EDUCAUSE | Internet Governance

Podcast: The State of the Internet According to the Congressional Internet Caucus

gbayne — Fri, 16 May 2008 15:34:24 -0500

This hour and ten minute podcast features the panel discussion, "The State of the Internet According to the Congressional Internet Caucus", recorded at the EDUCAUSE 2008 Policy Conference in Arlington, Virgina. The participants include:

Tim Lordan, Executive Director for the Congressional Internet Caucus Advisory Committee
Ari Schwartz, Vice President and Chief Operating Officer for the Center for Democracy and Technology
Joe Tasker, Senior Vice President of Government Affairs and General Counsel for the Information Technology Association of America

The Congressional Internet Caucus is a bipartisan group of over 170 members of the House and Senate working to educate their colleagues about the promise and potential of the Internet. EDUCAUSE is a member of the Congressional Internet Caucus Advisory Committee, which includes a diverse group of public interest, nonprofit, and industry groups working to educate Congress and the public about important Internet-related policy issues. This session highlights the priority IT policy issues before the 110th Congress according to the cochairs of the Internet Caucus and provides an overview of the Advisory Committee’s programs and activities.

Podcast: Net Neutrality in Practice: What Would It Look Like?

gbayne — Tue, 26 Jun 2007 17:27:47 -0500

In this 48 minute podcast from the EDUCAUSE 2007 Policy Conference, we present a panel discussion, "Net Neutrality in Practice: What Would It Look Like?". Panelists for this session include:

Scott M. Deutchman, Legal Advisor to Commissioner CoppsLegal Advisor to Commissioner Copps, Federal Communications Commission
Robert M. Frieden, Pioneers Chair and Professor of Telecommunications, The Pennsylvania State University
Chris Libertelli, Senior Director, Government and Regulatory Affairs, Skype North America
Richard S. Whitt, Washington Telecom and Media Counsel, Google
John Windhausen, Jr., President, Telepoly

In an effort to move the net neutrality debate from rhetoric to realistic compromise, a group of telecommunications attorneys and Internet technologists from industry and the nonprofit sector have spent the past six months defining and agreeing upon the many questions surrounding this complex topic. Led by John Windhausen and Rick Whitt, the group has created a document that describes what a net neutrality regime might look like, as well as how it could be realized and enforced. This session will present the paper, offer an academic review of it, and give the audience an opportunity to ask the primary authors questions.

EDUCAUSE and Internet2 Support Bi-Partisan Legislation to Protect the Open Internet

cluckett — Wed, 10 Jan 2007 16:41:58 -0600

EDUCAUSE and Internet2 have announced their support for the "Internet Freedom Preservation Act," introduced today by Senator Olympia Snowe (R -ME) and Senator Byron Dorgan (D-ND) and co-sponsored by Senators Barbara Boxer (D-CA), John Kerry (D-MA), Tom Harkin (D-IA), Patrick Leahy (D-VT), Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-NY), and Barack Obama (D-IL). The bill provides a bi-partisan solution preventing phone and cable companies from manipulating the performance and architecture of the Internet. Read the press release, and learn more about the importance of this issue to higher education and the public at the EDUCAUSE Net Neutrality resource site.

Higher Education Associations Object to Pending Telecomm Law

cluckett — Thu, 14 Sep 2006 10:20:52 -0500

EDUCAUSE, Internet2, and several other higher education associations have submitted a letter to the Senate Commerce Committee outlining deficiencies in pending telecommunications law regarding net neutrality. Learn more about this issue at the EDUCAUSE Net Neutrality resource site.

An Interview with Georgetown's Marjory Blumenthal

mpasiewicz — Thu, 27 Apr 2006 12:36:00 -0500

In this 17 minute recording, we'll hear from Marjory Blumenthal, Associate Provost responsible for Academic Affairs at Georgetown. We'll talk about her work with with the Pew Internet & American Life Project, issues affecting the development of internet, and insights gleaned from her work on the book, Beyond Productivity: Information Technology, Innovation and Creativity.

This interview is provided courtesy of CNI and was recorded at their 2006 Spring Task Force Meeting. The Coalition for Networked Information (CNI) is an organization dedicated to supporting the transformative promise of networked information technology for the advancement of scholarly communication and the enrichment of intellectual productivity. You can learn more about CNI at their web site, http://www.cni.org

Michael M. Roberts' Web Seminar on Internet's Future

lgesner — Thu, 02 Mar 2006 16:37:41 -0600

At the Mar. 9 Web seminar, hear from Michael M. Roberts, whose longstanding and respected work with the Internet will make for a lively discussion of the Internet's past and future. Busy then? Listen later by visiting the archives.

University of Michigan President comments on Google ...

mpasiewicz — Tue, 07 Feb 2006 16:54:00 -0600

C|NET has a nine and a half minute video of Mary Sue Coleman speaking about their library digitization project.
http://news.com.com/1606-2_3-6036176.html

The transcript of her speech is available her:
http://www.umich.edu/pres/speeches/060206google.html

C|NET Covers Muni WiFI

mpasiewicz — Mon, 09 Jan 2006 13:40:00 -0600

C|NET has an interesting article about Municipal Networks at:
http://news.com.com/2100-1028_3-6022185.html

There's also an interesting, but somewhat unrelated article over at MarketWatch about the future of the open Internet.

An Interview with ALA's Rick Weingarten

mpasiewicz — Fri, 09 Dec 2005 16:44:00 -0600

In this 32 minute recording, I join Rick Weingarten, Director of the ALA's Office of IT Policy, for a look inside the beltway. Join us as he shares a brief bit of background about the American Library Association and a fairly interesting discussion about privacy, the google print litigation, and internet governance.

Also of interest could be ACRL's blog entry noting a number of higher ed associations have released a guide to copyright. Oh, and don't forget resources from our own policy office ;)

This interview is provided courtesy of CNI and was recorded at their 2005 Fall Task Force Meeting. The Coalition for Networked Information (CNI) is an organization dedicated to supporting the transformative promise of networked information technology for the advancement of scholarly communication and the enrichment of intellectual productivity. You can learn more about CNI at their web site, http://www.cni.org

An Interview with Mike Roberts about Internet Governance, Municipal Networks and Federal Policy

mpasiewicz — Wed, 09 Nov 2005 11:20:00 -0600

This 16 minute recording collects thoughts from Mike Roberts, Principal of the Darwin Group and former CEO of ICANN, about governance of the internet, icann, municipal networking, and the Internet2/NLR merger.