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Contents
Foreword,
Charles M. Firestone..........................................................................................4
ICT: The 21
st
Century Transitional Initiative,
Simon Wilkie
The Current State: An Incomplete Information Revolution
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Presidential Leadership and ICT: The Initiative
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Presidential Executive Order.......................................................................9 ICT Audits....................................................................................................9CTO Coordination.....................................................................................10 Incentives...................................................................................................10
After the Initiative: ICT Policy Recommendations
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Spectrum Inventory....................................................................................11 Agency Coordination.................................................................................12 ICT Braintrust............................................................................................12 Hometown Security Interoperability..........................................................12
Discerning National ICT Objectives
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Debunking ICT as a Short-Term Ecnomic “Golden Goose”....................13Supporting the Double Bottom-Line..........................................................14
ICT Stimulus in Action
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Increasing Network Access........................................................................16 Bolstering ICT Research............................................................................19 Localized ICT Efforts.................................................................................20
Stimulating Without Any Funds
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Data Collection..........................................................................................20 Removing Roadblocks................................................................................21Spectrum Options.......................................................................................22Universal Service Funds............................................................................22
Energy Efficiency and Conservation through ICT
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Improving the ICT Sector’s Energy Efficiency..........................................24Using ICT to Impact Other Sectors...........................................................24 ICT Efficiencies from a Broadband World................................................26 Attuning Regulation to its Impact on Energy Issues..................................27
Conclusion
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Appendix
Leveraging Communications for Economic Stimulus: Participant Recommendations...29Leveraging Communications: ICT as Economic Stimulus, Scott Wallsten......................36ICT & the Economy: Creating a Double Bottom Line, Alec Ross...................................43An Essay Constituting One of the Many Reasons Why the U.S. Congress would notSolicit Advice from Michael Katz about Spending the Money, Michael Katz.........48Conference Participants....................................................................................................51About the Author..............................................................................................................53About the Aspen Institute Communications and Society Program...................................54Select Publications from the Aspen Institute Communications and Society Program
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