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[Video Update] 22 Charged in $2.4M Defrauding of Comcast
Montgomery County District Attorney Ferman says ringleaders lived lavish lifestyles.
[This article was updated at 5:05 p.m. on Tuesday, Aug. 7]
Five people have been arrested and warrants issued for 17 others in an elaborate scheme to defraud Comcast of more than $2.4 million between April 2011 and April 2012, the Montgomery County District Attorney's office said Tuesday.
The district attorney's office said Alston Buchanan, 28; Leighton Harrell, 26; Kendall Singleton, 26; and Richard Justin Spraggins, 29, all of Philadelphia; and Nicholas Caputo, 31, of Virginia Beach, Va., were "top members of an elaborate criminal organization" that led Comcast customers to make one-time payments to them in exchange for a one-time reduction in their Comcast service bills.
"This is a corrupt organization involving a number of individuals who developed and implemented a very sophisticated scheme in which they would access the personal Comcast accounts of individuals and change the terms of their service for a fee," said District Attorney Risa Ferman.
Ferman said that Buchanan, the ringleader, would typically charge a $150 annual fee that could cut the customer's bill by up to half by adding unauthorized promotions to their account. She said that approximately 5,400 accounts were compromised in a year's time, costing Comcast over $2.4 million.
Authorities said that to fulfill the bogus agreement with the customers, Buchanan, a former Comcast employee and contractor for Comcast, had an associate illegally access the equipment room of a Comcast subcontractor at its office in the Hatboro section of Upper Moreland Township.
In that facility, Singleton allegedly installed an unauthorized computer, at the direction of Buchanan, that he then used to remotely access and manipulate the accounts of the customers who had been enrolled in the scheme.
Investigation begins after Comcast employee solicited
Comcast became aware of the scheme earlier this year, after an "agent" unknowingly approached a Comcast employee, authorities said.
"A woman who was a Comcast employee was sitting in a beauty salon having her hair done, and someone approached her and asked if she was a Comcast customer," Ferman said. "When she said yes, they asked if she would like to have a discount on her bill, and said they could provide that to her."
Ferman said the employee then reported the incident to Comcast's corporate security, which began an internal investigation. Comcast investigators quickly determined that a number of operator ID numbers, some of which belonged to terminated employees, were being used to manipulate accounts, including on sick days.
The internal investigation then tracked the account manipulation to the "secret server" at the Upper Moreland office of the subcontractor, ACI. Following a power outage on April 9, investigators pointed a security camera at the equipment area, knowing that a third party would need to return to reactivate the unauthorized computer. Singleton was allegedly seen accessing the equipment area on security footage the following day.
Within the following hour, authorities say, 96 customer accounts were "accessed and manipulated."
Comcast contacts authorities
Comcast then contacted police, who launched their own investigation.
"Two of our detectives reached out to a fellow named, "Nick," and said they were interested in discounted service," Ferman said. "They agreed on an amount and method of service, and the account was verified by Comcast."
Ferman says that after investigators made a deposit into a TD Bank account, they sent a picture of a deposit slip to "Nick," later identified as Buchanan, to verify the payment. Then, Buchanan allegedly made the undercover detectives an offer.
"In an ironic twist, "Nick" then tried to recruit our undercover detectives to become agents for the operation, saying 'you can make some money on the side,'" Ferman said.
According to Ferman, 17 individuals identified as "agents" worked to solicit individuals. They took a commission on each deal, earning hundreds to several thousands of dollars over the duration of the scheme.
Alleged ringleaders lived lavish lifestyles, but Buchanan told media he was modern day "Robin Hood"
A 61-page affidavit of probable cause reveals further insight into the criminal investigation. According to the document, Buchanan was listed as "Batman" on Spraggins' cell phone, and top ringleaders enjoyed a lavish lifestyle. Upon searching Spraggins' home, police found over $100,000 in cash and a number of expensive items.
Despite this, Buchanan, who turned himself into authorities, described himself as a modern day "Robin Hood" to members of the media at the Montgomery County Courthouse Tuesday.
Ferman saw things differently.
"In addition to the hundred thousand dollars, we found significant funds deposited in checking accounts and significant spending histories," Ferman said. "We're talking about thousands of dollars that were both found and seized in banks as well as records of spending in hotels, airlines, bars, strip clubs, high end stores… they were living very high on the hog on other's people's money."
An investigation of Spraggins' personal finances revealed that he had opened debit accounts with Ikea, Sunglass Hut, Armani, Macy's, Apple, Skydiving Freefall Adventures, US Airways, Harrah's Atlantic City, Miami Beach, and more.
An investigation into Buchanan's multiple phone records found text messages detailing concerns as investigators closed in. One featured a conversation between Buchanan and an associate who warned him about paper notebooks that were used to keep "customer" records.
"Get rid of that f---ing book…its paper trail. And stay the f-- off the map I know its hard for u but don't be so out in the open with all your financial moves," one read.
A second message elaborated: "i.e. your car or popping bottles in the vip…if they look at your Facebook page and see 5 cars and all of them expensive. They're going to figure out they got their guy. I'm just saying."
Buchanan responded: "Just changed my title to construction worker lol"
Charges filed
Buchanan, Spraggins, Caputo, Harrell, Irving, and Singleton are charged with criminal conspiracy, theft of services, dealing in proceeds of unlawful activity, computer theft, computer trespass, and numerous related charges. They are scheduled to be arraigned on Sept. 14 in Upper Moreland.
In addition to the ringleaders, the district attorney's office issued arrest warrants for the following 17 people, whom it described as "agents in this corrupt organization" who were involved in soliciting customers for the scheme.
