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White House Claims “Dramatic Progress” on Health Site
Obama administration officials, racing to beat a month-end deadline to fix the troubled federal insurance website, said Sunday there has been “dramatic progress” in patching HealthCare.gov but acknowledged “there is more work to be done” in improving the site and its underlying technology.Voices
FCC Would End TV Sports Blackout Rule
Sports fans could find it easier to catch certain local games on television.Voices
Tavenner Apologizes for Federal Health Care Site Problems
The Obama administration official directly responsible for the botched rollout of the federal health-insurance website apologized Tuesday at a congressional hearing, saying the site “can and will be fixed.”Voices
Botched Launch of Health Site Blamed on Poor Coordination
No one in the government made sure the many complex parts of the federal health-insurance website worked together properly, and testing of the complete site didn’t take place until two weeks before its Oct. 1 launch, contractors said at the first congressional hearings into the matter.Voices
Contractors Point Fingers Over Health-Law Website
A new round of finger-pointing will kick off Thursday morning when a House committee grills four contractors involved in the development of HealthCare.gov, the troubled site where uninsured consumers are supposed to sign up for health insurance.Voices
U.S. Tech Giants Speak Up for China
Business groups raised alarms Thursday about a provision in the recently enacted government spending bill that makes it harder for some federal agencies to buy technology made in China.Voices
FCC Approves AT&T’s Spectrum Plan
Federal regulators signed off Wednesday on a plan that would resolve longstanding interference issues between AT&T Inc. and Sirius XM Radio Inc. and allow the wireless giant to expand its high-speed LTE network.Voices
Verizon Deal Nears Regulatory Approval
Federal regulators are preparing to clear Verizon Wireless’s $3.9 billion deal to acquire airwaves from several cable companies including Comcast Corp., according to people close to the negotiations, after the companies reached broad agreement to settle antitrust concerns.Voices
Verizon Wireless Pays $1.25 Million to Settle FCC Complaint
Verizon Wireless agreed to pay $1.25 million to settle a Federal Communications Commission complaint that it inappropriately pressured Google Inc. into blocking access to some applications on Google’s Android mobile store.Voices