blogs.wsj.com - 12/19/2008
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Amy Schatz reports on the FCC and tech policy issues.
With President-elect Barack Obama ’s transition team sprinting to the end of the cabinet-appointment process, anticipation is rising among public interest groups, unions and lefty bloggers about who Obama will name for posts at independent agencies that oversee Internet and media issues, such as the Federal Communications Commission, the Federal Trade Commission and the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.
On Thursday, a coalition ...
marcambinder.theatlantic.com - 12/18/2008
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marcambinder.theatlantic.com —
The Democratic coalition is ready to fight. Tomorrow,
liberal interest groups and unions will unite under the
Campaign for Jobs and Economic Recovery Now (C-JERN) banner to pressure Congress to pass Barack Obama's economic recovery package. ...
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Democratic Interest Groups Join To Press For Obama ...
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Daily Digest: 'Net Love as Litmus Test
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... in his administration: the Federal Communications Commission, the Federal Trade Commission, the Chief Technology Officer post, and other top jobs. In an open letter to Obama, more than a hundred organizations are urging him to only consider picks who will make a priority of a free and open Internet and a diverse media landscape. (Note: techPresident is a signatory to the letter.) The Wall Street Journals' Amy Schatz has more. ...
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