and have limited consumer choice and competition.

Measuring Broadband Shouldn't Be this Hard

Stevie Converse — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 07:23:33 -0400

Full article: Telephony Online
Carol Wilson
Gathering broadband data is not rocket science. The telecom industry is doing its credibility no favors at all by putting up barriers to basic information. As the deadline for a national broadband policy nears, every effort should be made to lift the veil on broadband deployment information.

GAO on Broadband: Please Listen to Us. For Once. Please.

Lindsy Embree — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 07:18:04 -0400

Full article: Broadband Reports
Karl Bode
The General Accounting Office released a new report suggesting that whatever broadband policy the government adopts, it needs to have clear performance goals. This may sound like an obvious comment, but the GAO knows they've been dealing with government agencies that have been faking their way through broadband policy for a decade -- with no real metric for success.

New Surveillance Program Will Turn Military Satellites on U.S.

Stevie Converse — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 09:41:54 -0400

Full article: ars technica
Julian Sanchez
An appropriations bill signed by President Bush allows the controversial National Applications Office to begin operating a limited version of a program that would turn military spy satellites on the United States. The GAO has warned that the more expansive program in the offing lacks adequate safeguards to protect privacy and civil liberties.

U.S. Finally Tries to Figure Out Who Has Broadband

Stevie Converse — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 09:01:10 -0400

Full article: Broadband Reports
Karl Bode
For the last decade, the FCC has been making sweeping broadband policy decisions based on incomplete data. In an effort to rectify this, the Senate passed the Broadband Data Improvement Act, which would get the GAO, the census system and other private groups more involved in broadband mapping.

GAO Report Slams U.S. Cybersecurity

Holiday Shapiro — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 09:18:31 -0400

Full article: Ars technica
Joel Hruska
A recent draft report by the Government Accountability Office defines a number of current deficiencies in U.S. cybersecurity policy.

Report Finds Gaps in Federal E-Mail Records

Holiday Shapiro — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 11:09:07 -0400

Full article: Washington Post
Lyndsey Layton
Federal officials inconsistently preserve government e-mail, creating gaps in the public record and making it difficult for the public to understand the activities of the government, according to a report released by the Government Accountability Office.

Attack on White House Propaganda

Stevie Converse — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 13:50:36 -0400

Full article: Broadcasting & Cable
John Eggerton
There is growing momentum in Washington for a crackdown on government-issued information.

Selling a War

Stevie Converse — Fri, 30 May 2008 11:22:22 -0400

Full article: Seattle Times
The House has angrily and appropriately lashed out at a Pentagon program that used retired senior military officers as propaganda surrogates to sell the Iraq war.