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America's $480 Billion Spectrum Giveaway
How it Happened, and How to Prevent it from Recurring
Tuesday, July 17, 2007
12:30 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.
(Light refreshments provided)
New America Foundation
1630 Connecticut Ave, NW, 7th Floor
Washington, DC
Spectrum has become one of the most valuable natural resources of the
Information Age. Unlike other comparably valuable natural resources such as
land and oil, it is owned by the public and allocated exclusively by the
federal government. Also, unlike those resources, it is invisible both
literally and figuratively: the general public does not understand-and
consequently does not care about-its allocation. This combination of huge
amounts of money at stake and public ignorance creates the classic conditions
for special interest politics.
J.H. Snider, Research Director of the New America Foundation's Wireless
Future Program, describes the causes and consequences of this special interest
politics in his new report, The Art of Spectrum Lobbying: America's $480
Billion Spectrum Giveaway, How it Happened, and How to Prevent it from
Recurring. At this brownbag lunch forum, Dr. Snider will present the findings
of his study. This will be followed by a discussion by a distinguished panel of
experts on natural resources, good government, and spectrum policy. The report
is timely, as the FCC is currently considering auction reform in the 700 MHz
band and numerous "minor" modifications worth tens of billions of dollars in
the broadcast and satellite bands.
Featured Speakers
J.H. Snider
Research Director, Wireless Future Program
New America Foundation
Bob Edgar
President
Common Cause
Gary Bass
Executive Director
OMB Watch
Drew Clark
Manager, Telecommunications and Media Project
Center for Public Integrity
Moderator
Michael Calabrese
Director, Wireless Future Program
New America Foundation
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