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["Jeffrey A. Williams" <jwkckid1@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

All,

  As an FYI.

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Subject: Re: [A2k] The top tech policy people in USA
Date: Fri, 06 Feb 2009 19:34:40 -0800
From: "Jeffrey A. Williams" <jwkckid1@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Organization: IDNS and Spokesman for INEGroup
To: Subbiah Arunachalam <subbiah.arunachalam@xxxxxxxxx>
CC: peters@xxxxxxxxxxx, chan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx,EPT@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx,
a.swan@xxxxxxxxxx,sunil@xxxxxxxxxxxxx,Barbara Stratton
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Subbiah and all,

  Barbara and Steven Chu are the only two on this list that have
really true credentials from a technical standpoint that I, or any
of our members recognize.  The rest of Washington politicos
and insiders that will go whichever the way the political winds
blow.  That's not a very ethical, logical, or reasonable approach
or method by which any policy determination should be done.

  Further, I have some other names that were not listed below,
that also have some access.

Subbiah Arunachalam wrote:

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> Friends:
> Here is an article on people who may be important contributors to technology
> policy in the Obama administration. We must reach out to them and win their
> support for accelerating open access initiatives and other people-friendly
> policies.
>
> Best wishes.
>
> Arun
>
> ===
>
> >From Conde Nost Portfolio.com
>
> http://www.portfolio.com/executives/features/2009/02/05/Top-Tech-Policy-People-to-Watch
>
> Top Tech Policy Policy People to Watch
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> by Nate Anderson for Ars Technica  Feb 5 2009
> With a new, tech-savvy US administration in power, Ars Technica and Tech
> Policy Central team up to profile the top names in tech policy for 2009.
>
> With Barack Obama in the White House, the US has a president who
> understands?and cares directly about?technology policy. Given this interest
> at the very top of the power pyramid, 2009 looks to be a year in which
> significant tech policy changes will be considered. More than a few will
> become reality.
>
> But who will be steering the tech policy train? Though we can't predict
> exactly where the ride will take us, Ars has partnered with Tech Policy
> Central <http://events.techpolicycentral.com/> to bring you our first-ever
> guide to the conductors and engineers who will guide us down the track in
> 2009.
> How we chose
>
> Thanks to everyone who submitted nominations. The tech policy crowd is a
> small one, as crowds go, but it still contains enough fascinating people to
> make the selection of a list like this difficult. In finalizing our names,
> we first sought those most likely to wield influence in 2009. As you might
> expect, that led to a fair number of Democrats?a reflection of the simple
> reality of the power in Washington this year.
>
> When it came time to further narrow down the pool of influencers, our next
> bias was in favor of those doing something new, interesting, or otherwise
> innovative?the sort of people who can not only influence tech policy but
> would also be fascinating to sit next to at your next dinner party. These
> are people like Sascha Meinrath of the New America Foundation, a creative
> advocate of open networks who has done work on white spaces and the new
> Google M-Lab program; or Vivek Kundra, the hard-charging CTO of Washington,
> DC, who brings Silicon Valley's innovation commitment to government IT work.
>
> No list can possibly please or include everyone who might rightfully have a
> claim on it, but you could do far worse than getting to know the names on
> our list. These are the people who will be working on smart grids, broadband
> deployment, IP law, net neutrality, and even doing a bit of corporate
> lobbying this year; the decisions that they make (and convince others to
> make) will reverberate through the tubes for years to come.
>
> *A note on selection:* A special Ars thank you goes to Natalie Fonseca of
> Tech Policy Central, who helped us develop the idea for the list and who
> accepted and collated the nominations. The final list selection was made
> entirely by Ars Technica and does not necessarily represent the views of
> Tech Policy Central. The TPC folks have included an additional 10 names of
> their own at the end.
> The 2009 People to Watch List
>
> *Robert Atkinson, Founder and President, The Information Technology and
> Innovation Foundation (ITIF)*
>
> In less than three years, Robert Atkinson has established the Information
> Technology and Innovation Foundation (ITIF) as one of the leading, and most
> prolific, tech policy think tanks inside the Beltway. And he's showing no
> signs of slowing down in 2009.
