Oct 6, 2020 | Policy & Regulatory
Source: Reuters WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The International Monetary Fund on Monday said member governments should seize a low interest rate opportunity to invest in infrastructure to drive recovery from the coronavirus pandemic and a shift toward greener energy....
Jun 16, 2020 | Policy & Regulatory
SOURCE: Yahoo Finance The Trump administration is preparing a nearly $1 trillion infrastructure proposal as part of its push to spur the world’s largest economy back to life, according to people familiar with the plan. A preliminary version being prepared by the...
May 19, 2020 | Policy & Regulatory
SOURCE: InsideTowers.com FCC Chairman Ajit Pai Monday circulated among his colleagues draft procedures for the upcoming $16 billion Phase I Rural Digital Opportunity Fund auction (Auction 904). With financial support from the auction, providers will expand broadband...
May 13, 2020 | Policy & Regulatory
SOURCE: Duo.com By Fahmida Y. Rashid As Congress continues to work on the contents of the next stimulus package, a bipartisan group of lawmakers are trying to gather support for earmarking some funds to modernize state and local governments’ IT...
May 13, 2020 | Insight & Analysis, Policy & Regulatory
Stephen HadleyFormer US National Security Advisor By Stephen J. Hadley and Anja Manuel May 11, 2020 at 4:30 a.m. PDT SOURCE: The Washington Post Stephen J. Hadley was national security adviser in the George W. Bush administration. Anja Manuel, a former U.S. diplomat,...
May 5, 2020 | Policy & Regulatory
SOURCE: THE HILL BY THOMAS MALONE, OPINION CONTRIBUTOR — 05/04/20 11:30 AM EDT 151 How can we treat the economic symptoms of massive unemployment caused by the COVID-19 pandemic? An idea from the history of the Great Depression may help. In the 1930s, the...