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whitehouse.gov - 1/27/2009

Transparency and Open Government

— whitehouse.gov — Government should be transparent . Transparency promotes accountability and provides information for citizens about what their Government... is doing. Information maintained by the Federal Government is a national asset. My Administration will take ... (more) Transparency and Open Government

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newamerica.net - 1/29/2009

Wireless Future Program | Broadband Transparency | The New America Foundation

— newamerica.net — As the saying goes: Reports of the death of municipal wireless are greatly exaggerated. Most mainstream media... simply got it wrong. Most municipal wireless networks across the United States didn't take a tumble over the past year. Rather, in ... (more) Wireless Future Program | Broadband Transparency | The ...

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'M-Lab' Plans To Fill Internet Data Void
Tech Daily Dose — ... A new tool for high-tech researchers to deploy Internet measurement tools and provide the public with information about their broadband connections launched Wednesday on the heels of congressional interest over the extent to which high-speed Internet providers can prioritize traffic on their networks. The announcement came as Cox Communications unveiled a pilot project to prioritize certain Web content that it believes to be time-sensitive. Cable giant Comcast was reprimanded by the FCC last year for the way it managed Internet traffic and that battle is still ...

How do better metrics affect the case for neutrality?
(Obsolete Feed) — Veni, vidi Vint: I've just come from the launch event for Measurement Lab, the new platform for Internet measurement tools that Nate Anderson wrote about earlier this afternoon. Given that the project is a collaboration between Google and a couple of groups funded by Google, the voice in every D.C. denizen's head that ceaselessly mutters "cui bono" was practically screaming, to judge by the tenor of the Q&A; session afterward. Many clearly suspected that Google's interest here was in generating evidence for either lobbying or regulatory actions against ISPs that seem to be practicing ...