RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
John Villasenor, January 25, 2012, Scientific American
John Villasenor explains the January 23 ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court that bans warrantless digital surveillance from GPS-enabled technology. Read More
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
John Villasenor, January 22, 2012, NPR's Weekend Edition Sunday
As technology improves and costs of digital storage become less expensive, it is easier for governments to spy on their citizens. John Villasenor examines the implications of government being able to record everything within a country's borders. Read More
BOOK
Jeffrey Rosen and Benjamin Wittes, December 13, 2011
Constitution 3.0, a product of the Brookings Institution’s landmark Future of the Constitution program, presents an invaluable roadmap for responding to the challenge of adapting our constitutional values to future technological developments. Read More
PAST EVENT
Thursday, December 08, 2011
2:00 PM to 3:30 PM
Washington, DC
With smart phones now outnumbering personal computers, there has been a sea change in the way people access and share information. On December 8, the Center for Technology Innovation at Brookings hosted a forum exploring how mobile technology can ease the everyday lives of Americans, enabling users to build businesses, access financial and health care records, expand educational opportunities, conduct research and complete transactions anytime, anywhere. The event launched a new project on the mobile economy, which will examine and document the impact of the mobile revolution on the economies of developed and developing countries. Read More
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
Darrell M. West, December 08, 2011, The Brookings Institution
Mobile broadband is reshaping society, communications, and the global economy, writes Darrell West. With smart phone usage surpassing that of personal computers, there has been a sea change in the way consumers access and share information. West reviews ten facts about mobile broadband and explores how the mobile economy is reshaping the global landscape. Read More
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
John Villasenor, August 15, 2011, The Brookings Institution
In the light of the Bay Area Rapid Transit decision to shut off mobile phone service in stations to impede a protest, John Villasenor examines when entities in control of wireless networks have a right to disrupt the movement of digital information in the name of public welfare. Read More
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
Jeffrey Rosen, August 2011, The Brookings Institution
Growth in demand for wireless services has sparked a boom in the mobile phone and wireless data sector, writes Jeffrey Rosen. However, without more spectrum allocated to wireless Internet connectivity, America risks short-circuiting the mobile broadband revolution. Rosen surveys the FCC’s proposed solutions in the National Broadband Plan and examines the politics surrounding unlocking additional wireless spectrum. Read More
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
Noah Shachtman, July 26, 2011, Wired Magazine, Danger Room Blog
Noah Shachtman explains why the most effective way to decrease global cybercrime is to establish a financial incentive for Internet Service Providers to stop facilitating criminal customers. Shachtman provides an outline of what this plan might look like. Read More
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
Noah Shachtman, July 2011, The Brookings Institution
Online piracy is flourishing on the world’s computer networks, costing companies and consumers countless billions of dollars. Noah Shachtman offers recommendations to curb cybercrime’s growth—and perhaps begin to marginalize the people behind it.
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Noah Shachtman, July 22, 2011, The Washington Post
As online crime increases, threatening cybersecurity as criminals penetrate the networks of high-profile companies and individuals, Noah Shachtman outlines steps the government should take to signal that the United States will no longer tolerate thieves and con artists on its networks. Read More
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
David C. Hathaway, July 15, 2011, The Brookings Institution
Increased reliance on cyberspace for U.S. military operations has resulted in the creation of the U.S. Cyber Command (USCYBERCOM). David C. Hathaway outlines the options for developing a command and control structure that operates effectively, recommending a model that takes into account the global nature of cyberspace and enabling integration of regional cyber effects. Read More
VIDEO
Darrell M. West, June 17, 2011
Government spends far less on technology innovation than its private sector counterparts. Darrell West says that the U.S. must pick up the pace and remove barriers to the adoption of new technologies to keep the nation at the leading edge of innovation and global competitiveness.
PAST EVENT
Thursday, June 16, 2011
12:00 PM to 1:30 PM
Washington, DC
On June 16, Brookings hosted a forum on the policy proposals in the Cloud Computing Act of 2011, sponsored by Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.), which encourages the U.S. government to negotiate with other countries to establish consistent laws related to online security and cloud computing, and creates new enforcement tools for investigating and prosecuting those who violate online privacy and security laws. Read More
VIDEO
Allan A. Friedman, May 20, 2011
The Internet is central to our modern economy and personal lives, but online privacy and trust are often in conflict. Allan Friedman explores the security of private information on the Internet, what individuals, governments and business can do to keep information safe, and how we allow our data to be used.
PAST EVENT
Tuesday, May 17, 2011
10:00 AM to 12:00 PM
Washington, DC
As increasingly innovative and sophisticated communications technology comes to market, new questions about the application of the Electronic Communications Privacy Act of 1986 have arisen. On May 17, the Brookings Institution hosted a Judicial Issues Forum to convene key stakeholders in the debate to reform the Electronic Communications Privacy Act – including investigators, prosecutors, civil libertarians and industry representatives – and explore whether the apparently rigid battle lines in this fraught policy discussion mask common ground. Read More