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- 2013 William H. Read Award
- May 1, 2013
- Each spring, the School of Public Policy at Georgia Tech presents the William H. Read Award to a Public Policy student who has demonstrated outstanding leadership and initiative. William H. Read, Esq., was the Southern Bell Professor of Communications Policy and Chair of the School of Public Policy at Georgia Tech. Professor Read was instrumental in advancing major telecommunications legislation in Georgia. His career exemplified leadership and engagement in public policymaking.In spring 2013, ... read more
- CACP/Wireless RERC Inclusion in the FCC Report to Congress
- April 25, 2013
- February 2013 — The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) released a Report to Congress entitled Legal and Regulatory Framework for Next Generation 911 Services, in which the Wireless RERC was cited and referenced throughout the document. In preparation of the report, the FCC issued a Public Notice that sought public comments on the issues related to the legal and regulatory infrastructure needed for the transition from legacy 911 to Next Generation 911 (NG911). The Wireless RERC is ... read more
- Dr. Mitchell appointed as a member of the Committee on Geotargeted Disaster Alerts and Warnings of the National Academies
- February 11, 2013
- Helena Mitchell has been appointed as a member of the Committee on Geotargeted Disaster Alerts and Warnings of the National Academies, National Research Council’s, Computer Science and Telecommunications Board. The focus of the committee will be to hold a workshop to examine current knowledge and research on geotargeted disaster alerts and warnings to improve the effectiveness of alerts and warnings with greater geographical precision. A summary of the workshop will be published by National ... read more
- Paul Baer in NYT blog titled as "Leak of Climate Panel Drafts Speaks to Need for New Process"
- December 16, 2012
- A comment of Paul's got upgraded into the body of NYT's Dot Earth blog."A WikiLeaks-style Web dump of drafts of the 2013 report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change provides fresh evidence that the organization’s policies and procedures are a terrible fit for an era in which transparency will increasingly be enforced on organizations working on consequential energy and environmental issues. … Paul Baer, a climate policy analyst at the Georgia Institute of Technology and ... read more
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