At these meetings,
participants working in small groups with trained facilitators discuss
issues at length, exchange ideas and use wireless keypads to register
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of commerce under President Clinton, and Bruce Mehlman, former assistant
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The IIA has long promoted similar principles of reform that should be
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nonprofit that pioneered electronic town meetings to engage citizens
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services available internationally under the Global Voices brand. At this event, Lukensmeyer and
her team of trained facilitators provided support to these leaders
during a Global Town Hall in which they discussed and prioritized
world issues that most need their attention.org

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WASHINGTON, Continuing its call on Congress to
address the last vestiges of the monopoly communications era, the Internet
Innovation Alliance (IIA) announced its support of the Video Competition
Principles presented by a bi-partisan group of senators at today's Senate
Commerce Committee hearing on franchise reform. We believe in the power behind broadband Internet and its
ability to improve American lives by encouraging innovation and freeing the
market forces that foster greater competition, job creation and economic
growth. Bush.

Global Voices Offers High -Tech Approach to Strengthening Democracies Worldwide; Organization Led Global Town Hall at World Economic Forum in Davos

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In January 2005, the Global Voices methodology was used at the
World Economic Forum in Davos, where more than 5,000 global leaders
gathered to discuss the global agenda.

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Senators Rockefeller, Ensign, Smith, Kerry, McCain and DeMint, all Senate
Commerce Committee members, issued a set of principles focused on promoting
broadband development, advancing consumer benefits, while protecting core
state and local interests.internetinnovation ., is a nonprofit,
nonpartisan organization that seeks to transform democracy by engaging
citizens more directly in the public decisions that impact their
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"As Congress debates franchise reform, it is imperative that our elected
leaders adopt legislation that will lead to increased broadband development
and investment.

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Internet Innovation Alliance Urges Congress to Adopt Video Competition Principles

"The time has come to streamline the regulations that are preventing video
competition, before the United States falls farther behind in broadband
deployment ," said Larry Irving, former assistant secretary of commerce under
President Bill Clinton and current IIA co-chair.

The Internet Innovation Alliance is an association of nonprofit groups,
business associations, consumer advocates, think tanks, corporations and
technology leaders. Laptop computers are used to document key themes at
every table and the results are instantly shared with participants ,
media and policy-makers and others in leadership positions.

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"Our model of deliberative democracy ensures that organizations and
governments gain valuable input from citizens on such issues as
budgeting , land use planning and policy development--input that leads
to more transparency, accountability and better decision-making.

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Lukensmeyer said Global Voices will grow in scope over time as it
forms partnerships with organizations around the world that share a
commitment to citizen engagement and building stronger democracies. Since its founding in 1995, AmericaSpeaks has conducted its
21st Century Town Meetings(R) across the U.

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Consumers deserve choice, and only true competition can
encourage the market forces that will bring about lower prices, better quality
and more choices," said Bruce Mehlman, former assistant secretary of commerce
under President George W. These leaders agreed that
poverty, equitable globalization, climate change, education, Middle
East and global governance merit the most attention.

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Global Voices brings together hundreds and even thousands of
people during its 21st Century Town Meetings(R).AmericaSpeaks.

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For more information on Global Voices please visit
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"The strength of democracies everywhere depends on the level of
participation of its citizenry," said Carolyn J. Lukensmeyer, founder
and president of AmericaSpeaks and general manager of Global Voices.globalvoices.