FC: Job openings at Cato and ACLU for privacy, technology policy

[Declan McCullagh <declan () well com>]

A correction to my last post: I should have said "could be compelled to 
turn over the decrypted message," not "turn over the passphrase."

Also, one of my colleagues is writing an article about how laid off dot com 
workers are spending the holidays. If you happen to be one or feel like 
weighing in on the subject, you're invited to email fmanjoo () wired com.

I usually don't send out job announcements, but these are very 
politech-relevant. David Boaz sends us this one (Adam Thierer has taken one 
of the slots, but I understand the responsibilities will be divvied up when 
the second director is hired):

http://www.cato.org/jobs/jobops.html#inform

   Director of Information Studies
   The Cato Institute seeks a Director of Information Studies. The
   Director will author studies of telecommunications policy, commission
   and edit papers by outside authors, and represent the Cato Institute
   in the media, in congressional testimony, and in public speaking. The
   director will also arrange forums to communicate Cato's message,
   particularly the Annual Technology & Society Conference. Candidates
   should have knowledge of media content regulation (such as privacy,
   commercial free speech, "violent" speech, or election speech) and a
   strong commitment to expanding free markets and free speech on the
   Internet and in other electronic media.

   The Director of Information Studies will consider the constitutional,
   economic,and philosophical aspects of content regulation, such as the
   role of property rights, the problem of rent-seeking, and so on.
   Electronic communications includes the Internet, broadcasting, cable &
   satellite networks as well as new hybrids that defy categorization.

   The director will be a part of our expanding communications policy
   team. The team also includes a Director of Telecommunications Studies,
   whose primary focus is on issues relating to the economic regulation
   of networks, such as price regulation or antitrust law. In a world of
   converging technology and media, however, there will be some areas of
   overlapping responsibility. Send letter and resume to dboaz () cato org
   or David Boaz, Executive Vice President, Cato Institute, 1000
   Massachusetts Ave. NW, Washington, D.C. 20001.

   Director of Telecommunications Studies
   The Cato Institute seeks a Director of Telecommunications Studies. The
   Director will write studies of telecommunications policy, commission
   and edit papers by outside authors, and represent the Cato Institute
   in the media, in congressional testimony, and in public speaking. The
   director will also arrange forums to communicate Cato's message, such
   as roundtables. Candidates should have knowledge of telecommunications
   and a deep commitment to expanding free markets in telecommunications.
   The Director of Telecommunications Policy will consider the
   constitutional, economic, and philosophical aspects of
   telecommunications policy, such as the role of property rights and the
   nondelegation doctrine in communications. Telecommunications includes
   wire-based and wireless communications networks, including telephony,
   broadcasting, cable television, and satellite, and the Internet.

   The director will be a part of our expanding communications policy
   team. The team also includes a Director of Information Studies, whose
   primary focus is on issues relating to the regulation of content, such
   as privacy and other rights in information. In a world of converging
   technology and media, however, there will be some areas of overlapping
   responsibility. Send letter and resume to dboaz () cato org or David
   Boaz, Executive Vice President, Cato Institute, 1000 Massachusetts
   Ave. NW, Washington, D.C. 20001.

And ACLU:

> From: "Nojeim, Greg" <GNOJEIM () dcaclu org>
> Subject: Employment Opportunities at the ACLU in Wash., D.C.:  Privacy and
>         Immigration/National Security
> Date: Wed, 6 Dec 2000 11:48:17 -0500
>
> Dear Colleague:
>
> ACLU is recruiting a person to lobby for the ACLU on the constitutional
> issues that arise in the immigration and national security/anti-terrorism
> context, and another person to lobby for the ACLU on privacy.  Announcements
> describing these employment opportunities are attached. The application
> deadline is December 22.  Please circulate this widely, and to any person
> you think might be interested in either position.  Some original recipients
> of this message may themselves be interested; you are encouraged to apply.
>
> Some might think that the job description in the first attached announcement
> sounds suspiciously similar to my duties at the ACLU. That is because I am
> vacating the position, but am not leaving the ACLU.  I will continue to
> serve the cause of freedom and justice as the Associate Director/Chief
> Legislative Counsel of the ACLU's Washington National Office.
>
> -- Gregory T. Nojeim, 202/675-2326
> 12/6/00





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