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The FCC Delivers of Phase II of E-rate Modernization
New Order Brings More Money and Better Rules Supporting Fiber Investment
Schools and libraries are going to get a big boost in their Internet connectivity over the next few years. The Federal Communications Commission (F...
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OTI Statement on President’s Legislative Proposal for Cyber Information Sharing
Statement
Today, the White House made public a package of legislative proposals aimed at improving cybersecurity. The package included a proposal that would ...
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The Fallout From the NSA's Backdoors Mandate
It's difficult to establish an exact dollar amount, but "experts have estimated that losses to the U.S. cloud industry alone could reach (US)$180 b...
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White House promises new cyber proposal addresses privacy
“The administration’s proposal fails to effectively cement DHS’s control over the information sharing program,” said Robyn Greene, policy counsel o...
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Broadband Competition Should Be Encouraged, Not Restricted
The Open Technology Institute found that consumers have better options and faster speeds in communities where three or more providers compete.
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Public Safety Doesn’t Have to Come at the Expense of Privacy
Privacy groups urge FCC Chairman and Commissioners to Resolve E911 Privacy Concerns
When you dial 911, you expect emergency responders to—well—respond, often by coming to you. But as more and more people use mobile devices to conta...
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Welcome to the Open Data Movement's Turbulent Teenage Years
“Open data has been a space where it’s just public knowledge being digitized and that’s good,” says Laurenellen McCann, a civic innovation fellow a...
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OTI & WiFu Comments on LPTV and Unlicensed in TV Incentive Auctions
The Open Technology Institute at the New America Foundation and Public Knowledge submitted comments to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) ...
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"Getting Connected: On Digital Stewards and community networking"
“The goal,” Byrum says, “is to design projects so they’re addressing multiple interlocking needs of the community,” from improving communications b...
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Wireless players send Title II warning flare
“If they reclassify broadband Internet access under Title II, the commission has to also reclassify it as a commercial mobile service,” said Michae...
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FCC launches new online consumer help center to improve input, communication
"We are pleased that the FCC will continue to expand the consumer complaint data that it releases in the coming months, and hope that this is the f...
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STATEMENT: FCC Launches New Consumer Help Center to Improve Data Collection and Transparency
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) launched its new Consumer Help Center, which is designed to improve the process...
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Google Lobbies for Cheaper Airwaves
“They’ve been kind of deep in this way of thinking for a long time,” said Michael Calabrese, director of the Wireless Future Project at the New Ame...
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FCC releases new consumer complaint website
“Protecting consumers is one of the FCC’s foremost responsibilities, and we applaud the FCC for taking steps to update and streamline the consumer ...
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OTI & WiFu File Replies To Hotel Industry Wi-Fi Blocking Petition
The Open Technology Institute at the New America Foundation joined Public Knowledge in submitting reply opposition comments to the Federal Communic...
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Sony hack could be game changer
“It is unlikely that information sharing would have prevented the Sony hack,” said Greene, who supports increased cyber information sharing, but no...
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The 2014 Open Internet Roller Coaster
Net neutrality” became a household term in 2014. In the past 12 months, net neutrality has gone from a wonky tech policy issue to a topic of nation...
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Voters agree: A free and open Internet is crucial to our economic future
Just as the transformation of the nation from an agricultural to industrial society changed the concerns of voters, so the new transformations of o...
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Cloud year in review 2014: Price wars, renewable energy, legal concerns, outages
According to the nonpartisan New America Foundation, "a number of American companies have reported declining sales in overseas markets, loss of cus...
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OTI joins Public Knowledge in Reply to Opposition filing opposing Comcast-Time Warner Cable merger
The Open Technology Institute at the New America Foundation joined Public Knowledge in submitting reply to opposition to petition to deny comments ...
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The Wrong Way to Respond to the Snowden Revelations
A recent study from New America’s Open Technology Institute and the Global Public Policy Institute examines the wide range of proposals that origin...
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OTI & WiFu Opposition To Hotel Industry Wi-Fi Blocking Petition
The Open Technology Institute at the New America Foundation joined Public Knowledge in submitting opposition comments to the Federal Communications...