7 posts and columns on Ed Felten

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FTC to Debut Privacy Framework Monday, Complete With Its Own Social Media Strategy

in Social on March 23 at 12:13 pm PT

The U.S. Federal Trade Commission will on Monday unveil a wide-ranging privacy framework that it has been working on for more than a year, expected to cover online personal data collection and other topics. Don’t expect an anti-social media agenda, though! After a conference call, the FTC will host Facebook and Twitter chats about the framework. Also today: The FTC launched a technology blog with an introductory post by its chief technologist, Ed Felten.

FTC Gives Ed Felten Freedom to Tinker

in News on November 4, 2010 at 11:55 am PT

Looks like the Federal Trade Commission got its first choice of Chief Technologist, because it’s hard to think of anyone better to serve in that capacity than Princeton computer science professor Ed Felten, a guy whose CV makes everyone from Microsoft to Diebold shudder in embarrassment.

I'm Sorry Mr. Yang. Your Name Just Didn't Come Up …

in News on November 6, 2008 at 11:32 am PT

The short list of candidates for President Elect Barack Obama’s cabinet-level CTO may be quite a bit shorter than Washington insiders claim. In the run-up to Tuesday’s election, Vint Cerf, Google’s chief Internet evangelist, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer, Google CEO Eric Schmidt, Princeton professor Ed Felten and Amazon CEO Jeffrey Bezos were among the names of those who might be considered for the job. But it’s beginning to look more and more like the Obama camp already has someone in mind for the position: Julius Genachowski.

I’m Sorry Mr. Yang. Your Name Just Didn’t Come Up …

in News on November 6, 2008 at 11:32 am PT

The short list of candidates for President Elect Barack Obama’s cabinet-level CTO may be quite a bit shorter than Washington insiders claim. In the run-up to Tuesday’s election, Vint Cerf, Google’s chief Internet evangelist, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer, Google CEO Eric Schmidt, Princeton professor Ed Felten and Amazon CEO Jeffrey Bezos were among the names of those who might be considered for the job. But it’s beginning to look more and more like the Obama camp already has someone in mind for the position: Julius Genachowski.