by Innovation Economy Alliance | Nov 19, 2020 | Broadband, Competitiveness, Ecosystem, Online Speech, Regulation, Telecommunications, Wireless
On this episode of Policy Gone Viral, James Madison Institute’s Andrea O’Sullivan talks with Bartlett Cleland, Executive Director of the Innovation Economy Institute. Click Here to WATCH the...
by Bartlett Cleland | Nov 13, 2020 | Broadband, Competitiveness, Emerging Technologies, IEI post, Regulation, Testimonies & Filings
FCC Chairman Pai has included an item on the November 18th meeting agenda to free up a slice of spectrum for public use. No longer will it continue to be hoarded by the federal government and left unused. The spectrum in question is the 5.9 band which has been held...
by Bartlett Cleland | Nov 5, 2020 | Articles, Op-Eds & Blogs, IEI post, Privacy, Security
Because of the response to COVID, a variety of local and state governments have required many of the nation’s children to attend class online. To try to maintain some sort of social contact many of those same kids are increasingly using electronic devices of various...
by Bartlett Cleland | Nov 5, 2020 | Articles, Op-Eds & Blogs, Competitiveness, Regulation, Workforce
Regulatory or legislative moves by federal, state, or local governments that presume to know the direction of invention and innovation often lead to any number of unintended consequences. This is regulatory hubris typically resulting in great disruptions to innovation...
by Bartlett Cleland | Nov 5, 2020 | Articles, Op-Eds & Blogs, Competitiveness, Ecosystem, Emerging Technologies, IT & Data Innovation, Regulation, Uncategorized
Frequent antitrust interventions into the economy have thankfully been out of fashion in recent years. However, about once a decade Washington uses government’s biggest hammer against industry, antitrust law, in an effort to smash a disfavored company. This is one of...
by Bartlett Cleland | Nov 5, 2020 | Articles, Op-Eds & Blogs, Broadband, Competitiveness, Emerging Technologies, Wireless
Earlier this week the Department of Defense concluded the time it allowed for people to submit information regarding the Department’s plan to own and operate a national 5G network. The DoD was seeking guidance on how it could support and develop 5G deployment for...
by Bartlett Cleland | Nov 5, 2020 | Articles, Op-Eds & Blogs, Broadband, Competitiveness, Emerging Technologies, Regulation, Telecommunications, Wireless
Internet access and broadband coverage across the country is one of the many great American success stories of the innovation economy. For the last decade broadband service providers have made major investments, typically ranking as the largest capital-expenditure...
by Bartlett Cleland | Nov 5, 2020 | Competitiveness, Ecosystem, Privacy, Publications
PRI Senior Fellow in Tech and Innovation Bartlett Cleland joins us to discuss the California Consumer Privacy Act, which took effect on July 1. He discusses the serious flaws with the new law and how it will impact consumers and business owners, looks ahead to...
by Anna Parsons | Nov 5, 2020 | Articles, Op-Eds & Blogs, Competitiveness, Privacy, Regulation
Companies built empires on user data — information volunteered in exchange for services. But with heightened privacy scrutiny, could those companies survive today? The California Consumer Privacy Act is challenging how companies use data and testing their viability....
by Bartlett Cleland | Nov 5, 2020 | Competitiveness, Ecosystem, IT & Data Innovation, Privacy
On November 3, Californians will be asked to make a what appears to be a simple decision, that is, would they like to increase their privacy? However, where Proposition 24, to enable the California Privacy Rights and Enforcement Act is concerned, appearances are...
by Bartlett Cleland | Nov 5, 2020 | Articles, Op-Eds & Blogs, Broadband, Ecosystem
Pick nearly any state in the union and likely it has a large swath of rural area and population. Even California, which is rarely thought of as a “rural state,” is still physically more than half rural, with about four million residents living in those areas. Many...
by Bartlett Cleland | Nov 5, 2020 | Articles, Op-Eds & Blogs, E-Government, Ecosystem, Regulation, Taxes & Budget
Last month the state of California began enforcing its expensive and heavy-handed new business privacy laws despite the economic burdens already borne by business because of COVID-19 and the government’s shut down of the economy. At $55 billion in compliance costs...
by Bartlett Cleland | Nov 5, 2020 | Articles, Op-Eds & Blogs, Competitiveness, Ecosystem, Regulation
Businesses were ordered to close. Schools were shuttered. People were told to stay home. Many believed that in a week or two life for the most part would return to normal and that COVID would be a bad memory. Now, four months later, California has not just halted...
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