One of the major initiatives of the Berkman Center is the OpenNet Initiative, which is a joint worldwide study of the filtering of the web, along with the Universities of Toronto and Cambridge ( UK ).

* OpenNet Initiative, a project for tracking the use of internet filtering and surveillance

The OpenNet Initiative found evidence of pervasive filtering in the political area and as selective in social, conflict / security, and Internet tools in December 2010.

The Citizen Lab ’ s ongoing research network includes the Information Warfare Monitor ( 2002-2012 ), the OpenNet Initiative, OpenNet. Asia, OpenNet. Eurasia, Psi-Lab, and the Cyber Stewards Program.

The OpenNet Initiative ( ONI ) is a partnership with The Berkman Center for Internet & Society at Harvard Law School and The SecDev Group.

In 2003, thanks to support from the Ford Foundation and the Open Society Institute, the OpenNet Initiative was formed with the Citizen Lab, Berkman Center for Internet and Society, and the Advanced Network Research Group at University of Cambridge UK as the founding partners.

* OpenNet Initiative

Internet censorship in Turkmenistan was classified as pervasive in the political area and as selective in the social, conflict / security, and Internet tools areas by the OpenNet Initiative in December 2010.

The OpenNet Initiative classified Internet filtering as pervasive in the political, social, and Internet tools areas and as selective in the conflict / security area in August 2009.

The OpenNet Initiative carried out tests in Tunisia using the ISPs Planet Tunisie and TopNet.

The Web site of the OpenNet Initiative ( opennet. net ), which researches and documents state filtering and censorship practices, was blocked.

Research by the OpenNet Initiative, a project that monitors Internet filtering by governments worldwide, showed that the Vietnamese-language portion of the Radio Free Asia website was blocked by both of the tested ISPs in Vietnam, while the English-language portion was blocked by one of the two ISPs.

In 2009 the OpenNet Initiative found no evidence of Internet filtering in Australia, but due to legal restrictions ONI does not test for filtering of child pornography.

He is a co-founder and a principal investigator of the OpenNet Initiative and Information Warfare Monitor projects.

* The OpenNet Initiative

According to the OpenNet Initiative, FortiGuard is used by the dictatorship of Myanmar to block communications critical of the regime carried over the Internet, a system known as the Myanmar Wide Web.

* OpenNet Initiative

The objective of OpenNet. Asia is to engage academic, policy, and civil society stakeholders in the Asian region concerned by surveillance and censorship to build institutional capacity and networked resources to conduct research and public policy advocacy around those issues.

Facilities available includes a community centre, sports and recreation centres, swimming pools, bowling alleys, information centres and several offices, likewise Linden Research, North East CDC, OpenNet, Hewlett-Packard, Cisco and Council of Estate Agencies.

" While Sakharov strongly disagreed with Teller over nuclear testing in the atmosphere and Strategic Defense Initiative, he believed that American academics had been unfair to Teller ’ s resolve to get the H-bomb for the United States since " all steps by the Americans of a temporary or permanent rejection of developing thermonuclear weapons would have been seen either as a clever feint, or as the manifestation of stupidity.

The Mayor of Kabul Muhammad Yunus Nawandish has brought many municipal reform efforts by the U. S. Agency for International Development ’ s “ Kabul City Initiative ” project, the World Bank, Japanese Government JICA and other International Donors to build municipal capacity, improve service delivery and infrastructure, and increase municipal revenue for a cleaner and greener Kabul.

It has also been successful in helping to reduce cases by 99 % since the Global Polio Eradication Initiative was launched in 1988, which partnered WHO with Rotary International, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ( CDC ) and the United Nations Children ’ s Fund ( UNICEF ), as well as smaller organizations.

Dr. Rubinow states that “ the Women ’ s Health Initiative study led to the mistaken belief that estrogen replacement therapy is bad for all women.

Much of the negative impact of estrogen that they found was related to the fact that most of the women in the Women ’ s Health Initiative study were far past the menopause and up to 79 years old .” Dr. Rubinow continues by explaining that “ there are now a large number of studies that demonstrate what has been called the timing hypothesis.

