Nominee | Award Name | Description |
Steve Gibson, Phil Zimmermann | Thomas Edison | Self-defense software |
Earthlink, PSINet | Tom Paine | Refusing to install Carnivore |
Richard M. Smith, Robert Ellis Smith, Beth Givens, Mary Culnan | Sojourner Truth | Advocacy |
Caroline Kennedy/Ellen Alderman, Jeffrey Rosen | | Authors |
Marcia Stepanek (Business Week), Bob O'Harrow and John Schwartz (Washington Post), Edmund Sanders (LA Times), Jad Duwaik (Optink) | | Reporting |
Attorneys General Christine Gregoire (WA), Jennifer Granholm (MI) | | Enforcement |
Senators Pat Leahy and Richard Bryan, Reps. Ed Markey and Louise Slaughter | Thomas Jefferson | Internet privacy bills |
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