Hallelujah, indeed.

Susan Crawford, one of the most important and influential media-law scholars in the United States is headed to the White House. This from Wendy Seltzer's Susan Crawford to the White House on Ada Lovelace Day:

Susan is one of clearest thinkers I know on technology policy --which is critical to the continued development of technology (see, for example, her "Biology of the Broadcast Flag" (PDF), showing early the errors of technology mandates). She founded OneWebDay, an "Earth Day for the Internet," and reminded a global community that we sometimes need to demonstrate the Web's values in order to preserve them. She understands that the Net's openness and accessibility has fueled innovation around it, and has thought deeply about how we (as public, industry, and government) can help to keep that spirit going.

It hasn't been confirmed yet but her title would be :special assistant to the president for science, technology, and innovation policy".

Some Net Neutrality haters are already grumbling about the appointment.

I love Nancy Scola's comment that we may see OneWebDay as a national holiday. Especially for how Susan has framed the web itself. This from OneWebDay:

The idea behind OneWebDay is to focus attention on a key internet value (this year, online participation in democracy), focus attention on local internet concerns (connectivity, censorship, individual skills), and create a global constituency that cares about protecting and defending the internet. So, think of OneWebDay as an environmental movement for the Internet ecosystem. It’s a platform for people to educate and activate others about issues that are important for the Internet’s future.

This is really a great day for advocates of digital civil rights and open standards. As the editors of p2pNews point out, the Justice Department has been stacked with lawyers on the wrong side of copyright and intellectual property laws. I'd like to add to that that the DOJ and FCC have been stacked with people against net neutrality and digital civil rights.

Last but not least, it's just amazing that we have a woman in the White House as our #1 internet warrior.

Go get 'em Susan!