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Technology & Telecommunications
This category covers technology, science, and communications related issues, including: technology assessment, technology transfer and commercialization, telecommunication rates and fees, telephone and wireless communication, computers and information technology, advanced technology and technological innovations, digital media, communications, internet, mobile, and radio spaces.
Support
National Legislation
S 418: Do-Not-Track Online Act of 2013
Sponsor: John Rockefeller [D-WV] on 2013-02-28
http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/113/s418
Senator Jay Rockefeller, Chairman of the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee, has introduced S. 418, a bill that would give consumers the ability to control their personal information and allow them to prevent online companies from collecting and using the personal details for profit.
Petition
National Action
Save Wireless Lifeline!
Date: Thu, April 11, 2013
Let your elected representatives know that you strongly oppose any cuts to Lifeline. Sign our petition to protect low-income Lifeline telephone subsidies. A recent Washington Post article highlighted growing criticism of the low-income phone subsidy program known as Lifeline, which was founded under President Ronald Reagan's administration and expanded to include cellphone service during the presidency of George W. Bush.
Oppose
National Legislation
HR 3035: Mobile Informational Call Act of 2011
Sponsor: Rep. Lee Terry [R-NE2] on Sep 22, 2011
http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/112/hr3035
The real purpose of H.R. 3035 is to open up everyone’s cell phones, land lines, and business phone numbers, without their consent, to a flood of commercial, marketing and debt collection calls (to not only the debtor but everyone else). The bill would effectively gut the TCPA, a widely…
Support
National Legislation
HR 1895: Do Not Track Kids Act of 2011
Sponsor: Representatives Markey and Barton on
http://www.congress.org/congressorg/issues/bills/?billnum=H.R.1895&congress=112&size=full
This bill amends the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act of 1998 to revise the definition of "operator" to exclude nonprofit entities that would otherwise be exempt from coverage under the Federal Trade Commission Act, and to revise the definition of "disclosure" as the release of personal information (currently, the…