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Web White and Blue 2000
Web White and Blue 2000 built on the 1998 success of Web White & Blue to support and improve individuals' election experience and to demonstrate ways in which multiple sectors can create important Internet services for the public during elections.

Program Area: Policy for a Networked Society > Public Engagement
Initiated: November 1999

Markle Foundation: Effort To Promote Awareness Of Civic Issues Through "Understanding USA"
This project was designed to increase public awareness of civic issues through a book and web site. Developed by information architect Richard Saul Wurman and leading designers and policy professionals, "Understanding USA" uses graphic design to make difficult statistical information more accessible.

Program Area: Policy for a Networked Society > Public Engagement
Initiated: November 1999

Markle Fellows at the New America Foundation
In conjunction with the New America Foundation, the Markle Foundation funded numerous "Markle Fellows" who wrote and published original works about policy problems and possibilities of information technology in society.

Program Area: Policy for a Networked Society > Policy Participation
Initiated: November 1999

Markle Foundation / Internet Governance Project
This project is designed to promote the public interest in nontraditional, international venues where decisions are increasingly made and standards are set that affect the Internet. These venues -- NGO's, World Wide Web Consortium (W3C), WTO and the World Intellectual Property Organization - consider such issues as electronic commerce standards, intellectual property, consumer protection, privacy, content regulation, taxation and online jurisdiction.

Program Area: Policy for a Networked Society > Policy Participation
Initiated: November 1999

ICANN-Related Work
This grant to the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) is designed to make the Internet's first international oversight body more accountable to all users of the Internet. In particular, the grant will help ensure that the election of ICANN's board of directors is representative, fair and credible.

Program Area: Policy for a Networked Society > Policy Participation
Initiated: October 1999

The Berkman Center for Internet and Society
This grant supported the "Pressing Issues II: Understanding and Critiquing ICANN's Policy Agenda" conference on November 12th, 2000, which preceded the ICANN Board meeting. The conference examined many of the new challenges and issues on ICANN's agenda.

Program Area: Policy for a Networked Society > Policy Participation
Initiated: September 1999

Markle Foundation/The University of Texas at Austin
Support of a research team led by Dr. Ellen Wartella, Dean of the College of Communication at the University of Texas. This research resulted in a comprehensive review of work done on interactive media and its effects on children.

Program Area: Interactive Media for Children
Initiated: July 1999

WorldLink / Internews Network
The Markle Foundation assisted Internews Network, Inc., in developing a license application and strategy for an innovative, interactive 24-hour live channel dedicated to quality, international affairs programming on two major Direct Broadcast Satellite (DBS) systems.

Program Area: Policy for a Networked Society > Public Engagement
Initiated: July 1999

Markle Foundation / Oxygen Media, Inc.
Working with Oxygen and WebMD, this project combines the powers of the Internet and TV to inspire and enable women to take control of both their health and their health care. The TV show, which airs on the Oxygen Network(tm), is a dramatic series about real women who've improved their health care and the overall quality of their lives by being proactive and working with the health system. The website on WebMD, 'Life on the Line,' gives women the tools they need to do the same.

Program Area: Health
Initiated: July 1999

Oxford University: Programme on comparative Media Law and Policy
This grant continues Markle's support of the Programme on Comparative Media Law and Policy that was created in September 1996 to address the need for detailed study and analysis of the various policy and regulation strategies that nation-states follow in response to media globalization, and the implications of these strategies for democracy and human rights.

Program Area: Policy for a Networked Society > Policy Participation
Initiated: June 1999

Mouse: Web-Based Resource for Teachers
Markle Foundation provided funding to the organization Making Opportunities for Upgrading Schools (MOUSE) to develop a Web-based online resource for teachers, administrators, and educators. This resource helped educators best utilize technology in schools while providing a forum to share their expertise and experiences with others in the field.

Program Area: Policy for a Networked Society > Public Engagement
Initiated: May 1999

Child Connect Refugee Tracing Project - International Rescue Committee
This project developed and implemented the Child Connect program for refugees as well as the Kosovar Family Finder, a project that provided refugees from the war in Kosovo with location information for displaced family and friends.

Program Area: Policy for a Networked Society > IT for Development
Initiated: May 1999

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