As a continued act of record keeping, here are the blog posts I did for the Center for Democracy and Technology on their PolicyBeta blog during my internship. I had a great time there and learned a lot about Internet/Security/Privacy policy and how government really works. I worked on several projects at CDT, some of which resulted in blog posts. One of my projects was writing the “CRS Report of the Week” posts. CRS is the Congressional Research Service, the “Congressional Thinktank” that does policy reports for Congressmembers. They produce CRS Reports, which explain current legislative issues. CRS Reports aren’t directly available to the public, which is interesting since CRS is tax-payer funded to the tune of $100 million a year. CDT runs a project called Open CRS which liberates CRS Reports found in the wild. I wrote CRS Report of Week blog posts to illustrate how useful CRS Reports were. They provide great introductions to topics and are often surprisingly timely. Read one if you want to understand an issue. I also worked on the Browser Privacy Report and PASS ID.
CRS Report of the Week- Comprehensive National Cybersecurity Initiative [June 30th, 2009]
- The Social Security Number [July 9th, 2009]
- The REAL ID Act of 2005 [July 17th, 2009]
- Access to Broadband Networks [July 23rd, 2009]
- Privacy Law and Online Advertising [July 31st, 2009]
- Wiretapping and Electronic Eavesdropping [August 7th, 2009]
- CDT Releases Update to Browser Privacy Report [August 5th, 2009]
- RFID Skimming Is Easier Than You Think [August 7th, 2009]
The photo is the Farragut West Metro Station, next to which CDT is located and where I got off every day.
