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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, events, Chapters in the U.S., and beyond the U.S..
Program Areas
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Cyber-Rights
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Created on December 22, 2004.
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Internet Governance
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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).
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Voting Technology
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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.
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Women in Computing
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Created on February 11, 2005.
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Computers and the Environment
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Created on September 09, 2004.
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Free/Libre Software
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Created on September 09, 2004.
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Participatory Design
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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.
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Community Networks
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Created on February 11, 2005.
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Technology and Ethics
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Created on February 11, 2005.
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Computers in the Workplace
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Created on May 06, 2005.
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Star Wars -Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI), Ballistic Missile Defense (BMD), National Missile Defense (NMD)
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Created on December 22, 2004.
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The Global Information Society
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Created on February 11, 2005.
CPSR is heavily involved in the United Nation's World Summit on the Information Society.
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Computers in Education
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Created on December 22, 2004.
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Intellectual Property (New)
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Created on February 11, 2005.
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Privacy & Civil Liberties
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Created on February 11, 2005.
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Internet Governance
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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).
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Weapons and Peace
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Created on February 11, 2005.
CPSR members have long been dedicated to creating a more peaceful world using our technical insight.
Ongoing Projects
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Elections Project
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Created on September 12, 2004.
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Public Sphere Project
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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
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Civil Society Democracy Project
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Created on December 22, 2004.
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Privaterra
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Created on October 08, 2004.
From December 2001 to 2005, Privaterra operated as a CPSR Ongoing Project to help protect human rights workers worldwide.
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National Information Infrastructure
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Created on December 22, 2004.
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Archived CPSR Issues
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Created on December 22, 2004.
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Working Group on Domain Names and Internet Governance
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Created on December 22, 2004.
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