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A Workshop at the DC Office of
The Pew Research Center
1615 L St St. NW, 7th Floor
Washington DC<\/p>\n\n
June 28, 2006 <\/b><\/p>\n\n
Co-sponsored by<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n
Pew Internet & American Life Project
University of Texas at Austin, with support from the National Science Foundation
Massachusetts Institute of Technology<\/p>\n\n
Communications infrastructure plays an increasingly important role in our society. It is a critical infrastructure relied upon to run public utilities, transportation, and security systems. In a global economy, all manner of enterprises rely on communications infrastructure to deliver new and innovative services to customers, coordinate production, and reduce transaction costs. On a social level, the internet\u2019s interactive nature allows people to create, consume, and exchange a wide range of information, which fosters social connectedness and helps build social capital. At the household level, expenditures on services delivered over broadband may soon exceed what formerly were expenditures on telephone and cable television services, and account for a major slice of consumer spending. Measurement and monitoring of changes like these will be critical to our nation\u2019s understanding of its economic and societal health. Yet accurate understanding depends on data that is not now collected in consistent and predictable ways.<\/p>\n\n
In the United States, there is an explicit national policy goal to have competitive and affordable highspeed internet service widely available to Americans by 2007. But techniques currently used to measure broadband infrastructure and user adoption, which would help monitor progress toward that goal, have limitations. Current federal reporting requirements do not sufficiently measure deployment of high-speed infrastructure; state and local requirements are piecemeal and inconsistent. Virtually no detailed and scientifically collected data are available on critical economic variables, like pricing and measures of quality of service. Although private surveys presently do an adequate job of measuring the broad contours of users\u2019 broadband adoption and online behavior, exclusive reliance on this approach may become problematic as networks evolve, services are increasingly differentiated, and connection speeds vary by vendor or class of service.<\/p>\n\n
This one-day, invitation-only workshop will gather leading academics, government statisticians, and practitioners in the private and non-profit sectors who have conducted research or gathered empirical data in this field.[30.numoffset=”30″ This workshop is a follow-on activity to a June 2005 University of Texas at Austin-organized workshop on \u201cInternet Use in the Americas,\u201d supported by the NSF.] The objectives of the workshop are to identify gaps and shortcomings in current measurement techniques and propose improvements. Participants will be drawn from universities and public policy research organizations that have worked on measurement of broadband deployment and use, and from government organizations and statistical agencies collecting data related to broadband.<\/p>\n\n
The goals of the workshop will be to:<\/p>\n\n
To the extent that the workshop\u2019s recommendations are aimed at government agencies, the agencies most interested in the workshop are likely to be the Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) in the U.S. Department of Commerce, the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) in the Labor Department, and the Federal Communications Commission.<\/p>\n\n
8:00 \u2013 8:30 AM \u00a0<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n 8:30 \u2013 8:50 AM Overview and Framing: Jack Triplett, Brookings Institution<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n \u00a0<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n 8:50 \u2013 10:15 AM Panelists will briefly outline the purpose of their research, the data they used, and the challenges they encountered. Panel discussion will focus on changes and additions to current data collections that would significantly improve economic research related to broadband deployment and use.<\/p>\n\n <\/b><\/p>\n\n Panelists:<\/p>\n\n\n\n 10:15 \u2013 10:30 AM<\/strong><\/p>\n\n Coffee Break<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n \u00a0<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n 10:30 \u2013 11:30 AM Panelists from engineering and non-economic social science disciplines will complement the previous panel\u2019s perspectives on research purpose, data, challenges, and improvements.<\/p>\n\n Panelists:<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n Panelists from engineering and non-economic social science disciplines will complement the previous panel\u2019s perspectives on research purpose, data, challenges, and improvements. <\/p>\n\n <\/b><\/p>\n\n 11:30 AM \u2013 12:15 PM Industry participants will provide brief overviews of their research needs, the data they use and the problems they encounter. Panel discussion will focus on firms as both users and producers of broadband-related data, and dealing with competitive sensitivities.