Internet Access
VA Stands Up Private, Virtual Exam Rooms to Bring Telehealth to Rural Communities
The agency is collaborating with corporate partners to provide veterans with comfortable, private spaces to have video appointments with their VA providers, much closer to home.
5 Milestones that Created the Internet, 50 Years After the First Network Message
Will 2019 events become a turning point for the internet?
Russia Will Test Its Ability to Disconnect from the Internet
The nascent RuNet is meant to allow the country to survive an attack — and Putin to monitor and control the population.
States Can Craft Own Net Neutrality Rules, Appeals Court Rules
A federal appeals court upheld much of the FCC’s rollback of net neutrality rules but found that the commission overstepped its authority when it blocked states from enacting their own internet regulations.
How Dissidents Are Using Shortwave Radio to Broadcast News Into China
Pro-democracy forces are locked in a cat-and-mouse game with the Chinese government, playing out on the airwaves, the internet and across the globe.
The Role States Are Playing in Expanding Broadband Access
New research offers a window into what states are doing to help get about 20 million Americans who now lack reliable, high-speed internet connected with the service.
The Case for Using Algorithms to Validate Broadband Data
Consider it Moneyball for the FCC.
There’s Too Little Outcry When a Government Blocks the Internet
For its own citizens’ safety, and for grand strategy’s sake, the U.S. government needs to up the pressure.
It’s Not Just the Citizenship Question—the Digital Divide Could Hurt the Count of Latinos in the Census
Fear of government, a question about citizenship, and uncertain internet connections have created the perfect storm for an undercount of the Latino population, a new report argues.
The End of Cyberspace
Internet theorists and companies once declared themselves free of nations and governance, but that’s all over now.
USDA Accepting Applications to Fund Rural Broadband Services
The agency is making at least $600 million available for the project.
Russians Will Soon Lose Uncensored Access to the Internet
A new law allows the Kremlin to spy on, filter, and control the country’s online activity, alarming human-rights watchdogs.
DISA Awards Two Contracts to Build a Moat Around the Pentagon’s Internet
The two selected vendors will prototype cloud-based systems that isolate the department’s internal network from the public internet while still allowing employees to browse the web.
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