Gary Franchi interviews Jerry Nelson of the Chicago Fed. This smooth talking, Federal Reserve public relations employee almost makes the Federal Reserve sound like our buddy.
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In the 2014 Open Internet NPRM, the Commission began the process of closing the gap created by the Verizon decision, which left no legally enforceable rules for the Commission to prevent broadband providers from acting to limit Internet openness.
The 2014 Open Internet NPRM sought broad public comment on how the Commission should ensure that the Internet remains open, and proposed new rules and enhancements to current rules.

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The Federal Communications Commission has announced that it has named a new chief technology officer: Scott Jordan, a professor of computer science at the University of California at Irvine.
The FCC has a history of hiring CTOs that know their stuff, technologically speaking.

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