- Omar Ali, 27, of Bensalem
- Timothy Boone, 30, of Langhorne
- Zindora Crawford, 32, of Philadelphia
- Francis Crowley, 30, of Philadelphia
- Joseph Dolan, 45, of Philadelphia
- Kathleen Doyle, 33, of Bensalem
- Sherree Engle, 28, of Warminster
- Michael Haldeman, 30, of Philadelphia
- Thomas Higgins, 45, of Philadelphia
- John Hoesle, 42, of Philadelphia
- Joseph Hoffman, 39, of Philadelphia
- John Macon, 42, of Philadelphia
- Brandon Massaro, 37, of Philadelphia
- Frank Provenzano, 45, of Philadelphia
- William Rodriguez, 36, of Philadelphia
- Edwardo Roman, 32, of Philadelphia
- Teresa Sterling, 33, of Philadelphia
Tired of Hypocrisy
4:12 pm on Tuesday, August 7, 2012
Easier for them to do illegal activities than be productive citizens. Would not want their 'entitlement' Money taken away. Long prison sentences forveach of them is warranted.
Scott Korb
4:24 pm on Tuesday, August 7, 2012
They figured 22 people would:
a. Conduct their criminal activity as planned, without making a mistake
b. Not get caught
c. Not squeal once caught
Not too bright.
Roy Martin
5:04 pm on Tuesday, August 7, 2012
Who's gonna go after Comcast for legally overcharging millions of people the past 25 years?
Missy Bruckner
6:40 pm on Tuesday, August 7, 2012
Mmmm yeah, because two wrongs make a right. Right?
Pat Jackson
7:35 pm on Tuesday, August 7, 2012
The monetary loss to Comcast is miniscule compared to the billions this conglomerate rakes in annually. This story, in my opinion, is pretty amusing!
tom panzano
7:38 pm on Tuesday, August 7, 2012
Dina T
9:50 pm on Tuesday, August 7, 2012
My post isn't even here not cool!! Freedom of speech!! Someone needs to rob them like they have been robbing us!! Good for comcast. Delete that........
8:41 am on Wednesday, August 8, 2012
The cable companies are theives. These guys were hooking people up with introductory rate plans that comcast actually offers, but only new customers, not the customers who have been loyal to comcast for years, paying their bills on time and do they get the introductory rate? NO, they are not eligible because they are already existing customers, instead their bill goes up 10 bucks every year for the same service.
9:15 am on Wednesday, August 8, 2012
I agree Love25, that additional money built the Comcast Temple! They start sneaking an additional 10 dollars on your bill until you call them out on it. My company pays 89.00 a month and I was 129 for the same service. When I called and asked them why I pay more they said I have movie channels. I laughed and said what movie channels..Sundance, Indie, Encore etc...
are you kidding me? You charge me 30 more a month for channels that aren't even premium..TAKE IT OFF!!
Larry Kohout
9:05 am on Wednesday, August 8, 2012
I agree with Love25; if Comcast were not so greedy, people would not resort to this kind of crime.
9:07 am on Wednesday, August 8, 2012
Missy, Yes it does. Do you think someone should have to pay 209.00 for basic cable, internet and a phone.I have two boxes I rent..RENT? Shouldn't I own them by now? .If I cancel the phone I have to pay an additional 40.00? Yeah I am tired of being raped by share holders of utility companies. If I could hack my cable and my electric I would have no shame to my game just like this man. If you sit down and compare your bill to your neighbors I bet you three months worth of cable your bills won't be the same..Nobody pays the same amount they rape everyone!!
10:21 am on Wednesday, August 8, 2012
Are you really paying $209 for basic cable, internet and phone? Or are you also subscribed to optional movie channels, high-def service, DVR service, etc?
Bill Sword
10:26 am on Wednesday, August 8, 2012
Some of the utility practices should be reviewed.
I ditched my land line telephone because I was paying more in taxes and fees for the line then I was for the Service.
My last AQUA bill had a $16 "Customer Fee" which was 50% of the total bill.
This stuff is off the hook.
Stephen Eickhoff
10:55 am on Wednesday, August 8, 2012
The problem is crony capitalism, wherein the government imposes new taxes on the utility while allowing them to "recover" those taxes from the customer. Instead of having to honestly raise their rates to cover the taxes, they can quietly tack them on to the bill. When you start or change service, you have to ask them what the bill will REALLY be, because they'll tell you things like "$99 a month" when it's really $145 once they've tacked on "recovery fees".
The answer is not more regulation, because it's government regulation that created the hazy environment in which this corruption hides. The answer is elimination of the corrupt regulations.
10:19 am on Wednesday, August 8, 2012
Crooks they are .And the cable companies are BIGGER CROOKS.Comcast AND Verizon are bigger crooks.They both lie to keep you . Boxes they told me the dvr was free for life , than after a year i get charged for it . I told them i dont want it , didnt in the first place , now i sent it back and it cost me to do that $20. Wish i could sue them for bull craping to me . CROOKS ALL OF THEM
9:47 pm on Wednesday, August 8, 2012
We cancelled Verizon early this year because we were offered a better deal. They sent a final bill and we paid it. A month later we received a letter from a collection agency for just under $400.00, money that we didn't owe. It took 4 months, 12 hours on the telephone to 6 people, and finally the assistance of Todd Stephens to resolve the mess. I thought my husband would have a nervous breakdown. It took a lot of determination to see this through but it was worth it. If anyone has issues with their cable provider get help. We were told by Representative Stephen's assistant that they have a contact at Verizon just for issues like ours. Reach out to your state representative or senator. If everyone who had a problem with Comcast or Verizon did this we might have better service.
Zoey Lynne
10:54 am on Wednesday, August 8, 2012
what goes around comes around. amen..... time to police comcast now........
11:55 pm on Friday, August 10, 2012
lmao, My God, didn't you hit the nail right on the head?!!!
