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“As the Monmouth County Sheriff, I take great pride in serving as part of this newly created strike force and look forward to actively participating and representing the Monmouth County Sheriff’s Office, which runs the 911 Communications Center, the largest shared service in the county,” Sheriff Golden said in a statement. “I thank the FCC for its dedication to taking action in creating this advisory committee to end diversion fees. This will help ensure that funding will be spent on upgrading 9-1-1 systems, which will enhance the safety and well-being of our residents during emergencies.”
What’s New in Civic Tech: Global Food Data Project Kicks Off
Plus, a new online platform tracks health disparities across the country, a study in Kansas is the latest regional effort to obtain more precise broadband data and new data details equity gaps related to public parks.
June 03, 2021 •
Flickr/Bo Nielsen An international cohort of civic tech groups has launched a new effort to collect public input around food systems sustainability, ultimately aiming to use the resultant data to drive new innovations.
This effort is taking place under The 100 Questions Initiative, which has an aim of helping innovators and technologists better define questions in order to “unlock the potential of data and data science,” the group writes on its website. This new campaign around food sustainability is being led by the Governance Lab (The GovLab) at the NYU Tandon School of Engineering. For the effort, The GovLab is partnering with Italy’s Bar
Caroline Brehman/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images This story is part of a group of stories called Uncovering and explaining how our digital world is changing and changing us.
Home broadband is more important than ever. It’s also seemingly a luxury good.
Just over half of Americans making less than $30,000 a year have home broadband, a service that’s increasingly important for numerous aspects of life, from school to work to socializing. A much higher 92 percent of households bringing in $75,000 or more per year have home broadband, according to a new survey by Pew Research Center.
“That gap has been persistent even as the number of people who live in poor households has gone up over the years,” according to Lee Rainie, director of internet and technology research at Pew, which has been surveying broadband access for two decades.
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FCC Sued Over Changes To SpaceX s Starlink Internet System
Law360 (June 1, 2021, 6:15 PM EDT) The Federal Communications Commission is facing multiple challenges over its authorization of updates to SpaceX s Starlink fleet of satellites for broadband internet, as competitors Dish Network and Viasat allege that the expansive system will interfere with their own internet and broadcast services.
Dish Network filed its federal court challenge on Thursday in the D.C. Circuit, asserting that the FCC wrongfully gave SpaceX s so-called satellite constellation permission to flout usage rules in the 12 GHz band, which would cause unacceptable interference with Dish s satellite TV transmissions.