We moved all of the lanes of the communication highlighted and analog to digital. That was cable, broadcast, satellite and the satellites had been launched but the service had not yet begun. We did with the Digital Radio standard and my First Commission meeting we did ban for pcs and over an extraordinary time. And we were just [inaudible] speaking began the first auction at which point they used the hand placard to build. It was an exciting time to be there. Plus, on top of all of that we implemented the 1996 telecom act which dramatically changed the landscape by introducing competition in the local telepathy and video and also dramatically changed the landscape for broadcast widening the ability to consolidate properties. Host looking back 20 years later, did you get it right to connect to the groundwork laid correctly . Guest some of it we did but keep in mind the other thing we did was what was so important cspan can appreciate this greatly is establishing the Program Requirements
Government. Created by cable in 1979 and brought to you today by your television provider. The communicators at the state conference in washington, d. C. We will show you some of the interviews we conducted with members of congress, government officials and Technology Leaders and now joining us on the communicators is susan, commissioner ness, tell us some of the issues you dealt with back in the 90s when you were an fcc commissioner. You know, the golden age of the commission. We moved all of the lanes of the communication from analog to digital. That was cable, broadcast, satellite, the satellite had been launched but it had not quite blowgun. We came up with the Digital Television standard, radio standard, my First Commission meeting, we did plans, and extraordinary time geared and we were just given auction authority. We began the first auction at which point they actually used the hand lacquered to bid on that. It was an exciting time to be there. We implemented this 1996 telecom
As we have seen in the past few years and just in the past few days, Cyber Threats pose a danger not only to our National Security but also our Financial Security and the privacy of millions of americans. So i have joined with leaders from across my administration over the last several months to plan on how we are going to go after this in a more aggressive way. Today were rolling out a new Cyber Security National Action plan to address shortterm and longterm challenges when it comes to Cyber Security. My budget includes more than 19 billion for Cyber Security, which is up by more than onethird. With this plan, we intend to modernize federal i. T. By replacing outdated systems that are vulnerable to attack. I want to say as an aside here, one of the biggest gaps between the Public Sector and private sector is in our i. T. Space. It makes everybodys information vulnerable. Our Social Security system still runs on a platform that dates back to the 60s. Our irs systems are archaic as with
Everybody all set . Good. We made a lot of progress over the past seven years on our economy, unemployment is down, deficits are down, gas prices are down, job creation, wages, the rate of americans with Health Coverage are all up. So as i said at the state of the union, america is as strongly positioned as any country on earth to take advantage of the opportunities of the 21st century. But what were aware of is we all have a lot of work to do. Not only to try to maintain momentum but to go at some of the structural issues and problems that may be impeding people from making progress, getting opportunity and living the kind of lives for themselves and their children that we all want for every american. The budget that were releasing today reflects my priorities. And the priorities that i believe will help advance security and prosperity in america for many years to come. These are proposals reflected in the budget that work for us and not against us. It adheres to last years bipartisan
These things until congress is propelled to do the right thingh lets put a process in place, beginning with budget reform, s how we do the budget, and strutheral changes here to pushn this body to do what everyone outside this body says needs to be done. In the days ahead when were spending more on interest than r national defense, this body should hang its head in shame. St should fix it so that never happens. And we can get on top of our debt and our deficit with a straightforward process that gets us back to work. With that, mr. President , i yield back. Wednesday on capitol hill, janel yellen testifies on the state of the economy, live at 10 00 a. M. Eastern here on cspa cspan3. The zika virus with centers for Disease Control and prevention and National Institute of allergy and Infectious Diseases director. Thats at 1 00 p. M. Eastern also on cspan3. After releasing his 165 page budget proposal, president obama talked about the increased investments in Cyber Security. Lets take a l