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NAF Plan to Speed the DTV Transition

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NAF Plan to Speed the DTV Transition

There is a general consensus that accelerating the digital TV transition s clearly in the public interest.

May 12, 2004

Michael Calabrese

Universal Community Access from Thin Air?

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Universal Community Access from Thin Air?

Community leaders are looking to the heavens in their attempts to bring affordable broadband Internet access to their communities.

May 1, 2004

Matt Barranca, Michael Calabrese

The Cartoon Guide to Federal Spectrum Policy

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The Cartoon Guide to Federal Spectrum Policy

A guide using public intuition of the acoustic spectrum to bring the public into the debate over unlicensed access to the radio spectrum.

Apr 20, 2004

Unlicensed Wireless Broadband Profiles

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Unlicensed Wireless Broadband Profiles

Unlicensed wireless broadband is a technology of immense promise and demonstrates ways for more efficiency and equity in airwave allocation.

Apr 16, 2004

Matt Barranca

The Decline of Broadcasters’ Public Interest Obligations

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The Decline of Broadcasters’ Public Interest Obligations

How the public interest mandate has evolved since it was first embedded as the foundation of broadcast law.

Mar 26, 2004

Reforming Telecom Policy for the Big Broadband Era

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Reforming Telecom Policy for the Big Broadband Era

Suggestions for telecommunications policy at a moment of time characterized as Big Broadband.

Dec 19, 2003

Reed Hundt

Radio Revolution

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Radio Revolution

The radio revolution is the single greatest communications policy issue of the coming decade.

Dec 15, 2003

Kevin Werbach

Multicast Must-Carry for Broadcasters

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Multicast Must-Carry for Broadcasters

The policy objectives of multicast must-carry can better be met via other means.

Dec 1, 2003

Interlicense Competition

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Interlicense Competition

This paper proposes an auction mechanism for distributing additional usage rights.

Aug 1, 2003

Coleman Bazelon, Michael Rothkopf

The Airwaves Explained

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The Airwaves Explained

An explanation of spectrum.

Aug 1, 2003

Neil Carlson

Education & Work

Democratic Futures

Global Security

Technology & Democracy

Thriving Families

Real Skills, Real Income: Why Youth Apprenticeship Is Resonating Now

Future-Proofing U.S. Nuclear Policy: Forecasting Outcomes of the Nuclear-Armed Sea-Launched Cruise Missile

Debunking Myths on Student Parent Data Collection

The App Store Accountability Act Poses Serious Concerns for Privacy, Security, and Free Expression

Redrawing School Boundaries for Fairer Funding

Reframing Fusion Voting as a Practical, Powerful Reform Strategy

Harnessing Terrorism Data to Reshape U.S. National Security Policy

Establishing a National Housing Loss Rate

New America Fellows

The Understated Value of Regional Intermediaries for Workforce and Economic Development

Evictions in the District of Columbia: June 2025 – February 2026

The Charleston Regional Youth Apprenticeship Model

Accreditation 101: A Fireside Chat on How Colleges Are Measured

Meet the Commissioners

New America & ACCT Invite Community Colleges to Apply for Work-Based Learning Capacity-Building Cohort

Trump’s AI Policy Framework Leaves Most Vulnerable Exposed

Leveraging Intermediaries to Strengthen Workforce and Economic Development Systems

Like Baylor, the University of Alabama Steered Many Low-Income Families to Parent PLUS Loans

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NAF Plan to Speed the DTV Transition

Universal Community Access from Thin Air?

The Cartoon Guide to Federal Spectrum Policy

Unlicensed Wireless Broadband Profiles

The Decline of Broadcasters’ Public Interest Obligations

Reforming Telecom Policy for the Big Broadband Era

Radio Revolution

Multicast Must-Carry for Broadcasters

Interlicense Competition

The Airwaves Explained