OTI at the Allied Media Conference 2013
For the 15th annual Allied Media Conference, the Open Technology Institute (OTI) at New America Foundation brought eleven staff and fourteen Digital Stewards from Detroit and Brooklyn, and collaborated...
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Awesome opportunity to lead the policy research and advocacy of an innovative and dynamic organizationThe Open Technology Institute (OTI) at the New America Foundation is looking for a new Policy...
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The 2013 Allied Media Conference MagicNet, powered by Digital Stewards and...
At this year’s Allied Media Conference, the Open Technology Institute partnered with local Detroit Digital Stewards and Red Hook Digital Stewards from Brooklyn to construct a conference-wide mesh...
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OTI Signs Letter Urging Increased Transparency on Requests for Consumer...
Today, the New America Foundation’s Open Technology Institute joined a coalition of more than 50 companies and organizations urging senior government officials to be transparent in their national...
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Tidepools is Mobile Ready!
The Tidepools team at the Open Technology Institute just introduced a new mobile version of Tidepools (Beta 0.3), featuring an overhauled interface and code base at the Allied Media Conference in...
View ArticleAn Alternative to E-Rate 2.0: Another FCC Commissioner’s Vision for...
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is gearing up for a monumental task: revamping the E-Rate program, which subsidizes broadband connectivity to connect schools and libraries across the US. As...
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OTI at the 2013 Allied Media Conference
The Open Technology Institute at New America Foundation has participated in the Allied Media Conference each year since 2009, deepening our involvement each time. This year’s Allied Media Conference...
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Mountain-top repeaters and solar-powered Wi-Fi: Guest Post from Nepal Wireless
The Open Technology Institute convened over a dozen community technologists from across India and Nepal for the first international Commotion Wireless workshop in June. Over the next several weeks, we...
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Reply Comments on Unlicensed National Information Infrastructure (U-NII)...
Author(s): Michael CalabreseJuly 26, 2013The New America Foundation's Open Technology Institute joined Public Knowledge in submitting comments to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) regarding...
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OTI's Red Hook Digital Stewards Bring Internet Access to New York City...
Tiwan Burrus (RHI) and Katherine Ortiz (RHI) attaching a Pico Station to a roof mount.A 20-computer public computer center hosted at the New York City Housing Authority’s (NYCHA) Miccio Recreation...
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Despite the Risks: Guest Post from Tibetan Action Institute
The increased connectivity afforded by the spread of cheaper smartphones and 3G networks has also enabled governments to conduct greater digital surveillance. For targeted communities, communicating...
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Reply Comments on 3550 MHz Proceedings
GN Docket No. 12-354 Author(s): Michael Calabrese Sean Vitka April 5, 2013The New America Foundation's Open Technology Institute joined the Consumer Federation of America, Public Knowledge, and Free...
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Dialing Down Risks: Mobile Privacy and Information Security in Global...
August 22, 2013Hibah Hussain Mobile phones being used to deliver aid messages after the earthquake in Haiti. Photo courtesy of DFID- The UK Department for International Development. Over the past...
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Analysis of Siting and Spatial Distribution of Public Computer Centers in...
In 2011 and 2012, the Open Technology Institute (OTI) at the New America Foundation collaborated with Azavea, a geospatial technology firm in Philadelphia, to develop a methodology for identifying...
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Comments on E-Rate Reform
WC Docket No. 13-184 Author(s): Sarah MorrisDanielle KehlLisa GuernseyLindsey TepeSeptember 16, 2013The New America Foundation's Open Technology Institute and Education Policy Program submitted joint...
View ArticleFreifunk turns 10: International Summit for Community Wireless Networks...
Guest blog post from Juergen Neumann, co-founder of Freifunk. Cross-posted from International Summit for Community Wireless Networks.This year's International Summit for Community Wireless Networks was...
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Commotion Field Test: Pop-up mesh network, downtown Washington, DC
Introduction:During a lunch hour in downtown Washington, DC, the Open Technology Institute set up a proof of concept network for distributing Internet service to a public space using a mesh network of...
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Joining the Surveillance Society?
New Internet Users in an Age of Tracking September 30, 2013Seeta GangadharanRead the full text of "Joining the Surveillance Society? (PDF)" hereRecent digital inclusion policies that aim to increase...
View ArticleInternet and Statecraft: Brazil and the Future of Internet Governance
Carolina Rossini is part of the Internet Freedom and Human Rights Project, where she is Project Director for the Latin America Resource Center.After cancelling her October visit to DC, Brazilian...
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Data Profiling and Social Justice -- Remarks prepared for Eyebeam's “PRISM...
Presentation by Seeta Peña Gangadharan, Senior Research Fellow at Open Technology Institute, at PRISM Breakup in New York City, Saturday, October 5, 2013.Thank you and good morning everyone.The...
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