Once Begun is ONLY Half Done

Buddha teaches us that there are only two mistakes that can be made along the road to truth: not starting and not going all the way.  In the brief history of Internet governance, few initiatives have been greeted with wider support than the recently signed Affirmation of Commitments between the [...]

By |2016-12-21T00:14:51-05:00October 28th, 2009|Blog, Uncategorized|

“Hey, Pot… It’s the Kettle.”

This news story from last week just about speaks for itself, and little commentary is needed. (And no, it's not a leftover from April 1.) It feels like something that should be on SNL's "Really?!?!?! With Seth & Amy." I mean, China... Really?!Chinese Group Says Google Violating Copyrights

By |2009-10-26T15:59:10-04:00October 26th, 2009|Blog, Uncategorized|

IDC study confirms importance of national policies for innovation

Back in 2007, ACT worked with the Information Technology and Innovation Foundation (ITIF) to write a groundbreaking paper entitled National Policies as Platforms for Innovation: Reconciling a Flat World with Creative Cities. The paper pointed out that “innovation is the ‘secret sauce’ for the growth and prosperity of economies,” with [...]

By |2016-12-21T00:14:51-05:00October 7th, 2009|Blog, Uncategorized|

Paying for Free: Security, Privacy, and Sustainability Costs for “Free” Software

Braden Cox & Nora von Ingersleben | June 2009 Today's tough economy creates fiscal pressures for state and federal government budgets. Resourceful policymakers are increasingly looking for ways to reduce or at least maximize their information technology (IT) spending, and utilizing free software and services is one possible direction. But what [...]

By |2016-12-21T00:14:54-05:00July 28th, 2009|Uncategorized|
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