June 1st, 2007 | by Adam | published in Google Public Policy
Posted by Adam Kovacevich, Manager, Global Communications and Public AffairsAnother presidential candidate stopped by the Googleplex yesterday: former North Carolina Senator John Edwards. He’s the fourth presidential contender to stop by, following S…
May 23rd, 2007 | by Adam | published in Google Public Policy
Posted by Richard Whitt, Washington Telecom and Media CounselThe U.S. government’s current spectrum policies have an unfortunate tendency to block out new entrants and innovative new uses of spectrum, such as widely-available Internet access. As has b…
May 14th, 2007 | by Adam Kovacevich | published in Google Public Policy
Posted by Pablo Chavez, Policy Counsel, and Keith Wolfe, Global Mobility ManagerGoogle’s continued success depends on our ability to recruit and retain the best and brightest. One of the tools we’ve used to do that is the U.S. H-1B visa program, which…
May 10th, 2007 | by Adam Kovacevich | published in Google Public Policy
Posted by Jamie Brown, Federal Relations Counsel There’s a lot of interest here in Washington about online video and some of the policy issues surrounding its explosive growth. The House Energy and Commerce Committee has been holding a serie…
May 9th, 2007 | by Adam Kovacevich | published in Google Public Policy
Posted by Olivier Esper, Policy Counsel, Google FranceThe French presidential elections have just finished and Nicolas Sarkozy was elected with approximately 53% of the votes. In the French version of Google Earth, you can now view a three-dimensional …
May 8th, 2007 | by Adam Kovacevich | published in Google Public Policy
Posted by Adam Kovacevich, Manager, Global Communications and Public AffairsLate last week, Nebraska Senator Ben Nelson unveiled his own twist on Google’s new My Maps feature: a video- and photo-filled geographic tour of his recent visit to Iraq.Sen. N…
May 7th, 2007 | by Adam Kovacevich | published in Google Public Policy
Posted by Adam Kovacevich, Manager, Global Communications and Public AffairsThis year we’ve invited all the presidential candidates to come visit Google, and last Friday we hosted Sen. John McCain for the second of these candidate visits (Sen. Hillary …
April 24th, 2007 | by Adam Kovacevich | published in Google Public Policy
Posted by Richard Whitt, Washington Telecom and Media CounselLater this year, the federal government plans to auction off spectrum — the invisible airwaves that have brought us radio and television service — as part of the transition from analog to d…
April 10th, 2007 | by Adam Kovacevich | published in Google Public Policy
Posted by Adam Kovacevich, Manager, Global Communications and Public AffairsRemember the Coke and Pepsi TV ads from the “cola wars” of the 80s and 90s, when the cola giants sponsored taste tests, hired rock stars, and spent a lot of time arguing that o…