Indications are that technology policy is going to be a high priority for the Obama administration. Obama was the first presidential candidate in history to release a detailed technology policy agenda. His campaign was well-served by tech-savvy staffers who understood how the Internet could be used to mobilize voters.

HTTP thanks FCC Commissioner Jonathan Adelstein for his leadership in requesting that FCC Chairman Kevin Martin investigate whether Arbitron’s Portable People Meter (PPM) ratings undermine media diversity and the viability of minority owned media outlets. According to the Commissioner’s November 18 letter, the FCC has “heard from numerous broadcasters and advocates for diversity that the continued deployment of PPM in new markets without accreditation from the Media Ratings Council (MRC) constitutes a clear and present danger to media diversity.”

Most users of Internet applications probably don’t give the issue of cost much thought. For many, applications like Google Calendar have become part of everyday life. Signing up for another service is as easy as entering a name, an email address and a password. Click through the Terms of Service and you are ready to go.