For years now, ACT | The App Association has urged Congress to adopt a set of requirements that establishes net neutrality principles in statute. The debate came back to a head in 2017 as the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) undid its classification of internet services as Title II, thus removing [...]
As the House Judiciary Committee’s Subcommittee on Antitrust, Commercial, and Administrative Law (ACAL) renews its antitrust work in the opening months of the 117th Congress, the first hearing out of the gate helps define some of the issues important to ACT | The App Association member companies. The hearing, titled [...]
The 2020 elections were historic in a number of ways, including drawing in the highest proportion of voting-eligible Americans (65 percent!) to participate in the last 100 years. With the Biden-Harris ticket apparently winning the presidency, the rest of the election was mixed for Democrats and Republicans. In the Senate, [...]
If you’re like me, or about 40 percent of Americans (probably more by now), you’ve had at least one telehealth visit sometime during the pandemic. I was fortunate enough that my insurance provider covered the visits, but this isn’t usually the case for Medicare patients because hardly any of [...]
There is a lot of misinformation around the CARES Act and the support small businesses receive as a result. We understand this is a confusing time, and we’re here to help. Below, we get to the bottom of some common misconceptions around the resources provided for small businesses at [...]