Brian Ek named advisory member of congressional Internet caucus.WHITE PLAINS, N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 1, 1996--Brian R. Ek, Vice President, Government Affairs for Prodigy Services Company, has been named to the newly created Congressional Internet Caucus as an advisory member. The Caucus was announced last week by Caucus co-founders Congressmen Rick White (R-WA) and Rick Boucher
Frederick Carlyle "Rick" Boucher (D-VA) and Senators Patrick Leahy (D-VT) and Larry Pressler Larry Lee Pressler (b. March 29, 1942) is a U.S. Republican politician. He holds the distinction of being the first Vietnam veteran to be elected to the United States Senate. (R-SD). The bi-partisan Internet Caucus will focus on educating members of Congress on what the Internet is all about, and getting them online. The Caucus is also intended to promote growth of the Internet, promote a bi-partisan forum for Internet issues to be raised, promote commerce and free flow of information on the Internet, maximize citizens' participation in government through this evolving medium, and advance the U.S.'s world leadership in the digital world. Other Congressional members of the Caucus include House Speaker Newt Gingrich (R-GA), Congresswomen Anna Eshoo Anna Georges Eshoo (born December 13, 1942) is an American politician who has been a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives since 1993, representing the 14th District of California, the heart of Silicon Valley (see map). (D-CA) and Jennifer Dunn Jennifer Blackburn Dunn (July 29, 1941 – September 5, 2007) was a prominent Republican member of the United States House of Representatives 1993–2005, representing Washington's 8th congressional district. (R-WA), Congressmen Jack Fields This article is about the former United States Congressman from Houston, Texas. For devices used to route electrical signals, see Patch panel. Jack Milton Fields, Jr. (R-Texas), Ed Markey Edward John "Ed" Markey (born July 11 1946) has been a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives since 1976, representing the 7th District of Massachusetts. (D-MA), Mike Oxley Michael Garver "Mike" Oxley (born February 11, 1944) is an American politician of the Republican party who served as a U.S. representative from the 4th congressional district of Ohio. (R-Ohio), Chris Cox (R-CA), Bob Goodlatte (R-VA), Tom Campbell (R-CA), Bob Walker (R-PA), Vern Ehlers (R-MI), Sam Farr (D-CA), Bill Luther (D-MN), and Senators Slade Gorton (R-WA), Conrad Burns (R-MT), and Ron Wyden (D-OR). Ek joins the Caucus advisory group, which includes a range of businesses, civil liberties and other groups, to work with Caucus members and Congress as they look at public policy and the Internet. Ek also is a member of the Steering Committee of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology's World Wide Web Consortium PICS group, which has developed a new technology-based platform for third-party labeling and rating of Internet content. He is vice chair of PROJECT OPEN, the national Internet and online consumer education project launched this month, of which Prodigy is a sponsor. Prodigy Services Company markets the PRODIGY service, America's most-recognized online network, with more than two million members. It is also one of the country's largest dial-up access providers to the Internet. PRODIGY offers a range of news, weather and sports, financial information, games, email, bulletin boards, USENET newsgroups and chat, travel reservations, shopping, discount brokerage and online banking. CONTACT: Mike Darcy Prodigy 914-448-8846 darcy@prodigy.com |
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