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Programs, Working Groups, and Projects

CPSR serves as a catalyst for in-depth discussion and action in many program areas among members through email discussion lists, Working Groups, publications, eventsChapters in the U.S., and beyond the U.S..

Background and history of CPSR Working Groups.

Program Areas

Program Areas Cyber-Rights

Created on December 22, 2004.

 

Program Areas Internet Governance

Created on February 11, 2005.

Internet governance encompasses a wide range of issues and organizations relating to the governing, financing and control of the Internet and its protocols. CPSR has been involved in Internet Governance issues for years, including current participation in the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) process and the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN).

Program Areas Voting Technology

Created on February 11, 2005.

CPSR has been studying voting machines and the human-machine interface of voting since the 1980s. We have researched election systems, observed elections, commented on voting systems standards, and participated in the administration of elections. In 1994, CPSR sent a team to the Republic of South Africa to assist that nation in their historic elections. We have written numerous papers and reports on elections systems and spoken at elections administration conferences. Our work has been reported in newspapers, magazines such as Wired magazine, and broadcast media.

Program Areas Women in Computing

Created on February 11, 2005.

 

Program Areas Computers and the Environment

Created on September 09, 2004.

 

Program Areas Free/Libre Software

Created on September 09, 2004.

 

Program Areas Participatory Design

Created on September 09, 2004.

Participatory Design (PD) is an approach to the assessment, design, and development of technological and organizational systems that places a premium on the active involvement of workplace practitioners (usually potential or current users of the system) in design and decision-making processes.

Program Areas Community Networks

Created on February 11, 2005.

 

Program Areas Technology and Ethics

Created on February 11, 2005.

 

Program Areas Computers in the Workplace

Created on May 06, 2005.

 

Program Areas Star Wars -Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI), Ballistic Missile Defense (BMD), National Missile Defense (NMD)

Created on December 22, 2004.

 

Program Areas The Global Information Society

Created on February 11, 2005.

CPSR is heavily involved in the United Nation's World Summit on the Information Society.

Program Areas Computers in Education

Created on December 22, 2004.

 

Program Areas Intellectual Property (New)

Created on February 11, 2005.

 

Program Areas Privacy & Civil Liberties

Created on February 11, 2005.

 

Program Areas Internet Governance

Created on February 11, 2005.

Internet governance encompasses a wide range of issues and organizations relating to the governing, financing and control of the Internet and its protocols. CPSR has been involved in Internet Governance issues for years, including current participation in the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) process and the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN).

Program Areas Weapons and Peace

Created on February 11, 2005.

CPSR members have long been dedicated to creating a more peaceful world using our technical insight.

Ongoing Projects

Ongoing Projects Elections Project

Created on September 12, 2004.

 

Ongoing Projects Public Sphere Project

Created on October 08, 2004.

Who participates in civic discussions? How are discussion and decision-making processes conducted? The Public Sphere Project addresses these questions.

Some past projects

Some past projects Civil Society Democracy Project

Created on December 22, 2004.

 

Some past projects Privaterra

Created on October 08, 2004.

From December 2001 to 2005, Privaterra operated as a CPSR Ongoing Project to help protect human rights workers worldwide.

Some past projects National Information Infrastructure

Created on December 22, 2004.

 

Some past projects Archived CPSR Issues

Created on December 22, 2004.

 

Some past projects Working Group on Domain Names and Internet Governance

Created on December 22, 2004.

 

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