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Federal Policy Update

Federal Policy Update. Jeff Kuhns, The Pennsylvania State University Garret Sern, EDUCAUSE http://www.educause.edu. Beltway Environment. What a Difference a Year Makes!!!! September 11 and Terrorism Fears Running Deficits, Rather Than Surpluses ENRON/Global Crossing/Adelphia

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Federal Policy Update

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  1. Federal Policy Update Jeff Kuhns, The Pennsylvania State University Garret Sern, EDUCAUSE http://www.educause.edu

  2. Beltway Environment • What a Difference a Year Makes!!!! • September 11 and Terrorism Fears • Running Deficits, Rather Than Surpluses • ENRON/Global Crossing/Adelphia • November Mid-Term Elections • Bush Administration Continued Focus on States; All but 5 States Reporting Deficits

  3. Emerging Priorities • Emphasis on Efficiency & Effectiveness • Multidisciplinary Approaches • Partnerships Between Government-Industry-Higher Education • National Security

  4. Without Vision, The People Perish - Proverbs

  5. Beltway Broadband Battles • Focus on Residential Consumer Access • Regulation vs. Open Market Debate • Policymaker Thinking Primarily Limited to DSL vs.Cable Modem • Inconsistent defining of “broadband” • However, this is thinking is slowly evolving……

  6. Elevating the Dialogue • Federal Policy Dialogue Moving From Strictly Consumer Access, To Discussing “What Is It Good For?” • Higher Education – Internet2 – Approached for Vision • U.S. Higher Education Needs to Show Policymakers What Advanced Networking Can REALLY Do

  7. “The Killer Application is Still E-Mail” -Robert Cannon, Senior Counsel forInternet Issues, FCC Office of Plans and Policy

  8. It’s the…. Content. Applications. Cost.

  9. Private Sector Influences Congressional Internet Caucus Advisory Committee http://www.netcaucus.org/ • Recent briefing on impact of ROW on broadband deployment Positively Broadband Coalition http://www.positivelybroadband.org/ • Focus on demand side market development • E-Work Paper TechNet http://www.technet.org • Vision of 100 mgbs to 100 million homes & small businesses by 2010

  10. Broadband Telecommunications Deployment Act of 2002 (S.2448) • Shot At Tauzin-Dingell or Visionary Bill? • Creates Trust Fund for Loans & Grants • Pilot Program for Wireless & Satellite Demonstration Projects • Block Grants to States for Broadband Deployment • GAO Study for Broadband Deployment in Other Countries

  11. S.2448 Opportunities For Higher Education • Provides Grants To Colleges & Universities: • Research Faster Broadband Technology • Develop applications that require broadband facilities and are of particular use to residential consumers

  12. National Broadband Strategy Act of 2002 (S.2582) • Focus on increasing productivity & employment in U.S.A. • Making affordable, high-speed Internet connections of 10 Mbps-100 Mbps to a all American homes & small businesses is one method to meet this goal. • Throws ball in White House Court

  13. White House Response • Concludes no major broadband program can be passed this year • Sponsoring “21st Century High Tech Forum” last Thursday http://www.whitehouse.gov/infocus/technology/ • Directs PCAST to make recommendations how to spur broadband, focusing on consumer demand

  14. Judicial Actions • Supreme Court Decision on Telric • U.S. Court of Appeals on UNE

  15. EDUCAUSE Policy Resources • EDUCAUSE Policy Program http://www.educause.edu/policy/ • Cornell Computer Policy & Law Program http://www.cornell.edu/cpl/ • Net@EDU BPG Working Group http://www.educause.edu/netatedu/groups/pricing/

  16. Jeff Kuhns Jck1@psu.edu Garret Sern gsern@educause

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