Open Technology Institute Joins New Global Coalition of Human Rights...
April 4, 2014WASHINGTON, DC —New America’s Open Technology Institute is part of a new global coalition of human rights organizations that launched today in Brussels, and called upon world leaders to...
View ArticleNew America Hosts Launch of Workforce Credentials Coalition
April 7, 2014Washington, DC — Today, New America is hosting the inaugural meeting of the Workforce Credentials Coalition. Led by the California Community Colleges (CCCCO) and the North Carolina...
View ArticleOpen Technology Institute Joins National Civil Liberties Groups Demanding...
April 8, 2014WASHINGTON, DC – The Open Technology Institute is among the national civil liberties groups that are demanding action by Congressman Bob Goodlatte (R-Roanoke, Lynchburg) to pass the...
View ArticleOTI Statement on Senate Judiciary Committee Hearing Examining the...
April 9, 2014WASHINGTON, DC — This morning, the Senate Judiciary Committee held a hearing to examine the proposed merger between Comcast and Time Warner Cable. The hearing came just a day after Comcast...
View ArticleOpen Technology Institute and Public Interest Groups Send Letter Expressing...
April 10, 2014WASHINGTON, DC– Yesterday, the Open Technology Institute at New America, Public Knowledge, Access, Center for Democracy & Technology, Freedom House, and Human Rights Watch, ahead of...
View ArticleAsset Building Program and Partners Recommend Best Practices for TANF Payment...
April 21, 2014WASHINGTON, DC – Today, New America’s Asset Building Program, the Center for Law and Social Policy (CLASP) and the California Reinvestment Coalition (CRC), submitted a letter urging the...
View ArticleOTI and Partners Call on US Government to Strengthen The Principles Guiding...
April 21, 2014WASHINGTON, DC – Today, New America’s Open Technology Institute (OTI) and a coalition of eleven other digital rights, technology, privacy, and open government groups submitted a letter to...
View ArticleStatement: Sarah Morris of OTI on FCC’s Proposed Changes to Net Neutrality
April 24, 2014WASHINGTON, DC — Yesterday, it was reported that the Federal Communications Commission is planning to propose new rules that would replace the Open Internet Rules that the D.C. Circuit...
View ArticleNew America’s Sascha Meinrath Launches X-Lab: Innovative Platform to...
Incubator will bring together tech experts & thought leaders from around the globe April 30, 2014WASHINGTON, DC— Community Internet pioneer and entrepreneurial visionary Sascha Meinrath announced...
View ArticleOpen Technology Institute Statement on White House Big Data Report
Highlights Risk of Digital Discrimination But Fails to Grapple With NSA Surveillance May 1, 2014WASHINGTON, DC– Today, the White House released its much-anticipated report on the economic, political...
View ArticleOTI Statement on New Version of Surveillance Reform Bill, The USA FREEDOM Act
May 5, 2014WASHINGTON, DC – After months of delay, the bipartisan USA FREEDOM Act intended to reform the National Security Agency’s surveillance programs has been scheduled for a mark-up in the...
View ArticleOTI Joins With Diverse Group of Tech Companies, Organizations and Internet...
May 5, 2014WASHINGTON, DC —Today, New America's Open Technology Institute (OTI) joined with a coalition of thousands of Internet users, companies and organizations to launch a campaign for a day of...
View ArticleNew Report: “The Art of the Possible: An Overview of Public Broadband Options”
May 6, 2014WASHINGTON, DC - More and more local governments across the U.S. are building broadband infrastructure to provide high speed Internet access to better enable their schools, businesses and...
View ArticleStatement from OTI: As House Judiciary Committee Approves USA FREEDOM Act to...
May 7, 2014WASHINGTON, DC —The House Judiciary Committee this afternoon unanimously approved the USA FREEDOM Act, the leading vehicle for National Security Agency surveillance reform in the House of...
View Article85,000 low-income youth open savings accounts through YouthSave
May 7, 2014WASHINGTON, DC– Dispelling the myth that poverty is the biggest barrier to saving, the latest figures from a five-year program indicate that 85,000 low-income youth in four countries, Nepal,...
View ArticleOTI Statement on Today’s Key House Committee Vote on the USA FREEDOM Act to...
May 7, 2014WASHINGTON, DC– The House Judiciary Committee will be meeting today at 1 PM to vote on a revised version of the USA FREEDOM Act, a bipartisan bill to reform the National Security Agency’s...
