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Reauthorizing the American COMPETES Act provides an opportunity for Congress to strengthen U.S. clean energy...
The FCC's Summer 2010 report on the state of mobile competition in the U.S. fails to appreciate just how...
Before allowing states to tax online sales, Congress should first require states to eliminate protectionist...
ITIF President Rob Atkinson offers a response to an article by Greg Tassey on revitalizing U.S. manufacturing.
ITIF outlines five principles to guide lawmakers in crafting a COMPETES reauthorization.
While the U.S. can and should improve access to broadband, a lack of competition is not the problem.
In the city of the future, bridges will talk to engineers, roads will control cars, and parking spots will...
Draft legislation on consumer privacy offer many opportunities for improvement.
Open innovation is becoming an increasingly important form of innovation and requires new firm strategies.
Don't like Facebook's privacy policy? Then don't use it. But don't ask government to run...
Congress doesn't want to hurt the next generation but slashing productive investments in the future will end up impoverishing future Americans more so.
Europe and America need to realize the global nature of the innovation competitiveness challenge, wrote Rob Atkinson in this special op-ed of the Spring 2013 issue of "Europe's World."
Renewed focus on battery innovation is what's needed for EV adoption.
Making EVs cost and perform like gas cars is a real barrier to EVs playing any role, big or small, in decarbonizing transportation.
A higher minimum wage would spur economic growth, while also increasing economic fairness.
In his monthly contribution to "IndustryWeek," Rob Atkinson argues anemic overall performance of the U.S. economy can be tied directly to the loss of traded sector, particularly, manufacturing competitiveness.
The president’s proposed initiatives are a good start to revitalize manufacturing, but they don’t go nearly far enough.
Innovators, whether they are in a scientific laboratory or a recording studio, must count on being able to recoup their risky investments without the threat of illegal copies.
President Obama has aggressively called for addressing climate change but ultimately came up short of a clear vision.
ITIF Senior Analyst Daniel Castro will be discussing online behavioral targeting and its implications for...
Rob Atkinson served as moderator at the OECD-NSF Workshop Roundtable Debate.
Rob Atkinson moderated for event regarding the release of the SAFE Transportation Paper.
Rob Atkinson gave a presentation at the State of Downtown Economic Forum.
Rob Atkinson held an online presentation on Broadband for Case University Students.
Rob Atkinson presentated at the GLOCOM CTO Roundtable Meeting.
Rob Atkinson presented at the Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation.
ITIF Senior Fellow Richard Bennett will be participating in a panel at the Congressional Internet Caucus...
Sen. Mark Warner, D-VA, and ITIF President Rob Atkinson will offer a cautionary assessment of America's...
ITIF Senior Analyst Daniel Castro will be participating in a COICA panel at the Congressional Internet Caucus...
California should revise and expand its R&D credit and consider implementing a patent box.
ITIF recommends phasing out Universal Service and ICC subsidies and replacing them with a rural broadband...
Further testing will determine the feasibility of LightSquared operation in the lower 10 MHz of their...
Rob Atkinson urges tax fairness for digital goods in Congressional testimony.
ITIF submits public comments in response to the Department of Energy’s Quadrennial Technology Review.
The Census Bureau should allow individuals to submit their responses online and adapt to current technology...
Testimony before the House Subcommittee on Intellectual Property Competition and the Internet.
The report on privacy provides many useful recommendations, but falls short in a number of areas.
ITIF Senior Analyst Daniel Castro's testimony before the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on...
ITIF files reply comments with the FCC in the “Two Questions Inquiry” on managed services and wireless net...
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.