openmarket.org - 11/5/2008
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No “Technology Czar,” Please Like everybody else in town, we’re pondering the implications of the transition to the Obama Administration for various policy areas here at CEI. On the technology/Internet front, CNet’s Declan McCullagh has a superb overview today . On the high-technology ...
blogs.wsj.com - 11/5/2008
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blogs.wsj.com —
Okay, it's way too early to call the
election. But when Karl Rove figures an Obama victory...
is in the bag, consensus is clearly building. So what would an Obama administration look like in terms of energy policy? Let's start with the Department of ...
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Environmental Capital - WSJ.com : Obama's Energy Czar: ...
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No “Technology Czar,” Please
Technology Liberation Front —
Ryan Radia No “Technology Czar,” Please Over at OpenMarket.org , Wayne Crews has a good post arguing against Obama’s plan to appoint a “ Technology Czar “: Industries–and mere concepts like “technology”–do not need czars in Washington. Such enterprise needs to operate apart from this city. Indeed, even supposedly “deregulatory” Republicans were not reluctant to regulate the Internet. Bush favored federal privacy regulation, but never pushed it. His adminstration was also happy to target porn and “spam.” Legislation favored by the Republicans ran the ...
Should We Worry About A National CTO?
Techdirt —
... Here in D.C. the town's collective post-election hangover is lifting, and folks are beginning to ponder exactly what the new administration will mean for their respective corners of the world. Those of us working in technology are no exception, and a new blog post by Wayne Crews on OpenMarket.org has renewed discussion of President-elect Obama's proposal for a national CTO. ...
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Google CEO on Obama tech czar job: No thanks
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reuters.com 11/9/2008 — SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Google Inc Chief Executive Eric Schmidt said Friday he would not serve as technology czar in Barack Obama's administration if he was asked. "I love working at Google and I'm very happy to stay at Google, so the answer is no," ...
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change.gov 11/7/2008 — Protect the Openness of the Internet: A key reason the Internet has been such a success is because it is the most open network in history. It needs to stay that way. Barack Obama strongly supports the principle of network neutrality to preserve the ...
Cybersecurity Czar Announcement Eminent
informationweek.com 5/26/2009 — President Obama is set to announce, sometime this week, that the post of a cyber czar will be created. So far, the news creates more questions than answers.
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