Sarah Granger

June 15, 2011

Recent thoughts on open government and cybersecurity

Filed under: government,new media,policy,politics,security,technology — Sarah Granger @ 12:36 am
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The two biggest issue areas in IT policy that I’ve been working on the past few years include open government and cybersecurity. While they may sound like they’re in opposition, that’s not really the case. It is possible to have smart security and open government. Not everything can be open, not everything can be secured. The devil’s in the details.

Here’s a video of me talking about open government to the California Democratic Party’s Science & Technology Summit a few months ago: http://qik.com/swfs/qikPlayer5.swf

And on the cybersecurity side, I’ve been speaking on a lot of panels and providing training sessions trying to provide a framework where non-technical policy advisors and politicos can better understand the issues and proposed legislation.

This week I’ll be speaking at Netroots Nation on a panel entitled “Cyberwar: Wikileaks, Stuxnet, and the Proactive Progressive Response.” Last month, I spoke at the Truman National Security Project annual conference. Tomorrow I will be on WWL Radio’s “Think Tank” show for a few minutes talking about recent cyber attacks (Citibank, Lockheed, RSA, IMF, Sony, the Senate… the list keeps growing).

June 6, 2008

PC Magazine on Top Tech Issues for Next President

Filed under: advocacy,policy,politics,technology — Sarah Granger @ 2:50 am
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For a comprehensive look at the major technology issues on the plate for the next presidential administration, PC Magazine has a great article out that covers 5 biggies and what the positions are on those issues of the candidates (McCain, Obama and Clinton since it was compiled before Obama had enough delegates and since she could potentially be a VP nominee). This stems from discussion that happened at the Computers, Freedom and Privacy conference in May.

I first attended CFP in 1994 in Chicago. Every year, they have an incredible group organizing the conference. This year, they honed in on what we would like to see in a next presidential administration in terms of information and communications (ICT) technology policy recommendations. This wasn’t the first time, of course. CPSR and other organizations have done this in the past – analyzing policies of current and potential future administrations. I’m glad it’s elicited some results in terms of recommendations and positive media attention.

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November 10, 2007

Net Neutrality Panel in DC Monday

Filed under: advocacy,policy,politics,technology — Sarah Granger @ 12:30 am
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The Washington DC ACM Chapter has organized a great panel on the current net neutrality debate for this Monday, Nov. 12th from 7:30-9:30pm at 108 Funger Hall, 2201 G Street NW. Panelists include Harold Feld of the Media Access Project, David Robinson of the Center for Information Technology Policy at Princeton, and Hal Singer of Criterion Economics. Check the event listing for more information.

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October 30, 2007

Obama on Net Neutrality

Filed under: advocacy,policy,politics,technology — Sarah Granger @ 1:12 am
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>Anne Broache of CNET has a good article up about Obama indicating during the Mtv and MySpace forum that he’s in favor of Net neutrality. This is nothing earth-shattering, of course, as all of the Democrats are in favor of an equal opportunity Internet, but it sounds like Obama has a good grasp of the concept, citing that companies like Google might not exist if it weren’t for Net neutrality.

Broache also noted that, while Net neutrality is not a “make-or-break issue akin to healthcare, immigration or the Iraq War,” it still holds some heat. As the question was posed by MoveOn, I would venture to second that assertion since they wouldn’t waste their bandwidth on a question of little importance. As someone who works from a remote office and who has used everything from 300 baud to a T3, I say speed does matter and anyone who says otherwise is just selling something.

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