Press Releases: 2012

Washington, DC — The New America Foundation's Open Technology Institute (OTI) is pleased to announce Mark Lloyd, former Federal Communications Commission associate general counsel/chief diversity officer, will lead its Media Policy Initiative.

Washington, DC — Today, on the first-ever U.N. International Day of the Girl, many government and non-government organizations are announcing investments to help girls in poor nations around the world.

Washington, D.C. -  The New America Foundation is pleased to announce Gene Kimmelman, former chief counsel for competition policy of the Justice Department's Antitrust Division, will direct the Internet Freedom and Human Rights Project at the foundation. Kimmelman will direct the project in partnership with New America's Open Technology Institute (OTI), as well as public interest and consumer groups, including Center for Democracy and Technology, Free Press, Public Knowledge and others.
 

Washington, DC - Sascha Meinrath, director of the New America Foundation’s Open Technology Institute (OTI), has been elected to Ashoka’s global fellowship of leading social entrepreneurs — a network spanning more than 60 countries. Meinrath was recognized for his role as a "community Internet pioneer” and a leading voice for Internet freedom in the United States and around the globe.

Washington, D.C. — An idea for a mobile application that would help low-income families with their finances — formulated by two New America analysts — received an award today from the U.S. Department of Treasury as a part of its MyMoneyAppUp Challenge, which solicited the best ideas and designs for mobile applications to help Americans with their finances.

Washington D.C. — The New America Foundation's Federal Education Budget Project (FEBP) and Early Education Initiative jointly announce today an expansion of FEBP’s education funding database (www.edbudgetproject.org). The database now includes data on funding and enrollment for publicly funded pre-kindergarten programs.

The new data include funding and enrollment for fiscal years 2007 through 2011 at the state and school district levels for:

Washington, D.C. — The New America Foundation’s Global Assets Project (GAP) applauds today’s launch of the Better Than Cash Alliance, an initiative committed to reducing the global reliance on physical cash to spur international development.  

Washington, DC — The basic currency of higher education — the credit hour — represents the root of many problems plaguing America's higher education system: the practice of measuring time rather than learning, according to a report co-released today by the New America Foundation’s Education Policy Program and Education Sector.

Washington, DC — Washington Monthly magazine released today its annual College Guide, guest edited by Kevin Carey, director of the New America Foundation’s Education Policy Program. Called "more interesting than virtually any other ranking out there,” by the New York Times, the guide measures the schools' contributions to their students and society.