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The Wireless Future of Public Safety

Wednesday, June 2, 2010 - 3:30pm
The New America Foundation hosted a panel Wednesday on the Federal Communications Commission’s proposals for a nationwide broadband network dedicated to public safety communications. FCC Chief of Public Safety & Homeland Security Bureau James Barnett, Jr. and FCC Chief Technologist Jon Peha represented the Commission.
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Future of Music Coalition: DC Policy Day 2010

Tuesday, May 25, 2010 - 11:00am

Join the conversation on Twitter: #FMC10

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Dr. Allen Tucker, "Is There a Good Programming Language Out There?"

Monday, May 17, 2010 - 7:30pm

The New America Foundation's Open Technology Initiative is hosting The Washington DC Chapter of the Association for Computing Machinery (DC ACM) Spring Lecture series.

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FCC: Toothless Regulator or Cop on the Beat?

Tuesday, May 4, 2010 - 12:00pm

New America Foundation hosted a discussion on “FCC: Toothless Regulator or Cop on the Beat?” following the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals’ ruling this month that the Federal Communications Commission lacks the authority to prevent cable giant Comcast from blocking certain peer-to-peer applications. Michael Calabrese, Director of the Wireless Future Program at New America Foundation opened the discussion laying out questions that badger most people who are a part of the broadband ecosystem today- Does the FCC have the authority to enforce its Network Neutrality principles?

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Dr. George W. Arnold: Re-powering the Nation: Setting Standards for the Smart Grid

Monday, April 5, 2010 - 7:30pm

 The New America Foundation's Open Technology Initiative is hosting The Washington DC Chapter of the Association for Computing Machinery (DC ACM) Spring Lecture series.

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Shaping Media Policy for the 21st Century

Thursday, February 25, 2010 - 2:00pm
The recession has compounded the financial turmoil faced by institutions of the press. Newspapers have closed, media ownership has consolidated, and few companies have been able to build sufficient revenue through online distribution. Moreover, as the recently issued Knight Report, Informing Communities: Sustaining Democracy in a Digital Age, stated: "The digital age is creating an information and communications renaissance. But it is not serving all Americans and their local communities equally."
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FCC Chairman Genachowski to Preview National Broadband Plan Spectrum Recommendations

Wednesday, February 24, 2010 - 11:00am

The Open Technology Initiative of the New America Foundation will host Federal Communications Commission Chairman Julius Genachowski on February 24, 2010 at 11am. Chairman Genachowski will preview working recommendations in the National Broadband Plan for advancing U.S. mobile broadband leadership.

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Joey Ponthieux: 3D Animation and Modeling for Aerospace

Thursday, February 18, 2010 - 7:30pm

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Making Media Work (WEBCAST ONLY)

Tuesday, February 9, 2010 - 12:15pm

This event, which due to the inclement weather took place virtually via webcast and Twitter, has concluded. A video recording is available above, and a sampling of the online questions and comments can be found here.

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Does Broadband Boost Economic Development?

Wednesday, January 13, 2010 - 10:00am

With the National Broadband Plan due to Congress in just over a month and the next round of broadband stimulus funding fast approachingm, the New America Foundation’s Open Technology Initiative has invited Jed Kolko, Associate Director and Research Fellow at the Public Policy Institute of California, to discuss an important question: What is the relationship between broadband and economic development?

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