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Rapid City Journal
April 19, 2018
While waiting for the safety-board's investigation findings, the U.S. Senate Commerce Committee had a hearing on the National Transportation Safety Board and the FAA because of the South Dakota crash. The agencies reported a solid relationship and downplayed the differences. Larry Pressler, SouthÃâà...
Elko Daily Free Press
April 13, 2018
WASHINGTON – In response to a question asked by U.S. Senator Dean Heller, R-NV, during a joint U.S. Senate Commerce Committee and Judiciary Committee hearing, Mark Zuckerberg, CEO and founder of Facebook, acknowledged that Facebook's 87 million users are victims of having their informationÃâà...
Firstpost
April 11, 2018
The U.S. Senate Commerce Committee plans to hold a future hearing on Cambridge Analytica and other companies that may have improperly obtained Facebook Inc user data, the chairman of the panel said on Tuesday. The nameplate of political consultancy, Cambridge Analytica. “There are plenty ofÃâà...
Gizmodo
April 10, 2018
Mark Zuckerberg is on the hot seat today. The billionaire CEO of Facebook will testify on Capitol Hill about the privacy scandals that have rocked his company, including the theft of data from over 87 million Facebook users by the political research firm Cambridge Analytica. [Update: If you're looking for DayÃâà...
Daily News & Analysis
April 4, 2018
The US Senate Judiciary Committee had invited Zuckerberg, as well as the CEOs of Alphabet Inc and Twitter Inc to testify on data privacy. The US House Energy and Commerce Committee and US Senate Commerce Committee had already formally asked Zuckerberg to appear at a congressional hearing.
KFGO
March 27, 2018
The U.S. House Energy and Commerce Committee and U.S. Senate Commerce Committee had already formally asked Zuckerberg to appear at a congressional hearing. The U.S. Federal Trade Commission took the unusual step of announcing on Monday that it had opened an investigation into theÃâà...
The Express Tribune
March 27, 2018
The US House Energy and Commerce Committee and US Senate Commerce Committee have already formally asked Zuckerberg to appear at a congressional hearing. “Facebook's failure to protect confidential user information likely violated specific legally binding commitments, but also basic norms andÃâà...
KDAL
March 26, 2018
The U.S. House Energy and Commerce Committee and U.S. Senate Commerce Committee have already formally asked Zuckerberg to appear at a congressional hearing. Earlier in the day in Europe, the European Union Justice Commissioner asked Facebook if the company is "absolutely certain" that theÃâà...
UNIAN
March 25, 2018
Separately, the leaders of the U.S. Senate Commerce Committee also asked Zuckerberg to testify. Senator John Thune, the committee chairman, and Bill Nelson, the top Democrat, said the committee would work with Facebook "to find a suitable date for Mr. Zuckerberg to testify in the coming weeks.".
Firstpost
March 23, 2018
Separately, the leaders of the U.S. Senate Commerce Committee also asked Zuckerberg to testify. Senator John Thune, the committee chairman, and Bill Nelson, the top Democrat, said the committee would work with Facebook “to find a suitable date for Mr. Zuckerberg to testify in the coming weeks.”.
KFGO
March 23, 2018
Separately, the leaders of the U.S. Senate Commerce Committee also asked Zuckerberg to testify. Senator John Thune, the committee chairman, and Bill Nelson, the top Democrat, said the committee would work with Facebook "to find a suitable date for Mr. Zuckerberg to testify in the coming weeks.".
Orlando Political Observer
March 5, 2018
The U.S. Senate Commerce Committee voted this morning to advance S. 1520. The Environmental Defense Fund slammed it as “a bill that as currently written includes dangerous provisions that would undermine important conservation tools, regional fishery management, and the nation's commercialÃâà...
HuffPost
February 28, 2018
The report by the U.S. Government Accountability Office is expected to be released on Thursday at a U.S. Senate Commerce Committee hearing on the technology known as positive train control (PTC). It follows a number of recent train accidents that the National Transportation Safety Board has said couldÃâà...
