je.st

Home › defends

Tag: defends

FCC defends new Net neutrality proposal

2014-04-24 20:52:24| InfoWorld: Top News

A new Net neutrality proposal from the U.S. Federal Communications Commission meets the goals of past efforts and does not destroy open Internet principles, as critics have feared, FCC officials said Thursday. Critics have said the new proposal, to be released Thursday, would gut Net neutrality principles because it would allow some traffic management. But the proposed rulemaking will ask for public input about whether so-called pay-for-priority traffic agreements between broadband carriers and Web content providers are commercially reasonable, an FCC official said.

Tags: net proposal fcc defends

CBI head defends referendum move

2014-04-21 11:52:04| BBC News | Business | UK Edition

The head of the CBI defends its registration with the Electoral Commission as a backer of the "No" campaign in the Scottish independence referendum.

Tags: head move referendum defends

EPA defends enforcement plan to focus on biggest polluters

2014-04-10 22:40:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Reuters: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's plan to focus on cracking down on just the largest polluters will deliver "lasting returns" to the American public, its top enforcement official said on Thursday. Cynthia Giles, assistant administrator for the EPA's office of enforcement, wrote in a blog post that the agency remained committed to punishing polluters that violate U.S. rules but needed to prioritize because of budgetary and staffing constraints. "Focusing on large, high impact cases requires...

Tags: plan focus biggest enforcement