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Also read “Building Better Broadband Underscores Joe Biden’s Top Policy Initiatives,” By Jericho Casper, Broadband Breakfast, January 5, 2021

Wednesday, January 6, 2021, 12 Noon ET — “Broadband and the Biden Administration”

• What changes will the administration of President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris bring for the country’s use of broadband technologies? How will the technology and communications industries be affected? Will public policy on controversial tech policy issues, including Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act, be markedly different from today? What does the quest for “universal broadband” mean? Tune in to hear what non-profit advocacy groups believe is likely to happen, come January 20, 2021.
• From BuildBackBetter.com, the Biden-Harris transition team web site, we read:
  • Mobilize American ingenuity to build a modern infrastructure and an equitable, clean energy future. We’ve seen the need for a more resilient economy for the long-term, and that means investing in a modern, sustainable infrastructure and sustainable engines of growth — from roads and bridges, to energy grids and schools, to universal broadband. Biden has a plan to meet the climate crisis, build a clean energy economy, address environmental injustice, and create millions of good-paying union jobs.

WATCH HERE, or on YouTube, Twitter and Facebook. 

Panelists include:

• Chris Lewis, President and CEO, Public Knowledge
• Shane Tews, Visiting fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, President of Logan Circle Strategies
• Joshua Stager, Senior Counsel, New America’s Open Technology Institute
• Drew Clark (Moderator), Editor and Publisher, Broadband Breakfast

Christopher Lewis is President and CEO at Public Knowledge. Prior to being elevated to President and CEO, Chris served for as PK’s Vice President from 2012 to 2019 where he led the organization’s day-to-day advocacy and political strategy on Capitol Hill and at government agencies. During that time he also served as a local elected official, serving two terms on the Alexandria City Public School Board. Chris serves on the Board of Directors for the Institute for Local Self Reliance and represents Public Knowledge on the Board of the Broadband Internet Technical Advisory Group.

Shane Tews is President of Logan Circle Strategies and a visiting fellow at the American Enterprise Institute. Shane has worked in technology policy for two decades focusing on
Internet Governance, broadband connectivity, data protection, network standards, cybersecurity and information technology industry regulations globally.  You can find her work at AEI.

Joshua Stager is senior counsel at New America’s Open Technology Institute, where he leads OTI’s legislative and regulatory advocacy in Congress and at the FCC. Josh’s work focuses on broadband connectivity, net neutrality, digital equity, and antitrust enforcement. Prior to OTI, he worked on Capitol Hill for Senator Al Franken and Congresswoman Betty McCollum.

Panelist resources

• “To Close the Digital Divide, Congress Must Care About All Americans,” By Chris Lewis, Morning Consult, May 13, 2020
• Articles on AEI by Shane Tews
• “OTI’s Recommendations for the 2020 Party Platforms,” New America’s Open Technology Institute, July 2020
• “The Cost of Broadband is Too Damned High,” By Joshua Stager, Tech Policy Greenhouse, Dec. 14, 2020
• “Building Better Broadband Underscores Joe Biden’s Top Policy Initiatives,” By Jericho Casper, Broadband Breakfast, January 5, 2021

See the article about “Broadband and the Biden Administration, Part 1,” “In Discussing ‘Broadband and the Biden Administration,’ Trump and Obama Transition Workers Praise Auctions,” Broadband Breakfast, November 22, 2020.

See the article from Part 2, “Congress Can Rewrite the Telecom Act as It Funds Internet Infrastructure, Say Broadband Breakfast Panelists,” Broadband Breakfast, December 3, 2020

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