Elliot E. Maxwell
Senior Fellow for the Digital Economy
Communications and Society Program, Aspen Institute

Elliot E. Maxwell is presently Senior Fellow for the Digital Economy and Director of the Internet Policy Project for the Aspen Institute's Communications and Society Program. The Communications and Society Program promotes integrated, values-based decision making in the fields of communications, media and information policy and focuses on the impact of communications and information technologies on democratic institutions, the economy, individual behavior, and community life.

Prior to joining the Institute, Maxwell was Special Advisor to the Secretary of Commerce for the Digital Economy. In this position he served as principal advisor to the Secretary on the Internet and Electronic Commerce. He coordinated the Department's efforts to establish a legal framework for electronic commerce, ensure privacy, protect intellectual property, increase Internet security, encourage broadband deployment, expand Internet participation, and analyze the impact of electronic commerce on all aspects of business and the economy. He was part of the U.S. Government Interagency Working Group on Electronic Commerce since its creation.

Previously, Maxwell worked for a number of years as a consultant and as Assistant Vice President for Corporate Strategy of Pacific Telesis Group where he combined business, technology, and public policy planning. He served at the Federal Communications Commission as Special Assistant to the Chairman, Deputy Chief of the Office of Plans and Policy, and Deputy Chief of the Office of Science and Technology and as Director of International Technology Policy at the Department of Commerce. Maxwell also worked for the U.S. Senate as Senior Counsel to the U.S. Senate Select Committee on Intelligence Activities.

Maxwell graduated from Brown University and Yale University Law School. He has written and spoken widely on issues involving electronic commerce, telecommunications, and technology policy.

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