Beth Strobe
10:57 am on Wednesday, August 8, 2012
How about the one "ring leader" & an agent both are current employees of Verizon! Maybe they made their money by taking customers from their employer & selling them to the competitor. Maybe this is a lot bigger than some think
Concerned in Horsham
11:44 am on Wednesday, August 8, 2012
Comcast has been ripping off the public for years!!! I wish they lost more than a couple of Million!
12:18 pm on Wednesday, August 8, 2012
WOW so comcast did not disable the ex employees ids? ... hum whats up with that IT... Also why are the promo codes the same... wow comcast is sooooo ready for more scams to come out of their blue soon
Mallison Schwartz
12:19 pm on Wednesday, August 8, 2012
Lets talk about the biggest crook of them all, career Phila. politician Allyson Schwatrz who has been on the recieving end of tens of thousands of Comcast dollars for her never ending re-elections. She is a money hungry pig.
1:16 pm on Wednesday, August 8, 2012
What on earth does this have to do with the subject??? Comcast has given money to many hundreds of politicians.
3:05 pm on Wednesday, August 8, 2012
Does anyone know if they can sue Comacst or Verizon?
Verizon , told me they will give me a dvr box for free , now after a year i got changed for it it like $17.I only got it cause it was free . I call they and they told me that the guy who told me m should had not of.Now i have to pay for it .I dont want it so i told them to take it back .They had me mail it and CHANRGED ME $20..IAM SICK OF THES CABLE COMS. COMAST DID SOMETHING LIKE THIS BEFORE TOO.
Mallison Schwartz
3:32 pm on Wednesday, August 8, 2012
Can we sue career Phila politician Allyson Schwartz for services not rendered ? How many terms has this Philly Pig been our Congresswoman ? Why wont she do a "Town Hall" or some type of a meet & greet so she can hear from her suburban constituants ? She is a P O S !
3:48 pm on Wednesday, August 8, 2012
Beary Bearington - You have issues. I suggest you stop spamming before your account gets locked.
8:20 pm on Wednesday, August 8, 2012
I'm so sad that none of these people asked me if I wanted free cable. :-(
Adam Sariego
10:29 am on Thursday, August 9, 2012
"costing Comcast over $2.4 million".... It didnt cost them a dime. It was the money comcast Didn't make. They never made it, so they didnt lose it. But when PECO and comcast rip us off every month, God only knows how many billions, thats ok because us little people have no recourse.
1:12 pm on Thursday, August 9, 2012
Technically, they did lose it. Comcast used its resources to provide about $445 worth of services to 5400 customers. If someone were to obtain free electricity from PECO, saving $4000 in the process, that would constitute PECO's loss of $4000, even though they would have generated the electricity anyway.
Yugo Free
11:22 am on Thursday, August 9, 2012
You should look into Charter. They have started absorbing all internet and telephone taxes and fees. Yes i know they are all crooks, but this saved me around $22/month on my taxes/fees. At least they are trying to show the customer some good faith....
John Sanderson
11:41 am on Thursday, August 9, 2012
Yes, Charter also is a ripoff, however i did that and it saved me $33/month... so i guess i just take what i can when i can, and also no outage when it storms, and it rains a lot in my area!!!
4:39 pm on Thursday, August 9, 2012
Stop complaining about how Comcast, Verizon, and any other service provider rips you off! Those services are a luxury not a necessity! How many of you call you water company or power company and complain about their rates? Either you want the service or not, and if you do shut the heck up and pay for it or go sit down and read a book!!!!
4:58 pm on Thursday, August 9, 2012
I disagree with you. Yes, cable tv/movie channels are a luxury, but this day in age internet is not. You need to to look for a job and keep up with your kids schools (since everyone is now paperless!) Either company will charge you$50+ for just Internet (b/c it is not "bundled"). And they $50 a month is the sucky internet that doesn't always work, for Comcast anyway.
$200 a month is definitely a rip-off for three bundled services. So I have a digital antenna. It sucks. *Sometimes* ch 6 comes in, sometimes it does not. We went thru buying and returning three different antennas to find one that would work most of the time. I bit the bullet and no longer have a landline. But now I cannot fax anything or leave my kids alone in the house unless I buy them their own cell phone (in case there was an emergency).
The Fiber Optic line Verizon raves about *is* awesome, but they have the ability to give us instant internet, but they turn it down and then tier the speeds and make us pay for something faster than what they used to offer. Notice that rolled out when Comcast started upping their speeds?
5:36 pm on Thursday, August 9, 2012
in internet service is a luxury because you can live without it. If you can't afford it then go to the library for free. If you had to choose either cable or food which would you choose? Cable is a luxury and food is a necessity.
9:43 pm on Friday, August 10, 2012
Fauxy: All television providers are required by law to offer ultra-low-cost tiers. For example, you can get a VERY basic Comcast package (I think it's called a "lifeline package") for as low as $20/mo. They aren't required to advertise it (and of course, they don't), but the 15-20 channel package can be requested when ordering.
Comcast also offers low-cost internet access, but in order to qualify, I believe you have to have a child receiving state-sponsored school lunches (which allows Comcast to avoid messy financial assessments).
Tom Bartman
10:36 pm on Friday, August 10, 2012
Ultimately Comcost is responsible for the safety and security of customer accounts. The fact this happened is a breach of user privacy. 22 crooks with access to Comcost customer accounts should be a story in itself. I am 100% Comcost free. No money from me for their $540 million dollar building in Philly, or the $31.1 million dollar salary of the Comcost CEO. Dig deeper on that next cable bill.
11:36 pm on Friday, August 10, 2012
"No money from me for their $540 million dollar building in Philly, or the $31.1 million dollar salary of the Comcast CEO."
That's great to hear! So, been enjoying the Olympics on NBC?
