• FCC Notice of Inquiry, Fostering Innovation and Investment in the Wireless Communications Market: http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/FCC-09-66A1.pdf (pages 1-10, 16-23, 28-30)
• Victor Pickard & Sascha D. Meinrath, Revitalizing the Public Airwaves: http://www.newamerica.net/files/Pickard_Meinrath_WorkingPaper24_RevitalizingPublicAirwaves.pdf (addressing various models of spectrum reform) (pages 7-11)

• Philadelphia Story: http://www.newamerica.net/files/NAF_PhilWireless_report.pdf
• Larry Page & former FCC Chairman Kevin Martin on white spaces: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4D7dueHdWW8

Optional:
New America Foundation papers:
Citizens’ Guide to the Airwaves (for those less spectrum savvy): http://www.newamerica.net/files/airwaves.pdf.

Questions to think about:
1. Is wireless the solution to broadband’s problems?
2. What should the Obama administration’s priorities be on wireless issues?

a rough model of networked innovation

The impetus behind this reading group was a realization that some of Barack Obama’s key policy priorities as a candidate closely related to areas of ISP interest, including ensuring an open Internet, creating a more transparent and connected democracy, modernizing the country’s communications infrastructure, and increasing research and development in science and technology.

These areas of technology and innovation policy have emerged as crucial and contested fields of political activity, and are closely tied to other administration initiatives such as economic development and health care modernization, in addition to values such as privacy, security, competition, and participation. Among other questions, the reading group is analyzing which agencies are involved in developing and implementing technology regulations, the degree to which private actors shape technology policy, the role of the new Chief Technology Officer in crafting policy and allocating institutional responsibilities, and the impact of government interventions on the future of the Internet.