- Mon Mar 24 1997 All the president's man
BURLINGAME, California--Ask Ira Magaziner how he got the plum gig of drafting the President's policy on electronic commerce and he'll smile: "I guess I must've stepped on the cat."
- Fri Jan 24 1997 Magaziner echoes antitax cry
The White House spokesman on e-commerce speaks: no special taxes or trade duties should be applied to transactions over the Internet.
- Thu Mar 13 1997 Short Take: Bill introduced to ban Net taxes
U.S. Senator Ron Wyden (D-Oregon) and Rep. Chris Cox (D-California) have introduced a bill to exempt Net access charges from state, local, sales, and usage taxes. The bill also calls for the Clinton administration to develop a comprehensive plan to address the taxation of electronic commerce. Such a plan is already being developed by Ira Magaziner, the administration's spokesman on e-commerce. Magaziner has pledged that no additional federal taxes will be applied to online transactions.
- Thu Jan 29 1998 Short Take: Clinton domain name paper expected
The long-awaited government paper on domain names being put together by President Clinton's Internet policy adviser, Ira Magaziner, is slated to be released and posted Friday, according to the White House and the Commerce Department. The paper will outline the government's proposal on how control over the domain name system should be transferred from the government to the private sector.
- Wed Dec 23 1998 Magaziner successor ready to work and wonk
David Beier says he will do most of his work behind the scenes, developing Net and e-commerce policies that will make his bosses popular--not him.
- Wed Aug 1 2007 Interview: Running with the clean-tech bulls
Ira Ehrenpreis heads up clean-tech investing at venture capital firm Technology Partners, which just raised a $300 million fund.
- Tue Nov 10 1998 Tech loses policy leaders
With Magaziner and Gingrich stepping down, high-tech lobbyists and industry members are concerned about the future.
- Fri Nov 6 1998 Domain name battle in transition
The domain-naming community hammers out details of the future oversight of the Net address system as it loses two of its leaders.
- Fri Jun 5 1998 Master of whose domain?
The government's "white paper" on how to handle the transition of control over the domain name system leaves many questions unanswered.
- Wed Jul 22 2009 Can IT help build smart cities?
In a panel at Fortune's Brainstorm, leaders see potential but also a need for the IT industry to change its business model and more.

