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PFF flash
Informing you of the latest PFF activities and publications |
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Upcoming PFF Events
New Publications
- Testimony before the U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation Regarding "The Consumer Wireless Experience"
Barbara Esbin, June 17, 2009
Exclusive agreements promote, rather than suppress, competition
- Comments to the National Telecommunications and Information Administration, Department of Commerce, Regarding "ICANN 3.0"
Michael Palage, June 9, 2009
ICANN 3.0 should "refocus" on original purpose
- Comments to the Federal Communications Commission Regarding the "National Broadband Plan"
W. Kenneth Ferree, Barbara Esbin, June 8, 2009
National Broadband Plan should support private investment
- Cyberbullying Legislation: Why Education is Preferable to Regulation
Progress on Point 16.12
Berin Szoka and Adam Thierer, June 2009
Education is best way for Congress to address cyberbullying
- COPPA 2.0: The New Battle over Privacy, Age Verification, Online Safety & Free Speech
Progress on Point 16.11
Berin Szoka, Adam Thierer, May 2009
Expansion of COPPA would impact First Amendment rights of all users
- Regulatory Reality versus Theory
Progress Snapshot 5.5
Barbara Esbin, May 2009
Comments on forced separation of network infrastructure management from service provisioning
Activities of Note
- PFF Welcomes Summer Fellows, Visiting Fellow
PFF is pleased to welcome four Summer Fellows to its staff. Ramesh Menon is a student at UVA Law School and received his undergraduate degree at University of Virginia, where he majored in both biochemistry and economics. William Rinehart is a graduate student at the University of Illinois' Department of Communication, where his research has focused on online political activism and the rhetoric of economics and globalization. Stephanie Savir is currently working on her undergraduate degree in International Economics at Trinity University. Eric Beach is student at Cornell University, where his is working on a Masters degree in Business Administration.
Mark Adams has joined PFF as a Visiting Fellow. He was formerly a Graduate Student Fellow with the Mercatus Center's Regulatory Studies Program and an economic advisor to the UK Conservative Party during the last general election. Adams has a BA in Economics from University of Liverpool and an MA Economics from George Mason University
- Esbin Testifies on Wireless Handset Exclusivity
On June 17th, PFF Senior Fellow Barbara Esbin testified before the U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation on wireless handset exclusivity. An archived webcast of the hearing is available on the Committee website and her written testimony is available here.
- Thierer Speaks about COPPA Expansion on CNET Podcast
Last month, PFF Senior Fellow Adam Theirer was a guest on a CNET podcast where he discussed efforts to expand Children Online Privacy Protection Act to cover minors up to the age of eighteen. The podcast can be found on the CNET News site. Thierer and Berin Szoka co-authored a paper on the subject, which can be found on the PFF website.
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