By Roslyn Layton, Ph.D., Executive Vice President, Strand Consult and Deborah Collier, Vice President for Policy and Government Affairs, Citizens Against Government Waste The United States is currently operating under a fragmented system of privacy regulations because Congress has not yet enacted a national framework to regulate consumer data privacy and security. States have sought […]
The deployment of broadband to connect businesses and families to the internet requires every level of government to avoid imposing burdensome rules and regulations that impede that process. Ensuring that projects move forward expeditiously is critical as the $42.45 billion Broadband, Equity, Access, and Deployment (BEAD) funding will be released to the states from the […]
States across the country are working to finalize their final Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment funding proposals to the National Telecommunications and Information Administration by the September 4, 2025, deadline. The state of Louisiana is leading the charge to close the digital divide as the first state in the nation to release its final draft […]
Reducing regulations, especially after the massive expansion in the size and scope of the federal government during the Biden administration, will increase investment and stimulate the economy. That is one of the reasons President Trump signed an executive order (EO) on January 31, 2025, to cut 10 regulations for every new regulation, and another EO […]
A Biden-era effort to ban cost-saving bulk billing of internet services has been halted by new FCC Chairman Brendan Carr.
This broad and vague investigation is par for the course for the Biden-Harris administration and its pursuit of more regulation.
The U.S. Postal Service will lose $8 billion in FY 2024 and the Delivering for American Plan is not working as intended.
There are some areas of the farm bill, like the sugar program, that are ripe for reform.
The Biden-Harris administration’s latest attack on American innovation is aimed at artificial intelligence.
To save taxpayer dollars, Congress should look at revamping the USF program instead of trying to expanding its contribution base.