11:53 pm on Friday, August 10, 2012
if people included in this case did not make a dime from it, how in the hell can they have chargers brought up against them? What in the hell ever happened to innocent until proven guilty, what country are we living in?! Cause man, we're not in Kansas anymore, this is really scary shit!
12:10 am on Saturday, August 11, 2012
Two points... First, the people charged in this case made rather a LOT of money on it. And second, you do not have to profit from a crime in order for it to be a crime. If I embezzle money from a company, and donate all of the stolen money to charities, it's still a crime.
12:03 am on Saturday, August 11, 2012
We are living in a world run by Corporations, no judge, no lawyer,or no politician decides who is guilty or innocent anymore, global corporations who bought our judges and bought our congress and all our lawmakers, will decide who is guilty and who is innocent, corporations will ALWAYS win, because they OWN THIS COUNTRY, LOCK, STOCK AND BARREL. a JUDGE DOESN'T DECIDE WHO IS INNOCENT AND WHO IS GUILTY, A LOBBYIST for the biggest companies in the world decides, not any government or judicial system, Corporations ARE YOUR GOVERNMENT NOW!
Mike Lavanga
2:22 am on Tuesday, August 14, 2012
Tell Comcast that you have a better deal with Verizon. You'll get the same promotion as these guys were offering.
10:36 am on Tuesday, August 14, 2012
Paula I couldn't have said it better. Thank you republicans and democrats for passing the laws that allow these corporations to suck the money out of you while the government gets in another tax or two. It wasn't long ago they broke up Bell Telephone because they said it was too big. If you really want to be happier turn the dumb thing off. I can say that comcast or verizon will never get a dime out of me. When their salesman came around I told him the same thing and said to tell them to stop sending me all that junk mail. Amazingly I stopped getting it from them. I have DSL thru earthlink but got rid of my cable and got a great antenna from believe it or not antenna deals.com. I got the best one. It only costs around 70.00 and no cable bill. Has over a 100 mile range. Lots of stations. You really don't need all that stuff. Go out and do great things in the community. Save money too !
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WILLIAMSON — A sudden, sustained burst of wind before a brief but potent storm yesterday caused damage throughout the City of Williamson and knocked electricity out in parts of Pike County, Ky., and Mingo County.
In the city, a power pole was sent crashing down due to the rapid gusts of wind in the parking lot next to the American Legion building on Second Avenue. The Williamson Fire Department and Williamson Police Department responded.
"We think the wind was just strong enough to knock it over," Firefighter Brandon Hager told the Daily News. "The base of the pole looks rotted out so that definitely contributed to it."
The WFD taped the area off. There was no time-frame available as of presstime as to when it would be cleaned up.
A brief walk through Williamson showed the intensity of the pre-storm winds. Flags were whipping violently, trees were blown at a sharp angle pushing them up against nearby buildings, stoplights were dangling back and forth, dust and leaves were blown in circular motions and the signs of at least two local businesses, Hurley Drug and The Man's Shop, were left hanging by a proverbial thread, clanging against the storefront windows. A large black trash bag was also seen atop a power pole on Third Avenue across from the Cinderella Theatre.
Nearby areas were also left a mess from the short-lived winds. Trees at both Chattaroy and Delbarton were reported to be blocking roads, apparently having been knocked down. 911 Dispatch was swamped with calls from around the the Tug Valley area.
Reports also came in to the Daily News of power outages across Pike County. As of presstime, nearly 17,000 people, 48 percent of Kentucky Power's customers, were without power.
Across the border, a total of almost 8,500 people, more than 55 perecent of customers were in the dark.
State totals for people without power lists West Virginia at 301,748 and Kentucky at 60,000.


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Oh, those are better measurements. It means they're still all compatible (I'm speaking of clothes). I love Cedar so much that I'm thinking of replacing my current IH Chase ;__; I'll wait for blank pics of the head though before making up my mind.
Oh, those are better measurements. It means they're still all compatible (I'm speaking of clothes). I love Cedar so much that I'm thinking of replacing my current IH Chase ;__; I'll wait for blank pics of the head though before making up my mind.
Ok...that's impressive....Really hoping he doesn't come out in the grey prototype colour resin because then I will be broke.
*SIGH* And I was thinking I'd run out of resin to buy before the year was out... Damn you Spirit Doll.
But seriously now, my main hesitation is that I bought some bodies through Spirit a number of months ago and they were just a -nightmare- to deal with. It was impossible to get a response out of them and they were incredibly erratic in tending to their Guestbook inquiries (like, one week they'd answer them all and then two months of radio silence) it made me nervous. So I know this is technically the wrong thread but by chance have any of you folk bought from them more recently and have they improved?
The Herculean body is just too good to pass up.
~ Is a boy y'all.
I love their new 75cm body >_<// OMG! it must be hugggeee!! and thanks for the comparison size
Wow I love the muscle body.
Wow, I like!
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Cedar is currently making my heart do a little happy dance~
I do believe that I will soon be making room on one of my shelves to bring this big boy home.... I wonder what his range of movement/posing is, especially when compared to IDealian and EID lines?
Sanity...? What is this word of which you speak?
Cami_Hat, when was this? I've ordered from them several times and I never have a single issue.
Their guestbook isn't half as good as emailing them - you always get responses that way and Yung is very nice.
For what it's worth I'm hoping my Firson head can go on him - that body would be better than the Proud body for my Master Chief!
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I need..badly. >_> The idea of an EID sized guy with optional parts..and he's slightly taller then my EID makes me excited. Must have. Plus Cedar has a nice face. ^___^
Email was just as bad, I got one response out of four or five emails sent and in the end my order just showed up here without warning/tracking number/anything. Maybe they were just having a moment, but I know at the time others were having similar difficulty contacting them as the Guestbook was full of complaints.
ANYway, hopefully that's all over. I think I'll just have to cross my fingers and order the new bod anyways and trust that he'll turn up.
