May 27th, 2009 | by Google Public Policy Blog | published in Google Public Policy
Posted by Adam Kovacevich, Senior Manager, Global Communications and Public AffairsMost policymakers are pretty familiar with how TV stations, magazines and newspapers sell advertising. Typically those organizations have a “rate card” with standard ad…
May 21st, 2009 | by Google Public Policy Blog | published in Google Public Policy
Posted by David Fischer, Vice President, Global Online Sales and OperationsIf you’re a small business owner without access to high-speed Internet, you may sometimes feel as though you’re operating with one hand tied behind your back. Unfortunately, tha…
May 21st, 2009 | by Google Public Policy Blog | published in Google Public Policy
Posted by Richard Whitt, Washington Telecom and Media CounselBy many measures, much of the United States continues to lag behind other developed countries in terms of broadband penetration and speed — but it’s not for a lack of good ideas. Take Don Me…
May 8th, 2009 | by Google Public Policy Blog | published in Google Public Policy
Posted by Dan Reicher, Google.org Director of Climate Change & Energy InitiativesThe so-called “Valley of Death” is a scary place. It’s where so many promising clean energy technologies die because they can’t attract the significant capital to move…
May 8th, 2009 | by Google Public Policy Blog | published in Google Public Policy
Posted by Adam Kovacevich, Senior Manager, Global Communications and Public AffairsAs Google has grown, the company has naturally faced more scrutiny about our business principles and practices. We believe that Google promotes competition and openness…
May 6th, 2009 | by Google Public Policy Blog | published in Google Public Policy
Posted by Pablo Chavez, Senior Policy CounselLater today Marissa Mayer, Google’s VP of Search Product and User Experience, will take to Capitol Hill to testify before the Senate Subcommittee on Communications, Technology, and the Internet about the way…
May 4th, 2009 | by Google Public Policy Blog | published in Google Public Policy
Posted by Richard Whitt, Washington Telecom and Media CounselWhen you’re walking around town chatting on your cellphone, or sitting in a cafe surfing the Web over Wi-Fi, do you ever wonder how wireless signals travel through the airwaves around you? Mo…
April 30th, 2009 | by Google Public Policy Blog | published in Google Public Policy
Posted by Alfred Spector, Vice President of Engineering, and Missy Krasner, Product Marketing ManagerAfter weeks of collaboration with a diverse group of organizations, today Google endorsed the Markle Foundation’s framework on Meaningful Use and Certi…
April 29th, 2009 | by Google Public Policy Blog | published in Google Public Policy
Posted by Adam Smith, Director of Product Management, Book SearchOver the last few weeks we’ve heard a number of questions about the Google Book Search settlement and what it means for readers. Over the coming days, we’ll attempt to answer some of thos…
April 27th, 2009 | by Google Public Policy Blog | published in Google Public Policy
Posted by Alexander Macgillivray, Associate General Counsel for Products and Intellectual PropertyLast October, we announced a settlement agreement regarding Google Book Search that resolves class action lawsuits first filed in 2005 by the Authors Guil…
April 18th, 2009 | by Google Public Policy Blog | published in Google Public Policy
Posted by Alan Davidson, Director of Government Relations and Public PolicyPresident Obama’s appointment today of Aneesh Chopra as the country’s first Chief Technology Officer is an important step in bringing the federal government’s information system…
April 17th, 2009 | by Google Public Policy Blog | published in Google Public Policy
Posted by Adam Kovacevich, Senior Manager, Global Communications & Public AffairsLast October, Google, the Authors Guild, and the Association of American Publishers announced a landmark settlement involving our Google Book Search project. The sett…
April 7th, 2009 | by Google Public Policy Blog | published in Google Public Policy
Posted by Alexander Macgillivray, Associate General Counsel for Products and Intellectual Property Yesterday I entered the following search in Google News: [Phish in mountain view]. The search results led me to click on this headline, which took me to…
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…