Organization
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AT&T
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Contact Name
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Margo Lockard
Federal Government Affairs
202-457-3149
Fax 202-457-3051
mlockard@att.com
1120 20th St., NW, Suite 1000
Washington, DC 20036
www.att.com
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Program/Project
Description
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"GetNetWise: You're One Click Away": AT&T is a founder and co-chair of the coalition of online companies and nonprofit organizations that created GetNetWise: You're One Click Away, a comprehensive Web-based resource that is easy to find and use. GetNetWise will help ensure that parents have at their fingertips the technology tools and tips, safety referral contacts, and suggestions on quality content that they need to help kids have safe, educational, and rewarding experiences online. The central GetNetWise resource is located at www.GetNetWise.org.
In addition to funding and in-kind support for GetNetWise, AT&T is working with nonprofit organizations that are recipients of $1.42 million in grants from the AT&T Foundation to establish community technology access centers. At these centers, AT&T Cares employee volunteers will host training sessions about kids online safety -- including GetNetWise content -- with course materials developed by the AT&T Learning Network™ Program.
AT&T is also linking to the central GetNetWise resource from several of its heavily trafficked Web sites, including:
AT&T WorldNetTM Service For Kids Page
for subscribers at www.att.net/kids/explore and www.worldnet.att.net/explore/kids; for non-subscribers at www.att.net/explore/kids;
AT&T WorldNet Service Keeping Kids Safe Page
for subscribers at www.att.net/kidsafe.html and www.worldnet.att.net/kidsafe.html; for non-subscribers at www.att.net/kidsafe.html;
AT&T Learning NetworkTM Program Page at www.att.com/learningnetwork; and
AT&T Consumer Services for Home Page at www.att.com/consumer and www.att.com/home.
AT&T is also highlighting the GetNetWise launch on its AT&T Learning NetworkTM home page at www.att.com/learningnetwork, an award-winning online educational resource.
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Key Highlights/
Milestones
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Many leaders from the Administration, Congress, and the nonprofit sector joined the GetNetWise leaders at the launch to offer their support for industry's initiative in joining forces to create this needed resource for families. Endorsements regarding industry's self-regulatory model were offered by Vice President Al Gore, Secretary of Commerce William M. Daley, Reps. Thomas M. Davis (R-Va.), Jennifer B. Dunn (R-Wash.), and Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.), Sen. Joseph I. Lieberman (D-Conn.), FTC Commissioners Orson Swindle and Mozelle Thompson, and FCC Commissioner Gloria Tristani. Letters of support were received from Speaker of the House J. Dennis Hastert (R-Ill.) and Secretary of Education Richard W. Riley.
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Organization
Name
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AT&T
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Contact Name
and Info
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Margo Lockard
Federal Government Affairs
202-457-3149
Fax 202-457-3051
mlockard@att.com
1120 20th St., NW, Suite 1000
Washington, DC 20036
www.att.com
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Program/Project
Description
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Law Enforcement: AT&T fully cooperates with law enforcement agencies regarding their requests to protect children and families from child sexual exploitation as applicable under existing laws.
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During the "Internet Online Summit: Focus on Children" conducted in December 1997, AT&T WorldNetTM Service led industry participation with law enforcement in adopting a "Zero Tolerance" policy for child pornography on the Internet.
AT&T supported the launch of the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children's CyberTipline, a service to provide online users an avenue for reporting Internet-related child sexual exploitation. AT&T promotes the CyberTipline through its Web-based linkage at both the AT&T WorldNet™ Service and AT&T Learning NetworkTM Program Web sites.
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Organization
Name
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AT&T
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Contact Name
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Margo Lockard
Federal Government Affairs
202-457-3149
Fax 202-457-3051
mlockard@att.com
1120 20th St., NW, Suite 1000
Washington, DC 20036
www.att.com
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Program/Project
Description
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"America Links Up: A Kids Online Teach-In": AT&T joined major online industry leaders to sponsor this national, multi-faceted education and outreach campaign to help parents, children, educators, and all caregivers understand the benefits and challenges of the Internet, and how to access resources available to them to ensure kids have a safe, educational, and enjoyable online experience.
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Key Highlights/
Milestones
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AT&T Labs researched and distributed a "Technology Inventory Tool-Kit" report that provides an inventory of technology tools and resources available to support parents' ability to choose online content appropriate for their children.
