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WASHINGTON — March 16 marks the one-year anniversary of the National Broadband Plan, aimed at increasing access and adoption of broadband nationwide.

BOSTON – House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi will headline the 2011 National Conference for Media Reform in Boston on April 8-10.

WASHINGTON — On Tuesday, the National Cable and Telecommunications Association announced that Michael Powell, former chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, would take over as its president following the departure of Kyle McSlarrow.

WASHINGTON — The House Energy and Commerce Committee voted Tuesday to approve House Joint Resolution 37, which would nullify the Federal Communications Commission’s recently approved Net Neutrality rules.

WASHINGTON — AT&T, the nation’s second largest broadband service provider, announced it will soon impose on its customers monthly usage caps and penalties for exceeding those caps.

WASHINGTON—Today at the Federal Communications Commission, Free Press, along with Public Knowledge, Consumers Union, Media Access Project and the Open Technology Initiative of the New America Foundation, filed a petition to deny the proposed sale of spectrum licenses from Qualcomm to AT&T.

WASHINGTON — The House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Communications, Technology and the Internet voted Wednesday to move forward with a congressional “resolution of disapproval” of the Federal Communications Commission’s Net Neutrality rules adopted in December.

WASHINGTON—On Tuesday, National Public Radio announced the resignation of President and CEO Vivian Schiller.

WASHINGTON — Free Press Research Director S. Derek Turner will testify on Thursday on behalf of the Free Press Action Fund and the SavetheInternet.com coalition before the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Communications and Technology.

WASHINGTON — On Tuesday, Free Press announced that President and CEO Josh Silver will be stepping down from his role leading the national, nonpartisan, nonprofit media reform group. Craig Aaron, currently the managing director, will become the new president and CEO in mid-April.