Government Relations

Government Relations Update May-June 2024

By Samuel Burns

Senate AI Working Group Releases Report On May 15, Senator Chuck Schumer and a bipartisan working group released a report recommending that Congress spend at least $32 billion per year to develop artificial intelligence and place safeguards around AI. This report stems from a series of…

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Government Relations Update March-April 2024

By Samuel Burns

FCC Adopts Net Neutrality Rules  On April 25 the Commissioners at the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) voted 3-2 in favor of a declaratory ruling, order, report and order, and order on reconsideration that reestablished the Commission’s authority around safeguarding a fair and open internet. While this…

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Government Relations Update January 2024

By Samuel Burns

Estimated reading time: 3 minutes Internet2 Offers Testimony to Federal Precision Agriculture Task Force On January 31, George Loftus, Internet2’s AVP of Network Services, presented “How Collaboration Sustains the Regional and National R&E Broadband Infrastructure” at the first meeting of the re-chartered Task…

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Government Relations Update December 2023

By Sam Burns, Internet2 Policy Advisor Estimated reading time: 2 minutes FCC Cybersecurity Pilot Comment Period Goes Live On December 29, 2023 the comment period finally opened in the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) Schools and Libraries Cybersecurity Pilot Program…

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Government Relations Update November 2023

By Sam Burns, Internet2 Policy Advisor

Estimated reading time: 2 minutes Government Funded Into Early 2024 On November 16, President Biden signed a funding bill to prevent a government shutdown through the winter. This continuing resolution (Pub. L. 118-22) is unusual in that it is…

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Government Relations Update September 2023

By Sam Burns, Internet2 Policy Advisor

Estimated reading time: 3 minutes Government Funded Through November 17 On September 30, just hours before a possible government shutdown, a temporary funding extension became law. This continuing resolution (H.R. 5860) will keep the government running through…

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Government Relations Update August 2023

Estimated reading time: 3 minutes Internet2 Files Comments on USF Reform in Collaboration with The Quilt and CENIC On July 27, 2023, U.S. Senators Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.) and John Thune (R-S.D.), the co-chairs of the Senate’s Universal Service Fund (USF)…

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