New America Announces New Leadership and Program on Technology

New America appointed Alan Davidson Vice President for Technology Policy and Strategy, and Director of the Open Technology Institute.

OTI Founder Sascha Meinrath will assume leadership of a new venture focused on tech innovation at New America, the X-Lab. Currently a Visiting Scholar at MIT, Davidson is one of the pioneers of Internet policy, starting with his work in the field in 1995 at the Center for Democracy and Technology, where he promoted civil liberties and human rights in the new digital space. Davidson then founded Google’s Washington, DC policy shop in 2005, and is the co-founder of the new MIT Information Policy Project. His start date at OTI and New America will be March 31.