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GovPilot | January 21, 2022

A transition from paper to digital processes is underway in Rockport, Maine where local officials have sought greater efficiency in municipal operations and constituent services. The town recently partnered with GovPilot, a New Jersey based provider of cloud-based government management software. Officials from Rockport are working with GovPilot to implement a number of digital services that aim to make operations more efficient and services more convenient for constituents. This n...

CNBC | April 10, 2020

A number of U.S. executive agencies have asked the Federal Communications Commission terminate China Telecom’s authorization to operate, citing “unacceptable” national security risks, as the Trump administration’s campaign against the Chinese telecommunications industry continues. State-owned China Telecom is one of the country’s largest mobile networks and broadband providers. The Department of Justice along with other federal agencies including the State Departmen...

SpaceX | March 12, 2020

SpaceX wants to sell you satellite broadband internet -- and have the U.S. government pay for it. At least ... pay for a part of it -- the start-up part. According to Elon Musk, it's going to cost in the neighborhood of $10 billion to build a planned satellite constellation of 12,000 "Starlink" broadband internet satellites. Once built, those will be able to provide fast internet service to every location on the globe. Of course, a subset of "everywhere" includes rural ar...

American Chamber of Commerce | January 29, 2020

The United States' government provides robust support for Egypt, both bilaterally and through multilateral institutions, having invested over $80 bn in Egypt over the 40 years of the strategic partnership, US ambassador to Egypt Jonathan Cohen said during his speech at the event organised entitled 'The US-Egyptian strategic partnership and opportunities for commercial engagement," organised by the American Chamber of Commerce (AmCham) on Tuesday. The United States Agency for Interna...