***MEDIA ALERT*** Open Internet Forum With the Council Tech Committee - To Review Contentious National Net Neutrality Rules

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MEDIA ALERT Open Internet Forum With the Council Tech Committee - To Review Contentious National Net Neutrality Rules

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THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK
COUNCIL MEMBER GALE A. BREWER
CITY HALL
NEW
YORK, NY 10007
www.council.nyc.gov

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

November 19, 2009

***MEDIA
ALERT***

Contact : Kunal Malhotra

(212) 788-6975

Open Internet Forum

With The Council Tech Committee

Committee Aims to Review Contentious National Net Neutrality
Rules

Who:
Council Committee on Technology in Government, Technology Community,
Entrepreneurs, Developers, Telecoms, Academia, Non-Profits, Advocacy Groups

When: Friday, November 20, 2009, 10 AM

What: Public Hearing on Net Neutrality
Rules

Where:
City Hall, Council Chambers, New York,
NY 10007

(The Hearing will be webcasted through www.livestream.com/nycctechcomm
and tweeted on www.twitter.com/nycctechcomm.
More details below.)

Directions:
R, W to City Hall; 4, 5, 6 to Brooklyn Bridge-City Hall; 2, 3 to Park Place; J, M, Z
to Chambers Street.
You can enter at either the Broadway/Murray
St. or Park Row entrances.

CITY HALL, NY - On Friday, November 20, 2009 at 10 AM in the Council Chambers of City Hall,
the New York City Council Committee on Technology in Government will hold a
public hearing regarding the Federal Communications Commission's (FCC) six
principles of Net Neutrality. This hearing seeks to gain insight into
these principles, which the FCC seeks to codify. Friday’s hearing will
assess whether the Net Neutrality principles as articulated would effectively
obtain the goal of maintaining a free and open Internet. Also, the
hearing serves as an opportunity to examine pending Resolution 712A-2007, which
asks the FCC and Congress to set firm Net Neutrality regulations. You can
view the resolution at http://bit.ly/netneutralityreso.

The FCC announced the six principles – made up of four previous
rules from 2005 and two new ones articulating regulation around network
transparency and nondiscrimination – in late October 2009. The FCC made a
request for public comment on this matter and the Committee on Technology in
Government will draw from the hearing's testimonies to draft a letter that
includes citywide input.

The Committee on Technology in Government will be live twittering and
webcasting this entire public hearing.

You can follow us on
twitter at www.twitter.com/nycctechcomm
and use the tag #reso712A and
#netneutrality if you have
any comments, suggestions, and questions during the hearing.
Wireless Internet is available to attendees to tweet this hearing.
If you are unable to
attend the hearing, you can view the live webcast at www.livestream.com/nycctechcomm.
You may also use the chat function available on the site for comments,
questions and suggestions.

If you want to attend and/or testify at this hearing, please contact
Kunal Malhotra, Legislative and Budget Director, at kmalhotra@council.nyc.gov
or Samuel Wong, Legislative Aide on Technology, at samwong.nycc@gmail.com.
Both are reachable at our City Hall Office at (212) 788-6975.

Many individuals have been invited to attend. Some of those we are
expecting are:

McDonough
School of Business Center for Business and Public Policy, Georgetown
University

Open
Government Foundation

blip.tv

Media
and Democracy Coalition

Open Internet Coalition

Common
Cause

National Cable and Telecommunications
Association