Government Documents

Federal Trade Commission. (2005). The Truth about Cell Phones and the National Do Not Call Registry. Retrieved June 11, 2008 from http://www.ftc.gov/opa/2005/04/dnc.shtm.

This memo released by the FTC alerts consumers to an e-mail being circulated about the potential telemarketing calls they may receive through their cell phones. The memo claims that this is not the case, and that telemarketing calls to cell phone numbers have always been illegal, and will continue to be so. It gives examples of a couple emails that had been circulating and then claims that the FCC prohibits telemarketers to make automated phone calls to cell phones without the consent of the user. They suggest that cell phone users put their names on the National Do Not Call Registry in order to ensure they do not receive telemarketing calls. This site may be useful to a researcher or journalist who wants to know more about privacy issues associated with cell phones and what the government may be doing to intervene in potentially unsecure circumstances.

Betsy Gotbaum, Public Advocate for the City of New York. (2006). Releases & Statements.

Retrieved June 11, 2008 from http://www.pubadvocate.nyc.gov/news/CellPhonePolicy.html

This website contains a statement made by Betsy Gotbaum at a City Council hearing for the Department of Education Cell Phone policy. She explains her policy choice to ban cell phone use in the classroom and explains that New York City is not the only city that has done so. She claims that it is already policy in Los Angeles, Chicago, Houston, San Diego, Dallas and Miami. The rest of the page goes on to list a few cities and some classroom policies on using cell phones. This site may be of interest to a researcher or journalist who wants to know more about localized policies on cell phones and what actions schools are taking to prohibit them in the classroom.