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With increasing employment is the number one goal in Washington, policy makers should look to IT as a major...
If self-service technology were more widely deployed, the economy would be approximately $130 billion larger...
ITIF reviews the evolution of the Internet economy into a transformational part of daily life and a trillion...
ITIF outlines eight ideas to improve the U.S. innovation system.
ITIF identifies strengths and weaknesses of the open government initiative and recommends how to make more...
ITIF recommends a light touch of regulation and a heavy dose of spectrum to facilitate the growth of the...
Expanding the R&D credit would spur job creation and innovation.
This new report takes a detailed look at how Japan, South Korea, Singapore and other countries apply...
Recent efforts to ban peer-to-peer (P2P) file sharing software in government offices to reduce security...
The NRC Regulatory Information Conference showcases widespread public and private support for developing next generation small modular reactors. Congress lags behind.
A new book provides further evidence that American colleges are failing to adequately educate their students.
USTR's "Out-Of-Cycle Review of Notorious Markets" highlights hot spots for trafficking in copyright infringing goods. The government should hold countries on this list accountable.
Reflections and reactions from the 2011 ARPA-E Energy Innovation Summit.
The European Commission’s Director-General of Research and Innovation places innovation as the focal point of EU economic growth.
"Scientific American" proposes counter-productive Internet regulations. ITIF provides a better solution.
Washington’s dogged faith in tax code simplicity will trump efforts to reshape the code as a driver of innovation and U.S. competitiveness.
The President’s 2012 budget proposal would make clean energy innovation a higher national priority.
The Administration’s corporate tax reform proposals would make our competitiveness worse. Instead, Washington should take a page out of the states’ economic playbooks.
Never before has a President made such a forceful statement in support of U.S. innovation policy. Yet his agenda can and should be bolder.
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.
Taking into account the historical record, the book discusses the shortcomings of prevailing liberal and conservative economic doctrines and lays out a new growth economics agenda aimed at maximizing the productivity and innovation-enhancing forces of the New Economy.