Monday, April 27, 2026

Let the Market Govern Call Centers

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On March 27, the FCC issued a notice of proposed rulemaking for call centers located outside the U.S. On April 21 the National Retail Feder...
Friday, April 24, 2026

"Soon" (But Not Too Soon), House Republicans Introduce Privacy Bills

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In a Tuesday post to the Free State Foundation blog, I repeated the quote – which I first referenced in a January Perspectives from FSF Sch...
Tuesday, April 21, 2026

Later Rather Than Sooner: Oklahoma Enacts State Privacy Law No. 21

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After a steady stream of state-level privacy statutes, capped by passage of the Rhode Island Data Transparency and Privacy Protection Act ...
Friday, April 17, 2026

Broadband Trade Associations Call on Congress to Pass H.R. 2289: The American Broadband Deployment Act

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On April 13 a broad coalition of 13 associations representing different parts of America’s communications infrastructure wrote a joint lette...
Monday, April 13, 2026

Tax Day Reminds Us That Marylanders Are Voting With Their Feet

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Ahead of Tax Day, a new report from personal-finance company WalletHub ranks Maryland as 7th in the nation for the highest state tax burden...
Wednesday, April 08, 2026

The FCC Should Not Mandate the Next Gen TV Transition

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Communications is one of the most innovative sectors of the U.S. economy. Industries ranging from broadcasting, smart phones, over-the-top I...
Wednesday, April 01, 2026

Sanders' AI Bill Is a Red Herring and Blackburn's Has Problems

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With the White House calling for a national AI framework to end the patchwork of state regulation, two notable proposed pieces of federal l...
Monday, March 30, 2026

PRESS RELEASE: "Misusing 'Affordability' in Broadband Subsidies Is Wrong"

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  The following statement should be attributed to Free State Foundation President Randolph May regarding a proposed bill titled ‘‘Prioriti...
Friday, March 27, 2026

Representative Lofgren's Online Privacy Act Has Reentered the Chat

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As we eagerly await word from the House Energy and Commerce Committee's data privacy working group, Representative Zoe Lofgren (D-CA) on...
Thursday, March 26, 2026

Why Is Vance Supporting Overregulation of Rail Service?

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On March 16 the Washington Post published an article by John Shelton, Vice President for Public Policy at Advancing American Freedom. The ...
Wednesday, March 25, 2026

Talkie's Preemption Petition Looks Persuasive - Part II

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On March 12, I posted a blog titled,  "Talkie's Preemption Petition Looks Persuasive."  As I explained, in its petition Talkie...