{"id":1277,"date":"2011-02-03T09:12:07","date_gmt":"2011-02-03T14:12:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.asgroupinc.com\/?p=1277"},"modified":"2011-02-03T09:12:07","modified_gmt":"2011-02-03T14:12:07","slug":"will-marsha-blackburn-be-gops-next-tech-policy-champion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.asgroupinc.com\/will-marsha-blackburn-be-gops-next-tech-policy-champion\/","title":{"rendered":"Will Marsha Blackburn be GOP\u2019s next tech policy champion?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.asgroupinc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/TechRail-Marsha-Blackburn-AP_605.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-1278\" title=\"Marsha Blackburn\" src=\"https:\/\/www.asgroupinc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/TechRail-Marsha-Blackburn-AP_605.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"363\" height=\"197\" \/><\/a>By JENNIFER MARTINEZ, Politico<\/p>\n<p>In the first few weeks of 2011, Rep. Marsha Blackburn didn\u2019t just test the tech policy waters, she dove in head first.<\/p>\n<p>On the opening day of the 112th Congress, the Tennessee Republican reintroduced a bill to bar the Federal Communications Commission from instituting net neutrality rules. Days later, she spoke on an online privacy panel at the geek equivalent of the Oscars: the International Consumer Electronics Show. Last week, she keynoted the State of the Net conference \u2014 the biggest tech policy fete in the capital so far this year.<\/p>\n<p>Blackburn\u2019s turf, however, is far from the tech hubs of Silicon Valley, New York\u2019s Silicon Alley or Boston\u2019s Route 128 corridor. She\u2019s from Brentwood, Tenn., a suburb of Nashville, known more for producing country music than silicon chips or Web startups.<\/p>\n<p>The tech community has taken notice.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe seems to be doing more keynote addresses and taking much more of a visible role,\u201d said Darrell West, founding director of Brookings Institution\u2019s Center for Technology Innovation. \u201cThere\u2019s been great public interest in tech, and she\u2019s taken advantage of that to carve out a niche in tech policy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Blackburn says she\u2019s been active all along.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMaybe some people just weren\u2019t paying attention,\u201d Blackburn told POLITICO. \u201cBut I\u2019m glad they are now.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>To read more, visit: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/stories\/0111\/48251.html\">Will Marsha Blackburn be GOP\u2019s next tech policy champion?<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By JENNIFER MARTINEZ, Politico In the first few weeks of 2011, Rep. 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