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04 34 54 Letter from the A society that A secure, prosperous President and CEO promotes economic America that lives opportunity for all up to its values and commitments at home and abroad

08 40 Letter from the Chairman Thriving families, individuals, and 58 communities with the Our Fellows time, stability, and opportunity to lead 12 self-directed lives By the Numbers 78 Board of Directors 44 16 Equitable, accessible, high-quality education, New America learning, and training National Network 82 over a lifetime Donors

22 50 Universal access Equal representation to digital technology in politics and and its benefits across participation in all communities accountable governance ANNUAL REPORT / 2017 2 NEW AMERICA Our MissionOur

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19 19 ANNUAL REPORT / 2017 2017 / / REPORT REPORT ANNUAL ANNUAL NEW AMERICA AMERICA NEW NEW ANNUAL REPORT / 2017 20 NEW AMERICA Our VisionOur

at home and abroad. and home at values and commitments to lives its up that America prosperous A secure, accountable governance. in participation and politics in representation Equal and training over a lifetime. education, learning, quality high- accessible, Equitable, lives. self-directed lead stability, and opportunity to time, the with communities and Thriving families, individuals, economic for opportunity all. promotes that A society communities. all across technology and its benefits access to digital Universal We workAmerica. for: arenewed we imagine buffeted are of life change, by ways and institutions As our

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23 ANNUAL REPORT / 2017 / REPORT ANNUAL NEW AMERICA NEW ANNUAL REPORT / 2017 24 NEW AMERICA transatlantic encryption. (Photo: New America) ↑ ↑ Kevin Bankston Rebecca MacKinnon , director of the Open Technology Institute, co-authored reports this year on improving best practices in internet security and and security internet in practices best improving on year this reports co-authored Institute, Technology Open the of , director leads the Ranking Digital Rights project at the Open Technology Institute. (Photo: New America) New (Photo: Institute. Technology Open the at project Rights Digital Ranking the leads Ross Schulman Bankston Kevin by authored project, Thing” Right the “Do OTI’s practices? their improve how to do youSo get companies of people. of millions security the impact can feature a single is the industry itself. one powerful lever for change and security of internet users, ways to safeguard the privacy best the considering When Toolkit has shaped the design of design Toolkit the shaped has Reporting Transparency setting standard- our measures; these aleader is deploying in OTI tactics. influencing important most of the one was users their protecting best whois around companies between to prompt competition standards and scorecards, of rankings, use The change. to companies those encouraging in were successful most that tactics the authentication—and two-factor offering and by default, web traffic encrypting reports, transparency advocates—publishing consumer from of pressure years after companies adopted internet by have widely been that practices security and privacy three studied , and Liz Woolery, and , , in the new administration, new administration, the in cybersecurity topics like tackling aconference for aNew America, 2017In weCybersecurity hosted World the Around and Cybersecurity atHome about the digital products they buy. they products digital the about choices informed make consumers to help services and apps, products, of security and privacy the evaluates that initiative Reports Consumer a Standard, Digital developing the in apartner been also has team privacy. RDR The and expression of freedom users’ their protect how on well they companies telecommunications and internet 22 ranked that Index Accountability Corporate second its released MacKinnon led Rebecca by and at OTI housed project, (RDR) Rights Digital Ranking The Google. as and Twitter influential and big as to companies providers service new tiny from reports transparency

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25 ANNUAL REPORT / 2017 / REPORT ANNUAL NEW AMERICA NEW ANNUAL REPORT / 2017 26 NEW AMERICA what they mean for the future of cybersecurity. (Photo: Gabriella Demczuk) Gabriella (Photo: cybersecurity. of future the for mean they what ↑ ↑ (left to right) Yasmin right) to Green (left Gov. Terry Former McAuliffe Michael Daly Michael Jigsaw, of Anne-Marie Slaughter Anne-Marie with efforts cybersecurity local and state discusses (D-Va.) of New America discuss tomorrow’s technologies and and technologies tomorrow’s discuss America New of W. Singer Peter and Raytheon, of . (Photo: Gabriella Demczuk) Gabriella . (Photo: of a disaster. (Photo: Raul Enriquez) Raul (Photo: adisaster. of event the in hotspots Wi-Fi own their build to users allows that developed team our kit network Aportable (right) ● CityLab Magazine, Yorkin New work profiled was Our School. Journalism Columbia the and Lab, Risk MIT’s Urban Bronx, South the in Point The Far Rockaway, in RDRC NYC, in coalition WeAct the London, in MozFest Detroit, in Conference Media Allied at new the tools these how on to assemble held trainings We network. community larger the of modules as or standalone either ahotspot— to create users allows that gear Wi-Fi solar-powered configured, of easily consist which kits, network developed portable also team our accessible tools, affordable, To communities give skills. organizing community and tech requisite the in curriculum Stewardship Digital our through trained been residents have who local by built be will networks resilient These networks. communications other Lincoln Institute Journalists Forum. Journalists Institute Lincoln the and Bloomberg; Innovation; Technology, Science, on and Forum Nations United the School; New the Association; Planning American the of conference annual work at the presented our we process.” And planning of the part as methods and applications tools, deployedor technological “utilized that Award—for projects Cities Association’s Smart Planning American of the winners one of three was team Our Tech, others. among Marketplace NPR and of America, , the , Verge

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27 ANNUAL REPORT / 2017 / REPORT ANNUAL NEW AMERICA NEW ANNUAL REPORT / 2017 28 NEW AMERICA EFFORTS NEUTRALITY OF OTI’S NET A TIMELINE sound net neutrality rules. neutrality net sound legally strong, to adopt FCC the to push working begins OTI rules. neutrality net to impose jurisdiction legal have the not did it services, separately from phone broadband classified previously had FCC the because that held court InternetOpen Order. The (FCC) 2010 Commission’s Communications Federal the down strikes court by Verizon, D.C. the Circuit to led alawsuit response In 01-14-14 these extended protections. extended these for advocate aleading was internet). OTI the of networks to backbone the connect AT&T and like Comcast providers mile” “last which (the at point interconnection and networks to mobile protections neutrality net strong extended FCC the time, first the For advocated. long OTI had as rules, neutrality net strong to implement which upon authority legal strong FCC as telephones), giving the category regulation same the in it (putting carrier common as a broadband reclassified Order, Internet which Open 2015 the adopts FCC The 02-26-15 request torequest rehear the case.) ISPs’ the deny later would D.C. Circuit (The protections. neutrality net enforce and to enact FCC’s authority the to defend and case court in this FCC the support formally intervened to OTI ISPs. from several a challenge after rules neutrality net upholds D.C.The court Circuit 06-14-16

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