Telecommunications Policy

Statement on FCC's Vote on Comcast's Network Management Practices:

"EDUCAUSE applauds the FCC for exercising its responsibility to ensure that the Internet remains open and accessible to all forms of legal content and applications.  Millions of students, teachers, scientists, doctors, entrepreneurs and educators depend upon having the freedom to transmit and receive information over the Internet without artificial constraints by providers of broadband circuits.  The Internet has become an essential and low-cost tool for learning and research.  We are pleased that the FCC has taken this step to ensure that the Internet serves the needs of the American public."

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A worldwide tussle over Internet access policy is playing out right now, and many countries are closely watching what the United States does. In this free March 7 EDUCAUSE Live! web seminar, U.S. Internet Access Policy, presenter Susan Crawford, Visiting Professor, Yale Law School, will provide a brief overview of the U.S. regulatory structure for high-speed Internet access.

In this 50 minute podcast we feature a keynote speech by Mark Luker, Vice President of EDUCAUSE. The speech was delivered at the EDUCAUSE 2008 Southwest Regional Conference in Houston, Texas, and is entitled, "Washington Update: We're from the Government, and We're Here to Help You!"

In this 35 minute podcast, we feature a speech from the 2007 EDUCAUSE Policy Conference. The speaker is Drew Clark, Senior Fellow and Project Manager for The Center for Public Integrity. The title for this general session is "Mapping the Fault Lines in Telecomm, Media, and Tech Lobbying".

The 2007 Policy Conference kicked off with a top-ten style list of Policy Issues currently facing higher education. This entertaining and insightful list was compiled and delivered by Tracy Mitrano, Director of IT Policy and Computer Policy and Law Program at Cornell University. What's past is prologue. As we look ahead to the policy questions facing the Internet today and tomorrow, it's useful to recall what we've seen over the past 12 months. This speech, entitled the Year In Review, runs approximately 33 minutes.

In this 48-minute recording from the 2006 EDUCAUSE Annual Conference, we'll hear from Rodney Petersen and Wendy Wigen in a session entitled Policing the Internet: Higher Education Law and Policy. They discuss recent government initiatives and emerging legal and policy issues in higher education, such as the USA PATRIOT Act, CALEA, and the European Union Data Directive.

An archived recording of the August 1 EDUCAUSE Web seminar addressing CALEA compliance for higher education is now available. Hear from key speakers, including:

• Matt Brill—Lead attorney for ACE and EDUCAUSE in our challenge to the FCC CALEA order
• Terry Hartle—Senior Vice President of ACE for Government Relations
• Steve Rosen—University Counsel for the University of California
• Steve Worona—Moderator, EDUCAUSE Director of Policy and Networking Programs

For background information, access a robust collection of CALEA resources.