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Palmer Joins New America As Senior Policy Analyst
Iris Palmer has joined New America's Education Policy Program as a senior policy analyst.
FCC Gets It Right On Community Broadband
On an historic day at the Federal Communications Commission, the agency preempted laws in North Carolina and Tennessee that restrict the abi
In Historic Victory for Consumers, FCC Votes To Protect Open Internet
Today the Federal Communications Commission approved an historic order that protects network neutrality with strong rules based on sound leg
OTI & Public Interest Groups Urge FCC to Support Competition in TV Incentive Auctions
Today national consumer and other nonprofit groups in the Public Interest Spectrum Coalition (PISC) sent a letter to FCC Chairman Tom Wheele
OTI Applauds U.S. Government For Authorizing Tech Exports to Sudan
Ahead of President’s Cybersecurity Summit, OTI Highlights Importance of Encryption
Policymakers should heed the lessons of the crypto wars so we aren't doomed to repeat them, OTI says in a filing to the UN Special rapporteu
startups meeting with fcc and congress on net neutrality
Representatives from several prominent startups are joining Engine and New America's Open Technology Institute in Washington DC today in adv
FCC Commissioner Gives Misleading Speech on Net Neutrality
FCC Commissioner Ajit Pai gave a speech today critiquing Chairman Tom Wheeler’s net neutrality proposal.
OTI Work on Discrimination and Civil Rights Protection Highlighted in White House Interim Report on Big Data and Privacy
The Obama Administration affirmed the importance of defending civil rights in an era of big data in an Interim Progress Report released this
FCC Proposal Promises a Free and Open Internet for Consumers
After over a decade of debate, it is critical that we get net neutrality rules right this time around.
OTI Encouraged by Reported FCC Move Toward Reclassification
After over a decade of debate, it is critical that we get net neutrality rules right this time around.
Asset Building Program Calls for “Schumer Box”, Increased Regulation of Paid Tax Preparers
A new report calls for the adoption of a “Schumer box” to help bring transparency to commercial tax preparation.
FCC Raises the Bar for Broadband, Adopts E911 Order
Today, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) took important steps to improve the consumer broadband market in the United States.
MacKinnon Testifies Before Congressional Subcommittee on Protecting Freedom while Combating Extremism
Today Rebecca MacKinnon, Director of the Ranking Digital Rights project at New America, will testify at a congressional hearing on The Evolu