>
> Atkinson, who advised the Obama-Biden transition's NIST agency review and
> Technology, Innovation, and Government Reform teams, has been working to
> ensure that IT measures are baked into the economic stimulus plan that the
> president hopes to sign into law in February. He also co-chairs the US
> Broadband Coalition's working group on metrics, and he plans to release
> several research reports on behalf of ITIF in coming months, including a
> study that will benchmark the US against dozens of other countries on
> innovation-based competitiveness factors.
>
> With policymakers and regulators hungry for data they can point to when
> making tough decisions about the economy, Atkinson is in a prime spot to
> influence broadband and innovation policy in the new administration. Look
> for him to make his case in the court of public opinion as well; he's
> frequently cited by the media and has become a contributor to several tech
> policy blogs.
>
> *Jim Baller, President, Baller Herbst Law Group and Founder, US Broadband
> Coalition*
>
> Back in December, we wrote
> about<http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20081202-telecoms-and-advocacy-groups-issue-joint-call-to-action-on-broadband-policy.html>
> how
> telecom lawyer James Baller had successfully "midwifed" a Call to Action to
> develop a national broadband strategy among warring factions in the net
> neutrality debate. Bringing together so many different factions was no small
> feat, and now that Baller finds himself at the helm of the US Broadband
> Coalition, the real fun begins.
>
> Congress is contemplating pumping billions of dollars into broadband
> infrastructure development, and Baller's next task is to keep the Coalition
> on track to send a clear signal to DC about what a national broadband plan
> should look like going forward.
>
> *Rep. Rick Boucher (D-VA), Chairman of House Subcommittee on Communications,
> Technology and the Internet; Member of House Subcommittee on Energy and
> Environment; Member of House Judiciary Committee*
>
> Rep. Rick Boucher, a Democrat serving his 14th term in Congress, is no
> stranger to tech policy. More than a decade ago, the Virginia policymaker
> co-founded the Congressional Internet Caucus, and he's been credited with
> helping give rise to electronic commerce by introducing legislation in the
> early '90s that authorized commercial traffic over the Internet.
>
> In 2009, Boucher is poised to play a pivotal role in tech and telecom policy
> debates over Universal Service Fund reform, the digital TV transition and
> net neutrality as co-chair of the Net Caucus and the newly-appointed
> chairman of the House Subcommittee on Communications, Technology, and the
> Internet.
>
> A longtime supporter of improving broadband, he has described high-speed
> 'Net access as a "defining feature of economic success," and he is expected
> to be at the forefront of Congressional efforts to spur broadband
> deployment, particularly in rural communities like those in the southwestern
> Virginia district.
>
> You can also look for him to weigh in on intellectual property matters like
> fair use and patent reform as a member of the House Judiciary Committee, and
> he'll keep a seat on the Energy and Environment Subcommittee that he chaired
> in the last Congress.
>
> *Steven Chu, United States Secretary of Energy*
>
> What does a Nobel Prize-winning physicist have to do with tech policy? Quite
> a lot, actually, when that physicist has been named US Energy Secretary. Chu
> has the ear of an ambitious president who is committed to a "New Energy for
> America" plan that calls for making energy and cleantech investments a top
> priority.
>
> With Chu's appointment, President Obama reaffirmed his commitment to
> elevating the role of science and technology, and Chu is beginning his
> leadership role at the Department of Energy at a time when the federal
> government is considering close to $1 trillion in stimulus spending.
>
> Not only is he an accomplished scientist and researcher, Chu has proven that
> he can broker tough deals as well. As Director of the Berkeley Laboratory,
> he was active in helping UC Berkeley win its share of a $500 million grant
> from oil giant BP to fund biofuels research at the university, despite
> criticism and campus protests that claimed the project gave too much power
> to BP's corporate interests. We expect nothing less than that same tenacity
> from him as he takes the reins at the DOE.
>
> *Aaron Cooper, Counsel to US Senate Judiciary Committee*
> *Stacey Dansky, Majority Counsel to US House Judiciary Committee
> *
>
> Rep. John Conyers (D-MI) and Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-VT), chairmen of the US
> House and Senate Judiciary Committees, respectively, oversee intellectual
> property matters in Congress, including patent and copyright reform, orphan
> works legislation, and the battle over performance rights. But behind every
> member of Congress you'll find hard-working staffers who keep the wheels in
> motion. House Judiciary IP counsel Stacey Dansky and her counterpart in the
> Senate, Aaron Cooper, will have their hands full this year.
