Comments filed with the National Telecommunications and Information Administration on “Information Privacy and Innovation in the Internet Economy”
Testimony and Filings
Testimony and Filings
Comments with Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services on Electronic Health Record Incentive Program Meaningful Use
These comments are submitted in response to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) issued January 13, 2010. The NPRM implements provisions of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA) that provide incentive payments for adoption and meaningful use of certified electronic health record (EHR) technology among eligible professionals (EPs) and eligible hospitals participating in Medicare and Medicaid.
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Lenard Files Comments with the FCC In the Matter of Preserving the Open Internet Broadband Industry Practices
These comments supplement those that I submitted in response to the Commission‟s Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on Preserving the Open Internet during the initial comment period.2 The purpose of these reply comments is to address the recommendation of several public interest groups to reclassify broadband as a Title II service subject to traditional common carrier regulation.3 Press reports suggest that the Commission is seriously considering implementing this recommendation
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Lenard and White File ICANN Comments with NTIA
We hereby submit the attached study, ICANN at a Crossroads: A Proposal for Better Governance, by Thomas M. Lenard and Lawrence J. White in response to NTIA�s April 24, 2009 Notice of Inquiry, �Assessment of the Transition of the Technical Coordination and Management of the Internet�s Domain Name and Addressing System.�
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71 Economists Advise Using Procurement Auctions to Allocate Broadband Stimulus Funds
71 economists explain why the National Telecommunications and Information Administration and The Rural Utilities Service should use competitive procurement auctions to allocate the broadband stimulus grants. The economists, in comments submitted to the NTIA and RUS, explain “why procurement auctions are more efficient and more consistent with the stimulus goals of allocating funds quickly than a traditional grant review process.”
The signatories are economists who have studied telecommunications, auctions, and competition policy and include two Nobel Laureates and three winners of the John Bates Clark medal for the best economist under 40. The comments were coordinated by Paul Milgrom, Gregory Rosston, and Andrzej Skrzypacz of Stanford University, and Scott Wallsten of the Technology Policy Institute. Thomas Lenard of TPI is one of the signers of the comments.