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Public procurement contracts are a key mechanism for boosting domestic demand for innovation.
ITIF surveys four dominant schools of thought and analyzes how adherents approach policy options for climate...
Enforcement of digital copyrights would lead to a stronger Internet ecosystem and more innovative consumer...
Not all innovation policies are created equal. In a ground-breaking report, ITIF surveys how countries’...
An analysis of how nine distinct interest groups shape Internet policy through their views on key issues,...
An analysis of how prevailing economic philosophies drive approaches to network policy in four key areas:...
There are a number of ways to keep innovation going in the right direction even if funds are limited. They...
A summary of the May 2010 meeting of innovation economists, social justice activists, and thinkers from the...
Mobile broadband offers a vast array of opportunities to improve quality of life for individuals and society.
A study shows that overly strict privacy laws inhibit the effectiveness of the Internet ecosystem.
Both history and scholarly analysis have consistently refuted the notion that increased productivity (through automation, self-service or robots) leads to higher unemployment.
Even with the critical support at the National Labs, disjointed clean tech policy, coupled with stop-and-start funding for demonstration projects slows the development of breakthrough energy technologies.
The release of a several papers highlights the importance of policy to revitalize domestic clean energy manufacturing.
Congress should not link the debate about honest uses of location data to domestic violence.
Proposing federal support of institutions to advance manufacturing competitiveness through advanced research, innovation, and productivity.
Hudson Hollister talks to Daniel Castro about how data transparency is unfolding in the federal government.
ITIF Senior Analyst Daniel Castro responds to the CA attorney general’s report on mobile privacy.
Ultimately, the current federal clean energy innovation budget is not only underfunded, but is also less diversified across innovations phases, potentially resulting in significant barriers to next-generation energy innovation.
Lawmakers should ignore the “single technology mandate” before this ill-considered notion sets the U.S. on the road to an innovation-killing mobile regulation regime.
Rawlisan philosophy has no place in thinking about transportation solutions like the Beltway toll lanes, which are progressive and not threatening.
Jeff Weintraub of Fleishman-Hillard Public Affairs interviews Rob Atkinson about the factors that affect how...
"Transforming the World with ICT" presentation at the National Defense University.
Rob Atkinson presented at the PILMA Winter Meeting.
Rob Atkinson presented at the Rural Smart Grid Summit.
Rob Atkinson gave the Keynote Presentation at the Kansas Economic Policy Conference.
Emerging Technology Policies Roundtable Lunch with Senior Analyst Stephen Ezell.
Stephen Ezell presented on "Technology Transfer: Issues and Processes class at the USDA."
Lecture at the Said Business School, University of Oxford
Rob Atkinson's presentation at the "Science, Technology and Innovation: Imperatives for National...
Testimony before House Energy and Commerce Committee on U.S. manufacturing.
Spectrum policy needs to realign spectrum into a smaller number of larger allocations for general-purpose...
ITIF comments on the NTIA multistakeholder process to develop consumer data privacy codes of conduct.
The tax code should reduce ineffective exemptions and incentives while expanding effective ones focused on...
Regulators should create policies that protect privacy while minimizing burdens on businesses.
ITIF filed comments with the FCC in favor of Verizon's proposed purchase of spectrum licenses from a...
The U.S. Senate’s Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship should consider enacting policies to...
Response to Notice of Proposed Rulemaking: Restrictions on Proprietary Trading and Certain Interests
Policies should promote not restrict activities like venture investing.
The facts show quite clearly that biotechnology crops and foods are at least as safe as those produced with...
ITIF Submission to the Office of Science & Technology Policy on "Building a 21st Century Bioeconomy"
The regulation system responsible for reviewing products of agricultural biotechnology is in need of reform.
In a chapter for the new book Practicing Sustainability, Rob Atkinson wrote about sustainability from an innovation economics perspective.
"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.
Supply-Side Follies methodically debunks the common assumptions of conservative economics and demonstrates why it is a flawed doctrine that is setting up the U.S. for a major economic downturn in the near future.