The Leader award grantee for dot-GOV is Internews Network, Inc.
The manager of dot-GOV at USAID is Edward Malloy, emalloy@usaid.gov.
Under the dot-GOV cooperative agreement, Internews and its partners provide assistance in the following areas:
- workshops and training programs on telecommunications policy and regulation, Internet administration, and e-commerce policy;
- assessments of gender equity within the information and communication technology (ICT) sector;
- assistance to governments preparing telecom legislation or in strengthening the regulatory authority;
- assistance to governments in developing policies and regulation to promote ICT access for the under-served; and
- training in core competencies related to telecom policy and regulatory reform and Internet administration.
The six dot-GOV core partners are:
- Internews Network, Inc., the lead partner, has been highly successful in developing local capacity for policy reform. For example, Internews worked on reforming media law in Nigeria and Indonesia. Internews also helped organize media law and policy centers in Moscow, Ukraine and Indonesia. The dot-GOV project director is Sarah Tisch.
- The Center for Democracy and Technology (CDT) is a leading authority on Internet policy and law; including online privacy, digital security, encryption, content, and free flow of information. In addition to its own in-house capabilities, CDT has a cooperative relationship in telecommunications law with Covington & Burling and with Yale Law School.
- Global Internet Policy Initiative (GIPI), formed by Internews and CDT, will play a central role for the consortium, especially expanding Internet access and its use in promoting democracy and economic growth. GIPI has conducted e-readiness assessments in 15 countries and has Internet policy coordinators in ten countries. It has prepared analyses of Internet draft laws in Nigeria, India, Ukraine and Georgia.
- Computer Frontiers, CFI, a small women-owned business, has worked in over 23 African countries to increase ICT access and use. In association with Eastman Kodak, CFI pioneered the establishment of the American and African Women's Business Alliance, promoting the use of Internet to build networks of potential business partners.
- Center for Institutional Reform and the Informal Sector (IRIS), University of Maryland, is a leader in designing and developing sustainable legal reform programs for private sector growth. It has carried out more than 150 advisory projects in 65 countries, including 25 with USAID missions.
- ARD, Inc. has extensive experience working with USAID on legal and regulatory reform as well as ICT application for development. Under USAID's Indefinite Quantities Contract (IQC) called Support for Economic Growth and Institutional Reform (SEGIR), ARD developed a model e-commerce law and conducted e-commerce assessments in Morocco, Sri Lanka, Armenia and Bulgaria.
- Center for International Development and Conflict Management (CIDCM), University of Maryland, not only conducts scholarly research on ICT policy but also worked with African governments on establishing Very Small Aperture Terminal (VSAT) Internet gateways and cost based tariffs, and has conducted training distance learning programs.
The core resource partners are:
- Information Society Project, Yale University
- Programme in Comparative Media, Law, and Policy, Oxford University
- Covington & Burling
- Development Informatics
- Aguirre International
- National Council of Negro Women
- Vital Voices Global Partnership
- Bridges.org
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