View ArticleOver One Hundred Internet Companies Call on FCC to Protect Network Neutrality
Companies range from three-person startups to web giants May 7, 2014WASHINGTON, DC – Next week, on May 15, the Federal Communication Commission (FCC) will officially propose rules regarding the Open...
View ArticleNew Report Examines Shifting Diplomatic Coalitions in Internet Governance Debate
May 8, 2014WASHINGTON, DC — A new report from Tim Maurer and Robert Morgus at New America’s Open Technology Institute (OTI) published by the Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI)...
View ArticleNew America Welcomes Sharon E. Burke as Senior Advisor to International...
May 8, 2014WASHINGTON, DC– New America is pleased to announce that Sharon E. Burke will join its International Security Program as a Senior Advisor, starting May 12, 2014. An international security and...
View ArticleOTI STATEMENT: House Intelligence Committee Joins Judiciary Committee in...
May 8, 2014WASHINGTON, DC — The Special Select Committee on Intelligence of the House of Representatives, instead of moving forward with its own much-criticized bill purporting to reform the NSA’s...
View ArticleMedia Advisory: New America “Big Ideas” Conference to Include Keynotes by the...
May 12, 2014WASHINGTON, DC – New America will host its 2014 Annual Conference on May 15 and 16 in Washington DC, focusing on “Big Ideas for a New America.” Joined by New America Board members and...
View ArticleNew America on President Obama’s MyRA: Has Potential, But Can Do More
Experts Recommend Policy Changes to Maximize Impacts and Promote Savings May 12, 2014WASHINGTON, DC – The looming crisis in retirement savings has prompted both state and federal proposals to improve...
View ArticleStatement: OTI Withdraws Support for USA FREEDOM Act After House Leaders and...
May 20, 2014WASHINGTON, DC—Today, the US House of Representatives’ Rules Committee reported the version of the USA FREEDOM Act surveillance reform bill that is expected to be voted on by the entire...
View ArticleCongress Reaches Bipartisan Agreement on Workforce Development Legislation
May 21, 2014 After years of wrangling and near misses, a bipartisan group of lawmakers in the House and Senate announced today that they have agreement on a bill repealing and replacing the Workforce...
View ArticleOTI Statement: As House Passes Watered-Down USA FREEDOM Act, Fight for Real...
May 22, 2014Washington, DC– This morning, the US House of Representatives approved the House Rules Committee’s version of the USA FREEDOM Act with a vote of 303 to 121. The bill that passed today is...
View ArticleNew America Awarded $500,000 Grant by Kellogg Foundation for Family-Centered...
June 3, 2014WASHINGTON, DC— New America is pleased to announce that it has been awarded a $500,000 W.K. Kellogg Foundation grant to launch the Family-Centered Social Policy Initiative: Designing 21st...
View ArticleOpen Technology Institute and Public Interest Groups Send Letter to Senate...
June 3, 2014WASHINGTON, DC —Today, the Open Technology Institute at New America and allied civil liberties and human rights organizations sent a letter to the Senate reiterating their support of the...
View ArticleOTI Statement on Anniversary of First Snowden Revelation About NSA Surveillance
June 5, 2014WASHINGTON, DC – One year ago today, the Guardian published the first news story based on classified documents leaked by National Security Agency (NSA) contractor Edward Snowden, revealing...
View ArticleOpen Technology Institute proposes mesh networking initiative for resilience...
June 9, 2014Washington, DC – When Superstorm Sandy hit Brooklyn, a community wireless mesh network in Red Hook helped residents tell people where help was needed and where it was available; distribute...
View ArticleStatement: OTI Senior Policy Counsel on FCC Interconnection Announcement
June 13, 2014WASHINGTON, DC— On Friday, the Federal Communications Commission announced that it would investigate agreements between Internet service providers like Comcast and Verizon and content...
View ArticleBroad Coalition Including OTI Demands that Senate Strengthen the Watered-Down...
June 18, 2014Washington DC– New America’s Open Technology Institute, on behalf of a broad and bipartisan coalition of over thirty civil liberties and human rights organizations, yesterday afternoon...
View ArticleOTI Joins With Privacy Groups and Tech Companies To Tell Congress: End the...
June 18, 2014WASHINGTON, DC – Today, a coalition of technology companies and non-profit organizations including New America’s Open Technology Institute (OTI) sent a letter to Congress in support of an...
View ArticleTwo New America Projects Among This Year’s Knight News Challenge Winners:...
