And foreclose shures were mounting. When president came into office our economy was shrinking at an. 3 annual rate. The American People fought their way back from the brink. Cause of our nations resill resilience, we have seen our deficit shrink. Businesses have added more than two million jobs over the last year alone. Manufacturing has expanded while to Housing Market continues improve. At the same time our deficits are half what they were a few years ago. Even though progress has been made, our economy is not erforming at full steam. The pace of growth in hiring has ot been consistent enough, and the Government Shutdown and the debt ceiling impasse were examples of that brinksmanship. A manufactured crisis, but a crisis nonetheless. Even though we do not know the full exfent of the damage, we know it slowed Economic Growth and job creation in this quarter. What we should learn from this searing experience is that washington politics should not hurt workers and our economy nor be use
Future of internet governance. Last years conference showed us that through this deep International Division of over whether to subordinate the open internet to world governments, including repressive regimes, the u. S. Needs to be a beacon for freedom and openness in this battle. Given these risks, we propose enhanced transparency and procedural reform, clearer protection for americans, and baseline protections for international users. With regard to transparency and procedural reform, we think all governments should share with citizens meaningful information about their surveillance laws, their legal interpretations, and judicial procedures that govern the exercise of this powerful authority. Of course, the u. S. Cannot demand this from others unless it leads by example. Furthermore, companies should be permitted to disclose publicly to their users the precise volumes of requests from governments. Businesses should not only be prermted to release transparency reports but encouraged t
Wireless association. They represent all the Wireless Companies. Mr. Guttmanmccabe, overall what was the effect of sandy on your member organizations, the verizons, the at ts, sprints, etc. Guest sure, peter, and thanks for having me back. If you dont mind, i wouldnt mind taking a half step back and providing perspective on this storm and ultimately the impact that it had. If you listen to mayor bloomberg who said that the damage was unprecedented, that it maybe the worst storm that the city has ever faced and the tidal surge previous high was 10 feet, for this storm was 14. Governor christie said the damage in new jersey was unthinkable. I mean, we had fires, we had hurricaneforce winds, we had massive flood, we had sleet and snow. If you look at that and the flooding through the subway systems and the shutdown of the stock exchanges, you start to get a sense of the massive scale and scope of this storm, and yet the networks performed. Ive read dozens of stories about how for many con
One of the major effects on Hurricane Sandy was on telecommunications. That is our topic today on the communicators. Christopher guttmanmccabe is our guest today. Mr. Christopher guttmanmccabe, overall, what was the effect of Hurricane Sandy on your organization, verizon, sprint, at t and etc. Guest thank you. I wouldnt mind taking a step back and providing a little perspective on this storm and the impact it had. Mayor bloomberg said that the damage was unprecedented. But it may be the worst storm that the city has ever faced. And the previous title search, it was 14 feet. Governor Chris Christie said the damage was unthinkable. We have buyers. We had Hurricane Force winds. We had massive flooding and if you look at that in the flooding of the subway system and the shutdown of the stock exchanges, you start to get the scale and scope of this form. And yet, the networks perform. I have read dozens of stories over the last couple of weeks about how the many consumers, they are only tied
All the stuff he did, you have to make that standard. We should spread the knowledge so that everybody else performs as well. Going back to what you just said, and what you wrote on your blog, private industry taking over this infrastructure and having control of it. Recently, the companys succeeded in not having to put it back up Battery Power on their cell towers. Something you wrote about. If you would, a little bit more about this. We need to move away from the idea that this is not like the old system. Therefore there can be no regulation, we are all dependent on this stuff now. No matter what kind of a private company you are, you still, if you are walmart you still have to put in a Fire Suppression system. It is not a violation you build it with private capital but we need to have basic Public Safety rules. These networks are providing Critical Services in an emergency. This is the time when you need to be connected. Tenures ago, about five years ago, when those first reports ca