The Communicators

Communicators visits Voice of America and several international broadcasting agencies sponsored by the Broadcasting Board of Governors to learn about their operations and how they create a U.S. message about news to send to other countries.

The Communicators visits a tech fair on Capitol Hill called "CES on the Hill," where several technology start-up developers talk about policy issues they would like to discuss with members of Congress.

Federal Trade Commission Chair Edith Ramirez talks about privacy, data security, and what government is doing to protect consumers and foster competition in these areas.

Larry Strickling, administrator at the National Telecommunications, an information administration, discusses the plan for the U.S. to hand oversight of internet domain names to an international stakeholder group; spectrum use; and FirstNet.

Kathleen Abernathy, executive vice president at Frontier Communications, discusses what fifth-generation (5G) mobile technology is and why it is crucial for the U.S. to get out front on its development.

Verizon Senior Vice President Kathy Grillo discusses issues that the company is focusing on with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) and Congress, including net neutrality, privacy regulations, 5G, and the need for more spectrum.

Representative Will Hurd (R-TX), chair of the House Subcommittee on Information Technology, discusses cybersecurity and data security in federal government agencies, as well as a recent report card issued by his subcommittee on the subject.

Fred Campbell, director of Tech Knowledge and Matt Wood, policy director at Free Press discuss a U.S. Court of Appeals decision on internet regulation. The Court upheld the FCC's 2015 rules, which require ISPs to treat internet traffic equally.

Christopher Shelton, president of the Communications Workers of America discusses the tentative strike settlement between CWA workers and Verizon. Almost 40,000 workers walked off the job in April, and returned on June 1, 2016.

Neema Singh Guliani, legislative counsel for the American Civil Liberties Union, and Commonwealth's Attorney Bryan Porter discuss updating the Electronic Communications Privacy Act, which was passed in 1986.

FCC Chair Tom Wheeler talks about the cable industry, set-top boxes, and net neutrality at the Internet and Television Expo (INTX), sponsored by the National Cable and Telecommunications Association (NCTA).

FCC Commissioners Clyburn, O'Rielly, Pai, and Rosenworcel, on a panel at the INTX Internet and Television Expo, discussed issues including competition in the cable industry, set-top boxes, spectrum, privacy, broadband deployment, and cybersecurity.

In this general session of the 2016 Internet and Television Expo, executives from AT&T's Entertainment Group, Mashable, FanDuel, and Periscope talk about enhancing consumers experiences.

Republican FCC Commissioner Michael O'Rielly discusses issues facing the FCC, including the Charter-Time Warner merger, net neutrality, spectrum auctions, data caps, and set-top boxes.

Ted Koppel talks about his book, [Lights Out: A Cyberattack, A Nation Unprepared, Surviving the Aftermath], which examines the possibility of a cyberattack on the U.S. electrical grid.