Issue Date:
April, 2012
Newspaper PDF:
The April issue of InfoTech & Telecom News reports Congress’s extension of payroll tax cuts and jobless benefits included a mandate that the Federal Communications Commission conduct auctions of wireless spectrum for commercial use.
Also in this issue:
- Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley’s 2012 budget would impose taxes on digitally delivered goods and services and tax purchases made from out-of-state online retailers that rely on referrals from in-state affiliates.
- A new taxpayer-funded municipal wi-fi system in a North Carolina county is neither ‘super’ nor, technically, wi-fi.
- House Resolution 658 will allow domestic use of aerial drone spy planes.
- The Illinois Department of Corrections is requesting information from cell phone companies regarding equipment to detect illegal cell phone calls on prison grounds.
- Ignoring privacy concerns, Missouri’s Parkway School District is proceeding with plans to launch a heart-rate monitor program in an elementary school this spring.
Newspaper Articles in this Issue
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Missouri School Reverses Direction to Allow Student Heart-Rate Monitors
– March 9, 2012 -
Senate Committee Hears Testimony to Amend Video Privacy Protection Act
– March 8, 2012 -
NFL Blackouts Come Under Scrutiny
– March 7, 2012 -
Prisoner Cell-Phone Use Prompts Legislation
– March 6, 2012 -
Commentary: Telemarketer Regs Show Government’s Job-Killing Ability
– March 5, 2012 -
Santa Clara to Reboot Municipal Wi-Fi Service
– March 2, 2012 -
Retransmission Battles Heat Up Before Super Bowl
– March 1, 2012 -
Maryland Governor Calls for Sweeping New Internet Taxes
– February 29, 2012 -
Central Planning Won’t Close the “New Digital Divide”
– February 29, 2012 -
Radio Stations Petition FCC to Change Contest Rules
– February 28, 2012 -
NC County Adopts ‘Super Wi-Fi’
– February 27, 2012 -
Congress Mandates FCC Spectrum Auctions
– February 24, 2012 -
Congress Approves Domestic Use of Aerial Surveillance Drones
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Georgia Senate Mulls Muni-Internet Referendum Requirement
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School Employees Sue Cyberbullying Students
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‘Netizens’ Are Real Internet Sovereigns
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Events
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I, Pencil Movie Screening
The Union League Club,65 W Jackson Blvd
ROOM 710,Chicago,ILMay 21, 2013, 6:00 PM -
Join Congressman Peter Roskam for a discussion on Medicare Part D
The Union League Club,65 West Jackson Boulevard, ROOM 700,Chicago,IL60604May 29, 2013, 3:00 PM
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First Son: The Biography of Richard M. Daley
The Heartland Institute,One South Wacker Drive #2740,Chicago,IL60606May 16, 2013, 11:30 AM -
Joseph Bast and Dr. Herbert Walberg celebrate the 10th Anniversary of their book Education and Capitalism
The Heartland Institute,One South Wacker Drive #2740,Chicago,IL60606May 09, 2013, 11:30 AM -
Silver Circle Movie Premiere
5243 N. Clark Street,Chicago,IL60640April 28, 2013, 5:00 PM
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