Internet Grants to Schools Halted as the F.C.C. Tightens the Rules
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The nations's public libraries and schools have suddenly stopped receiving federal grants for high-speed Internet service.
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Legislation to free hundreds of millions of dollars in subsidies for school Internet connections that had been frozen by a change in accounting rules won final approval on Wednesday from the U.S. Congress.
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Proposed law could prevent the government from offering broadband access.
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Death and taxes are certain, a wise man once said. But in cyberspace, taxes are no sure thing, and federal lawmakers are considering several bills that would continue a nearly decade-long moratorium that blocks the 50 states from imposing their own taxes on internet access.
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Michael Powell, chairman of the F.C.C., said he would seek broad regulatory authority for the federal government over Internet-based telephone services to avoid stifling the emerging market.
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PHILADELPHIA A federal judge has tossed out Pennsylvania&#39;s law that requires Internet service providers to block child porn Web sites.
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The F.C.C. adopted rules that will enable utility companies to offer an alternative to broadband services now provided by cable and phone companies.
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Federal Election Commission may appeal ruling that campaign finance and spending limits must apply online.
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New Education Department rules would ban practices that have resulted in loan company payoffs to university officials.
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Congress is again adding hundreds of millions of new dollars to the Pell Grant program for low-income college students, but it's also allowing a procedural change that would cut &#151; and in some cases eliminate &#151; grant eligibility for as many as 1 million students.
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By The Akron Beacon Journal, Ohio  Jun. 17--Before its version of the budget bill reached the Senate floor, the Finance and Financial Institutions Committee reversed itself. It restored a House measure to create a new voucher program for special education students.
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The U.S. Congress on Friday reinstated a ban on Internet access taxes after the House of Representatives agreed to extend it for another three years rather than make it permanent.
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A federal court today struck down a Pennsylvania state law requiring Internet service providers (ISPs) to block access to Web sites that contain child pornography.
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Lawmakers revived a long-stalled effort Wednesday to block state and local governments from taxing Internet connections, in a last-minute agreement to ban the taxes until 2007.
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The Federal Communications Commission ruled 3-2 that states are now barred from imposing telecommunications regulations on Internet phone providers, which treat calls no differently than any other application on the Net.
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There are calls from the Conservatives to stop the removal of student funding for second degree courses.
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Federal funding for abstinence education will likely fall considerably this year as Democratic leaders said Wednesday they will let a $50 million grant program expire on June 30