>
> Since Rep. Conyers decided to nix the House Subcommittee on Courts, the
> Internet and Intellectual Property in the 111th Congress, both the House and
> the Senate will be taking up IP legislation at the full committee level. For
> Cooper and Dansky, that means their expertise will be even more valuable as
> they help their bosses try to pass bills that have stalled in previous
> sessions of Congress.
>
> *Michael Copps, Acting Chairman, Federal Communications Commission*
>
> Julius Genachowski may be the president's pick to serve as the next chairman
> of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), but make no mistake that
> Acting Chairman Michael Copps is fully prepared to hold down the fort until
> the Chairman is confirmed.
>
> Copps, who is currently serving his second term at the Commission after 30+
> years in public service at the Commerce Department and US Senate, has hit
> the ground running by implementing a series of changes designed to increase
> openness and communication within the FCC. He has already told staffers, "If
> we can't communicate with ourselves, we shouldn't have the word
> 'Communications' in our title."
>
> He's also adamant about improving how the FCC delivers information to the
> public and to Congress. Whether his time as Acting Chairman is short-lived
> or longer than people anticipate, Copps will continue to be a driving force
> in reforming the agency, completing the digital TV transition, improving
> broadband, and other areas that he's passionate about.
>
> *Susan Crawford, Professor, University of Michigan Law School and Founder,
> OneWebDay*
>
> Legal expert Susan Crawford has been a persistent supporter of open access
> and network neutrality principles, taking the Bush administration and
> incumbent telcos to task and calling on the federal government to make
> broadband access "a utility" that is available to all Americans. So the fact
> that she recently co-chaired the Federal Communications Commission (FCC)
> review team for the Obama-Biden transition is not insignificant.
>
> It's still too early to say what impact she will have on the Commission's
> agenda in coming months, but you can be sure that the outspoken Crawford
> will continue to be vigilant on telecom matters. She is also continuing a
> grassroots effort to evangelize OneWebDay, her "Earth Day for the Internet"
> celebration, and it's hard to imagine her not taking a keen interest in
> Internet governance debates even though she's no longer on the board at
> ICANN.
>
> *Alan Davidson, Director of US Public Policy and Government Affairs for
> Google
> Richard Whitt, Washington Telecom and Media Counsel for Google*
>
> Alan Davidson opened Google's DC office as a one-man policy shop back in
> 2005, and the company has since grown its presence in the nation's Capitol
> as only Google can. Davidson, a computer scientist-turned-lawyer with
> particular expertise in digital privacy and intellectual property issues,
> now finds himself overseeing a policy portfolio that runs the gamut from
> energy efficiency and Internet filtering to child safety and net neutrality.
>
> On telecom matters, Davidson has the help of heavy hitters like former MCI
> exec Richard Whitt, who joined the company a couple of years ago?just in
> time to take on the FCC and his former telco colleagues in high-profile
> battles over the 700 MHz spectrum auction and the white spaces.
>
> Those victories notwithstanding, Google's policy team has plenty of work
> ahead of it, as evidenced by its laundry list of 2009 priorities: protecting
> an open Internet, promoting broadband competition and access, increasing
> H-1B visas, and accelerating the deployment of smart electric grids.
>
> *Jim Dempsey, VP for Public Policy for the Center for Democracy & Technology
> *
>
> One of the original warriors in the fight to protect online privacy and
> civil liberties, Jim Dempsey heads the Center for Democracy and Technology's
> (CDT) West Coast office in San Francisco where he focuses on digital
> privacy, security, and government surveillance issues.
>
> Along with CDT's president and CEO Leslie Harris, Dempsey regularly serves
> as an advocate and spokesperson for the organization on its many policy
> initiatives. Currently, he's focused on rewriting and updating the
> Electronic Communications Privacy Act, an undertaking that could have
> far-reaching implications given the amount of personal data now being stored
> digitally.
