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TISP Forum Co-Convenor of Telecommunications
Policy Process, Fall, 2004.
The TISP Forum has offered regular public discussion programs on
telecommunications and information policy for nearly a decade. At
the same
time changes in technology, industry structure and regulation have
dramatically redrawn the relationships between consumers and services
for
telecommunications and information services. Legislative policy
makers,
departmental administrators and enforcement agencies are all concerned
about
the best way to proceed with telecommunications and information
policy. All
agree some changes are needed. Finding agreement on the right changes
is
difficult.
Responding to that need, the TISP Forum Director is co-convening
a special
Telecommunications Policy Project to continue through the fall of
2004 and
offer an informal report to a Joint Committee Hearing at the Minnesota
Legislature early in the legislative session of 2005.
The Co-convenors include, besides Milda Hedblom, TISP Forum Director:
Sen.
Ellen Anderson, Minnesota Senate; Jeanne Cochran, Assistant Attorney
General, Sen. David Gaither, Minnesota Senate; Edward Garvey, Deputy
Commissioner, Dept. of Commerce; Rep. Bob Gunther, Minnesota House
of
Representatives; Rep. Al Juhnke, Minnesota House of Representatives;
Sen.
Steve Kelley, Minnesota Senate; Rep. Torrey Westrom, Minnesota House
of
Representatives.
Participants have been drawn from among those actively engaged
in the
telecommunications and information policy area. The first meeting
was held
on October 20th at the HHH Insitute of Public Affairs. The next
meetings
will be held on Nov. 17, Dec. 1 and Dec. 8 at 10:00 am in Room 215,
HHH
Institute of Public Affairs. A rapporteur's summary of the discussion
will
be posted regularly to the website. For further information about
the
project or about participation please be in touch with me directly
at 612
261 8321 or by e-mail hedblom@visi.com.
Programming on other policy issues will resume in the spring of
2005. As
always I welcome ideas for program themes and offers of program
participation.
Milda K. Hedblom, J.D., Ph.D.
Director, TISP Forum
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