April 6th, 2009 | by Google Public Policy Blog | published in Google Public Policy
Posted by Rishi Jaitly, Senior Policy Analyst, and Sanjay Jain, Product Manager(Cross-posted from the Google India Blog)At Google, we believe information is fundamentally empowering. While all of our technologies demonstrate a commitment to this guidin…
April 2nd, 2009 | by Google Public Policy Blog | published in Google Public Policy
Posted by Dan Martin, Global Communications and Public AffairsVisualizing where federal tax dollars are actually being spent can be a daunting task. Consider the TARP Capital Purchase Program, through which the government has already distributed hundre…
April 1st, 2009 | by Google Public Policy Blog | published in Google Public Policy
Posted by Jacob Glick, Canada Policy CounselShould Internet access providers be allowed to block or degrade lawful applications or content? The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) is asking that question right now as they…
March 31st, 2009 | by Google Public Policy Blog | published in Google Public Policy
Posted by Jen Marsh, Policy Analyst and Joe Sexton, Fellowship CoordinatorThis summer promises to be an exciting time to work on Internet and technology policy issues, and we can’t wait to see how our impressive 2009 Google Policy Fellowship class help…
March 31st, 2009 | by Google Public Policy Blog | published in Google Public Policy
Posted by Bill Echikson, Senior Manager, Global Communications and Public AffairsI’m happy to share the news that we recently launched our own continental spinoff of this blog — the Google European Public Policy Blog. It’s edited here in Brussels, th…
March 30th, 2009 | by Google Public Policy Blog | published in Google Public Policy
Posted by Adam Kovacevich, Senior Manager, Global Communications and Public AffairsFor those of you in D.C., we hope you’ll join us this Friday for our next Google D.C. Talk with author Jeff Jarvis. In his new book What Would Google Do?, Jeff reverse-…
March 25th, 2009 | by Google Public Policy Blog | published in Google Public Policy
Posted by Vic Gundotra, Vice President, Engineering(Cross-posted from the Official Google Blog)At Google we hold weekly town hall-style meetings with our founders, CEO, and guest speakers, which always feature a Q&A session. Managing Q&A is a u…
March 20th, 2009 | by Google Public Policy Blog | published in Google Public Policy
Posted by Bob Boorstin, Director, Corporate and Policy CommunicationsMost technology observers see “cloud computing” — the movement of computer applications and data storage from the desktop to remote servers — as the next big thing in computing. We…
March 19th, 2009 | by Google Public Policy Blog | published in Google Public Policy
Posted by Dorothy Chou, Global Communications and Public AffairsRecently, there’s been a lot of talk about the possibilities of web-based services in “the cloud,” a new evolution in computing that gives individual users the power to access and deploy a…
March 18th, 2009 | by Google Public Policy Blog | published in Google Public Policy
Posted by Erik Kline, IPv6 Software Geek and Derek Slater, Policy AnalystJust as a unique number is associated with your telephone line, your computer is assigned an Internet Protocol (IP) address when you connect to the Internet. Unfortunately, under…
March 16th, 2009 | by Google Public Policy Blog | published in Google Public Policy
Posted by Derek Slater, Policy AnalystFor one of the two broadband deployment programs created by last month’s stimulus package, the legislation states that “Priority for awarding such funds shall be given to project applications for broadband systems …
March 11th, 2009 | by Google Public Policy Blog | published in Google Public Policy
Posted by Nicole Wong, Deputy General CounselIn her post to the Official Google Blog this morning, Susan Wojcicki, VP of Product Management, announced that we are making interest-based advertising available in beta for our AdSense partner sites and You…
March 5th, 2009 | by Google Public Policy Blog | published in Google Public Policy
Posted by Simon Hampton, Director of European Public Policy and Government RelationsEurope benefits from a single currency and a single market, yet few Europeans use the Internet to shop for deals outside of their home countries. The problem isn’t an a…
March 3rd, 2009 | by Google Public Policy Blog | published in Google Public Policy
Posted by Harry Wingo, Policy CounselHow would you feel if your gas station taped over the meters on the gas pump, preventing you from seeing how much gasoline you had just bought or how much you had to pay? What if you ran your credit card through but…
March 3rd, 2009 | by Google Public Policy Blog | published in Google Public Policy
Posted by Michelle Lee, Head of Patents and Patent StrategyAfter the last time I blogged about patent reform in late 2007, the House went on to approve the Patent Reform Act. The bill unfortunately got bogged down in the Senate the following year. Sin…