~ Is a boy y'all.
XxBrittox: And with any luck, a smidge more affordable too. That's what I'm hoping for. It would be great if the Herculean boys could be an acceptable compromise to the eye-wateringly pricey Light Brown Iple CDS boy I had my heart set on...
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Cedar is spectacular.......alas, no monies (_ _)
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That body is too sexy for it's own good I tell ya! I am rethinking the unthinkable right now and it ain't pretty.
Dreaming of Iplehouse and Fairyland dolls...and Granado..along with Soul Doll Gwen..
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I see new pic of Cedar in news thread just a min ago, He's awesome! but one thing cross my mind when i read all the measurement again is his foot' length. Isn't 9.2 too small for him? I mean EID just 70 cm. tall but they're about 10 cm. right?
WOW!!!! Cedar is so handsome!!!!!!!! I want to see more photos of him....... Oh god.....
But then again, the Loongsoul Grace male body is 73.5-75cm tall and has a foot length of about 8.5cm. I think Spiritdoll and Loongsoul choose to stick with the slightly smaller foot size to make it easier to find shoes for these big guys, especially since having shoes on makes the feet look bigger anyway. Ask anyone who has tried shoe shopping for those EID fellas, it's a tough quest!
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I really love Thuja, the new body looks interesting, thought I would love to see Thuja on proud body, he has such lovely features. Ceder is nice sculpt too, I look forward to see more pics of them.
The one thing I do not like in the new body is that: it's just me or his "special part" looks abit tiny for his size, compared for example to proud body...
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Oh I want this body! I have a minimee head that desperately needs a muscular body and I've been waiting for the right one to come along. Several have come close but this is it! The trouble with matching Minimee heads is that the heads are so large sometimes that you need a big body. Luckily mine is male so a larger body is easier to find but for some reason I had it in my head that this particular one had to be muscular and well defined. Well done Spiritdoll, you came to my rescue!
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Digital Agenda for Europe: key initiatives
(see also IP/10/581 and MEMO/10/199)
Why a Digital Agenda for Europe?
Europe needs a new action plan for making the best use of information and communication technologies (ICT) to speed up economic recovery and lay the foundations of a sustainable digital future. The new action plan proposes to remove current obstacles to maximising the potential of ICTs, with long-term investments to minimise future problems.
30% of Europeans have never used the internet. There are four times as many music downloads in the US as in the EU because of the lack of legal offers and fragmented markets. Europe is also lagging behind its industrial partners such as the US and Japan on investment in ICT research and take-up of ultra high-speed networks. Only 1% of Europeans have access to fibre-based high-speed networks, as compared to 12% Japanese and 15% South Koreans. The EU is spending only 40% of US levels for ICT research and development.
Europe needs to tackle these challenges to create a virtuous cycle in which ICT stimulates the EU economy. This can happen when attractive services are made available in a borderless online environment and their availability and use creates demand for faster internet. This demand for faster internet, in turn, creates investment opportunities in faster networks. When put in place and widely used, the faster networks open the way for even more innovative services.
The Digital Agenda identifies where Europe needs to focus its efforts to put this virtuous cycle in motion.
What is the focus of the Digital Agenda?
The Agenda outlines seven priority areas for action:
creating a Digital Single Market
improving the framework conditions for interoperability between ICT products and services
boosting internet trust and security
guaranteeing the provision of much faster internet access
encouraging investment in research and development
enhancing digital literacy, skills and inclusion
applying ICT to address social challenges such as climate change, rising healthcare costs and the ageing population.
What key actions does the European Commission propose?
Digital Single Market
It is time for a new Single Market to deliver the benefits of the digital era.
Europe is still a patchwork of national online markets, and Europeans are prevented from enjoying the benefits of a digital Single Market. Commercial and cultural content and services need to flow across borders; this should be achieved by eliminating regulatory barriers and facilitating electronic payments and invoicing, dispute resolution and customer trust. More can and must be done under the current regulatory framework to put in place a Single Market in the telecoms sector.
The Digital Agenda will for example:
Stimulate the music download business (where the EU is now only at 25% of the US level) by simplifying copyright clearance, management and licensing. Inter alia, by the end of 2010, the Commission will propose a framework Directive on collective rights management to enhance the governance, transparency and pan European licensing for (online) rights management. The situation will be reassessed in 2012, following a Green Paper later this year.
Fix a date for moving to a Single Market for online payments. Currently, only 8% of those in the EU who shop online buy from another country and 60% of attempted cross-border internet shopping orders fail due to technical or legal reasons such as refusal of non-domestic credit cards.
Foster private and public e-commerce by modernising eSignature rules in 2011 so that secure e-authentication is interoperable and recognised across borders.
Strengthen citizens' rights and enhance their confidence by updating the EU's data protection regulatory framework by the end of 2010.
The European Commission will also make sure consumers are protected in cyberspace by issuing a digital code that summarises the rights of citizens in the online world in a clear and accessible way. Currently many consumers find it difficult to know what their digital rights are, especially when these are scattered across various complex legal documents.
Other actions under the Digital Agenda will aim to give consumers the confidence that they can get a fair deal online. The Commission will pursue the idea of EU online trustmarks, notably for retail websites and will propose an EU-wide online dispute resolution system for eCommerce transactions, so that consumers know where to go when things go wrong.
Interoperability and standards
We need effective interoperability between IT products and services to build a truly digital society.
The internet is the best example of the power of technical interoperability. Its open architecture has brought interoperable devices and applications to billions around the world. But to reap the full benefits of ICT deployment in Europe, it is essential to enhance the interoperability between devices, applications, data repositories, services and networks.
The framework conditions for interoperability can be improved in various ways. One important means to that end is to ensure that good ICT standards are available and used, notably in public procurement and legislation.
