Valuable coverage of significant current policy activities happening around the world in the sphere of internet technology is provided courtesy of IEEE. 22 November 2017 summary – IEEE Global Internet Policy Monitor – is available here. Read more summaries here.
Monthly Archives: November 2017
IEEE Global Internet Policy Monitor: 15 November 2017
Valuable coverage of significant current policy activities happening around the world in the sphere of internet technology is provided courtesy of IEEE. 15 November 2017 summary – IEEE Global Internet Policy Monitor – is available here. Read more summaries here.
Message from David A Bray, Executive Director
Dear PCI Colleagues, Hello world! My warmest greetings to each of you. I am excited to join the People-Centered Internet family as Executive Director. The opportunities to work closely with Vint Cerf, Mei Lin Fung, and each of you is something that I cherish. Thank you. In addition, the mission of our PCI movement is Read More
Update from Vint Cerf, chairman
We are celebrating the arrival of our new Executive Director, David A. Bray, who is already fully engaged finding potential opportunities for PCI to make a difference in access to and use of the Internet. We are actively looking to find funding to assist in the recovery of identifying documents for people who lost their Read More
USDA to Extend Rural Access to Electricity ($2.5B) and Broadband ($200M)
“From access to health care to workforce training and connection to global markets, broadband is truly a lifeline to prosperity in rural communities” Anne Hazlett, Assistant to the Secretary for the US Dept. of Agriculture Almost 40 percent of US rural residents and businesses lack the level of broadband service as in urban areas. Good news in Read More
The Humanized Internet Wins Global Citizen Award
We are delighted to celebrate and honor our highly esteemed founding member Monique Morrow for winning this prestigious award from Henley & Partners: “Once a year, Henley & Partners honors an inspirational global citizen who has made an extraordinary contribution towards improving the global community. Your commitment to progress the global cause of statelessness, your Read More
Aadhaar: Digital Identity Writ Large in India
By Joe Andrieu India has forged new ground in digital infrastructure with its IndiaStack[1] initiative and Aadhaar, the biometric identity system at its core. Aadhaar is the largest state-sponsored digital identity system in the world. With over 1.1 billion Indian residents enrolled, it is transforming the world’s second most populous nation from an underdeveloped state Read More
The California Wildfires and Puerto Rico: PCI Responds to Challenges in Health and Jobs
By Mei Lin Fung, Co-Founder of PCI At a PCI launch event in 2015 at Stanford with Dr. Bela Matyas, Public Health Officer for the California County of Solano, we focused on how we can build resilient, healthy communities by sharing information – especially in times of crisis. When wildfires struck Northern California last month, Read More
IEEE Global Internet Policy Monitor: 08 November 2017
Valuable coverage of significant current policy activities happening around the world in the sphere of internet technology is provided courtesy of IEEE. 08 November 2017 summary – IEEE Global Internet Policy Monitor – is available here. Read more summaries here.
IEEE Global Internet Policy Monitor: 01 November 2017
Valuable coverage of significant current policy activities happening around the world in the sphere of internet technology is provided courtesy of IEEE. 01 November 2017 summary – IEEE Global Internet Policy Monitor – is available here. Read more summaries here.