Kenneth D. Salomon Member

Washington, DC

Kenneth Salomon is a Member of Dow Lohnes and head of the firm's Government Relations Practice Group. He also serves as the Chairman of Dow Lohnes Government Strategies LLC. He works with clients in the areas of government relations and public policy, as well as on issues involving commercial and public broadcasting and distributed learning. Mr. Salomon joined Dow Lohnes in 1980 and serves on the firm's Hiring and Professional Development Committees. From 1978-1980, Mr. Salomon was Deputy Chief Counsel of the National Telecommunications and Information Administration, the President's principal advisor on telecommunications and information policy. Mr. Salomon held several legal positions at the Federal Communications Commission between 1970-1972 and 1975-1978. From 1972-1975, Mr. Salomon was an associate in the Washington office of Squire, Sanders & Dempsey.

Mr. Salomon has extensive government relations experience and has conducted many Congressional and Administration lobbying campaigns on issues ranging from telecommunications, securities law and regulation, broadcasting, the Internet, copyright, and cable television; to spectrum policy, student financial aid for distance learners, international trade, taxation, and immigration. Most recently, he has been involved in efforts to stem "naked" short selling of publicly traded stock, the  digital television transition and spyware legislation. He was one of the principal negotiators for the higher education community in developing with the content community the statutory language adopted by Congress in the Technology, Education and Copyright Enhancement Act of 2002, the new law that governs the use of copyrighted materials in online courses. He also was one of the principal coordinators of the education community's lobbying efforts before Congress, the FCC and the Administration in the fight to preserve the 2.5 GHz spectrum band for Instructional Television Fixed Service systems.

Mr. Salomon works closely with national higher education organizations, such as the American Association of Community Colleges, EDUCAUSE and ACUTA, particularly on policy, legal, and regulatory issues involved in the Internet, telecommunications, and copyright.

Mr. Salomon is the author of numerous publications, including Proposed FCC Rule on Indecency Could Hinge on Election Outcome (Wall Street Journal Online, November 1, 2004, co-author with Jon Hart); chapters on Intellectual Property (with Michael Goldstein) and Licensing (Encyclopedia of Distributed Learning, 2004); On the Hill; Education's Role as a Lobbying Force (University Business, August 2004); On the Hill; Almost HEAR (University Business, May 2004); On the Hill; Distance Ed: The Return of the DEDP (University Business, February 2004); IT Security for Higher Education: A Legal Perspective, (prepared for the EDUCAUSE/Internet2 Computer and Network Security Task Force, March 2003, co-authored with Peter Cassat and Briana Thibeau); The Technology, Education and Copyright Harmonization Act (NACUANotes, December, 2002); Faculty, Institutions Face Off Over Ownership of 'Courseware' (Wall Street Journal Online, May 10, 2001, co-author with Jon Hart); Cybersquatting and Your Legal Options (NACUBO Business Officer, June, 2000, co-author with Sheldon Steinbach); Copyright Considerations in Distance Education and Technology-Mediated Instruction (American Association of Community Colleges, Fall 1999); Electronic Course Ownership and Use Policies (Virtual University News, Vol. 1, Issue 8, 1998).  Mr. Salomon is a frequent presenter at conferences throughout the country.

Mr. Salomon is an honors graduate of both Tufts University (BA), Medford, MA, and The George Washington University School of Law (JD), Washington, DC, where he was a member of the Law Review. He is a member of the bars of the District of Columbia and Maryland as well as the Federal Communications Bar Association and the National Association of College and University Attorneys. Mr. Salomon is a member of the Editorial Board of NACUANotes, the board of the Oklahoma State University Institute for Teaching and Learning Excellence, and is President of the Maryland Soccer Foundation, Inc. He was Professorial Lecturer on International Telecommunications at the Johns Hopkins University School for Advanced International Studies for several years through 2001.

Memberships and Activities

Member - Federal Communications Bar Association

Member - National Association of College and University Attorneys

Board Member - Oklahoma State University Institute for Teaching and Learning Excellence

Board Member - University of Maryland University College Center for Intellectual Property

Editorial Board Member - National Association of College and University Attorneys NACUANotes

Member - GWU Law Review

Recipient - Trustees Scholarships, GWU

President - Maryland Soccer Foundation, Inc.

Publications

August 2008: HEA Reauthorization Set to Become law with Modified File Sharing Provisions

April 2008: Peer-to-Peer Filing Sharing on Campus Under Fire Yet Again

News

November 18, 2008: VIEW WEBINAR: Election 2008 - Implications for the Media & Information Technology Sectors, hosted by Dow Lohnes and Dow Lohnes Government Strategies

September 25, 2008: Partners Jim Burger, Michael Goldstein and Kenneth Salomon address legal issues surrounding the intersection of technology and higher education with The Chronicle of Higher Education

ksalomon@dowlohnes.com

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