The Digital Agenda will for example:
Propose legal measures to reform the rules on implementation of ICT standards to allow the use of certain ICT fora and consortia standards.
But the Commission will also address situations in which standards do not help because significant market players do not support them. A further aim is better coordination between public administrations through a new European Interoperability Strategy and Framework to ensure interoperability between eGovernment and other public services across Europe.
Trust and security
Europeans will not embrace technology they do not trust - the digital age is neither "big brother" nor "cyber wild west".
Europeans will not engage in ever more sophisticated online activities unless they feel that they, and their children, can fully rely upon their networks. It is essential to address the rise of "cybercrime" - ranging from child abuse to identity theft and cyber-attacks, and develop responsive mechanisms.
In parallel, the multiplication of databases and new technologies raise new challenges. The right to privacy and to the protection of personal data are fundamental rights in the EU which must be effectively enforced online and offline.
The internet has now become such a critical information infrastructure, for both for individuals and for the European economy as a whole, that our IT systems and networks must be made resilient and secure to all sort of new threats.
The Digital Agenda will for example:
Set up a European rapid response system to cyber-attacks, including a network of Computer Emergency Response Teams (CERTs) and propose in 2010 a reinforced role for the European Network and Information Security Agency (ENISA).
Propose tougher laws to combat cyber attacks against information systems in 2010 and make proposals by 2013 on related rules on jurisdiction in cyberspace at European and international levels.
The European Commission will also support hotlines where children and parents could report illegal content online and work with EU countries to offer teaching online safety in schools.
Under the EU's updated telecoms rules, operators and service providers are obliged to notify breaches of personal data security (see MEMO/09/568). The ongoing review of the EU's general data protection framework will also explore a possible extension of the obligation to notify data security breaches.
Fast and ultra fast internet access
We need very fast internet for the economy to grow strongly and to create jobs and prosperity, and to ensure citizens can access the content and services they want.
Europe needs widely available and competitively-priced fast and ultra fast internet access. The EU aims to bring basic broadband to all Europeans by 2013 and to ensure that, by 2020, (i) all Europeans have access to much higher internet speeds of above 30 Mbps and (ii) 50% or more of European households subscribe to internet access above 100 Mbps.
To reach these ambitious targets it is necessary to develop a comprehensive policy, based on a mix of technologies, focusing on two parallel goals: on the one hand, to guarantee universal broadband coverage (combining fixed and wireless) with internet speeds gradually increasing up to 30 Mbps and above. On the other hand, the goal is, over time, to foster the deployment and take-up of next generation access networks (NGA) in a large part of the EU, allowing ultra fast internet connections above 100 Mbps.
The Digital Agenda will for example:
Ensure that by 2020 all Europeans can have access to much faster internet, as set out in the EU targets. In 2010 The European Commission will present a communication on broadband which will lay out a common framework for actions at EU and Member State level, including exploring how to attract capital for investment through credit enhancement (backed by the EIB and EU funds), an ambitious European Spectrum Policy Programme and a Recommendation to encourage investment in competitive Next Generation Access networks.
Research and innovation
Europe must invest more in R&D and ensure our best ideas reach the market.
Given that ICT contributes to the total value-added in European industrial strengths such as automobile (25%), consumer appliances (41%) or health and medical (33%), the lack of investment in ICT R&D threatens the entire EU manufacturing and service sectors.
The investment gap is related, firstly, to weak and dispersed public R&D effort. For instance, the EU public sector spends less than € 5.5 billion per year on ICT R&D, far below the levels of competing economies. Secondly, market fragmentation and widely dispersed research funding limit the growth and development of ICT innovative businesses, notably SMEs. Thirdly, Europe is slow in the uptake of ICT-based innovations. While social changes like an ageing population or environmental crisis are major drivers of innovation, Europe makes little use of procurement of innovation and R&D to improve quality and performance of its public services.
To tackle these problems, the Digital Agenda will for example:
Leverage more private investment through pre-commercial procurement and public-private partnerships, by the use of structural funds for research and innovation and by maintaining a pace of 20% yearly increase of the ICT R&D budget at least for the duration of the 7th Framework Programme for Research (FP7).
The Commission will also develop 'light and fast' ways for SMEs and young researchers to access EU funding for ICT research. The Commission has also urged EU Member States to double annual public spending on ICT R&D from €5.5 billion to €11 billion (including EU programmes) in ways that will leverage an equivalent increase in private spending from €35 billion to €70 billion.
Digital skills, literacy and e-inclusion
The digital era should be about empowerment and emancipation; background or skills should not be a barrier to accessing this potential.
As more daily tasks are carried out online, from applying for a job to paying taxes or booking tickets, using the internet has become an integral part of daily life for many Europeans. Over half of Europeans (250 million) go online every day but 150 million Europeans – some 30% - have never used the internet. Often they say they have no need or that it is too expensive. This group is largely made up of people aged 65 to 74 years old, people on low incomes, the unemployed and the less educated.
In addition, Europe is suffering from a growing professional ICT skills shortage and could lack the competent practitioners to fill as many as 700,000 IT jobs by 2015.
These failings are excluding many citizens from the digital society and economy and are holding back the positive impact that ICT can have on productivity growth.
To tackle these problems, the Digital Agenda will for example:
Bridge the digital skills gap by promoting greater coordination of ICT skills initiatives at Member State level, especially by proposing digital literacy and competences as a priority of the European Social Fund.
Promote the supply and demand of ICT skills in the labour market by developing tools by 2012 to identify the competences of ICT practitioners and users, so that companies seeking employees with particular ICT skills can easily compare their skills .
The Commission, based on a review of options, will also make proposals by 2012 to ensure that websites providing public services are accessible to all citizens, including the elderly and persons with disabilities, by 2015.
