[discuss] [bestbits] Fwd: Heads up on Brazil meeting preparation

Thu Jan 9 16:37:21 UTC 2014

Roland 

DCMS Is Department of Culture, Media and Sport and Internet Policy was
transferred to it from BIS (Business, Innovation and Skills) during the
issues with News International in  2011; nothing to do with
Broadcasting....

Nigel 

On 1/9/14 5:23 PM, "Roland Perry" <roland at internetpolicyagency.com> wrote:

>In message 
><DBD9F335EA4A684FA2640EEE94EEF272197EF446 at USPDCMAIL002P.reedsmith.com>,
>at 15:57:17 on Thu, 9 Jan 2014, "Shatan, Gregory S."
><GShatan at ReedSmith.com> writes
>
>>DoT is clearly the Department of Transportation
>
>Here in the UK we call them the Department for Transport.
>
>Transportation is the deprecated process of sending criminals to
>Australia.
>
>Trade (and commerce) was dealt with by the Department of Trade and
>Industry, now renamed Department for Business, Innovation and Skills;
>unless it's anything to do with the Internet when it's the Department
>for Media, Culture and Sport (on account of the interweb being a bit
>like a TV channel, I suppose).
>-- 
>Roland Perry
>
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