January 2009

In Brief: Marketplace Radio on U.S. CTO
Jan 26, 2009 | You can probably tell that I spent a fair amount of time on the road last Friday since this is Read More

Stimulus Spending and the Future of Innovation and Research
Jan 26, 2009 | The debate about Congress' economic recovery plan has been heating up, as legislators try to reach agreement on how much Read More

Eric Schmidt Talks Obamanomics with Jim Cramer
Jan 22, 2009 | Google's chairman and CEO Eric Schmidt made an appearance on Jim Cramer's CNBC show yesterday, this time to talk about Read More

Pew Report on the Stimulus Plan and Broadband Adoption
Jan 22, 2009 | What will it take to increase broadband adoption in the United States? It looks like the economic recovery bill will Read More

The President's New Site, Rules Governing Transparency
Jan 22, 2009 | This is the first Tech Policy Central update since President Obama's inauguration, and less than 48 hours into the new Read More

Inside the Transition's Tech, Innovation and Government Reform Team
Jan 19, 2009 | With less than a day to go until the Inauguration, the Obama-Biden transition team released a video introducing its Technology, Read More

Guest Post: The American Recovery and Reinvestment Bill
Jan 16, 2009 | Thanks to Suki O'Raghallaigh for offering to share this post, which she originally wrote for her own blog. We're always Read More

Divvying up the Stimulus Dollars
Jan 16, 2009 | The Wall Street Journal described the economic recovery package released by Democratic House leaders yesterday as a "potential bonanza for Read More

FCC Chair Kevin Martin Heads to Aspen Institute
Jan 15, 2009 | With the focus already shifting to predictions of what the next Federal Communications Commission chairman (presumably Julius Genachowski) will do, Read More

Berkman to Webcast RIAA Legal Hearing
Jan 15, 2009 | In what Wired calls a "groundbreaking" ruling, U.S. District Judge Nancy Gertner has granted permission for the Courtroom View Network Read More

Obama Advisor on Broadband in the Economic Recovery Plan
Jan 15, 2009 | There has been a lot of talk recently about what will be included in the massive economic stimulus package that Read More

Bringing Science Back
Jan 14, 2009 | As confirmation hearings for President-elect Barack Obama's nominees get underway, key picks on his energy and environment team have reiterated Read More

What Will Boucher Do?
Jan 13, 2009 | We were sitting in a tech policy session at the International CES show in Las Vegas last week when the Read More

Does the U.S. Need a Privacy Chief?
Jan 13, 2009 | The incoming Obama administration has raised the hopes (and expectations) of those in the tech community who support the idea Read More

Getting Closer to a New FCC Chairman
Jan 12, 2009 | It's a sign of the times, I suppose...I first heard that President-elect Barack Obama had selected Julius Genachowski to chair Read More

Podcast of Privacy 2009 at Facebook
Jan 10, 2009 | We'd like to thank everyone who took part in the Privacy 2009: The Year Ahead lunch salon we co-hosted at Read More

Reforming the FCC
Jan 7, 2009 | Stanford Law professor Larry Lessig created a bit of a stir during the holiday break with his Newsweek column calling Read More

Headed to Facebook
Jan 6, 2009 | We will be at Facebook's offices in Palo Alto today for Privacy 2009: The Year Ahead, a lunch salon that we're Read More

Privacy 2009: The Year Ahead
Jan 5, 2009 | As a reminder, Tech Policy Central and Facebook will be co-hosting a Lunch Salon about digital privacy in the Read More

(Updated) Call for Speakers for TPS: Eco-Innovation
Jan 2, 2009 | As we announced last month, our newest tech policy conference is TPS: Eco-Innovation, and we're currently accepting speaker proposals.  The Read More

New Year, New Laws
Jan 1, 2009 | Now that 2009 is officially here, there are a number of new state laws that go in to effect today Read More