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OTI Sends Letter To Congress on the DOTCOM Bill and the IANA Transition
Today, OTI and a coalition of public interest organizations sent a letter to Congress regarding the IANA transition and the proposed DOTCOM legisla...
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Focused Comments on E-Rate Modernization
The New America Foundation's Open Technology Institute and Education Policy Program submitted joint comments to the Federal Communications Commissi...
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OTI Convenes Researchers to Discuss Data and Discrimination
Building on its work on privacy, civil rights, and social justice, the New America Foundation’s Open Technology Institute will host a research conv...
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OTI to White House Internet Surveillance is the Biggest Big Data Issue of All
Today, New America's Open Technology Institute submitted comments to the White House's Office of Science and Technology Policy, the office that's b...
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OTI Joins Letter Urging End to Bulk Data Collection
Today, OTI and a coalition of over 30 other organizations sent a letter to leaders in Washington calling for an end to the government's bulk collec...
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OTI Sends Letter to Congress on the IANA Transition
Today, OTI and a coalition of public interest organizations sent a letter to Congress on the IANA transition ahead of the April 2 hearing on "Ensur...
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US Government Authorizes American Companies to Offer Online Courses in Iran
For the Persian New Year, the Obama Administration gave the gift of online learning to citizens in Iran. Specifically, the Treasury Department auth...
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Comments on the Open Internet Remand
Below is an excerpt of the Open Technology Institute's comments to the Federal Communications Commission in the matter of the Open Internet Remand....
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A Real Step? The Future of ICANN and How to Support It
“Control” of the Internet has been a contentious issue for a long time. The 1990s witnessed tension between the Internet’s founders such as Jon Pos...
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This Week: "Transparency Reporting for Beginners" in San Francisco and Austin
This afternoon in San Francisco at the Internet and human rights conference Rightscon, OTI's policy director Kevin Bankston will be appearing on th...
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OTI seeks new Field Operations Director
The Open Technology Institute is seeking a new Director of Field Operations. The DFO leads OTI's participatory research and technology implementati...
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How the Politics of Language Can Get In the Way of Policy: On Convergence and Framing
In a recent expert survey, we examined the effect of Stuxnet on the Internet governance debate. One of the most common responses was that Stuxnet a...
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Civil Rights in the Age of Big Data
Digital information about who we are and what we do is the currency of our digital economy and the substrate of our digital society. As the flow of...
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US Government Clarifies Tech Authorizations under Iranian Sanctions
In complex sanctions regulations, a couple of words can make all the difference. That’s why, when the U.S. government made a few alterations and in...
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Next-Generation Connectivity for Schools and Libraries: What’s the word on E-rate and ConnectED?
Education technology advocates have gotten a big boost from President Obama in the past week. In a State of the Union speech which was sprinkled wi...
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Exploring Civic Innovation
Last Tuesday I co-hosted an event at New America with the Open Technology Institute and the Asset Building Program that explored civic innovations ...
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OTI Signs Letter to FCC to Reclassify Broadband
Today, New America’s Open Technology Institute (OTI) joined over 80 public interest, social justice, and grassroots advocacy groups in asking the F...
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My Big Campus
A school in rural India is using a community wireless network to enhance the learning environment for first generation learners
Tamarind Tree School and Nomad India Network are two non-profit organizations based in rural Dahanu in the western Indian State of Maharashtra in I...
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Reining in the Cost of Connectivity
Policies for Better Broadband in 2014
Below you will find the text of Reining in the Cost of Connectivity: Policies for Better Broadband in 2014, a policy paper from the Open Technology...
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Digital Stewards Represent Detroit at the International Summit for Community Wireless in Berlin
Digital Stewards from Detroit and Red Hook, Brooklyn join forces in Berlin at the International Summit for Community Wireless[a] This is cross-post...
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Spectrum for Democracy: Special Issue of the Journal of Information Policy
The impact of communication technology, new media tools, and government censorship on free speech and democratic discourse has come into much great...
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Export Controls and Open Source Software
The Open Technology Institute is currently engaged in a joint project on export controls with Privacy International and Digitale Gesellschaft. The ...