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Fantastic choice! Courtney will do an amazing job, though her expertise will be sorely missed on the Hill.
Exciting news at today’s @FCC Open Meeting, Courtney Reinhard was named Space Bureau Chief.
Excellent selection to lead this important office essential to American space leadership.
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"A pacing cartel could therefore slow AI development without making AI safer... Enforcers should view skeptically any collective agreement that rivals could use, even indirectly, to manage commercial risks under the banner of AI safety." - @AuerDirk
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So happy that the great Trace Mitchell (@TraceTheLaw) is heading to @TheFIREorg to become Lead Counsel for Technology Policy and Free Expression! Absolutely huge.
Trace is one of the most brilliant analysts and best co-authors I've ever had the pleasure of working with in all my years in the business. Hoping to do more work together with him soon (if I can handle all his silly puns)!
After an incredible two years, today will be my last day with the House Judiciary Committee.
With that, I am excited to announce that next week, I will have the honor of joining @TheFIREorg as Lead Counsel for Technology Policy and Free Expression.
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We've been getting a lot of questions lately about how the Internet Archive digitizes books.
The short answer: page by page, by hand.
You may remember our viral 2021 video of Eliza Zhang scanning a book. That's still how we do it.
Meet Eliza, and learn how we scan books: blog.archive.org/2021/02/09/…
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There's been complaints about news reports that AI companies are destroying books to scan them for building data sets. The @internetarchive has been doing scanning the right way for decades. Preservation is the right method.
We've been getting a lot of questions lately about how the Internet Archive digitizes books.
The short answer: page by page, by hand.
You may remember our viral 2021 video of Eliza Zhang scanning a book. That's still how we do it.
Meet Eliza, and learn how we scan books: blog.archive.org/2021/02/09/…
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Congratulations @PDASPaoletta! We are lucky to have you & @ArielleRothNTIA steering a great team @NTIAgov
Thrilled to announce @PDASPaoletta as our new Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary @NTIAgov. Tricia’s deep expertise & strong leadership will be critical as we advance 🇺🇸’s spectrum & communications priorities. We are fortunate to have her in this role! ntia.gov/press-release/2026/…
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It was a pleasure spending time with Dr. Tom Rondeau and the FutureG team today to discuss the future of integrated sensing and communications (ISAC).
As I said at last year’s ISAC Strategy Summit, the race for ISAC leadership is already underway. The nations that move first will help shape the technical standards, strengthen supply chains, and realize the economic and national security benefits of this transformative technology.
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We’re proud to expand our work with Broadcom with a new agreement to produce billions more chips in the US! It's our largest ever American Manufacturing Program commitment and an important step in our work to build an end-to-end silicon supply chain in the US.
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Last week, I led the @FCC delegation at the @ITU Global Symposium for Regulators in Ankara, Türkiye. We had productive conversations with regulators from the Caribbean, South America, Africa, Europe, Asia, and the Middle East where we discussed ways to harmonize our regulatory approaches to infrastructure resilience, expanded connectivity, and technological innovation.
The FCC delegation shared how the Commission, under Chairman Carr’s leadership, has adopted policies that benefit U.S. consumers, businesses, and our national interests under the Build America Agenda. We highlighted our work to increase access to reliable connectivity, boost the space economy, and strengthen network security.
I thank @BrendanCarrFCC for the opportunity, and I look forward to continuing to advance the FCC’s international priorities and America’s interests abroad.
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Drones and artificial intelligence have become foundational to America’s economic and national security. These technologies have converged to profoundly impact healthcare, agriculture, war fighting, and more. American dominance in both technologies requires communications policy that prioritizes widespread deployment of trusted and secure networks, efficient use of spectrum, inter-agency cooperation, and regulatory humility.
My remarks at the @scsp_ai #AIExpoDC on how America can command the skies and ensure drone dominance in the age of AI: docs.fcc.gov/public/attachme…
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Pillar V of the @WhiteHouse National Policy Framework for Artificial Intelligence called on Congress to make federal datasets accessible for AI development. In today's Ansible post, I discuss the idea of a U.S. data Accelerator, an outgrowth of a paper @timhwang and I recently published.
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At a moment when technology is reshaping economies worldwide, U.S. leadership is critical. Voting for the United States is a vote for an ITU that remains focused on solutions that drive innovation and prosperity.
Having just launched our campaigns at CITEL, the U.S. asks for your support for the re-election of Doreen Bogdan-Martin as ITU Secretary-General, Jennifer Warren as the U.S. candidate for the ITU Radio Regulations Board (RRB), and the re-election of the United States to the ITU Council. Let's build a digital future together 🇺🇸
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Why is GPS vital for national security? On the latest episode of #ExplaintoShane, Dana Goward unpacks this and more.
Listen to the full episode here: aei.org/multimedia/gps-the-i…
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What does principled U.S. technology policy leadership look like? It looks like this address that FCC Commissioner @OliviaTrustyFCC delivered yesterday at the 2026 State of the Net conference.
It's one of the best speeches I’ve ever heard a regulator deliver. Let’s take a look:
What a treat to hear from NTIA Administrator @ArielleRoth at the Free State Foundation lunch today and to catch up with so many friends and colleagues! #FSFArielleRoth – at Washington, DC
Looking forward to today's timely discussion on spectrum policy and wireless leadership at @CSIS!
For those who can't attend in person, CSIS is livestreaming the event now.
#SpectrumPolicy #WirelessLeadership #6G #Telecommunications #NTIA #FCC #NationalSecurity #TechPolicy
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Come listen to the man himself here in DC on Oct 27th
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In 1996, Brewster Kahle wrote "Preserving the Internet" for Scientific American. Nearly 30 years later, it’s striking how many of his predictions about digital preservation came true—and how many challenges remain.
Let’s compare 1996 vs 2025 🧵
ALT Page from March 1997 Scientific American featuring Brewster Kahle’s article 'Preserving the Internet.' Text describes the Internet Archive’s mission to save digital information. Includes a photo of a Smithsonian exhibit with 1996 U.S. election web memorabilia.
I'm looking forward to the important event next week, especially the discussion panel including ATIS President and CEO, Susan Miller.
csis.org/events/us-standards…
Join CSIS and ANSI for the release of the draft U.S. Standards Strategy — a blueprint for U.S. leadership in standards, innovation & emerging tech. csis.org/events/us-standards…
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"Rather than encourage tit-for-tat censorship, Congress should pass a Free Speech Restoration Act, which would prevent the FCC from pulling broadcasters’ licenses based on the speech content in their programming." @thejoekane in @CityJournal
My latest in @CityJournal:
The root of the @FCC's attempts to regulate broadcast content is manifestly wrong Supreme Court decisions and an ill-defined "public interest standard."
Congress can and should fix both with a RFRA-style 'Free Speech Restoration Act.'
