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RELEASE: New America Welcomes Helene Gayle to Board of Directors

April 8, 2013

Washington, DC — The New America Foundation is pleased to announce that Helene Gayle will join its Board of Directors. Dr. Gayle is president and CEO of the Atlanta-based CARE USA, a leading international humanitarian organization.

“Helene Gayle's global mindset and knowledge of health and humanitarian issues will be a terrific asset to our Board of Directors,” said New America Board Chair and Executive Chairman of Google Eric Schmidt.

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Google Chairman Eric Schmidt Calls Out China In Book | Tri-Valley Herald

February 19, 2013

... what they see as China's cyberthefts and censorship. "You hear this kind of thing in private" among executives, said Rebecca MacKinnon, senior fellow at the New America Foundation and an expert on global Internet policy. "But it's rare to hear this ...

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Google Chairman Eric Schmidt Calls Out China's Hacking In Book | Securityinfowatch

February 19, 2013

"You hear this kind of thing in private" among executives, said Rebecca MacKinnon, senior fellow at the New America Foundation and an expert on global Internet policy. "But it's rare to hear this on the record, in writing." Schmidt was Google's chief ...

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Pakistan, Facebook and the Cartman Connection | NBCNew York

May 31, 2010

Google has clashed with China over Beijing’s censorship demands. After Pakistan first pulled the plug on Facebook, Google CEO Eric Schmidt said he suspected the ban was about a lot more than the Muhammad cartoon controversy.

“There is an awful lot of political criticism they are blocking at the same time,” he said at a New America Foundation gathering in San Francisco. ...

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Google Chief Suspects Ulterior Motive in Pakistan | Agence France Presse

May 21, 2010

Google chief executive Eric Schmidt said he suspects suppressing political criticism is a factor behind the move to block YouTube and Facebook in Pakistan in the name of Islam.

"I'm always suspicious of these broad bans," Schmidt told a gathering at non-profit public policy institute New America Foundation, of which he is chairman ...

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How Google Can Help Newspapers

  • By
  • Eric Schmidt,
  • New America Foundation
December 2, 2009 |

It's the year 2015. The compact device in my hand delivers me the world, one news story at a time. I flip through my favorite papers and magazines, the images as crisp as in print, without a maddening wait for each page to load.

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The Troubled Economy | NBC's Meet the Press

December 15, 2008
ERIC SCHMIDT: The correct thing for the government to do is to come in with a fair amount of money to get the--get business going again. If you're going to do that, seems to me that you should get a twofer. The president-elect has talked about this. Let's use that money to fix some of the problems that we have in the country--roads, bridges, schools, access to broadband. And maybe we can work on energy policy... LINK to Transcript
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Firms Push for a More Searchable Federal Web | Washington Post

December 11, 2008
... the government has put up which no one can index," Google chief executive Eric Schmidt said during a recent presentation at the New America Foundation. ...
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The Online Information Paradox | DaniWeb

December 10, 2008
In a recent video, Google CEO Eric Schmidt addressing The New America Foundation, discussed the wonder of having all of this information available to us and ...
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FCC to Mull Free Internet Plan at Dec. Meeting | Reuters

December 2, 2008
"I don't know of any other major players" that would bid with such an approach, said Sascha Meinrath, research director at the New America Foundation. ...
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Google's Schmidt: An Economic Solution Is Within ... | InformationWeek

November 29, 2008
Speaking at the New America Foundation in Washington on Nov. 18, Schmidt called for bold government-supported R&D and infrastructure programs, starting with ...
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New America Event with Eric Schmidt in Ars Technica | 'Google CEO Touts Green Energy Shock Doctrine'

November 20, 2008
Eric Schmidt spoke at an event sponsored by the New America Foundation. He argued that the green lining in the economic implosion is that it has created demand for a massive domestic stimulus, opening the door to large-scale public works programs of the sort undertaken by Franklin Roosevelt during the Great Depression. LINK
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New America’s Event with Eric Schmidt in Washington Times | 'Google CEO Urges Government to Spur Technology'

November 19, 2008

The U.S. government needs to do a better job of embracing technology to promote transparency, making more information available online and soliciting public opinion on policy, the head of Google Inc. said Tuesday in Washington.