ICT-enabled benefits for society
Smart use of technology and exploitation of information will help us to address the challenges facing society like climate change and the ageing population.
Using and applying ICTs is critical to help Europe face future challenges such as supporting an ageing society, climate change, reducing energy consumption, improving transportation efficiency and mobility, empowering patients and ensuring the inclusion of persons with disabilities.
To tackle these problems, the Digital Agenda will for example:
Ensure that the ICT sector leads the way on reporting its greenhouse gas emissions, by making sure that by 2011 a common methodology has been adopted, opening the way for other energy intensive sectors to follow.
Set-up wide-scale pilot actions that give Europeans secure online access to their medical health data so that wherever they are, they can also give doctors access to their medical record.
Increase safety and medical assistance to Europeans, for instance in an emergency abroad, by defining a minimum set of health information to be included on patient records that can be accessed electronically anywhere in the EU.
Improve online access to the wealth of European cultural heritage by proposing a sustainable model for financing for the EU public digital library Europeana and for digitising Europe's culture works.
Make e-Government an everyday convenience for European citizens and businesses by establishing a list of common cross-border services that allow businesses and citizens to operate independently or live anywhere in the EU and by setting up systems of mutual recognition of electronic identities.
These and many more actions make the Digital Agenda an ambitious action plan for the coming years.
When will the Digital Agenda be put into practice?
The announcement today identifies a raft of measures that will be put into place or proposed over the next 2-3 years, leading to follow-up actions up to 2015. The initiative will then evolve and develop over the next 10 years, as a flagship of the Europe 2020 Strategy to reach the 2020 targets.
Will the European Commission implement the Digital Agenda alone? How can stakeholders help?
To turn this ambitious programme into reality the European Commission will work closely with the European Parliament (through regular dialogue) and Member States (through a group of high level representatives), and all interested stakeholders at all levels in all Member States. The Commission will organise action-oriented stakeholder platforms, as well as an annual Digital Assembly to assess progress and emerging challenges.
Annex 1: Key actions
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A vibrant digital Single Market | ||||||||
Key Action 1: Simplify copyright clearance, management and cross-border licensing by: | ||||||||
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Key Action 2: Ensure the completion of the Single Euro Payment Area (SEPA), eventually by binding legal measures fixing an end date for migration and facilitate the emergence of an interoperable European eInvoicing framework through a Communication on eInvoicing and by establishing a multistakeholder forum | 2010 | |||||||
Key Action 3: Propose a revision of the eSignature Directive with a view to provide a legal framework for cross-border recognition and interoperability of secure eAuthentication systems | 2011 | |||||||
Key Action 4: Review the EU data protection regulatory framework with a view to enhancing individuals' confidence and strengthening their rights | 2010 | |||||||
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Key Action 5: As part of the review of EU standardisation policy, propose legal measures on ICT interoperability to reform the rules on implementation of ICT standards in Europe to allow use of certain ICT fora and consortia standards | 2010 | |||||||
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Key Action 6: Present measures aiming at a reinforced and high level Network and Information Security Policy, including legislative initiatives such as a modernised European Network and Information Security Agency (ENISA), and measures allowing faster reactions in the event of cyber attacks, including a CERT for the EU institutions | 2010 | |||||||
Key Action 7: Present measures, including legislative initiatives, to combat cyber attacks against information systems by 2010, and related rules on jurisdiction in cyberspace at European and international levels by 2013 | 2010 2013 | |||||||
Fast and ultra fast internet access | ||||||||
Key Action 8: Adopt a Broadband Communication that lays out a common framework for actions at EU and Member State to meet the Europe 2020 broadband targets, including: | 2010 | |||||||
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Research and innovation | ||||||||
Key Action 9: Leverage more private investment through the strategic use of pre-commercial procurement and public-private partnerships , by using structural funds for research and innovation and by maintaining a pace of 20% yearly increase of the ICT R&D budget at least for the duration of FP7 | _ | |||||||
Enhancing digital literacy, skills and inclusion | ||||||||
Key Action 10: Propose digital literacy and competences as a priority for the European Social Fund regulation (2014-2020) | _ | |||||||
Key Action 11: Develop tools to identify and recognise the competences of ICT practitioners and users, linked to the European Qualifications Framework and to EUROPASS and develop a European Framework for ICT Professionalism to increase the competences and the mobility of ICT practitioners across Europe | 2012 | |||||||
ICT-enabled benefits for EU society | ||||||||
Key Action 12: Assess whether the ICT sector has complied with the timeline to adopt common measurement methodologies for the sector's own energy performance and greenhouse gas emissions and propose legal measures if appropriate | 2011 | |||||||
Key Action 13: Undertake pilot actions to equip Europeans with secure online access to their medical health data by 2015 and to achieve by 2020 widespread deployment of telemedicine services | 2015- 2020 | |||||||
Key Action 14: Propose a Recommendation defining a minimum common set of patient data for interoperability of patient records to be accessed or exchanged electronically across Member States | 2012 | |||||||
Key Action 15: Propose a sustainable model for financing the EU public digital library Europeana and digitisation of content | 2012 | |||||||
Key Action 16: Propose a Council and Parliament Decision to ensure mutual recognition of e-identification and e-authentication across the EU based on online 'authentication services' to be offered in all Member States (which may use the most appropriate official citizen documents – issued by the public or the private sector) | 2012 |
Annex 2: Key Performance Targets
These indicators are mainly drawn from the Benchmarking framework 2011-20151 endorsed by the EU Member States in November 2009.
1. Broadband targets:
Basic broadband for all by 2013: basic broadband coverage for 100% of EU citizens. (Baseline: Total DSL coverage (as % of the total EU population) was at 93% in December 2008.)
Fast broadband by 2020: broadband coverage at 30 Mbps or more for 100% of EU citizens. (Baseline: 23% of broadband subscriptions were with at least 10 Mbps in January 2010.)
