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April 1, 2026
Artemis II Is a Win for NASA and a Wake-Up Call for Space Policy Reform, Says ITIF
Artemis II's successful launch is a win for U.S. space leadership, but keeping that edge will require cutting red tape and expanding launch capacity, says Ellis Scherer.
March 31, 2026
UK’s CMA New Digital Package Gets It Half Right, Says ITIF
The UK Competition and Markets Authority’s decision to forgo a strategic market status investigation into cloud services under the Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act is a prudent step, but it is tainted by its move to investigate Microsoft’s business software under the DMCCA.
March 26, 2026
The Sanders-AOC Data Center Moratorium Doesn’t Add Up, Says Center for Data Innovation
In response to the Artificial Intelligence Data Center Moratorium Act, introduced by Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) and Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY14), the Center for Data Innovation issued the following statement from Senior Policy Manager Hodan Omaar.
March 25, 2026
Social Media Trials Signal Need for Federal Children’s Online Safety Legislation, Says ITIF
Following a landmark Los Angeles verdict finding Meta and YouTube liable for platform design features that harmed a young user, ITIF released the following statement from Senior Policy Manager Ash Johnson.
March 20, 2026
White House Gives Congress the Right Blueprint for AI Policy, Says Center for Data Innovation
In response to the White House’s release of its National Policy Framework for Artificial Intelligence, the Center for Data Innovation issued the following statement from Director Daniel Castro.
March 20, 2026
Congressional Reauthorization of SBIR/STTR Is a Win for U.S. Innovation, Says ITIF
Congress has acted to restore one of America’s most effective innovation programs. Now the bill should be signed without delay.
March 19, 2026
Europe Can’t Compete Globally with 27 Rulebooks. The 28th Regime Is a Start, Says ITIF
In response to the European Commission’s proposal to create a so-called “28th regime” for Europe, ITIF released the following statement from Stephen Ezell, vice president of global innovation policy.
March 18, 2026
Blackburn’s Discussion Draft Is Not a Serious Starting Point for a Federal AI Framework
The discussion draft is less a legislative foundation for governing AI and more a mood board for a set of long-standing grievances with Big Tech. The backronym is strained, but the policy is even worse—forcing together weak ideas to advance a political agenda rather than meaningfully solving a policy problem.
March 18, 2026
BASED Act Imports EU-Style Regulation to Attack California’s Leading Firms, Says ITIF
California State Sen. Scott Wiener’s proposed BASED Act will not benefit competition in California and appears to be a textbook example of capture by commercial interests hostile to America’s leading tech firms, which appear to be the sole targets of the legislation.
March 18, 2026
Lack of Copyright Reform Leaves UK Lagging in AI, Says Center for Data Innovation
Following the UK government’s Copyright and AI report, the Center for Data Innovation released the following statement from Policy Analyst Matthew Kilcoyne.
