Jun 26, 2009
Senate Confirms FCC, NTIA Leadership
Yesterday evening, the U.S. Senate confirmed the nominations of three individuals who are sure to play a pivotal role in telecom policy during the Obama administration: Julius Genachowski and Robert McDowell at the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) and Larry Strickling at the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA).
Genachowski, the new FCC chairman, is expected to start work as early as Monday -- just in time for a public meeting on July 2nd. One of chairman Genachowski's priorities will need to be reforming the way the FCC works, something he was warned about during his confirmation hearing (hopefully, these changes will include a redesign of the agency's Web site).
If President Obama's two remaining FCC nominees are approved, Genachowski, McDowell and fellow commissioner Michael Copps will be joined by Democrat Mignon Clyburn and Republican Meredith Atwell Baker.
The Senate also gave the green light to the President's nomination of Larry Strickling as Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Communications and Information. As head of NTIA, Strickling will oversee the $4.7 billion Broadband Technology Opportunities Program that was created as part of the federal stimulus plan.
Reaction to the confirmations has been overwhelmingly positive, and we join with others in congratulationing all three gentlemen as they take on incredibly important roles.
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Telecom
Jun 26, 2009
Senate Confirms FCC, NTIA Leadership
Yesterday evening, the U.S. Senate confirmed the nominations of three individuals who are sure to play a pivotal role in telecom policy during the Obama administration: Julius Genachowski and Robert McDowell at the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) and Larry Strickling at the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA).
Genachowski, the new FCC chairman, is expected to start work as early as Monday -- just in time for a public meeting on July 2nd. One of chairman Genachowski's priorities will need to be reforming the way the FCC works, something he was warned about during his confirmation hearing (hopefully, these changes will include a redesign of the agency's Web site).
If President Obama's two remaining FCC nominees are approved, Genachowski, McDowell and fellow commissioner Michael Copps will be joined by Democrat Mignon Clyburn and Republican Meredith Atwell Baker.
The Senate also gave the green light to the President's nomination of Larry Strickling as Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Communications and Information. As head of NTIA, Strickling will oversee the $4.7 billion Broadband Technology Opportunities Program that was created as part of the federal stimulus plan.
Reaction to the confirmations has been overwhelmingly positive, and we join with others in congratulationing all three gentlemen as they take on incredibly important roles.
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Events
Jun 25, 2009
Only a Few Days Left to Register for PdF
After taking a brief hiatus following our 3rd annual Tech Policy Summit last month, we're back to blogging and want to kick things off with a reminder about next week's Personal Democracy Forum (PdF) conference in New York City.
Now in its 6th year, PdF is the event to attend if you're passionate -- or even slightly curious -- about how technology is impacting politics.
This year's conference is being held June 29 & 30 at Fredrick P. Rose Hall in Manhattan, and our friends at PdF (the same team behind the techPresident site have once again assembled a stellar lineup of speakers including key members of the Obama administration's tech policy team and other experts from government and industry:
- Vivek Kundra, the U.S. Government CIO
- Beth Noveck, Deputy CTO for Open Government
- Alec Ross, Sr. Innovation Advisor to Secretary of State Clinton
- Susan Crawford, Special Assistant to the President for Technology and Innovation
- Michael Bloomberg, Mayor of New York City
- Jack Dorsey, Co-founder of Twitter
- Clay Shirky, Author, "Here Comes Everybody"
- Ellen Miller, Co-founder and Executive Director, Sunlight Foundation
Learn more and register online at PdF's site.
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Summit News
May 26, 2009
Happy Hour with Tech Policy Central
If you'll be in the Bay Area this week, we hope you'll join us at one of our two happy hour meetups.
We'll be in downtown Palo Alto from 5-7pm tomorrow, May 27th, and in San Francisco from 5-7pm on Thursday, May 28th. There's no cost to participate, but space is limited. So please sign up here for the Palo Alto meetup and here for the SF meetup.
For those of you in D.C., our friend Nigel Cameron of C-PET is also organizing an informal tweetup at Old Ebbitt Grill at the Corner Bar on Thursday, May 28th at 5pm. There's no RSVP required for the D.C. tweetup.
TPS: Broadband Innovation
May 19, 2009
Videos from TPS: Broadband Innovation
Thank you to everyone who participated in the first-ever TPS: Broadband Innovation conference, which took place at the San Mateo Marriott on May 11th in conjunction with our 3rd annual Tech Policy Summit.
In particular, we are grateful to App-Rising.com editor Geoff Daily for volunteering to emcee the conference, and for all of the speakers who shared their views on how we can improve broadband access and adoption in the United States.
We also owe a special thanks to the attendees, and to the event sponsors who helped spread the word about the conference and made it possible for individuals from nonprofit, academic and government organizations to participate at no cost. Sponsors included AT&T, Ericsson, BroadBand Institute of California, One Economy, App-Rising.com, TechNet, Connected Nation, NCTA, TechAmerica and WCAI.
With the help of the team from NextGenWeb, which offered live streaming of the entire conference, you can watch video of the TPS: Broadband Innovation sessions in our Media Vault. BroadbandCensus.com's Andrew Feinberg and Alex Tcherkassky also did a terrific job of reporting on the event; links to their coverage are available on our Press page.
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