W3C Names Technology and Society Domain Leader, Policy Director

W3C has named Ralph Swick Technology and Society Domain Leader and Daniel J. Weitzner to the new position Technology and Society Policy Director. Ralph, who was Technology and Society Technical Director since 1997, will oversee the T&S Activities, currently Privacy, Security, and Semantic Web. Danny will lead W3C public policy strategy efforts, continue to co-chair the Patents and Standards Interest Group, and direct and perform outside research, funded through grants to MIT's DIG and the WSRI. Read about T&S, W3C's work at the intersection of Web technology and public policy, and about W3C.