Broadband Benchmarks & Big Ideas

August 31, 2009

The FCC's staff workshops on the national broadband plan continue this week with a Tuesday afternoon discussion about state and local government issues; benchmarks for evaluating dimensions of broadband across geographic areas and across time on Wednesday; and a Thursday focus on "big ideas" that have the potential to change the Internet, according to a notice released Monday. The Commission is holding a series of sessions throughout August and September to promote an open dialogue between the FCC and its constituents. The agency has a Feb. 17, 2010 deadline to submit its broadband plan to Congress.

Here's the speaker line up for this week:

State & Local Government

- Oregon Public Utilities Commissioner Ray Baum
- Colorado Deputy Chief Information Officer John Conley
- Florida Division of Telecommunications Director Charles Ghini
- Virginia Deputy Secretary of Technology Karen Jackson
- Mississippi Information Technology Director Craig Orgeron
- Jane Patterson, Executive Director, e-NC Authority, State of North Carolina
- Chicago Chief Information Officer Hardik Bhatt
- New York City IT Commissioner Paul Cosgrave
- Lafayette, La. City-Parish President Joey Durel
- El Paso, Texas Chief Information Officer Gary Gordier
- Howard County, Md., Cable Administrator Lori Sherwood
- San Francisco Chief Information Officer Chris Vein

Benchmarks

- One Economy Research Director Scott Berendt
- AT&T Assistant Vice President Richard Clarke
- Jon Eisenberg, The National Academies
- Public Knowledge Legal Director Harold Feld
- Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research/ Gregory Rosston
- Santa Clara University law professor Catherine Sandoval

Big Ideas

- Information Technology and Innovation Foundation President Robert Atkinson
-MIT Senior Research Scientist David Clark
- Palo Alto Research Center Senior Research Fellow Van Jacobson
- University of California-Berkley computer scientist Scott Shenker
- National Science Foundation's Taieb Znati
- Vuze CEO Gilles BianRosa
- CableLabs CEO Richard Green
- PBS Online Managing Director Angela Morgenstern
- Public Knowledge President Gigi Sohn
- Sezmi Chairman Phil Wiser

Juliana Gruenwald

Tech Writer

E-Mail: jgruenwald@nationaljournal.com.

Juliana Gruenwald has been covering tech and telecom issues for more than a decade for National Journal, Interactive Week, BNA and Congressional Quarterly. This is her second stint with National Journal. She was recruited by NJ in 1998 to help launch its first tech policy publication, Technology Daily. She left in 2000 to cover international tech and telecom issues for Ziff Davis Media's Interactive Week magazine. She started her career at United Press International as the wire service's first Helen Thomas Intern. She has a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Minnesota. A Minneapolis native, she misses the lakes but not the cold.

Josh Smith

Tech Reporter

E-Mail: joshsmith@nationaljournal.com.

Josh Smith covers technology policy as a staff reporter for National Journal. He previously interned at National Journal Daily, a Senate press office, and the Deseret News in Salt Lake City where he covered the state legislature, courts, and crime. In 2009 he graduated with honors from Southern Utah University after managing an award-winning student newspaper as editor-in-chief. Josh has received state, regional and national awards for his political and policy reporting, including first place in CapitolBeat’s 2009 Best of Statehouse Reporting college competition. A native of drop-dead-gorgeous Utah, Josh lives in Virginia with his wife, Amber.

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