Internet/ICT
IEEE Positions
IEEE has adopted the following global public policy statements on issues related to the Internet and Information and Computing Technology:
- Advancing Universal Access to the Internet (2018)
- In Support of Privacy Engineering (2018)
- In Support of Strong Encryption (2018)
- Building a Sustainable Global Information Society (2017)
- The Role of the Technical Community in Internet Policy (2017)
- Open Policy Statement to the World Summit on the Information Society (WISIS) (2016)
IEEE Organizational Unit Positions
IEEE also permits its Organizational Units to adopt public policy position statements on issues within their specific geographic, technical or subject-matter scope. The following position statements represent the views of the specified IEEE Organizational Units that adopted them. They do not necessarily represent the views of IEEE as a whole, its global membership, or other IEEE Organizational Units.
IEEE-European Public Policy Committee
- ICT for the Prevention of Communicable Diseases and Health Promotion in Europe (Position Statement)(March 2018)
- Action Plan for Electronics Industry in Europe (Position Statement)(2017)
- Net Neutrality (Position Statement) (2016)
- Smart Cities (Position Statement) (2016)
IEEE-USA
- Improving U.S. Spectrum Policy Deliberations (Position Statement) (2018)
- Digital Privacy, Awareness and Control (Position Statement) (2018)
- Dig Once (Position Statement) (2017)
- Cybersecurity (Position Statement) (2014)
- Risking It All: Unlocking The Door to the Nation’s Cybersecurity (Whitepaper) (2014)
- Clarifying Harmful Interference Will Facilitate Wireless Innovation (Whitepaper) (2012)
- FAQ on Cybersecurity (Whitepaper) (2011)
- Network Traffic Management and the Evolving Internet (Whitepaper) (2010)
- Next Generation Internet: IPv4 Address Exhaustion, Mitigation Strategies and Implications for the U.S. ((Whitepaper) (2009)
- The State of RFID Implementation and Its Policy Implications (Whitepaper) (2009)
- Providing Ubiquitous Gigabit Networks in the United States (Whitepaper) (2005)
IEEE Standards Association
- Intelligent Spectrum Allocation and Management (Position Statement) (2018)
IEEE 802 LAN/MAN Standards Committee
- Expanding Flexible Use in Mid-Band Spectrum Between 3.7 and 24 GHz (Policy Communication/Position) (2017)
IEEE Dynamic Spectrum Access Networks Standards Committee (DySPAN-SC)
- Expanding Flexibility in the Spectrum Between 3.7 and 24 GHz Via the use of Spectrum Consumption Models (Policy Communication/Position) (2017)