The Information Technology & Innovation Foundation

Highlights

The Real Story on Guestworkers in the High-skill U.S. Labor Market

ITIF presents a detailed rebuttal of the Economic Policy Institute's analysis to provide a more accurate picture of the high skill labor market.

The Whole Picture: Where America’s Broadband Networks Really Stand

United States has made rapid progress in broadband deployment, performance and price.

Just the Facts: The Benefits of Information and Communications Technology

This fact sheet lists 53 documented economic benefits of IT, from jobs and output to competitiveness and innovation.

Refueling the U.S. Innovation Economy: Fresh Approaches to STEM Education

Do we have a successful formula when it comes to STEM education? In a provocative new report, ITIF President Robert D. Atkinson and education expert Merrilea Mayo, Ph.D., challenge our current approach and argue that reforms are urgently needed.

Innovation Economics: The Race for Global Advantage

"Innovation Economics: The Race for Global Advantage." This new book delivers a critical wake-up call: a fierce global race for innovation advantage is under way and the United States is running the risk of losing.

The 2012 State New Economy Index

The State New Economy Index uses 26 indicators to measure the extent to which state economies are knowledge-based, globalized, entrepreneurial, IT-driven and innovation-based.

Recent Publications

June 19, 2013 Turning the Page: Reimagining the National Labs in the 21st Century Innovation Economy

Three think tanks, ITIF, the Heritage Foundation, and the Center for American Progress (CAP), propose a set of nonpartisan policy proposals for reforming the National Laboratories.

June 7, 2013 ITIF Summer Reading List 2013

ITIF's choices for top innovation, economic development, science and R&D, telecom and IT, and emerging economies reads for summer 2013.

June 3, 2013 Postal Reform for the Digital Age

ITIF argues that all but “final mile” mail delivery should be opened up to private competition and the size of USPS should be drastically reduced to meet the realities of the digital age.

May 16, 2013 Should Government Regulate Illicit Uses of 3D Printing?

3D printing is a new technology that raises old policy questions.

April 22, 2013 25 Recommendations for the 2013 America COMPETES Act Reauthorization

A robust reauthorization of the America COMPETES Act can boost U.S. economic competitiveness and growth.

April 16, 2013 Prospering Through Innovation Economics

Europe faces a quandary: The difficult fiscal straits most European nations face precludes “Keynesian” stimulus policies to spur demand.

April 10, 2013 The Road Ahead: The Emerging Policy Debates for IT in Vehicles

Policy decisions about IT in the vehicle should be driven by a broad government mandate to foster innovation in the transportation sector.

April 7, 2013 Feeding the Planet in a Warming World

The global agriculture system faces a rapidly growing challenge that must be met with resilience and innovation.

March 27, 2013 Hearing on U.S.-India Trade Relations: Opportunities and Challenges

A strong, growing, and collaborative trade relationship between the United States and India could be in jeopardy due to recent trade policies.

March 19, 2013 A Policymaker’s Guide to Internet Tax

Assesses the different Congressional proposals on internet tax and provides recommendations on the tax challenges we face.

March 15, 2013 Hearing: Digital Trade in the U.S. and Global Economies

Ensuring the uninhibited flow of information, data, and ICT services across borders is vital both to realizing a robust global economy and healthy national economies.

March 14, 2013 Estimating the Potential Benefits of an EU-US Free Trade Agreement

An EU-US FTA would signal to the world the seriousness with which both parties take true free trade.

March 7, 2013 Breaking Down Federal Investments in Clean Energy

The United States has failed to create a comprehensive energy policy that provides robust and consistent support for innovation.

March 6, 2013 Comments on ICANN Closed Generic TLDs

ICANN should avoid choosing one business model over another by allowing both open and closed generic TLDs.

February 15, 2013 Testimony to Vermont Agricultural & Forest Products Advisory Board: H112

Vermont's H112 should not be enacted because it is based on a misunderstanding about biotech crops.

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Upcoming Events

June 26, 2013 - 12:00pm

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Viral Hate: Containing Its Spread on the Internet

Panelists will discuss recommendations in a new book about combatting the spread of bigotry and cyber-bullying online.

July 8, 2013 - 12:00pm

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Governing by the Numbers: Can Data Save Government?

This event will feature an opening keynote by Maryland Governor Martin O’Malley, followed by a panel of leading experts from policy, industry and the media.

July 10, 2013 - 9:30am

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Using Cloud Computing to Build (Better and Cheaper) Next-Generation Government Services

As Congress considers various approaches to transform the way the federal government acquires and utilizes information technology, the theme of “doing more for less” has emerged as a constant mantra by Senate Homeland Security & Government Affairs Chairman Tom Carper and others.

September 10, 2013 - 9:00am

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ITIF Debate: Is Technology Responsible for American Job Loss?

A debate between Andrew McAfee, principal research scientist at the Center for Digital Business in the MIT Sloan School of Management, and Rob Atkinson, President of ITIF.

Blogs & Op-eds

June 18, 2013 | Matthew Stepp

Nuclear Energy Innovation Big and Small Important to Climate Change

Potential nuclear paths for reducing climate-warming carbon emissions in the United States (and potentially the world) are being slowly introduced.

June 17, 2013 | Richard Bennett

No Country for Slow Broadband

America's broadband networks are better than those in Europe in terms of speed and coverage, despite the widespread belief to the contrary.

June 17, 2013 | Robert D. Atkinson

Why the Trade Deficit in Manufactured Goods Matters

Thanks to the large U.S. goods trade deficit, since 2000, the U.S. share of world exports has declined from 17% to 11%, even as the European Union’s share held steady at 17% over that time period.

June 17, 2013 | Ben Miller

Singapore Looks to a National Productivity Strategy to Maintain Growth

Singapore’s national strategy for productivity growth continues to evolve as they look to productivity to maintain growth.

June 17, 2013 | Travis Korte

Cicada Tracker and the Future of Citizen Sensing

The massive cicada bloom that spread across the eastern seaboard this spring is winding down, but its end heralds another gradually emerging entity: citizen sensing

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