Roberta Achtenberg is an American attorney and civil rights advocate who served as a commissioner on the United States Commission on Civil Rights. She was previously assistant secretary of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development,becoming the first openly lesbian or gay public official in the United States whose appointment to a federal position was confirmed by the United States Senate. This confirmation hearing garnered a lot of publicity,opposition,and support.
The San Francisco Public Utilities Commission (SFPUC) is a public agency of the City and County of San Francisco that provides water,wastewater,and electric power services to the city and an additional 1.9 million customers within three San Francisco Bay Area counties.
A public utilities commission is a quasi-governmental body that provides oversight and/or regulation of public utilities in a particular area,especially in the United States and Canada.
Geoffrey Francis Brown,known as Jeff Brown,is an American attorney and retired government official. From 2001 to 2007,Brown served as a member of the California Public Utilities Commission.
Lincoln High School,founded in 1954,is Lincoln Unified School District's only comprehensive high school. The school serves approximately 3,500 students from ethnically and socio-economically diverse populations.
The California Public Utilities Commission is a regulatory agency that regulates privately owned public utilities in the state of California,including electric power,telecommunications,natural gas and water companies. In addition,the CPUC regulates common carriers,including household goods movers,passenger transportation companies such as limousine services,and rail crossing safety. The CPUC has headquarters in the Civic Center district of San Francisco,and field offices in Los Angeles and Sacramento.
Gigi Beth Sohn is an American lawyer who is the co-founder of Public Knowledge. She previously worked for the Ford Foundation. In 2013,Tom Wheeler hired her into a senior staff position at the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC). She left there shortly after Donald Trump's election in 2016. In July 2017,she held fellowship positions with Georgetown Law's Institute for Technology Law &Policy,Open Society Foundations,and Mozilla.
The Oregon Public Utility Commission (PUC) is the chief electric,gas and telephone utility regulatory agency of the government of the U.S. state of Oregon. It sets rates and establishes rules of operation for the state's investor-owned utility companies. With respect to publicly owned utility districts and cooperatives,its authority is limited to safety regulations.
Gloria Tristani is an American attorney and politician. Tristani served as a member of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) from 1997 to 2001. In 2002,Tristiani unsuccessfully ran for Senate in New Mexico as a Democrat,losing to Republican incumbent Pete Domenici.
The Public Utility Commission of Texas is a state agency that regulates the state’s electric,water and telecommunication utilities,implements respective legislation,and offers customer assistance in resolving consumer complaints.
The Public Utilities Commission of Nevada supervises and regulates the operation and maintenance of utility services in Nevada. The agency has two headquarters,one in Carson City and one in Las Vegas.
Mignon Letitia Clyburn is an American former government official who served as a member of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) from 2009 to 2018.
Patricia Diaz Dennis is an American lawyer who served as Assistant Secretary of State for Human Rights and Humanitarian Affairs from 1992 to 1993.
Broadband mapping in the United States are efforts to describe geographically how Internet access service from telephone and cable TV companies is available in terms of available speed and price. Mapping has been done on the national as well as the state level. The efforts are seen as preliminary steps towards broadband universal service.
Nora Mead Brownell is the co-founder of Espy Energy Solutions,LLC,an energy consulting firm and a former Commissioner of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) from 2001–2006 under the administration of President George W. Bush. She is also the former President of the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners (NARUC).
Catherine Janet Kissee Sandoval is a former commissioner of the California Public Utilities Commission. Sandoval is a professor at Santa Clara University School of Law. As of February 2023,she has served as a member of the U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board. In 1984,she was the first Latina Rhodes scholar.
Jessica Rosenworcel is an American attorney serving as a member and chairwoman of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). She originally served on the FCC from May 11,2012,to January 3,2017,and was confirmed by the Senate for an additional term on August 3,2017. Subsequently,she was named to serve as acting chair in January 2021,designated permanent chair in October 2021,and confirmed as such by the Senate in December 2021. Rosenworcel's term runs for five years beginning July 1,2020.
Communications law refers to the regulation of electronic communications by wire or radio. It encompasses regulations governing broadcasting,telephone and telecommunications service,cable television,satellite communications,wireless telecommunications,and the Internet.
The Federal-State Joint Conference on Advanced Telecommunications Services also known as the Section 706 Joint Conference on Advanced Services was created by the FCC in 1999,pursuant to section 410(b) of the Communications Act of 1934,with endorsement by the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners (NARUC). Section 706 refers to the Telecommunications act of 1996. In this section the code states that the FCC is to "encourage the deployment on a reasonable and timely basis of advanced telecommunications capability to all Americans." The Joint Conference is intended to serve as a forum for ongoing dialogue among the FCC,state regulators,and local and regional entities about the deployment of advanced telecommunications capabilities,and to identify a set of "Best Practices" that promote rapid deployment,particularly to benefit the underserved. The Joint Conference has held a series of field hearings across the country and has conducted Broadband Summits.
Dustin M. Johnson is an American politician serving as the U.S. representative for South Dakota's at-large congressional district since 2019. A member of the Republican Party,he served as South Dakota Public Utilities Commissioner from 2005 to 2011,when he was appointed chief of staff to Governor Dennis Daugaard,a position he held until 2014. Between his state political career and congressional service,Johnson was the vice president of Vantage Point Solutions in Mitchell,South Dakota.