Perimenopausal women in the Women ’ s Health Initiative who received estrogen had significantly lower coronary artery calcification compared to the women who didn ’ t take estrogen .” As Dr. Rubinow states, “ given the mortality and morbidity associated with depression and heart disease, and the tremendous increase in risk of these disorders during the perimenopause, it is critical that we identify those women who will be helped by estradiol .”

Since 2004, Shepton Mallet ’ s town centre buildings have benefitted from two conservation schemes, the Heritage Economic Regeneration Scheme and the Townscape Heritage Initiative Scheme, which provided grants for the repair of buildings, reinstatement of architectural features and enhancement of public spaces, as well as community involvement, education and training.

The Initiative ’ s Networking and Facilitation Office, based at Michigan State University, facilitates the work of these committees.

That office also promotes communication among the varied parties interested in scab, and represents the Initiative ’ s only ‘ fixed ’ asset.

Aozora Bunko pointed that extension of the copyright term had been influenced from the document, “ The U. S .- Japan Regulatory Reform and Competition Policy Initiative .” Through these annually reports, The U. S. Government was requiring that the protected period of copyright should be extended to the Japanese government: 70 years after one ’ s death for an individual, and 95 years after for a corporation.

Following the Iraq War WMF created the Iraq Cultural Heritage Conservation Initiative to address the many threats to Iraq ’ s cultural heritage resulting from the occupation and from a long period of political isolation and conflict.

Bodine directs the Scholars in the Nation ’ s Service Initiative ( SINSI ) and lectures at Princeton's Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs.

* Virtualization Management Initiative ( VMAN ) – A suite of specifications based on DMTF ’ s CIM that helps IT managers: Deploy virtual computer systems, Discover / inventory virtual computer systems, Manage lifecycle of virtual computer systems, Create / modify / delete virtual resources and Monitor virtual systems for health and performance.

The Mackinac Center often cites work by three Nobel Laureates who are unaffiliated with the Mackinac Center: Milton Friedman, who first proposed the concept of school choice, which is now promoted by the Center ’ s Education Initiative ; F. A.

The Center's Fiscal Policy Initiative is described on the Center ’ s Web site as working to “ limit taxation, champion broad-based, private sector economic development, and reduce government outlays through privatization and spending cuts .” In 2007 Mackinac Center analysts were active in making the case against a $ 1. 4 billion tax increase proposed by the Granholm administration, publishing studies and op-eds, and making numerous radio appearances arguing that state government should restructure itself to eliminate the need for tax hikes.

The Initiative publishes an annual survey of privatization of non-instructional services in Michigan ’ s 552 school districts, and also publishes a biannual journal, the Michigan Privatization Report, which is sent to Michigan municipal officials and approximately 4, 200 public school board members.

This Initiative ’ s stated mission is to promote “ scientifically sound and market-based polices ” that “ enhance environmental protection and public health, and maximizes the benefits of new technologies .” It publishes studies and the quarterly Michigan Science magazine, sponsors student essay contests, and more.

In the area of clean technologies, university researchers work to raise the efficiency and reliability of the nation ’ s electrical power grid, improve air quality forecasting in the Northwest, and conduct cooperative research projects under the Department of Energy Nuclear Energy Research Initiative ( NERI ).

* On October 26, 2006, Raytheon was recognized by U. S. Secretary of Labor Elaine Chao as a recipient of the 2006 New Freedom Initiative ( NFI ) Award for the company ’ s commitment to recruit, train, hire and promote individuals with disabilities.

In 2005, Germany ’ s state and federal governments launched the Excellence Initiative, a contest among its universities.

The panel, composed of the German Research Foundation and the German Science Council, has decided that LMU Munich will receive funding for all three areas covered by the Initiative: one graduate school, three “ excellence clusters ” and general funding for the university ’ s “ future concept ”.

As part of several actions to implement the President ’ s Management Agenda ( PMA ), Veneman began USDA ’ s e-Government Initiative, which made an unprecedented array of programs and services available electronically.