June 23, 2014WASHINGTON, DC — New America is pleased to announce that two of its projects – the Ranking Digital Rights project and Measurement Lab (M-Lab) – are among this year’s winners of the John S....
View ArticleFuture Tense Initiative Announces Winners of Green Electronics Challenge
June 26, 2014WASHINGTON, DC — The Future Tense initiative – a partnership of New America, Arizona State University, and Slate magazine – is pleased to announce the winners of Green Electronics: A...
View ArticleNew America Announces Appointment of Peter W. Singer as Strategist and Senior...
July 1, 2014 WASHINGTON, DC—New America is pleased to announce the appointment of leading political and international relations scholar Peter W. Singer as Strategist and Senior Fellow. Dr. Singer will...
View ArticleOTI Disappointed By Oversight Board’s New Report on NSA Surveillance, Urges...
July 2, 2014 Washington, DC—This morning, the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board (PCLOB) released its long-awaited report on the National Security Agency’s surveillance of Internet and...
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The Next Class of New America Fellows
July 2, 2014New America is pleased to announce the appointment of the following 2015 Fellows who will join us on September 1, under the new leadership of Peter Bergen:Brian K. Barber will write a book...
View ArticleOTI Statement: Newly-Approved Cybersecurity Bill is a Privacy Failure
July 10, 2014WASHINGTON, DC — On Tuesday, the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence met to consider the Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act of 2014 (CISA, S. 2588). New America’s Open Technology...
View ArticleStatement on FCC's E-rate Order for School and Library Connectivity
July 11, 2014 Today the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) voted to adopt an E-rate modernization order, making changes to the program that helps subsidize communications services for schools and...
View ArticleHigh School Exit Exams Hinder Common Core Implementation, New Report Finds
July 15, 2014 Washington — In the 2013-14 school year, twenty-four states required students to be proficient on standardized tests in order to graduate from high school. But starting next year, and in...
View ArticlePRESS RELEASE: OTI Files Comments on the FCC’s Proposed Open Internet Rules
July 17, 2014WASHINGTON, DC – Today, New America’s Open Technology Institute filed comments with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) on the FCC’s proposed Open Internet Rules. The full comments...
View ArticleSurveillance Costs: The NSA’s Impact on the Economy, Internet Freedom, and...
July 28, 2014 As a new version of the USA FREEDOM Act surveillance reform bill is expected to be introduced in the Senate this week, the debate about the National Security Agency’s surveillance...
View ArticleNew Report Highlights the Business Case to Make Youth Savings Work
July 28, 2014Washington, DC – The Consultative Group to Assist the Poor (CGAP) released a report today that examines the business considerations for financial service providers offering savings...
View ArticleOTI Supports New, Stronger USA FREEDOM Act to Rein in NSA Surveillance
July 29, 2014WASHINGTON, DC– Today, Senator Leahy re-introduced a new version of the USA FREEDOM Act intended to reform the National Security Agency’s surveillance programs. The Open Technology...
View ArticleBroad Coalition Including OTI Supports Updated USA FREEDOM Act to Rein In NSA...
July 31, 2014WASHINGTON, DC– New America’s Open Technology Institute (OTI), on behalf of a broad and bipartisan coalition of over forty civil liberties and human rights organizations, yesterday sent a...
View ArticleNew America’s International Security Program Launches Dynamic ISIS Map
August 11, 2014Washington, DC— Today, New America’s International Security Program (ISP) launched a dynamic new map, “ISIS in Iraq,” that tracks the movement of the Sunni jihadist group, the Islamic...
View ArticleNew America’s X-Lab Announces Inaugural Class of Fellows
August 18, 2014Washington, DC - New America’s X-Lab is pleased to announce its first cohort of fellows, an international group of technologists, policy experts, and human rights advocates from a...
View ArticleArizona State University and New America announce the creation of the Future...
September 2, 2014Tempe, AZ and Washington, DC – Arizona State University and New America announce the creation of the Future of War project, a new initiative focusing on the profound social, political,...
View ArticleOTI Applauds Chairman Wheeler Speech on Broadband Speeds and Competition
September 4, 2014Washington, DC – Today, Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman Tom Wheeler gave a speech at 1776, a startup incubator in Washington, D.C. The Chairman recognized the need to...
View ArticleBipartisan Coalition Urges Senate To Hurry Up on USA FREEDOM Act, Slow Down...
September 5, 2014Washington, DC– Ahead of the Senate returning from the August recess this coming Monday, New America’s Open Technology Institute (OTI) sent a letter yesterday to the Senate leadership...
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