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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Ari Schwartz
202-637-9800
ari@cdt.org
Telecommunications lawyer Paige Anderson has joined the Center for Democracy and Technology (CDT ) to work on a new project aimed at addressing the global digital divide through legal and regulatory reform in developing countries. Anderson is taking a lead role in the Global Internet Policy Initiative, a joint project of CDT and Internews, a non-profit supporting independent media with offices in 22 countries. GIPI serves as a resource to local policymakers and stakeholders, offering policy consultations, training, legislative analysis, and other expert assistance in the Internet policy development process.
Anderson is a communications law veteran with 8 years experience in the field. She joins CDT from the law firm of Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld, where she had practiced since 1996. While at Akin Gump, Anderson concentrated on domestic and international communications matters, including licensing, regulatory compliance and transactions involving broadcast, cable, common carriers and satellite systems. She routinely represented broadcast companies before the Federal Communications Commission during the acquisition and sale of television and radio stations, and counseled television clients on the conversion to digital transmissions. Anderson advised common carrier clients on legislative matters before the U.S. Congress, and assisted international and domestic common carriers and broadcasters in complying with Securities and Exchange Commission requirements. Anderson's legislative experience also includes having served on the staff of the Senate Banking Committee from 1988 to 1990. She was a contributor to the report "Policy Issues for Telecommunications and Mass Media Regulation," a publication of the Federal Communications Bar Association's Ad Hoc Committee on Communications Policy Options for Developing Countries. Anderson is a graduate of Harvard Law School and received her B.A. in International Relations from Brown University .
CDT Executive Director Jerry Berman said, "We are very excited to have Paige join the CDT/GIPI team. She brings a wealth of experience that well complements current resources at CDT. There is great demand in developing countries for expert assistance on Internet law and policy, and with Paige on board CDT is well positioned to play a major role in promoting open Internet in developing countries."
Anderson is supporting the efforts of Internet policy coordinators working for GIPI in developing countries. To date, the project has operations in 10 countries, including Nigeria, Russia and Central Asia, and is expanding into Indonesia, India and Brazil.
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