Category: government

October 1, 2009

Congressional Internet Caucus Hosted "The Future of the U.S. Government's Role in ICANN…"

Filed under: ICANN,future,government,policy - 01 Oct 2009

Washington DC | Oct. 1, 2009: Today the Congressional Internet Caucus Advisory Committee hosted a briefing in the U.S. Capitol Building titled “The Future of the U.S. Government’s Role in ICANN, Internet Addressing and Internet Governance.” To listen to the …

September 30, 2009

Commerce Department and ICANN Sign Historic Accord on Internet Governance

Filed under: ICANN,International,contracts,government,policy - 30 Sep 2009

Washington, D.C | Sep. 30, 2009: ICANN and the U.S. Department of Commerce have signed an historic Affirmation agreement supporting the ICANN model of international multi-stakeholder and bottom-up governance of the …

September 24, 2009

U.S. FCC to meet Oct 22 for open Internet rules

Sep 24, 2009 10:20am EDT | Reuters:  U.S. regulators have set an Oct. 22 meeting to formally propose a new “net neutrality” rule aimed at …

September 23, 2009

FCC Chair Genacowski formal statement "to preserve the free and open Internet"

Filed under: FCC,Network Neutrality,government,policy - 23 Sep 2009

Sep. 21, 2009 | FCC | Washington:  Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman Julius Genachowski outlined the …

September 15, 2009

Historic reforms to telecommunications regulation

The Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy, Senator Stephen Conroy today announced fundamental reforms to existing telecommunications regulations in the interests of Australian consumers and businesses.

These reforms will drive future growth, productivity …

August 28, 2009

Wow! Strong demand for first round of broadband funding

WASHINGTON, August 27, 2009 – … NTIA and RUS …  announced today that they received almost 2,200 applications requesting nearly $28 billion in funding for proposed broadband projects reaching all 50 U.S. states and territories and the District of Columbia. This is the first round of American Recovery and Reinvestment Act funding …  with $4 billion available through loans, grants, and loan/grant combinations.

The NTIA/RUS news release here

A good description of the broadband stimulus program and current status from eSchool News:

August 14, 2009

OReilly's Government 2.0 Summit in DC Sept 9-10

Filed under: DC events - upcoming,government,policy,web 2.0 - 14 Aug 2009

oreilly_web_2.0Government 2.0 Summit in DC Sept 9-10 | http://gov2summit.com

This will be an important conference, bringing together many experts across government, industry, and nonprofit spectrums.

August 7, 2009

FCC Workshop: E-Gov/Civic Engagement

Aug 6, 2009 | FCC Headquarters, DC |FCC NATIONAL BROADBAND PLAN WORKSHOP | OPEN GOVERNMENT & CIVIC ENGAGEMENT:

Recorded webcast:  http://www.fcc.gov/realaudio/mt080609.ram

Related documents:  http://www.broadband.gov/ws_egov.html#reldocs

Agenda:

9:30 am       Opening by FCC Chairman Genachowski

9:35 am       Workshop Introduction, Eugene Huang, Moderator

9:40 am Panel …

August 3, 2009

Soliciting Public Input — DoD Web 2.0 Guidance Forum

Filed under: government - 03 Aug 2009

Aug 3, 2009 | government-20-club@googlegroups.com | Noel Dickover:

The Department of Defense (DoD) Web 2.0 Guidance Forum is a new initiative to solicit input from the public that has been undertaken in the spirit of President Obama’s Open Government Directive. This will …

July 30, 2009

Chairman Set to Propose P2P Software Ban on Government, Contractor Computers and Networks

Filed under: Internet access,P2P,government,policy - 30 Jul 2009

 
July 29, 2009: At Congressional hearing by the House Committee on Overshght and Government Reform, the Chairman made a strong statement about banning P2P software from government and contractor computers (link to statement below). Testimony again reported that critical U.S. information had been leaked through a LimeWire P2P file-sharing network installed without aurhorization on personal computers in government facilities.  It was reported that secret information such as a list of all government nuclear facilities, the emergency escape route and safe house location of the First Lady had leaked and are widely available on foreign web site.  This is now reported as inaccurate, see link below to Washington Post story.

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