AT&T CARES employee volunteers hosted or participated in Internet teach-in activities in local communities across the country. An "AT&T CARES" mousepad with kids' cyber-safety tips was provided to student participants.
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Results
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"America Links Up" messages were broadly disseminated during teach-in activities, which included the participation of families, educators, law enforcement personnel, and online industry experts. Materials are available free of charge at www.americalinksup.org. The AT&T Labs report is available at www.research.att.com/projects/tech4kids.
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Organization
Name
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AT&T
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Contact Name
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Dr. Lorrie Faith Cranor
AT&T Labs
973-360-8607
lorrie@research.att.com
180 Park Ave., Room A-241
Florham Park, NJ 07932
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Program/Project
Description
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Platform for Privacy Preferences Project (P3P): This project, conducted by the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C), has developed a browser-based tool for giving Internet users a clear understanding of how personal information will be used by a particular Web site, with a simple method for individuals to reach agreements that will control the transfer of data they choose to disclose.
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Key Highlights/
Milestones
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Online users will be able to set preferences on their Web browsers, or through other software programs. Users will be able to express their privacy preferences and agree on the rules that will control the use of their personal information. Parents will also be able to set rules that govern their children's activities online. Web site operators will be able to use the P3P language to explain their privacy practices to visitors. Once preferences and practices are easily communicated, Internet users will be able to view Web sites that respect their privacy concerns.
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Results
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Work is still ongoing. W3C has released a draft specification that is expected to be finalized in Fall 1999. Initial prototype software is available from AT&T, IBM, and NEC.
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Organization
Name
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AT&T
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Contact Name
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Margo Lockard
Federal Government Affairs
202-457-3149
Fax 202-457-3051
mlockard@att.com
1120 20th St., NW, Suite 1000
Washington, DC 20036
www.att.com
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Program/Project
Description
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AT&T WorldNetTM Service: AT&T believes consumers should have choice in selecting software tools that provide the controls they need for supporting their online experiences. AT&T believes the management of content for children, setting usage rules, and monitoring online activity is a personal, parental decision.
AT&T WorldNetTM Service works with Microsystems Software Inc. and SurfWatch Software to provide its subscribers with software tools that can be electronically downloaded from these companies' Web sites. Software includes "CyberPatrol," "Kids Cyber Highway" (a specially designed software tool that serves as a browser for children), and "SurfWatch."
In addition, AT&T WorldNetTM Service created the "For Kids Home Page" (www.att.net/explore/kids). This Web site links to valuable content for children, including some of the Web's most popular kids' sites -- Curiocity's "FreeZone," Worldvillage's "KIDZ," "MaMaMedia," "Disney's Club Blast," and "Bonus.com."
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Key Highlights/
Milestones
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"Cyber Patrol" and "Kids Cyber Highway" are offered free for one year to AT&T WorldNet™ subscribers. AT&T was the first ISP to offer "Kids Cyber Highway."
"SurfWatch" is offered free for 30 days of service, with special discounts for purchasing, to AT&T WorldNet™ subscribers.
A pop-up screen surfaces to alert parents and children that they are exiting AT&T's secured "For Kids Home Page" and are entering the "open" space of the Internet.
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Results
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AT&T has taken a leadership role to work with industry,
government, education, law enforcement, and nonprofit leaders to ensure that kids' Internet and online experiences are safe, educational, and rewarding.
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Organization
Name
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AT&T
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Contact Name
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Joan Fenwick
908-221-5017
Fax 908-221-6737
jfenwick@att.com
295 N. Maple Ave., Room 2326F2
Basking Ridge, NJ 07920
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Program/Project
Description
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AT&T Learning NetworkTM Program: This is AT&T's K-12 education commitment to help teachers, parents, and schools improve teaching and learning through the effective use of technology.
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Key Highlights/
Milestones
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Valuable online resources are offered, including a new Web page, "Resources for Diversity," designed to offer information on programs that foster equity, respect, and understanding in the classroom and beyond.
AT&T is a sponsor of "Team Harmony," an initiative recognizing schools and individual students for developing innovative programs and solutions for overcoming hatred and bigotry. AT&T provides hosting support for Team Harmony's Web site at www.teamharmony.org.
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Results
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The AT&T Learning NetworkTM is an EdNet Hero award-winning program, and its director was named to the "Impact 30" list by eSchoolNews.
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