At the direction of Congress, the Federal Communication Commission requested public comment as the first step in developing a national broadband strategy by February 2010.  To facilitate discussion on this topic, the American Consumer Institute Center for Citizen Research held a public briefing with the following distinguished panelists:

Dr. Larry F. Darby, Senior Fellow for the American Consumer Institute and former FCC Bureau [...]

1) On Wireless Spectrum, see Heartland at:
http://www.heartland.org:80/publications/infotech%20telecom/article/25408/Senators_Seek_Wireless_Spectrum_Inventory.html
 
2) On Casino Competition and the Economy, see Metro International at:
 http://www.metro.us:80/us/article/2009/05/28/03/3537-85/index.xml
 
3) On Casino Competition and the Economy, see Delaware County Daily Times:
http://www.delcotimes.com/articles/2009/05/29/business/doc4a1f66ae94357699001179.txt
 
4). Universal service, see Heartland at:
http://www.heartland.org:80/publications/infotech%20telecom/article/25412/Expansion_of_Universal_Service_Fund_Debated.html

On Tuesday, the American Consumer Institute and the Competitive Enterprise Institue Co-hosted a Hill Briefing on recent activity on Financial oversight.  With the new administration and the changing economic environment, an expert panel discussed why the case for a federal systemic regulator was stronger than ever.

Readers:
Over the last month, we picked 5 major public policy issues and asked our readers to pick which of these issues were of most concern to them.  Here are the final results of our online survey in order of importance:

Economic Crisis (36%)
Energy Independence (27%)
War on Terrorism (12%)
Health Insurance reform (10%)
Global Warming (10%)
All other issues (5%)

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