IT & Data Innovation
Data is the lifeblood of the information economy and has an increasing bearing on the global competitiveness of industry and countries. In the past, people discussed comparative and competitive advantage of natural resources, labor and capital. Today, a new variable is of maximum importance: information. Policies supporting the spread of information are one of the most important resources benefiting economic and social growth, and innovation.
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CLELAND: The Biden Admin’s Latest Micromanagement Project? Your Online Subscriptions
The Federal Trade Commission is fast becoming a living case study in ideological overreach. Undaunted by a string of embarrassing court losses and plummeting morale among career staffers, the agency keeps grasping at the most slender reeds of legal theories and...
Instead of Fining Businesses Government Should Get Its Own House in Order
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...
IEI Submits Comments to the FCC on Section 230 of the Communications Act of 1934
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California Doubles Down on Unworkable Data Privacy Law During Second COVID Shutdown
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...