>
> *Ed Felten, Professor of Computer Science and Public Affairs and Founding
> Director of the Center for Information Technology Policy, Princeton
> University*
>
> While the jury is still out on who will be named as the nation's first chief
> technology officer (CTO), there are strong supporters in Ed Felten's camp
> who believe his blend of tech savvy and policy expertise are just what the
> job requires.
>
> For example, along with his colleagues at Princeton, he's made a compelling
> argument for greater government transparency. But instead of encouraging the
> Feds to simply publish more data on their Web sites, he has called on the
> government to make the underlying data accessible for reuse and sharing via
> mash-ups and other apps.
>
> It's that kind of out-of-the-box thinking?along with his pragmatic approach
> to policy challenges?that makes Felten interesting to watch. So, even if he
> isn't the president's pick for CTO, Felten's fans can take comfort in the
> fact that he'll continue to be a key contributor to the tech policy
> community in the year ahead.
>
> *Julius Genachowski, Co-founder, LaunchBox Digital and Rock Creek Ventures
> (expected to be Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission )*
>
> He hasn't officially been named yet as the next chairman of the Federal
> Communications Commission, but Julius Genachowski is still on everyone's
> list these days as someone to watch in the Obama administration. And for
> good reason.
>
> Following his days at Harvard Law School, Genachowski went on to clerk at
> the Supreme Court, work as a Congressional staffer, and serve as general
> counsel for FCC chairman Reed Hundt?all before launching a successful career
> as a tech executive and venture capitalist.
>
> A longtime friend of the president's, he helped craft Obama's technology and
> innovation agenda during the presidential campaign and stepped in to
> co-chair the transition team's Technology, Innovation, and Government Reform
> group. His work on both helped establish much of the groundwork for what can
> be expected from the administration in the first term. It also points to how
> he might act as chairman of the FCC, where it's expected he would be a
> strong backer of increasing broadband access and protecting network
> neutrality.
>
> *Jim Harper, Director of Information Policy Studies, Cato Institute and
> Founder, WashingtonWatch.com*
>
> If you feel like someone is tracking every move you make, don't blame Jim
> Harper. A scholar at the libertarian-leaning Cato Institute, Harper has been
> on a crusade to prevent the US from implementing a national identification
> card system, something he describes as a "profound threat to American
> liberty."
>
> During the Bush administration, Harper was outspoken about the dangers of
> allowing the government to monitor citizens via electronic identification
> programs like REAL ID. With a new administration and Congress, we'll be
> watching to see what approach they take to these issues?and how Harper
> responds. There's already talk in Congress of expanding use of the E-verify
> program to check the employment eligibility of US workers, so we may not
> have long to wait.
>
> *John Holdren, Assistant to the President for Science and Technology,
> Director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy and
> Co-Chair of the President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology
> (PCAST)*
>
> Described by President Obama as one of the "most passionate and persistent
> voices of our time about the growing threat of climate change," John Holdren
> will bring a new perspective to the top spot at the Office of Science and
> Technology Policy. He's an accomplished researcher who shares the
> president's commitment to scientific inquiry and, along with his two
> co-chairs, he will be tasked with remaking the President's Council of
> Advisors on Science and Technology.
>
> Still, the fact that Holdren isn't the only physicist on this year's tech
> policy People to Watch list hasn't gone unnoticed by us (see Steven Chu).
> He's primarily been focused on energy and climate issues in recent years,
> and it is expected that those matters will be atop his agenda at OSTP and
> PCAST as well.
>
> *Fred Humphries, Managing Director of Federal Affairs, Microsoft Corporation
> *
>
> Though not without its missteps, Microsoft can be credited with blazing a
> trail for tech companies that followed its path to Washington. Even today,
> more than a decade after the Justice Department filed its landmark antitrust
> case against the software company, Microsoft finds itself on the front lines
> of key legislative battles involving the tech industry.
>
> Fred Humphries is leading that charge now as the company's new policy chief.
> Humphries, who recently moved from Redmond to DC to replace legendary
> lobbyist Jack Krumholtz, will draw upon his vast network and his years of
> local and state government affairs experience to advance Microsoft's policy
> priorities, which include promoting health IT, protecting intellectual
> property, and increasing H-1B visas.
