Information Economy

Issues relating to the digital economy.

Stephen Ibaraki Interview Series: IFIP World Computer Congress

May 9, 2012
Atkinson stresses the importance of ICT and how nations must support IT if they want to remain prosperous and see job growth.

Stephen Ibaraki, vice chair of IFIP World CIO Forum and recipient of Microsoft's Most Valuable Professional Award, interviews ITIF president Rob Atkinson for another episode in his Outstand Professionals Series. This episode discusses the upcoming IFIP World Computer Congress 2012 taking place in the Netherlands. 

Atkinson stresses the importance of ICT and how nations must support IT if they want to remain prosperous and see job growth. 

Google, FCC Showdown Spotlights Technology Law Lag

TechNewsWorld
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/74990.html
Daniel Castro comments on FCC action towards Google.

Stick to the Mail: Postal Reform Means Radical Cost Cutting, Not “Product Innovation”
April 23, 2012
| Blogs & Op-eds
Robert D. Atkinson
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If Congress really wants USPS to do something useful with its network of post offices that the private sector can’t do it, it should require that it develop a partnership with the private sector and the ability to provide Americans with digital signature capabilities.

Stephen Ibaraki Interview Series: Driving Innovation and Investment

April 23, 2012
Stephen Ibaraki interviews ITIF president Rob Atkinson on driving innovation.

Stephen Ibaraki, vice chair of IFIP World CIO Forum and recipient of Microsoft's Most Valuable Professional Award, interviews ITIF president Rob Atkinson on driving innovation, IT investment, and institutional accountability to the innovation economy.

The Innovation Consensus: Economic Growth in 2013 and Beyond

April 19, 2012 - 8:45am - 1:30pm
Kaiser Family Foundation
1330 G Street NW
Washington
DC
20005

The Information Technology and Innovation Foundation, Silicon Flatirons and the Technology Policy Institute host The Innovation Consensus: Economic Growth in 2013 and Beyond. Read more »

U.S. Eyes Quick Expansion of Technology Trade Pact

CNBC
http://www.cnbc.com/id/46958795
ITIF estimates expanding the ITA could remove tariffs on an additional $800 billion in world trade.

New FTC 'Do-Not-Track' Recommendations: Clueless?

PCWorld
http://www.pcworld.com/article/252602/new_ftc_donottrack_recommendations_clueless.html
Castro believes the “do-not-track” legislation can limit choice for consumers.

Companies Fear, Consumer Advocates Praise 'Do-Not-Track' Proposals

National Journal
http://techdailydose.nationaljournal.com/2012/03/companies-fear-consumer-groups.php
"The new report shows the FTC still does not understand the fundamental economics of the Internet."

U.S. trade representatives should continue to work to expand the geographic scope of the Information Technology Agreement (ITA).

U.S. trade representatives should continue to work to expand the geographic scope of the Information Technology Agreement (ITA), and (as with Russia’s WTO accession) also make it a requirement that new countries entering the WTO must also sign on to the ITA as a condition of entrance into the organization. Only 75 of the 157 WTO member countries participate in the ITA and there are several notable exceptions, particularly in Africa and Latin America. For example, Argentina, Brazil, Chile, and South Africa have failed to sign onto the ITA, meaning that they receive the benefits of duty-free access to the 75 other countries for the high-technology products covered by the agreement without having to provide similar access to their own markets in return.