Consumer and Governmental Affairs Blogs

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December 9, 2010 - 3:28 pm

(Photo credit: LG Text Ed) You can find them in the most innocent settings. The dinner table, the classroom, during evening...

December 6, 2010 - 1:13 pm

Joel Gurin | Chief, Consumer & Governmental Affairs Bureau

If you're like many Americans, you may be wondering whether you should keep the Internet service you have in your home. If...

November 24, 2010 - 12:53 pm

Jamal Mazrui | Deputy Director, Accessibility and Innovation Initiative

In 2006, the United Nations agreed on the language of a treaty known as the Convention on the Rights of Persons with...

November 19, 2010 - 3:45 pm

Pam Gregory | Director, Accessibility and Innovation Initiative

Geek Alert! Popular Science is out with its annual 100 Best Innovations of the Year. Reliability cool any year, this year's...

November 19, 2010 - 1:00 pm

Pam Gregory | Director, Accessibility and Innovation Initiative

They’re going for the gold in Kansas, with plans to make broadband available to everyone in the Sunflower State. I recently...

November 4, 2010 - 5:40 pm

Michele Ellison | Chief of Enforcement Bureau

Late last week, the Enforcement Bureau resolved a ten-month investigation into allegations that Verizon Wireless incorrectly...