Three quick things
Great news: Jon Peha is the FCC’s Chief Technologist. A wonderful hire.
ArsTechnica has a classy roundup of the white spaces hearing in NYC here.
And CDT suggests patiently that ECPA should be updated, surveillance should be subject to oversight, and government identification initiatives should be carefully evaluated. Getting ready for the next administration.
Speaking of the next administration, the US election will happen during the next ICANN public meeting. Thanks to the city of Ann Arbor for making it (relatively) easy for me to get a new driver’s license and submit an application for absentee voting. Unbelievably, the clerk I dealt with had helpful suggestions for additional identity information needed to get the license (”do you have a new registration in your car?”), waited for me to run out to the car and get that information, and was ready with copies of absentee voting application forms - even though her office wasn’t actually processing those applications, she thought it was a good idea to keep them on hand. Amazing. Lots of talk among the people in line about registering to vote - several of them for the first time.