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2012 OCBO Supplier Diversity Conference and Workshop

2012.08.06 by Calvin Osborne, Attorney Advisor
On Tuesday, July 10, 2012 the FCC’s Office of Communications Business Opportunities (“OCBO”) hosted its inaugural Supplier Diversity Conference and Workshop. The conference provided small, minority, and women-owned businesses access to information about the business opportunities
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Review of the Literature Regarding Critical Information Needs of the American Public.

2012.07.25 by Daniel Margolis, Attorney Advisor
A team of researchers led by the University of Southern California’s Annenberg School of Communications prepared for the FCC a review of the literature regarding the critical information needs of the American Public.  The report concluded that: (1) There is an identifiable set of basic
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FCC to Host a Supplier Diversity Conference for Small, Minority and Women-Owned Businesses

2012.06.29 by Calvin Osborne, Attorney Advisor
The FCC’s Office of Communications Business Opportunities (“OCBO”) will host a Supplier Diversity Conference and Workshop on Tuesday, July 10, 2012 from 9:00 am until 4:30 pm. The conference will focus on government and private sector business opportunities for small, minority, and
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FCC Chairman Challenges Private Sector to Accelerate the Next Generation of Wireless Health

2012.06.15 by Josh Gottheimer and Maya Uppaluru
Imagine a wireless sensor embedded in your gym clothes, so small and lightweight that it is barely noticeable, that tracks your heart rate and calories burned as you exercise and sends the data to your mobile phone.  Or a wireless heart monitor that warns a physician that her patient with
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FCC/SBA/SCORE Small Business and Broadband Conference

2011.12.16 by Gilberto de Jesús, Attorney Advisor
On February 15, 2012, OCBO and the E-Business Now Consortium, the Small Business Administration, the Service Corps of Retired Executives, and the Maryland Hispanic Chamber of Commerce will jointly host a series of workshops on broadband tools for small businesses.  E-Business Now was
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EEO Best Practices Summit

2011.12.05 by Daniel Margolis, OCBO Attorney Advisor
Are you an FCC broadcast licensee or MVPD operator concerned about your EEO responsibilities?  Each year approximately five percent of all licensees in the television and radio services will be randomly selected for an EEO audit.  On January 4, 2012, the FCC’s Office of
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The 2011 OCBO Capitalization Strategies Workshop

2011.10.24 by Thomas Reed , OCBO Director
On December 8, 2011, the FCC’s Office of Communications Business Opportunities hosted its third annual “Capitalization Strategies Workshop” for small businesses involved in the media and telecommunications industries.  Through seminars like this one, which also feature a
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Chairman Announces Challenge.gov Competition Winners

2011.08.05 by Jordan Usdan, Attorney and Policy Advisor
This morning FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski announced the winners of the agency’s latest contest on Challenge.gov, a competition for scientists and software developers to engage in innovative research and create useful apps that further the understanding of Internet connectivity and network
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Exclusive Sneak Peek: FCC Technology Experience Center and #SeeTheSpectrum

2011.07.11 by Tammy Sun, Director, Office of Media Relations
Broadband is no longer a luxury.  It's an essential platform for new products, economic growth and job-creating opportunities and opening markets that allow businesses to start, grow and hire.Mobile broadband is growing at an exponential rate and as demand increases, the benefits are more
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State SPANs

2011.06.14 by Steven Waldman, Senior Advisor to the Chairman
From 2003 to 2008, the amount spent by state governments rose almost 20 percent. During the same time, the number of reporters covering state government declined by one third. Though it's no panacea, one thing that might help is if every state in the country had a state-level
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