[kictanet] Obama...ICT & media

Crystal Watley crystal at voicesofafrica.org
Tue Jan 20 21:42:47 EAT 2009


Let's start with a Freedom of Information Act.

On Tue, Jan 20, 2009 at 12:25 PM, Wainaina Mungai
<wainaina at madeinkenya.org>wrote:

> Back to work...
>
> Here's a view of ICT & media policies under the Obama administration -
> http://www.whitehouse.gov/agenda/technology
>
>                    --- Highlights ---
> 1. supports control of media to protect 'our children'...
>
> 2. supports network neutrality on the Internet...
>
> 3. wants to reform Universal Service Fund...so he can spread true
> broadband all-over the USA...
>
> 4. will appoint the first-ever national CTO (Chief Technology Officer)
> and CIOs for each department ('Ministry')...
>
> 5. Protect the right to privacy...
>
> 6. Many more...
>
>
> We may want to use the policy brief as a lesson for our own plans.
>
> Wainaina
>
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> KABISSA.org -
> http://www.kabissa.org/about/news/member-spotlight-made-kenya-network
>
> KAMPALA Workshop presentation -
>
> http://m4d.kcl.co.ug/sites/default/files/presentations/BungeSMS_MadeinKenyaNetwork.pdf
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Crystal "Naliaka" Watley
Voices of Africa
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