Stearns 2007-03-24

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Rep. Cliff Sterns (R-FL-06) is having four town hall meetings this Saturday, March 24, in Gainesville. This is an opportunity to address questions directly to the Congressman.

Stearns is the ranking member on the Commerce, Trade, and Consumer Protection subcommittee and a member of the Telecommunications and the Internet subcommittee, so he's well-placed on many of our issues.

Contents 1 Locations 2 Issues 2.1 Public access to research 2.2 Net neutrality 2.3 Copyright 2.4 E-voting

[edit] Locations

The meeting locations are:

• 9 am: Doyle Connor Building, Dept. of Agriculture (1911 SW 34th St.)
• 10:30 am: Gainesville High School Auditorium (1900 NW 13th St.)
• 1 pm: Harvest Christian Church (4820 NW 34th St.)
• 3 pm: Alachua County Public Library, Tower Road Branch (3020 SW 75th St.)

[edit] Issues

Subjects to comment or ask about. Please add the subject which you plan to talk about (and prepare your comments in advance). Feel free to add helpful links.

[edit] Public access to research

• Gavin
• http://www.publicaccesstoresearch.org
• http://www.taxpayeraccess.org/frpaa

[edit] Net neutrality

• Nile
  • When AT&T was allowed to reassemble, some weak network neutrality provisions were part of the agreement (with the FCC). Due to last only two years, shouldn't network neutrality be written into law for all Internet Service Providers?
• Note: Rep. Stearns voted against Net neutrality twice in the last Congress. However, he may have changed his tune.

[edit] Copyright

• H.R. 1201, FAIR USE Act
  • Thomas
  • OpenCongress
  • Commentary by Public Knowledge

[edit] E-voting

• H.R. 811, Voter Confidence and Increased Accessibility Act
  • Thomas