>
> *Vivek Kundra, Chief Technology Officer, District of Columbia Government*
>
> Vivek Kundra is the chief technology officer (CTO) for the District of
> Columbia, where he's responsible for meeting the technology needs of 86
> government agencies that serve over 600,000 residents, along with scores of
> commuters and visitors who descend upon the nation's Capitol each day.
>
> DC's CTO since 2007, Kundra has earned accolades for cutting costs and
> rethinking the way technology is used by government?a prime example is his
> successful Apps for Democracy <http://www.appsfordemocracy.org/> contest
> that challenged developers to build new applications for sharing city data
> with citizens, at a fraction of what it would have cost to farm out the
> work.
>
> As a member of President Obama's transition team, he has talked about the
> need to drive change within the federal government by focusing on innovation
> and outcomes instead of compliance and process. Such an approach would
> represent a radical departure from how many federal agencies currently
> operate, and Kundra just may get the chance to effect that change as the
> country's first national CTO. Even if he doesn't, his example in DC will be
> closely watched by government IT administrators around the country.
>
> *Sascha Meinrath, Research Director, Wireless Future Program, New America
> Foundation*
>
> Before joining New America Foundation in 2007, Sascha Meinrath previously
> worked as a policy analyst, telecom consultant, and community organizer. The
> skills he developed in those three different roles undoubtedly have
> influenced his current work as research director at New America's Wireless
> Future program where he and Michael Calabrese are striving to reform US
> telecommunications policy, particularly spectrum access, one challenging
> step at a time.
>
> In addition to his research on municipal broadband networks and net
> neutrality, Meinrath is heading up a new Open Technology Initiative (OTI) on
> behalf of New America, and he helped produce the new network metrics site
> M-Lab<http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2009/01/google-others-launch-m-lab-to-track-network-openness.ars>.
> OTI's charter is to advocate policy and regulatory changes that support open
> architectures, technologies, and communications networks.
>
> *Ellen Miller, Co-founder and Executive Director, Sunlight Foundation*
>
> As executive director of the Sunlight Foundation, Ellen Miller is working to
> open up Washington DC politics so that the public is aware of what happens
> behind closed doors (and in broad daylight).
>
> She's leading the effort to increase government transparency and
> accountability using the power of the Internet and, under her direction,
> Sunlight has already liberated gigabytes of important political data and
> made it available to bloggers, journalists, and other citizens?in effect
> creating a new generation of DC watchdogs.
>
> Miller co-founded Sunlight during the last half of Bush's second term, and
> her work will be sure to evolve during the Obama administration, which has
> vowed to promote greater transparency.
>
> *Jon M. Peha, Chief Technologist, Federal Communications Commission*
>
> Before being named chief technologist for the Federal Communications
> Commission last October, Jon Peha worked as an engineering professor at
> Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) where he was also associate director of the
> Center for Wireless and Broadband Networking. A CTO with startup experience,
> Peha's research interests while at CMU included spectrum policy reform,
> network neutrality, and public safety communications.
>
> As recently as last April, Peha testified before the FCC at its hearing on
> Comcast's network management practices, criticizing the cable company while
> urging the Commissioners to be "cautious about adopting broad restrictions."
> Though not everyone agreed with his testimony then, now?as the FCC's senior
> advisor on technology issues?Peha finds himself in a unique position to
> influence the Commission's decisions more directly.
>
> *Eric Schmidt, Chairman and CEO, Google and Chairman of New America
> Foundation*
>
> One of the perks of being chairman and CEO of a company as pervasive as
> Google is that Eric Schmidt needs no introduction. What wasn't obvious a
> mere year ago was how involved he would become in presidential politics and
> policy. Since publicly endorsing Barack Obama's candidacy in late October,
> Schmidt has become a frequent spokesman for Obama's innovation and economic
> policies, a role that was made official when he was named as a member of the
> transition team's economic advisory board.
>
> He has repeatedly denied that he's interested in a more permanent spot in
> the President's Cabinet, say as the national CTO. That doesn't mean he won't
> have a seat at the table, though. As skeptics have been quick to point out,
> Schmidt and Google seem to have more than a few hooks into the new
> administration and you can be sure that he'll continue to be a power player
> throughout 2009. He has also stepped up his involvement in New America
> Foundation, a nonprofit think tank he has been affiliated with for a number
> of years.
