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October 28, 2009 Speech/Testimony

I. Introduction.

Chairwoman Velázquez, Ranking Member Graves, and Members of the Committee, thank you for your invitation to testify on behalf of the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) on the broadband initiatives set forth in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (Recovery Act).

November 19, 2009 Speech/Testimony

I. Introduction.

Chairman McIntyre, Ranking Member Conaway, and Members of the Subcommittee, thank you for your invitation to testify on behalf of the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) on the broadband initiatives funded in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (Recovery Act).

December 10, 2009 Speech/Testimony

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A little more than a year ago, an intrepid band of brothers and sisters gathered in a set of cubicles at the Obama transition offices to chart a new course for technology and communications policy for the United States.  The group started with a ten-page technology and innovation plan that many of us had worked to develop during the Presidential campaign and they transformed it into the ambitious—I might even say audacious—set of plans that have been rolling out over the course of this year.

February 24, 2010 Speech/Testimony

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March 04, 2010 Speech/Testimony

Chairman Boucher, Ranking Member Stearns, and Members of the Subcommittee, thank you for your invitation to testify on behalf of the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) on the implementation and successes of the Broadband Technology Opportunities Program. Last year, Congress allocated $4.7 billion to NTIA to implement two Recovery Act initiatives to expand the availability and adoption of broadband Internet access– the Broadband Technology Opportunities Program (BTOP) and the State Broadband Data and Development Program (Broadband Mapping Program).

April 21, 2010 Speech/Testimony

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April 27, 2010 Speech/Testimony

Chairwoman Landrieu, Ranking Member Snowe, and Members of the Committee, thank you for the opportunity to testify today on behalf of the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) on “Connecting Main Street to the World: Federal Efforts to Expand Small Business Internet Access.”

April 29, 2010 Speech/Testimony

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I. Introduction

Last November, President Obama held an unprecedented town hall meeting with students in Shanghai, China. He was asked a question about the openness of the Internet and in response the President called himself a “big believer” in technology and the free flow of information. He referred to the lack of censorship by our government as a “tradition,” and added that “the fact that we have a free Internet or unrestricted Internet access is a source of strength, and…should be encouraged.”

May 13, 2010 Speech/Testimony

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I would like to thank the Coordination Center for the country code, .RU, and the Ministry of Telecom and Mass Media of the Russian Federation for the invitation to join you here today.  Last year I had the great honor of addressing the first U.S. Internet Governance Forum and it is with great pleasure that I have the opportunity to do the same thing here in Moscow.

June 03, 2010 Speech/Testimony

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June 11, 2010 Speech/Testimony

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Thank you, Dorothy, for that kind introduction. 

July 28, 2010 Speech/Testimony

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Good morning and thank you for joining us today. NTIA is pleased to be hosting this 11th Annual International Symposium on Advanced Radio Technologies here at our research and engineering laboratory in Boulder. The agenda for this conference covers issues that are of vital importance to the national debate on spectrum and I look forward to a healthy discussion over the coming days in continuation of the collaboration between government, industry, and academia that has always marked ITS’ activities.

September 14, 2010 Speech/Testimony

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Thank you, Larry, for the introduction, and thank you to the Congressional Black Caucus Institute’s 21st Century Council for inviting me to participate in this morning’s forum.

I applaud the Council for devoting its attention in this forum to the topic of broadband Internet access. 

I am proud to serve as a member of the Obama Administration in my position with the National Telecommunications and Information Administration which is situated within the Department of Commerce. 

September 28, 2010 Speech/Testimony

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Thank you for joining us this morning, and a special thank you to John Curran and the America Registry for Internet Numbers (ARIN) for their assistance in pulling together this event. 

September 29, 2010 Speech/Testimony

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October 21, 2010 Speech/Testimony

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Thank you, Dorothy (Attwood), for that wonderful introduction and congratulations on your recent move to Disney.

October 27, 2010 Speech/Testimony

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It is a real pleasure being here to speak with you at the 32nd International Conference of Data Protection and Privacy Commissioners. Thank you, Minister Steinitz and also Minister of Justice Neeman, who invited me to come to Jerusalem to share the views of the United States of America on privacy and innovation.

December 01, 2010 Speech/Testimony

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Thanks, Carmen, for that introduction and for the opportunity to join this important consumer dialogue on the future of online consumer protection.  I am especially pleased to see that the consumer movement is rising to the challenge of addressing leading-edge privacy policy and technology questions posed by the ever-evolving Internet environment.

December 02, 2010 Speech/Testimony

I. Introduction.

Chairman Rush, Ranking Member Whitfield, and Members of the Subcommittee, thank you for your invitation to testify on behalf of the U.S. Department of Commerce.  As the Associate Administrator for the Office of Policy Analysis and Development at the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA), I welcome the opportunity to testify before you to discuss how best to protect consumer privacy in the rapidly evolving Internet Age.