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New America’s Event with Eric Schmidt in Congress Daily | 'Google CEO Touts Innovation Amid Economic Turmoil'

November 19, 2008
Google CEO Eric Schmidt spoke to a crowd convened by the New America Foundation in Washington on Tuesday about the ways technology can help Barack Obama's administration and Congress address two of the biggest challenges ahead: generating short- and long-term economic and job growth that can help pull the nation out of financial turmoil, and restoring public trust in government.
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New America’s Event with Eric Schmidt in Reuters | 'Google CEO Schmidt Lays Out U.S. Energy Ideas'

November 18, 2008

The United States should use part of any future economic stimulus package to connect wind turbines and solar energy to the nation's electricity grid, said Google Inc Chief Executive Eric Schmidt, an advisor to President-elect Barack Obama.

"You have a command and control (power) grid designed in the 1960s," Schmidt told a New America Foundation event. LINK

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Michael Calabrese, Eric Schmidt in the National Journal | 'Google on the Potomac'

June 21, 2008

...[Eric] Schmidt's involvement with New America is personal rather than corporate and predates his move to Google. Still, Google recently collaborated with New America on a topic of mutual interest--wireless policy. Since 2001, New America has run a Wireless Future Program, which describes its mission as promoting "fair and efficient use of the airwaves" to help allow more Americans, especially low-income individuals, to connect to the Internet.

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New America's Wireless Future Program Event with Larry Page in BusinessWeek | "Google's White-Space Fixation"

May 23, 2008

Google co-founder Larry Page made a rare trip to Washington this week. No, he wasn't lobbying for net neutrality or being grilled about Internet censorship in China. It was all about the white spaces -- and Google's growing fixation with wireless communications.

With opposition mounting, Page came to bolster Google's push to gain public access to these white spaces, slivers of wireless spectrum between the broadcast channels used by TV stations. . .

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Eric Schmidt in San Jose Mercury News | Google CEO Will Take New America Foundation's Helm

February 8, 2008

Google CEO Will Take New America Foundation's Helm (San Jose Mercury News)

Google Chief Executive Officer Eric Schmidt has been named to be the next chairman of the New America Foundation, which researches issues such as health care and education.

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Eric Schmidt in The Washington Post | Google Chief to Chair Think Tank

February 8, 2008

Google Chief to Chair Think Tank (The Washington Post)

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New America on CNET | Google's Schmidt named chair of think tank

February 7, 2008

Google's Schmidt named chair of think tank (CNET)

Google Chief Executive Eric Schmidt has been named as chairman of the board to the New America Foundation, a non-partisan think tank in Washington, D.C. that focuses on issues like healthcare, education and foreign policy.

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Eric Schmidt in The Associated Press | Google CEO Named Chairman of Think Tank

February 7, 2008

Google CEO Named Chairman of Think Tank (The Associated Press)

Eric Schmidt, the chairman and chief executive of the world's largest search engine, needs to update his profile on the company Web site.

If he doesn't, his new chairmanship at the New America Foundation won't show up if Schmidt Googles himself.

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Google CEO Eric Schmidt Appointed as Chairman of New America Foundation's Board of Directors

February 7, 2008

The New America Foundation, a nonpartisan ten-year-old think tank headquartered in Washington, D.C., announced today the appointment of Dr. Eric Schmidt, the chairman and chief executive of Google, Inc., as the new chairman of New America's Board of Directors.

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Eric Schmidt in Chronicle of Philanthropy | Google CEO Named Chairman of New America Board

February 7, 2008

Google CEO Named Chairman of New America Board (Chronicle of Philanthropy)

Eric Schmidt, chairman and chief executive officer of Google, will become the chairman of the New America Foundation’s Board of Directors on June 1, the group announced. He plans to mark his new role by making an an unrestricted $1-million donation to the group.

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Michael Calabrese in Los Angeles Times on Wireless Airwave Auction

December 1, 2007

...The federal government's decision to auction off this prime public spectrum next month could change the wireless world. It has the potential to make talking on a cellphone, surfing the Web on a mobile device and even watching television on your handset easier and cheaper.

Google Inc. said Friday that it would bid, and a slew of other companies were expected to file to join them by Monday's deadline. ...

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Eric Schmidt in BusinessWeek's Profile of Cyberlawyer Tim Wu

November 8, 2007

The following article is a positive and well-deserved profile of Tim Wu -- quoting Chris Sacca of Google -- that plays off the impact of his New America paper on wireless net neutrality. Google CEO Eric Schmidt is on New America's Leadership Council.

"Tim Wu, Freedom Fighter: His wireless-phone manifesto was the inspiration for Google's new mobile-software strategy, which includes the Open Handset Alliance."

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