Lawmaker Asks FCC for Emergency Briefing

NextGov: The government may be shut down, but one lawmaker wants information from the Federal Communications Commission right away.

What's so urgent? Mobile carriers continue to sell our location data.

Rep. Frank Pallone, D-N.J., chair of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, sent an open letter to FCC Chairman Ajit Pai requesting an emergency briefing on the practice and what the agency plans to do about it.

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