Office for Information Technology Policy (OITP) Update: Part 1
October 28th, 2006 by AaronDobbsCarrie Lowe gave an overview of OITPs charge and what’s going on, on the policy froint in Washington.
About OITP
Things not talking about (pretty quiet on these fronts at the moment?)
- Digitization project
- CALEA
- Telecommunications Act
- E-government
Talked about
- Research report
- New project: Connectivity study
- New project: State library E-rate training
Research Report: Public Libraries and the Internet 2006
- Key findings
- Public library connectivity is a valuable community resource
- Public libraries are improving their connectivity
- Challenges ahead
- Key findings - Qualitative
- What’s the most important impact on the community?
- Libraries and emergency service
New Project: E-rate Training
- Problem of complexity
- Our strength: state E-rate coordinators
- Our need: increased participation, better data collection, information sharing
New Project: Connectivity Study
- The next Internet revolution
- Are libraries ready?
- What’s actually going on in the field?
Things are generally “cooking” in DC, but mostly on simmer until the lame-duck session starts — then we’ll have to be on our toes for fast, questionable activity.
Part 2 will have my notes about the Participatory Networks portion of this presentation notes (this link is to the original LITAblog post about this)