<\/p>\n\n <\/b><\/p>\n\n Panelists:<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/b><\/p>\n\n Discussants:<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n\n 12:15 \u2013 1:15 PM<\/strong><\/p>\n\n Lunch<\/strong><\/p>\n\n \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n\n 1:15 \u2013 2:45 PM<\/strong><\/p>\n\n Roundtable: Government Data Collection Attendees from federal and state government agencies will answer questions about the data they collect, its intended purpose and associated challenges.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n\n <\/strong>\u00a0<\/p>\n\n 2:45 \u2013 3:00 PM<\/strong><\/p>\n\n Coffee Break<\/strong><\/p>\n\n \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n\n 3:00 \u2013 3:45 PM Selected government attendees will discuss the needs, uses, and challenges for data in broadband-related policy making. Panelists will include Lisa Sutherland, Senate Commerce Committee Staff, Senator Ted Stevens (R-AK), and Colin Crowell, Telecommunications Staff, Rep. Ed Markey (DMA).<\/p>\n\n \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n\n 3:45 \u2013 4:45 PM \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n\n 4:45 \u2013 5:00 PM List of Attendees <\/b> <\/p>\n\n Anna Aizcorbe, U.S. Department. of Commerce<\/p>\n\n Dennis Alvord, U.S. Department. of Commerce<\/p>\n\n BK Atrostic, U.S. Census Bureau<\/p>\n\n Kim Bayard, Federal Reserve Board<\/p>\n\n Ellen Burton, Federal Communications Commission<\/p>\n\n David Byrne, Federal Reserve Board<\/p>\n\n Kenneth Carter, Federal Communications Commission<\/p>\n\n Anindya Chaudhuri, University of Texas at Austin<\/p>\n\n Barbara Cherry, Federal Communications Commission<\/p>\n\n KC Claffy, Cooperative Association for Internet Data Analysis<\/p>\n\n Richard Clarke, AT&T<\/p>\n\n Michael Clements, Government Accountability Office<\/p>\n\n Mark Cooper, Consumer Federation of America<\/p>\n\n Carol A. Corrado, The Federal Reserve Board<\/p>\n\n Colin Crowell, Office of Rep. Edward J. Markey<\/p>\n\n William Ennen, Mass Tech<\/p>\n\n Kenneth Flamm, University of Texas at Austin<\/p>\n\n Christopher Forman, Carnegie Mellon University<\/p>\n\n Martha Fuentes-Bautista, University of Texas at Austin<\/p>\n\n David Gabel, Queens College City University of New York<\/p>\n\n Sharon Gillett, Massachusetts Institute of Technology<\/p>\n\n Amy Glasmeier, Pennsylvania State University<\/p>\n\n Avi Goldfarb, University of Toronto<\/p>\n\n Shane Greenstein, Northwestern University<\/p>\n\n Anthony Grubesic, University of Cincinnati<\/p>\n\n Michael Holdway, U.S. Department of Labor<\/p>\n\n John Horrigan, Pew Internet & American Life Project<\/p>\n\n Charles R. Hulten, University of Maryland<\/p>\n\n C. Suzanne Iacono, National Science Foundation<\/p>\n\n Nobuo Inagaki, University of Texas at Austin<\/p>\n\n Sherille Ismail, Federal Communications Commission<\/p>\n\n David Johnson, U.S. Census Bureau<\/p>\n\n Roman Krzanowski, Verizon<\/p>\n\n William Lehr, Massachusetts Institute of Technology<\/p>\n\n Judith Mariscal, CIDE, Mexico<\/p>\n\n Robert McCelland, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics<\/p>\n\n James McConnaughey, U.S. Department. of Commerce<\/p>\n\n William McCready, Knowledge Networks<\/p>\n\n Brian Mefford, Connect Kentucky<\/p>\n\n Thomas Mesenbourg, Bureau of Census<\/p>\n\n Michael Nelson, IBM<\/p>\n\n Stephen D. Oliner, The Federal Reserve Board<\/p>\n\n Robert Pepper, Cisco<\/p>\n\n Kenneth Peres, Communications Workers of America<\/p>\n\n Melissa Pollak, National Science Foundation<\/p>\n\n James Prieger, University of California, Davis<\/p>\n\n Gregory Rosston, Stanford University<\/p>\n\n Jorge Schement, Pennsylvania State University<\/p>\n\n Christina Speck, U.S. Department. of Commerce<\/p>\n\n Sharon Strover, University of Texas at Austin<\/p>\n\n Rahul Tongia, Carnegie Mellon University<\/p>\n\n Jack Triplett, The Brookings Institution<\/p>\n\n Eric Van Wambeke, California Public Utilities Commission<\/p>\n\n Tom Vest Cooperative, Association for Internet Data Analysis<\/p>\n\n Scott Wallsten, Progress and Freedom Foundation<\/p>\n\n Philip Webre, U.S. Congressional Budget Office<\/p>\n\n Chuck White, TNS Telecoms<\/p>\n\n Phyllis White, California Public Utilities Commission<\/p>\n\n Irene Wu, Federal Communications Commission<\/p>\n\n Derek Turner, Free Press<\/p>\n\n David Young, 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Continental Breakfast<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n
Introduction: Workshop Organizers
<\/strong>Kenneth Flamm, University of Texas
Sharon Gillett, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
John Horrigan, Pew Internet & American Life Project<\/p>\n\n
Panel: Perspectives on Economic Research Using Broadband-Related Data
Moderator: Charles R. Hulten, University of Maryland<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n
Panel : Other Research Perspectives
Moderator: Shane Greenstein, Northwestern University<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n
Panel: Private Sector Perspectives
Moderator: David Young, Verizon<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n
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Moderator: Jack Triplett, Brookings Institution<\/strong><\/p>\n\n
Roundtable: Government Policy Perspectives
Moderator: Robert Pepper, Cisco<\/strong><\/p>\n\n
Roundtable Discussion: An Agenda for Improving Data Collection and Use
Moderators: Workshop Organizers <\/strong>(Flamm, Gillett, and Horrigan)<\/p>\n\n
Summary and Consensus Recommendations <\/strong>(Flamm, Gillett, and Horrigan)\u00a0<\/p>\n\nList of Attendees<\/h3>\n\n