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EDUCAUSE Live! September 1, 2005 1:00 p.m. EDT (12:00 p.m. CDT, 11:00 a.m. MDT, 10:00 a.m. PDT); runs one hour Regulation of the Internet: The Hows and Whys of Telecommunications ReformSpecial Guests
Wendy Wigen is an EDUCAUSE policy analyst. Based in the association's Washington, D.C., office, she analyzes legislation currently working its way through Congress and produces Washington Update, a biweekly newsletter devoted to federal IT policy issues. Before joining the EDUCAUSE staff, Wigen worked in private business and as a secondary classroom teacher. She received her BA in history from the University of Puget Sound and her MS in information management from Syracuse University.
John Windhausen, Jr., has been a communications attorney and policy analyst for more than 20 years. After graduating from Yale and UCLA Law School, Windhausen began his career as a staff attorney at the Federal Communications Commission in 1984, soon after the divestiture of AT&T. In January 1987, he became counsel and then senior counsel to Senator Hollings, Senator Inouye, and the Democrats on the U.S. Senate Commerce Committee, where he was one of the principal architects of the 1992 Cable Act, the 1993 Spectrum Auction Act, and the Telecommunications Act of 1996. In June 1996, he joined a pro-competition, consumer advocacy organization named the Competition Policy Institute as general counsel. In January 1999, he became the president of the Association for Local Telecommunications Services (ALTS) and led the facilities-based local telecom industry in its effort to bring competition for local telephone and broadband services to U.S. consumers. He resigned from ALTS in October 2004 to create Telepoly. SummaryYour host, Steve Worona, will be joined by Wendy Wigen and John Windhausen, Jr., and the topic will be "Regulation of the Internet: The Hows and Whys of Telecommunications Reform." The Internet has enjoyed years of relative freedom from regulation compared to other communication avenues such as telephone and cable. Is this about to change? Why, and why now? How will the outcome affect higher education, and how are we trying to shape these changes to our best advantage? Attend this presentation for a glimpse inside the D.C. beltway and what is happening in the world of communications law. Related EDUCAUSE Resources
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