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The Oklahoma Department of Libraries and the FCC
October 26, 2009 - 1:38pm
Cheers to the Oklahoma Department of Libraries, which was recently named 2009 Library of the year. Public Printer, Bob Tapella, of the Government Printing Office (GPO) announced the winner of the annual competition . The Federal Depository Library of the Year award goes to a library for its "outstanding service to the American public and the promotion of Federal Government information." At a time when it seems that Congress reads fewer and fewer government documents, the award celebrates the importance of making the written word of government activities available to the public, and is truly a celebration of library efforts across the nation attempting to ensure transparency.
Jeers to the FCC and Chairman Julius Genachowski for advancing the "net neutrality" concept which will to regulate the Internet, stifle innovation , and crimp job creation at the worst possible time. Under the guise of ensuing the freedom of the internet, the FCC voted to develop regulation to ensure the internet's freedom. As oxymoronish as the approach and the rhetoric has become, the execution risks of a project of this scope are staggering. Given the Administration's poor performance on the execution of the Stimulus, Cash For Clunkers, the distribution of the H1N1 virus vaccines and job creation, just to name a few, the decision to move forward with "net neutrality" without a full understanding of the long-term, systemic consequences of this decision bodes ill for the transparency and the future freedom of the Internet. And, certainly, once the full costs of developing and regulating the "freedom" unfold, this is likely to be the first of several steps that could likely lead to taxation.
Jeers to the FCC and Chairman Julius Genachowski for advancing the "net neutrality" concept which will to regulate the Internet, stifle innovation , and crimp job creation at the worst possible time. Under the guise of ensuing the freedom of the internet, the FCC voted to develop regulation to ensure the internet's freedom. As oxymoronish as the approach and the rhetoric has become, the execution risks of a project of this scope are staggering. Given the Administration's poor performance on the execution of the Stimulus, Cash For Clunkers, the distribution of the H1N1 virus vaccines and job creation, just to name a few, the decision to move forward with "net neutrality" without a full understanding of the long-term, systemic consequences of this decision bodes ill for the transparency and the future freedom of the Internet. And, certainly, once the full costs of developing and regulating the "freedom" unfold, this is likely to be the first of several steps that could likely lead to taxation.
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