Barack Obama's campaign released an ambitious technology document
(PDF) that outlines quite a few exciting new specific proposals addressing the future of the Web.
Jon Stokes of
Arstechnica lays out the details well in his article. Here are the summarized bullet points:
* Ensure the full and free exchange of information among Americans through an open Internet and diverse media outlets.
* Create a transparent and connected democracy.
* Encourage the deployment of a modern communications infrastructure.
* Employ technology and innovation to solve our nation's most pressing problems, including reducing the costs of health care, encouraging the development of new clean energy sources, and improving public safety.
* Improve America’s technology competitiveness
* Full support of network neutrality legislation
* Obama decries media consolidation and pledges to "encourage diversity" in media ownership
* Proposes the creation of a modern, online answer to Sesame Street called Public Media 2.0
* Privacy and safeguards against abuse
* National broadband policy and opening up the wireless spectrum to fresh competition
* H1B reform
* Investments in basic science and R&D
