Editor's note.

• Author: O'Connor, Ann E.

Welcome to the sixty-third Volume of the Federal Communications Law Journal, the nation's premier communications law journal and the official journal of the Federal Communications Bar Association. The works presented in this Issue reflect the Journal's commitment to providing its readership with interesting, important, and timely analysis in communications law and policy. The Journal staff is excited about the quality of the Essays, Articles, and Notes included in this Issue.

The Issue begins with a series of Essays presenting analysis of the future of digital communications from a variety of perspectives. The Essays were supported by Time Warner Cable's Research Program on Digital Communications (1) and are introduced by Fernando Laguarda, vice president for external affairs and policy counselor for Time Warner Cable.

The first Essay is by John Palfrey, a professor of law at Harvard Law School and codirector of the Berkman Center for Internet and Society at Harvard. Professor Palfrey presents his view on the connection between law and social science, focusing on youth media policy and the importance of creating policy that reflects current research on today's youth--the digital generation. The next Essay is by Dr. Nicol Turner-Lee, vice president and director of the Media and Technology Institute at the Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies, who discusses the importance of understanding the possibilities and challenges of using digital communications as a platform for civic engagement. Dr. Scott Wallsten, who is vice president and senior fellow at the Technology Policy Institute, then examines the approach policymakers have taken to broadband technology in his Essay, emphasizing the importance of researching the long-term impact of such technologies on the business sector. The next Essay is by Dale Hatfield, executive director of the Silicon Flatirons Center for Law, Technology, and Entrepreneurship at the University of Colorado, who discusses broadband technology and challenges policymakers to develop a deeper understanding of wireless and wireline technologies. In the final Essay, Christopher Yoo, professor of law at the University of Pennsylvania, focuses on the architecture of the Internet and calls for flexible Internet policymaking that will reflect the insight of engineers and network architects as the Internet continues to change in the future.

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