I'm a principal at
Robinson & Yu LLC, a consulting firm that helps people harness Internet technologies to address civic problems. I'm also a Visiting Fellow of the Information Society Project at Yale Law School, where I study the intersection of information technology, law, and public policy.
Writing
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The New Ambiguity of "Open Government"
Harlan Yu and David G. Robinson
59 UCLA L. Rev. Disc. 178 (2012) [link]
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Following the Money: A Better Way Forward on the PROTECT IP Act
September 18, 2011
Working Paper, Information Society Project
Yale Law School [link]
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Ethical Issues in E-Voting Security Analysis
Invited paper, with J. Alex Halderman
In Proc. 2nd Workshop on Ethics and Computer Security Research (WECSR '11), Castries, St. Lucia
- Enabling Innovation for Civic Engagement
with Harlan Yu and Edward W. Felten
in Open Government: Collaboration, Transparency, and Participation in Practice (2010)
- Government Data and the Invisible Hand
with Harlan Yu, William P. Zeller, and Edward W. Felten
Yale Journal of Law & Technology, Vol. 11, p. 160, 2009 [link]
- What Were We Talking About? The Wall Street Journal
June 12, 2008 [link]
- Net Gains, The Wilson Quarterly, Spring 2008
Presentations
- Half Speed Ahead: America's Wise Reluctance to Turn Internet Intermediaries Into Copyright Enforcers
Invited lecture, Center for Information Technology Policy
February 17, 2011 [video]
- The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009: The Role of State and Local Governments
Congressional testimony before the House Committee on Oversight and Government Affairs
April 21, 2009
- Attention, Distraction, and Information Glut
Featured talk at Future of News workshop, Center for Information Technology Policy
May 15, 2008 [video]