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CDT Urges Open Access To The Broadband InternetWednesday, December 6, 2000 - On December 1, the Center for Democracy and Technology filed comments in response the Federal Communications Commission's Notice of Inquiry on high-speed ("broadband") access to the Internet. A copy of CDT's filing is enclosed. |
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FIVE ELECTED TO ICANN'S BOARDOctober 11, 2000-At 8:30 PM EDT last night, the online voting booths closed at the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), bringing to an end the Internet's first global online election, in which Internet users selected five new members of the ICANN Board: Karl Auerbach (North America), Ivan Moura Campos (Latin America), Masanobu Katoh (Asia/Australia/Pacific), Andy Mueller-Maguhn (Europe), and Nii Quaynor (Africa). ICANN manages Internet domain names and other addressing functions. |
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ICANN Candidates Queried On Positions As Online Election For Domain Names Board Draws NearTuesday, September 19, 2000 -- Leading policy organizations promoting democracy online have set up a voter education web site where candidates for the board overseeing domain names management can state their positions on leading domain names policy issues. The effort comes as the Internet Corporation on Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) prepares to elect next month at-large board members in the world's first-ever global Internet-based election. The Center for Democracy and Technology has partnered with Germany's Bertelsmann Foundation and American election experts Common Cause to create a web site that will post candidates' positions and serve as a resource for Internet users voting in the upcoming election. |
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CDT Calls for Privacy Act Update Based on Expected Findings from GAO ReportsExpected Findings from GAO ReportsWASHINGTON, September 5, 2000 - Two GAO reports, expected to be released this week, investigate different pieces of the privacy practices of federal government Web sites. The Center for Democracy and Technology (CDT) believes that the reports will show that agencies are, for the most part, paying greater attention to privacy and following current law and administration policy. However, these laws and policies need to be updated for citizens to feel comfortable interacting with their government online. |
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Public Interest Groups Kick Off Registration Drive For First-ever Global Online ElectionWASHINGTON, June 28, 2000 - Today the Center for Democracy & Technology, the American Library Association, and Common Cause unveiled their new voter registration drive for an upcoming election that is the first of its kind. In September, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), an international non-profit organization that manages Internet domain names, addresses and other technical functions, will globally elect five individuals to its Board of Directors. |
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Public Interest Groups Praise Democratic Course Set By ICANN BoardCAIRO, EGYPT, March 10, 2000 - Public interest groups today praised steps taken to improve the procedures for an unprecedented global election expected to take place later this year to select board members for one of the Internet's central management organizations.
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New U.S. Encryption Regulations a Major Step Forward for Online PrivacyWASHINGTON, January 13, 2000 - The Clinton Administration is to release tomorrow a final version of new export regulations controlling strong encryption data security tools that represent a fundamental change in U.S. policy. The new regulations, to go into affect immediately upon publication, will make it much easier for companies and individuals in the United States to widely export strong encryption in common products regardless of their strength or the type of technology they use. |
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