Ultra-fast broadband by 2020: 50% of European households should have subscriptions above 100Mbps. (No baseline)
2. Digital Single Market:
Promoting eCommerce: 50% of the population should be buying online by 2015. (Baseline: In 2009, 37 % of the individuals aged 16-74 ordered goods or services for private use in the last 12 months.)
Cross-border eCommerce: 20% of the population should buy cross border online by 2015. (Baseline: In 2009, 8 % of the individuals aged 16-74 ordered goods or services from sellers from other EU countries in the last 12 months.)
eCommerce for business: 33% of SMEs should conduct online purchases/sales by 2015. (Baseline: During 2008, 24% and 12% of enterprises was, respectively, purchasing/selling electronically, for an amount equal to or greater than 1% of the turnover/total purchases.
Single Market for telecoms services: the difference between roaming and national tariffs should approach zero by 2015. (Baseline: In 2009, the roaming average price per minute was 0.38 cents (call made) and the average price per minute for all calls in the EU was 0.13 cents (roaming included).
3. Digital inclusion:
Increase regular internet use from 60% to 75% by 2015 and from 41% to 60% for disadvantaged people. (Baseline figures are for 2009)
Halve the proportion of population that has never used the internet by 2015 (to 15%). (Baseline: In 2009, 30% of individuals aged 16-74 had never used the internet.)
4. Public services:
eGovernment by 2015: 50% of citizens using eGovernment, with more than half of them returning filled in forms. (Baseline: In 2009, 38% of individuals aged 16-74 had used eGovernment services in the last 12 months, and 47% of them used eGovernment services for sending filled forms.)
Cross-border public services: by 2015 online availability of all the key cross-border public services contained in the list to be agreed by Member States by 2011. (No baseline)
5. Research & innovation:
ICT R&D increase: Double public investment to €11 billion. (Baseline: ICT government budget appropriations or outlays on R&D (ICT GBAORD) was 5.7 billion nominal euros in 2007.)
6. Low Carbon Economy:
Promotion of low energy lighting: By 2020 at least 20% overall reduction in energy use on lighting. (No baseline.)
For more information see Benchmarking framework 2011-2015; This is a conceptual framework for collection of statistics on the information society as well as a list of core indicators for benchmarking.


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No, Israel Did Not Just Vote for the Center
The surprisingly strong performance of Yair Lapid in Israel's election, coupled with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's losses, have led many to conclude that Israeli voters have shifted to the center. But Lapid's party is conservative where it counts—on security issues—and the voters who left Netanyahu largely went even further to the right.
MICHAEL J. KOPLOW is Program Director of the Israel Institute and a Georgetown University Ph.D. candidate in Government. He blogs at Ottomans and Zionists. Follow him on Twitter @mkoplow.
The clear favorite in Tuesday's election, Benjamin Netanyahu is cruising into another term as prime minister, and Israel's moderates and liberals have barely put up a fight. To be sure, demographic and political trends are stacked against the left, but it can recover if it actually offers a vocal opposition.
A pair of recent articles in this magazine highlighted two sides of Israel's current dilemma: the country does need to end the occupation, but Israelis also remain deeply skeptical of Palestinian intentions, and with good reason. Only one thing will break the paralysis of the Israeli center: if the Palestinians accept Israel's basic legitimacy.
Yair Lapid at his party's headquarters in Tel Aviv. (Courtesy Reuters / Amar Awwad)
By the time Israeli voters went to the polls on Tuesday, the nearly universally accepted wisdom held that the right was ascendant. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's faction -- which comprises his own conservative Likud Party and Avigdor Lieberman's even-more-conservative Yisrael Beiteinu Party -- was poised to win almost twice as many seats as its closest challenger. Netanyahu's erstwhile chief of staff, Naftali Bennett, was leading the surging Bayit Yehudi, a right-wing nationalist party calling for the annexation of large swaths of the West Bank. These two parties alone were expected to win around 50 seats, which would put Netanyahu in a dominant position when it came to forming a governing coalition.
The parties considered to be left-wing and centrist, meanwhile, were floundering. The Labor Party, led by Shelly Yachimovich, was expected to win fewer than 20 seats -- likely becoming the second largest party in the Knesset but still not achieving anything close to the dominance it enjoyed in the 1990s under Prime Ministers Yitzhak Rabin, Shimon Peres, and Ehud Barak. Hatnua, a new party chaired by Tzipi Livni, the former foreign minister who led Kadima to win more votes than any other party in the 2009 elections, seemed likely to take only a handful of seats. Yesh Atid, helmed by the former newsman Yair Lapid, was expected to pull in a respectable ten to 12 seats -- not bad for a newcomer but not enough to make much of a difference in the government. These three parties might have been able to defeat Netanyahu with a united front, but their leaders instead spent their time squabbling. All this -- together with a Likud primary that expelled the party's moderates and elevated its hardliners, the emergence of Bayit Yehudi as a viable party to the right of Likud, and the expected increased presence of settlers in the Knesset -- indicated that Israel was set to move further to the right...
The greatest danger to Israel comes not from without -- in the form of Palestinian intransigence -- but from within. The ongoing occupation of the territories is destroying Israel's values and viability. It breeds an aggressive, intolerant ethnic nationalism and causes political gridlock, empowering an ultrareligious underclass that refuses to contribute and lives off the state.
Peace negotiations between Israel and the Palestinians have failed miserably. The reason, write two senior Israeli government officials, is not disagreement over specific issues, such as settlements or Jerusalem, but something much more fundamental: the Palestinians' refusal to recognize Israel as a Jewish state.
In Yitzhak Shamir's new autobiography, the last surviving founding father of the Israeli right watches uncomprehendingly as history leaves him behind.


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