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Next Century Cities, Public Knowledge, and the American Action Forum Host Tech Policy Event, Encourage Bipartisan Action

A PDF of this release may be found here.  For Immediate Release Contact: Jessica Del Fiacco jessica@nextcenturycities.org Next Century Cities, Public Knowledge, and the American Action Forum Host Tech Policy Event, Encourage Bipartisan Action Elected Officials, Policy Experts, Broadband Champions Discuss Potential Steps Forward on Tech Policy Issues Washington, D.C. – Yesterday, January 15, 2019, […]

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Next Century Cities Brings Together Bipartisan Voices for Tech Policy Discussion

Next Century Cities, Public Knowledge, and the American Action Forum hosted Opportunities for Bipartisan Tech Policy yesterday, January 15, 2019, in Washington DC. Elected officials, policy leaders, and industry experts gathered, along with more than 200 attendees, to discuss potential action steps around some of the most important tech policy issues. View a full recording

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Municipal Broadband Networks are an Opportunity, Not a Threat

A PDF of this release may be found here.  For Immediate Release Contact: Jessica Del Fiacco 612-540-5997, jessica@nextcenturycities.org   Municipal Broadband Networks are an Opportunity, Not a Threat A Response to Commissioner O’Rielly’s Blog Post   For the second time in as many months, Commissioner O’Rielly has attacked municipal networks on spurious grounds that they

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Arlington and Alexa Team Up to Answer Resident Questions

City leaders in Arlington, Texas are always working to be on the cutting edge of technology. As they were researching how to integrate voice recognition and artificial intelligence with a new city website, they decided to branch out into smart speaker functionality. Amazon’s Alexa allows users to develop custom skills for home use, so it

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Next Century Cities Hosts Broadband Convening in Hartford, Conn. Nov. 8, 2018

  Last week, Next Century Cities partnered with the State of Connecticut Office of Consumer Counsel – working with Elin Swanson Katz, Consumer Counsel for the State of Connecticut, and Bill Vallée, Broadband Policy Coordinator for the State’s Broadband Office – to host Connected New England: Local Solutions for Broadband Development in Hartford, Conn. Connected New

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