Ari M. Schwartz is the Internet Policy Advisor at the National Institute of Standards and Technology

National Institute of Standards and Technology

The National Institute of Standards and Technology , known between 1901 and 1988 as the National Bureau of Standards , is a measurement standards laboratory, otherwise known as a National Metrological Institute , which is a non-regulatory agency of the United States Department of Commerce...

, working on the Internet Policy Task Force  at the Department of Commerce. Schwartz was previously the vice president and chief operating officer of the Center for Democracy and Technology

Center for Democracy and Technology

The Center for Democracy & Technology is a Washington, D.C. based 501 non-profit public-interest group that works to promote an open, innovative and free Internet....

 (CDT) in Washington, D.C.

Washington, D.C.

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, in the United States.

Schwartz is from the Detroit

Detroit, Michigan

Detroit is the major city among the primary cultural, financial, and transportation centers in the Metro Detroit area, a region of 5.2 million people. As the seat of Wayne County, the city of Detroit is the largest city in the U.S. state of Michigan and serves as a major port on the Detroit River...

, Michigan

Michigan

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 area, and holds a bachelor's degree in sociology from Brandeis University

Brandeis University

Brandeis University is an American private research university with a liberal arts focus. It is located in the southwestern corner of Waltham, Massachusetts, nine miles west of Boston. The University has an enrollment of approximately 3,200 undergraduate and 2,100 graduate students. In 2011, it...

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Career

He was formerly a CDT senior policy analyst and subsequently the center's deputy director. Prior to joining CDT he specialized in information issues for OMB Watch

OMB Watch

OMB Watch is a 501 nonprofit organization based in Washington, D.C. OMB Watch was formed by Gary Bass in 1983 to lift the veil of secrecy shrouding the White House Office of Management and Budget...

, and was a member of the New England-Israel chamber of commerce in Boston, Massachusetts.

External links

• CDT.org profile for Schwartz
• Video (and audio) conversation with Schwartz about tech issues (specifically Google) on Bloggingheads.tv
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