Law360
February 26, 2018
Earlier this month, the U.S. Senate Commerce Committee held a confirmation hearing[1] for four nominees to the Federal Trade Commission. Once confirmed, the FTC will be operating with an entirely new slate of commissioners, including Joseph Simons, a corporate antitrust lawyer tapped by PresidentÃâà...
Environmental Defense Fund
February 26, 2018
(WASHINGTON – February 26, 2018) Members of the U.S. Senate Commerce Committee are preparing to vote on a fisheries bill, S. 1520, which has drawn broad concern and opposition from commercial fishermen, chefs and environmentalists. Today the Environmental Defense Fund joined five otherÃâà...
Jackson Clarion Ledger
February 19, 2018
The U.S. Senate Commerce Committee grilled tech giants like Yahoo and Equifax over the recent data breaches. USA TODAY. data-breach-hack_large.jpg. (Photo: Pixabay). CONNECTTWEETLINKEDINCOMMENTEMAILMORE. Hardly a week goes by without some major data breach hitting the news.
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
February 15, 2018
Questioned this week by members of the U.S. Senate Commerce Committee, including U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.), all four nominees — Republican and Democrat —- said if confirmed they would commit to looking into the impact that the conduct of TripAdvisor and other travel rating websites haveÃâà...
Lexology
October 6, 2017
The US Senate Committee on Commerce Science and Transportation (the Committee) yesterday marked up and passed bipartisan legislation, S.1885, the AV START Act, proposed by Senators John Thune (R-SD) and Gary Peters (D-MI). The bill now moves forward for a vote by the full Senate and willÃâà...
The European Sting
December 31, 1999
As if this wasn't enough, U.S. Senate Commerce Committee formally asked Mark Zuckerberg to appear at a congressional hearing. U.S. Democratic Senator Richard Blumenthal, a member of the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee, commented on the issue that: “Facebook's failureÃâà...
U.S. News & World Report
December 31, 1999
The U.S. House Energy and Commerce Committee and U.S. Senate Commerce Committee have also asked Zuckerberg to appear at a hearing. The U.S. Federal Trade Commission has opened an investigation into Facebook, and attorneys representing 37 states are also pressing Zuckerberg to explainÃâà...
Business Insider
December 31, 1999
The heads of the Transportation, Commerce, Labor, Agriculture and Labor departments will testify on March 14 before the U.S. Senate Commerce Committee. Democrats have criticized the plan, saying Republicans must agree to new revenue to fund projects, and that the plan shifts too much of the burden to states andÃâà...
WJHG-TV
December 31, 1999
WASHINGTON, D.C. (WJHG/WECP) - The U.S. Senate Commerce Committee passed bipartisan legislation Wednesday aimed at giving recreational fisherman increased access to federal waters while adhering to responsible conservation goals. The Bill Nelson-sponsored bill, known as the Modern FishÃâà...
Florida Trend
December 31, 1999
Nearly every major city in Florida has experienced their warmest February on record this past month. Some locations have blown away the old record monthly record by several degrees. February was the warmest on record at all four of South Florida's official temperature gauges, with Miami and NaplesÃâà...
Insurance Journal
December 31, 1999
As many as two-thirds of the 29 U.S. commuter railroads may not meet a deadline to install an anti-crash technology by the end of the year, according to a report by a government watchdog seen by Reuters. The report by the U.S. Government Accountability Office is expected to be released on Thursday at aÃâà...
Environmental Defense Fund
December 31, 1999
(WASHINGTON – February 28, 2018) The U.S. Senate Commerce Committee voted this morning to advance S. 1520, a bill that as currently written includes dangerous provisions that would undermine important conservation tools, regional fishery management, and the nation's commercial fishing industry.
CNBC
December 31, 1999
The report by the U.S. Government Accountability Office is expected to be released on Thursday at a U.S. Senate Commerce Committee hearing on the technology known as positive train control (PTC). It follows a number of recent train accidents that the National Transportation Safety Board has said couldÃâà...
