"Internet, Politics and the U.S. Presidential Elections"
On September 19th the Dialogue, and the U.S. Embassy, organized a lecture on “Internet, Politics and the U.S. Presidential Elections” by Professor Carol Darr, Adjunct Lecturer in Public Policy at Harvard University's John F. Kennedy School of Government and Adjunct Professor at George Washington University.
Prior to going to the Kennedy School she was the director of the Institute for Politics, Democracy and the Internet, a part of the Graduate School of Political Management at The George Washington University, where she is a member of the adjunct faculty.
She has spent most of her career in national politics and government and served as the General Counsel to the Democratic National Committee in the 1992 presidential election. During the Clinton administration, she served as the Acting General Counsel of the U.S. Department of Commerce and as the Associate Administrator of NTIA for the Office of International Affairs. She was the Chief Counsel to the 1988 Dukakis/Bentsen Committee and Deputy Counsel to the 1980 Carter/Mondale Presidential Committee.
During her presentation, with the participation of over 60 political consultants, local and national government officials, researchers, and NGO representatives, Professor Darr talked about the significance of information technology for politics in the information era and emphasized the importance of new forms of participation in the upcoming U.S. presidential elections made possible these days by technology, for example the use of blogs.
Photo: Professor Darr speaks to the public.
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