http://httponline.org Hispanic Technology & Telecommunications Partnership Thu, 09 Sep 2010 14:32:45 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Today the Hispanic Technology and Telecommunications Partnership (HTTP), is pleased to announce the appointment of Jason Llorenz, Esq. as Executive Director. Prior to assuming this role with HTTP, Mr. Llorenz served as Senior Policy Advisor to the National Hispanic Caucus of State Legislators, where he was instrumental in the ... http://httponline.org/2010/09/http-announces-appointment-of-jason-llorenz-as-executive-director/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=http-announces-appointment-of-jason-llorenz-as-executive-director From www.pewinternet.org: The Pew Hispanic Center has found that technology use among foreign-born Latinos continues to lag significantly behind that of their U.S.-born counterparts.  Their report, The Latino Digital Divide: The Native Born versus The Foreign Born, shows that the nativity differences are especially pronounced when it comes to ... http://httponline.org/2010/09/pew-internet-american-life-project-studies-latinos-online/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=pew-internet-american-life-project-studies-latinos-online MMTC comments before the FCC June 14th in the matter of revisions to the FCC’s Part 11 Rules Governing the Emergency Alert System Pending adoption of the Common Alerting  Protocol by the Federal Emergency Management Agency. Read all comments here. http://httponline.org/2010/06/reply-comments-of-the-minority-media-telecommunications-council/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=reply-comments-of-the-minority-media-telecommunications-council Read all comments from the June 14th FCC hearing here. http://httponline.org/2010/06/httponline-among-ten-groups-supporting-petion-to-reconsider-the-fccs-p-r-insular-order/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=httponline-among-ten-groups-supporting-petion-to-reconsider-the-fccs-p-r-insular-order In response to the recent announcement by FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski that he would seek to redefine existing federal telephone regulations to cover the Internet, the Hispanic Technology & Telecommunications Partnership (HTTP) issued the following statement: “The Chairmen of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, ... http://httponline.org/2010/05/http-asks-the-fcc-to-focus-on-closing-the-digital-divide-and-for-congress-to-address-internet-policy/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=http-asks-the-fcc-to-focus-on-closing-the-digital-divide-and-for-congress-to-address-internet-policy HTTP member, the United States Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, sent a letter to William Kerr, CEO of Arbitron, regarding the USHCC's concern that a resolution to community and industry concerns about Arbitron's flawed Portable People Meter (PPM) audience measurement system. In the letter, USHCC President and CEO, Javier Palomarez, wrote: For the ... http://httponline.org/2010/03/ushcc_ppm/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=ushcc_ppm A letter issued by 23 civil rights organizations should provide some answers to those who profess to being troubled and confused by the civil rights community’s unwillingness to fall into lock-step with them and the Administration on the Open Internet proceeding. It should go without saying that civil rights organizations are ... http://httponline.org/2010/02/minority-organizations-hopes-for-change-at-the-fcc-go-unanswered/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=minority-organizations-hopes-for-change-at-the-fcc-go-unanswered HTTP is engaged in technology policy because we believe that full participation and opportunities for success in the economic, social and civic life of this country will soon become unattainable for Hispanics and others without high-speed access to the Internet. More than at any time in the history of the ... http://httponline.org/2010/01/http-asks-fcc-to-consider-impact-of-regulations-on-the-digital-divide/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=http-asks-fcc-to-consider-impact-of-regulations-on-the-digital-divide The Hispanic Technology and Telecommunications Partnership (HTTP) welcomes the announcement that the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform will hold a hearing to explore the negative impact that Arbitron’s Portable People Meter has had on minority radio. Minority radio does more than add flavor and spice to the soundtrack of ... http://httponline.org/2009/11/http-statement-regarding-congressional-hearing-on-arbitrons-portable-people-meter-ppm/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=http-statement-regarding-congressional-hearing-on-arbitrons-portable-people-meter-ppm Today, Hilary Shelton, Director, Washington Bureau & Vice President for Advocacy, of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) and Sylvia Aguilera, Executive Director of the Hispanic Technology and Telecommunications Partnership (HTTP), delivered a letter to Gigi Sohn, President and Co-founder of Public Knowledge. The minority advocacy organizations ... http://httponline.org/2009/10/naacp-and-http-call-for-public-knowledge-to-repudiate-offensive-statements-regarding-minority-organizations/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=naacp-and-http-call-for-public-knowledge-to-repudiate-offensive-statements-regarding-minority-organizations