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- in the news | January 16, 2015 | Open Technology Institute
Why President Obama’s Plan Just Might Fix the Internet
New AmericaThe Open Technology Institute’s most recent Cost of Connectivity report summarized its findings like this: “The data that we have collected in the ... - in the news | January 14, 2015 | Open Technology Institute
Big Cable, Obama spar over government-run broadband networks
“The President is right: we need to invest in high-speed broadband networks to help ensure that all Americans have affordable, quality Internet opt... - in the news | January 13, 2015 | Open Technology Institute
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... - in the news | January 13, 2015 | Open Technology Institute
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... - in the news | January 13, 2015 | Open Technology Institute
Broadband Competition Should Be Encouraged, Not Restricted
New AmericaThe Open Technology Institute found that consumers have better options and faster speeds in communities where three or more providers compete. - in the news | January 12, 2015 | Open Technology Institute
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... - in the news | January 08, 2015 | Open Technology Institute
"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... - in the news | January 07, 2015 | Open Technology Institute
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... - in the news | January 06, 2015 | Open Technology Institute
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... - in the news | January 05, 2015 | Open Technology Institute
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... - in the news | January 05, 2015 | Open Technology Institute
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 ... - in the news | January 04, 2015 | Open Technology Institute
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... - in the news | December 29, 2014 | Open Technology Institute
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... - in the news | December 29, 2014 | Open Technology Institute
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... - in the news | December 23, 2014 | Open Technology Institute
Cloud year in review 2014: Price wars, renewable energy, legal concerns, outages
New AmericaAccording to the nonpartisan New America Foundation, "a number of American companies have reported declining sales in overseas markets, loss of cus... - in the news | December 19, 2014 | Open Technology Institute
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... - in the news | December 16, 2014 | Open Technology Institute
“Public” Space, Civic Engagement, and the Internet
How and can we, as a community, collectively curate safe public spaces that all us the opportunity to define what we want community to be? - in the news | December 15, 2014 | Open Technology Institute
With and Of and By and For
The idea that anybody can participate is the very source of government as platform’s value. It’s also a frequently revisited trope within the civic... - in the news | December 12, 2014 | Open Technology Institute
7 internet policy ideas that everyone can agree on
Here are seven issues on which we do agree — and we think policy experts across the political spectrum could get behind these common-sense reforms. - in the news | December 12, 2014 | Open Technology Institute
New Project: Experimental Modes of Civic Engagement in Civic Tech
Today we’re launching a new project— Experimental Modes of Civic Engagement in Civic Tech. This is a project led by Laurenellen McCann that deepens... - in the news | December 12, 2014 | Open Technology Institute
FCC's E-rate Decision Draws a Crowd
"The FCC is tackling the capacity gap and providing a much-needed injection of funding in a program that that has become increasingly strained in r... - in the news | December 10, 2014 | Open Technology Institute
Visible, Legible, Navigable: Graphic Design Meets Disaster Relief
New AmericaMediated by a coalition of designated partners (including the Red Hook Initiative, whose WiFi mesh network was an inspiration for this work), the H...