Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

WASHINGTON—The Federal Communications Commission voted to approve changes to its Disaster Information Reporting System which collects and reports communications outage information before, during, and ...

WASHINGTON—The Federal Communications Commission has voted to launch a review of its system for collecting data on network outages and restoration during major disasters. The effort, the agency ...

The phrase “death toll rises” is ubiquitous in the headlines of weather disasters like the one that unfolded this month in the Texas Hill Country. But accounting for the human cost of flash floods, ...

The period to weigh in on the Federal Communications Commission’s system for reporting the status of communications infrastructure following disasters has begun. The FCC put out a third further notice ...

Natural disasters consist of various catastrophic events, including earthquakes, hurricanes, floods and wildfires. These events can cause extensive damage, loss of life and have long-term impacts on ...

The FCC unanimously approved four items at its May open meeting, including modernization of the Disaster Information Reporting System, consolidating a decade-old filing structure long flagged as a ...

FCC Commissioners Anna Gomez, Brendan Carr and Olivia Trusty, shown at the commission’s February open meeting. Credit: Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images The Federal Communications Commission has voted to ...