PAST EVENT
Monday, September 21, 2009
10:00 AM to 12:00 PM
Washington, DC
Recognizing the need to expand the U.S. broadband network to ensure America’s infrastructure and economic development, Congress tasked the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) with developing a national broadband plan by early 2010. FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski delivered remarks at Brookings on the national broadband plan and other communications issues. Read More
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
Darrell M. West, September 21, 2009, The Brookings Institution
Federal Communications Commission Chairman Julius Genachowski announced his plan to expand “net neutrality” rules for Internet providers. The chairman advocated an anti-discrimination rule that would prevent Internet providers from blocking or slowing the utilization of competing services, and a transparency rule that would require providers disclose how they manage traffic, writes Darrell West. Read More
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
Darrell M. West, September 14, 2009, The Brookings Institution
In the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, Congress tasked the FCC with developing a national broadband policy by February 17, 2010 to boost our nation’s communications infrastructure and long-term economic development. Darrell West explores in a new study what consumers want from new mobile communications in the United States, Spain, United Kingdom, and Spain and how these results demonstrate the virtue of innovation and open networks for communications policy. Read More
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
Julianne Mahler and Priscilla M. Regan, August 31, 2009, The Brookings Institution
Blogs represent opportunities for individuals to express views, comment on the opinions of others and build a new online community. The U.S. government understands blogs’ dynamism and, as a result, agencies are seeking to increase their online presence by developing their own blogs. Julianne Mahler and Priscilla Regan examine the ways governmental and non-governmental blogs are used to link citizens and government officials. Read More
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
Darrell M. West, August 12, 2009, The Kojo Nnamdi Show
As Americans debate about health care reform and how it will affect the doctor-patient relationship, Darrell West discusses how new technologies can bring in a new era of "participatory medicine." The advent of health information technology can generate efficiency, reduce costs, and improve outcomes. Read More
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
Andrew Reamer, July 21, 2009, Joint Economic Committee
At a hearing of the Joint Economic Committee, Andrew Reamer indicated that, to become a 21s century statistical agency, the Census Bureau needed data programs that fully reflect today’s knowledge- and services-based economy; enable private and public organizations to make more informed, effective resource allocation decisions; and readily incorporate advances in information technology. Read More
PAST EVENT
Wednesday, June 17, 2009
12:30 PM to 01:30
Washington, DC
Brookings expert Darrell West and Politico Senior Editor David Mark discussed ways the government can use the Internet and new technologies to provide better, faster, more transparent and accountable service to its people in the June 17 edition of the Scouting Report. Read More
PAST EVENT
Wednesday, June 17, 2009
10:00 AM to 11:30 AM
Washington, DC
On June 17, Brookings hosted an event on how new technology can make the public sector perform faster and smarter. Brookings Vice President and Director of Governance Studies Darrell West released a new study, “Comparing Technology Innovation in the Private and Public Sectors.” Read More
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
Darrell M. West and Jenny Lu, June 11, 2009, The Brookings Institution
Technology can be a tool for making government better and democracy stronger. However, the public sector has continued to fall behind the private sector in technology innovation, writes Darrell West. Evaluating the web sites of leading U.S. corporations with state and national governments, West offers five reasons why the private sector has outpaced government in effective innovation, and ways the public sector could improve. Read More
PAST EVENT
Monday, May 04, 2009
12:00 PM to 1:30 PM
Washington, DC
With more than $19 billion planned in new federal expenditures on health information technology, the Obama administration is taking serious steps towards modernizing the U.S. health care system to reduce health care costs and medical errors. Brookings hosted a discussion on how to bring the benefits of information technology to health care in the United States. Read More
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
Darrell M. West, May 04, 2009, The Brookings Institution
There is no question we are witnessing a fundamental economic and technological transformation of journalism, writes Darrell West. However, while traditional business models are dying, new ones are still being developed. In this multi-faceted, new-media universe, West says we need an information strategy for the news industry that expands on digital media's strengths while encouraging in-depth coverage. Read More
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
Mark Muro and Teryn Norris, April 30, 2009, Yale Environment 360
Mark Muro and Teryn Norris urge policy-makers to move innovation and commercialization to the fore of America’s outdated energy policy. They advocate creating regional energy partnerships—or e-DIIs—to accelerate the development of reasonably priced alternative energy technologies and bring them to the marketplace. Read More
BOOK
Darrell M. West and Edward Alan Miller, April 01, 2009
The promise of "e-health" remains largely unfulfilled. In Digital Medicine, Darrell West and Edward Miller investigate the factors limiting the ability of digital technology to remake health care in the United States and around the world in order to understand health care information innovation in a variety of settings. Read More
VIDEO
Henry J. Aaron, March 09, 2009
Henry Aaron says health care reform is a critical step forward for the nation and needs to be strategically crafted and implemented. The economy, he adds, could be a factor affecting President Obama’s plans for tackling the issue.
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
Darrell M. West, February 17, 2009, StateTech Magazine
E-government expert Darrell West encourages the United States to invest more in its technology infrastructure. Once on the cutting edge of technological innovation and access, the United States now lags behind other industrialized nations. West recommends tax credits for private-sector research and development, greater support for higher education, and adult training programs that help workers transition to a 21st century economy. Read More