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September 10, 2012 - 4:53 pm

Kris Monteith | Acting Bureau Chief, Consumer and Governmental Affairs Bureau

Imagine for a moment what your life would be like without a phone, corded or wireless. How would you contact emergency...

September 5, 2012 - 4:51 pm

Vicki MacLeod is an international consultant in communications policy and regulatory issues. She is a representative on the...

September 4, 2012 - 12:51 pm

Ajit Pai | Commissioner

There's no place like home. I grew up in the great state of Kansas. When I was four years old, my family moved to Parsons, a...

August 30, 2012 - 5:26 pm

David Turetsky | Chief, Public Safety & Homeland Security Bureau

Review Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau Chief David Turetsky's speech & from the APCO International 78th Annual...

August 30, 2012 - 3:23 pm

Lisa M. Fowlkes | Deputy Chief, Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau

A new text message emergency alert system has already proven its worth during the rare “derecho” storms that swept across the...

August 30, 2012 - 11:36 am

Jamal Mazrui | Deputy Director, Accessibility and Innovation Initiative

To address the challenge of providing accessible solutions that often lag behind rapid technology advances, the FCC is...