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Opening Session Remarks by Lawrence E. Strickling
Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Communications and Information
Internet Governance Forum
Nairobi, Kenya
September 27, 2011
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Thank you, Alice, and I want to especially thank the Kenyan government for hosting this important conference.

On behalf of the United States Government, I have three points and one request to make:

Keynote Address of Lawrence E. Strickling,
Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Communications and Information

39^th Annual Telecommunications Policy Research Conference
Arlington, Virginia
September 23, 2011

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I want to thank Minister Sahl-Madsen and Director General Andersen for inviting me to speak today at IGF-Denmark.  They both have been especially helpful in organizing my visit here to include meetings with the Danish business community and with other Nordic Governments to discuss some immediate and important issues of Internet governance. 

Testimony of
Mr. Karl Nebbia
Associate Administrator, Office of Spectrum Management
National Telecommunications and Information Administration

U.S. Department of Commerce

Before the

Subcommittee on Strategic Forces
Committee on Armed Services
U.S. House of Representatives

Hearing on “Sustaining GPS for National Security”

Thank you, Robert, for that kind introduction. And thank you for giving me the honor of closing out an event that has had such distinguished speakers, including Senator Jay Rockefeller—who has been a leader in keeping cyber security atop the national agenda.

I’ve had the privilege of working with the Business Software Alliance since my days as the governor of Washington State.

For 20 years, you have been at the forefront of addressing key policy issues, on innovation, global trade, e-commerce and of course copyright protection and patent reform.

Thank you for the kind words, Larry. Good morning everyone.

I want to join in welcoming you to our Privacy and Innovation Symposium.

I’d like to give special thanks to the superb group of panelists who are joining us—many of whom have traveled across the country to engage in this important dialogue.

It is great to be here today.

I know many of you have travelled from different parts of the country, and I want to thank you for coming. 

The topic of today's symposium, “Copyright Policy, Creativity, and Innovation in the Internet Economy,” is timely. 

It is important.

This morning, Larry Strickling talked a bit about the impressive growth in the Internet economy, even in the midst of major economic challenges.

That’s particularly true when it comes to copyrighted works.

I want to begin by thanking you all for your attendance and participation in this very significant event. 

Especially Senator Barbara Mikulski, who is here with us today. 

As Chairwoman of the powerful Senate Commerce, Justice, Science Appropriations Subcommittee, Senator Mikulski has used her influence to increase cyber security awareness among the American public; and to lead the charge on Capitol Hill to develop policies that keeps our Internet safe and secure in the 21st century. 

Press Release

Thank you, Craig, for those kind words. 

And thank you to everyone who is attending this important conference this week.

As we all know, the Internet has already fundamentally changed how we communicate with each other.  And seemingly overnight, it’s altered how the world does business.

pdf is posted at http://www.ntia.doc.gov/files/ntia/publications/kerry_stateofthenet_01182011.pdf

I’m sorry I wasn’t able to be here for your discussion earlier, but I look forward to hearing what you came up with.

As you know, I’ve been nominated by President Obama to be the next ambassador to China.

But even from across the globe, I want to remain up-to-speed on your thoughts on how to maintain a free flow of online commerce worldwide. And I want to do what I can, wherever my office may be, to ensure electronic information moves as freely as possible from country to country.

pdf version posted at http://www.ntia.doc.gov/files/ntia/publications/kerry_brookings_07212011.pdf

I want to begin by thanking Howard Schmidt for pulling this event together. 

Almost a year ago, President Obama challenged the U.S. government to collaborate even more closely with the private sector to meet the evolving challenges of cybersecurity.

Today’s forum is emblematic of this improved public-private sector cooperation.

It can't be any other way.

The private sector owns and operates the vast majority of the Internet’s infrastructure, and it develops the applications and services that move commerce along atop of that infrastructure. 

I want to thank our hosts today, TechAmerica, TechNet, the Churchill Club, Stanford University, and the TRUST Center.

And I want to thank all of you for joining us this morning.

There may be some other people here, who, like me, can remember when Time’s “Man of the Year” was a personal computer, and, according to reports, most of that story was composed on a typewriter.

That was in 1982, well before terms like “cyberspace” and “virtual reality” and “social networking” would enter the popular lexicon. 

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Good morning and thank you for joining us today. NTIA is pleased to be hosting this 12th Annual International Symposium on Advanced Radio Technologies here at our research and engineering laboratory in Boulder.

Remarks by Lawrence E. Strickling
Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Communications and Information
Internet Governance Forum--USA
 Washington, DC
July 18, 2011
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Thank you for the opportunity to speak once again at the IGF-USA. I want especially to thank Marilyn Cade for her work in pulling together the third edition of this meeting and I am glad to have had the opportunity to speak at each of these sessions.

Testimony of Lawrence E. Strickling

Assistant Secretary for Communications and Information
National Telecommunications and Information Administration
U.S. Department of Commerce

Hearing on Internet Privacy:
The Views of the FTC, the FCC, and NTIA

Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade and
Subcommittee on Communications and Technology
Committee on Energy and Commerce
United States House of Representatives

Oral Statement of

The Honorable Lawrence E. Strickling

Before the

Subcommittee on Communications and Technology

Committee on Energy and Commerce

Hearing on “Federal Government Spectrum Use”

July 6, 2011

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I. Introduction

Chairman Walden, Ranking Member Eshoo, Vice Chairman Terry, and Members of the Subcommittee, thank you for the opportunity to testify on behalf of the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) regarding the Federal Government's use of the radio spectrum. I am very pleased to describe NTIA's efforts to maximize the efficient and effective Federal use of spectrum and our work to identify and reallocate spectrum to meet the Nation's rapidly-growing demand for wireless broadband.

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I am pleased to be here to speak in support of the draft communiqué on Internet policymaking principles.  While previous speakers have discussed certain of the substantive provisions, I will focus my remarks on a key process for Internet policymaking—the multistakeholder model.

The United States enthusiastically and vigorously supports the use of the multistakeholder process as the preferred means of responding to Internet policy challenges.

Testimony of J. Beckwith Burr
Associate Administrator of the
National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA)
for International Affairs, U.S. Department of Commerce
before the House Committee on Commerce
Subcommittee on Telecommunications, Trade and Consumer Protection
on the Future of the Domain Name System

June 10, 1998

Thank you, Mr. Chairman and Members of the Committee, for this opportunity to report on progress towards transitioning management of the Internet domain name system ("DNS") to the private sector.

Thank you to NCTA for inviting me to speak here today.

I’ve had the pleasure of attending many Cable Shows over the years and I am especially pleased to attend the inaugural show for your new President and CEO, Michael Powell. I had the great fortune to get to know Michael when he served as a Federal Communications Commissioner back when I worked for Chairman Kennard and he is a first-rate guy. He is smart and knowledgeable and extremely curious but most importantly, just a really good guy.

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