Forces. He is the author of the recent New York Times bestseller learning to lead. Joshua ober is the constantine chair of the college of humanities and sciences. He has a secondary appointment in the department of classics and courtesy appointment in philosophy. His most recent book is entitled democracy before liberalism. It was published in 2017. His ongoing work focuses on the theory and practice of democracy and politics and knowledge of innovation. Chiron skinner is the research andow at the institution director of the institute of politics and strategy at Carnegie Mellon university. Prior to a recent return, he served as director and senior policy advisor for the secretary of state at the u. S. Department of state. Her areas of expertise are International Relations and security. The moderator for todays panel is michael mcconnell, a senior fellow at the Hoover Institution and he has served as a circuit judge for the 10th circuit and has held chair professorships at university of
The communicators is at the state of the net conference in washington, d. C. We will show you some of the interviews we conducted with members of congress, government officials and technology users. Joining us on the communicators is susan, what were some of the issues you dealt with back in the 1990s when you were the fcc commissioner . It was the golden age of the federal communications commission. We moved all of the lanes of the communication highway, from analog to digital. That was cable broadcasts, satellite had been launched but the service had not yet begun. We came up with the Digital Television standards, which are radio standards. My First Commission meeting we did band plans for pcf. And we began the first auction, at which point they actually used the hand placard to bid. It was an exciting time to be there. We also implemented the 1996 telecom act, which dramatically changed the landscape by introducing competition in local telephony and video. And also radically changed
We moved all of the lanes of the communication highlighted and analog to digital. That was cable, broadcast, satellite and the satellites had been launched but the service had not yet begun. We did with the Digital Radio standard and my First Commission meeting we did ban for pcs and over an extraordinary time. And we were just [inaudible] speaking began the first auction at which point they used the hand placard to build. It was an exciting time to be there. Plus, on top of all of that we implemented the 1996 telecom act which dramatically changed the landscape by introducing competition in the local telepathy and video and also dramatically changed the landscape for broadcast widening the ability to consolidate properties. Host looking back 20 years later, did you get it right to connect to the groundwork laid correctly . Guest some of it we did but keep in mind the other thing we did was what was so important cspan can appreciate this greatly is establishing the Program Requirements
Happy Constitution Day. Welcome to the United States capital. My name is Beth Clements and im the ceo here at the visitor center. We are pleased to be hosting this event with our good friends the United States capital Historical Society. I cant think of a better way to mark Constitution Day than with a program devoted to citizenship. Our founders knew that our democratic system of government would depend on having an informed citizenry. John adams said that livery cannot be preserved without general knowledge among the people. His successor put it even more simply. Life and liberty go together. Of the reasons that the Capitol Visitors Center was established was to inform, involve and inspire citizens of all ages. We do that every day through our debt expanding series of Public Programs and educational programs. Ongoing contributions to achieving these Civic Education goals is the partnership of the we the people program. Share ourighted to constitutional system with so many students fr
Thank you. For. Ladies and gentlemen will you please be seated . And in a moment, you will stand again again. As all of you know, is the largest dinner ever held at the white. And that in itself make an important i think you should also know that in this great house the most distinguished men and women of the world have been entertained. Emperors and kings and president s and leaders from virtually every nation of the world have been honored here. And of course, they have honored this house by being here. But i know that i speak for all of the american people, when i that never has the white house been more proud than it is tonight, because of the guests we have that i. Ladies and gentlemen good evening. My name is jim byron im the president and ceo of the Richard Nixon foundation. And its my honor to welcome you. Thank you. To welcome you all back. The Nixon Library, on behalf of the board of directors and the nixon, its a special privilege for us. Honor you this evening, 50 years to