Open Technology Initiative

Dear Chairman Genachowski:

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

"We trust Genachowski," said Tim Wu, a law professor at Columbia University and chairman of public interest group Free Press . Wu co-wrote the letter. ...

Last month, the Benton Foundation, broadbandcensus.com, and the New America Foundation hosted a session – we dubbed it “Beer and Broadband Mapping” at the ...

... have always been open and nondiscriminatory, added Robb Topolski, chief technologist for the Open Technology Initiative of the New America Foundation. ...

The current national discussion to expand access and use of broadband occurring in Washington has created an ideal time for foundations to become engaged in the issue. The current economic recession, combined with an unprecedented effort by government to directly invest in the deployment and adoption of broadband, provides an enormous opportunity for community foundations to help support beneficial projects and initiatives in communities across the country. 

New America Foundation has proposed a Nutrition Fact box for broadband. Instead of calories, carbs and fiber, the broadband box would break down data on ...

New America Foundation has gone so far as to offer the FCC its own prototype of a Schumer Box, applied to broadband. ... Original Article

... was recognized for his work in intellectual property, and Sascha Meinrath, the creator of the Open Technology Initiative at the New America Foundation, ...