>
> *Ben Scott, Policy Director, Free Press*
>
> As the chief DC lobbyist for Free Press, the advocacy group behind the Save
> the Internet and Stop Big Media campaigns, Ben Scott keeps a watchful eye on
> the country's telecom and media giants?and he's ready to react when he
> disagrees with them.
>
> He helped reignite the net neutrality debate last year by leading the Free
> Press offensive against Comcast, energizing legions of grassroots net
> neutrality supporters in the process. Even those who dislike Free Press's
> in-your-face tactics have lauded Scott for his know-how and grit, both of
> which we expect to see more of in 2009.
>
> *Gigi Sohn, Co-founder and President, Public Knowledge*
>
> A perennial presence on the tech policy scene, Gigi Sohn is a force to be
> reckoned with. She is the face?and voice?of Public Knowledge, the nonprofit
> interest group she co-founded in 2001. If there's a policy debate involving
> consumers' digital rights, you can bet Sohn will be involved to make sure
> PK's concerns are heard.
>
> Already, Sohn has participated in a number of meetings with President
> Obama's transition team; several PK advisors served on the transition. She
> has also known Julius Genachowski for years, which makes her latest
> project<http://fcc-reform.org/> to
> reform the Federal Communications Commission all the more compelling.
>
> *Rep. Henry Waxman (D-CA), Chairman, US House Committee on Energy and
> Commerce*
>
> Rep. Henry Waxman became chairman of the House of Representative's powerful
> Committee on Energy and Commerce after making a bold move to unseat his
> Democratic colleague John Dingell, who had long held the committee
> chairmanship. The California politician, whose district encompasses parts of
> Los Angeles, has proven that he's ready to take on tough challenges, even if
> it means making waves within his own party.
>
> Along with the Judiciary, the Energy and Commerce committee is one of the
> most important for technology policy. Rep. Waxman's purview will include
> critical issues like network neutrality, FCC oversight and the digital TV
> transition. While it's widely believed that he will focus first on energy
> policy, we'll be watching to see what he does in regards to other areas like
> intellectual property and broadcast regulation as well.
>
> *Joe Waz, Senior Vice President, External Affairs and Public Policy Counsel,
> Comcast Corporation*
>
> After spending much of last year in the hot seat defending its network
> management practices before the FCC and critics like Free Press, what will
> 2009 hold for Comcast? One person likely to shape the answer to that
> question is the cable company's policy chief, Joe Waz.
>
> In a parting shot before his departure last week, former FCC chairman Kevin
> Martin raised questions about Comcast's handling of VoIP calls, and the
> company is moving ahead with its appeal of last year's FCC decision against
> its throttling of BitTorrent users even though it has since changed how it
> manages its network. Chances are that Comcast, and Waz, will need to keep
> defending their practices as the FCC changes hands and net neutrality
> supporters gear up for another fight.
>
> *Phil Weiser, Professor of Law, Associate Dean for Research and Executive
> Director of Silicon Flatirons Center, University of Colorado Law School*
>
> Boulder, Colorado still may not be the first place that comes to mind when
> you think of tech policy, but professor Phil Weiser has done a great deal to
> raise the profile of the University of Colorado's Silicon Flatirons Center.
> As the Center's executive director, he's created an innovative environment
> for research in telecom and information policy law.
>
> A former attorney for the Justice Department's antitrust division, Weiser
> co-chaired the Federal Trade Commission review team during the Obama-Biden
> transition. He also recently launched a project to promote reform of the
> Federal Communications Commission, along with Public Knowledge president
> Gigi Sohn.
> Tech Policy Central's names to watch
>
> Our partners at Tech Policy Central, who helped oversee the nomination
> process for the People to Watch list, had a few additional picks of their
> own that we'd like to share with you. Here are 10 more people to look for in
> '09:
>
>    - Lawyer Christine Varney
>    - Commerce Secretary designate Judd Gregg
>    - Dean Garfield of the Information Technology Innovation Council
>    - Link Hoewing of Verizon
>    - Tom Kalil of UC Berkeley
>    - Law professor Beth Noveck
>    - Jules Polonetsky of the Future of Privacy Forum
>    - Telecom analyst Blair Levin
>    - Congressman Rush Holt of New Jersey
>    - Fred von Lohmann of EFF
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