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White House Claims “Dramatic Progress” on Health Site

Amy Schatz, Louise Radnofsky and Spencer E. Ante, Reporters, The Wall Street Journal in News on December 1, 2013 at 4:05 pm PT

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.

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FCC Would End TV Sports Blackout Rule

Amy Schatz, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal in Voices on November 3, 2013 at 10:22 am PT

Sports fans could find it easier to catch certain local games on television.

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Tavenner Apologizes for Federal Health Care Site Problems

Amy Schatz, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal in News on October 29, 2013 at 11:24 am PT

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.”

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Botched Launch of Health Site Blamed on Poor Coordination

Amy Schatz, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal in News on October 25, 2013 at 5:30 am PT

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.

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Contractors Point Fingers Over Health-Law Website

Amy Schatz, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal in News on October 24, 2013 at 4:15 am PT

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.

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U.S. Tech Giants Speak Up for China

Amy Schatz, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal in News on April 5, 2013 at 10:50 am PT

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.

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FCC Approves AT&T’s Spectrum Plan

Amy Schatz, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal in Mobile on October 17, 2012 at 11:59 am PT

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.

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Verizon Deal Nears Regulatory Approval

Amy Schatz and Thomas Catan, Reporters, The Wall Street Journal in News on August 14, 2012 at 7:44 am PT

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.

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Verizon Wireless Pays $1.25 Million to Settle FCC Complaint

Amy Schatz, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal in News on July 31, 2012 at 12:35 pm PT

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.

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Competition Worries Snag Verizon Deal on Airwaves

Amy Schatz and Thomas Catan, Reporters, The Wall Street Journal in Mobile on July 13, 2012 at 6:30 am PT

The Justice Department is holding up Verizon Wireless’s $3.9 billion deal to acquire cable-company airwaves over concerns a related agreement will hurt competition for broadband Internet service, according to people familiar with the matter.