CivicActions

Barack Obama's campaign released an ambitious technology document (PDF) that outlines quite a few exciting new specific proposals addressing the future of the Web.

Jon Stokes of Arstechnica lays out the details well in his article. Here are the summarized bullet points:

* Ensure the full and free exchange of information among Americans through an open Internet and diverse media outlets.

* Create a transparent and connected democracy.

* Encourage the deployment of a modern communications infrastructure.

* Employ technology and innovation to solve our nation's most pressing problems, including reducing the costs of health care, encouraging the development of new clean energy sources, and improving public safety.

* Improve America’s technology competitiveness

* Full support of network neutrality legislation

* Obama decries media consolidation and pledges to "encourage diversity" in media ownership

* Proposes the creation of a modern, online answer to Sesame Street called Public Media 2.0

* Privacy and safeguards against abuse

* National broadband policy and opening up the wireless spectrum to fresh competition

* H1B reform

* Investments in basic science and R&D