The federal government annually spends more than $100 billion for information technology (IT), 80 percent of which is used to operate and maintain existing systems, some of which are more than 50 years old. The Government Accountability Office (GAO) first placed IT modernization on its High Risk List in 2015, and Citizens Against Government Waste […]
As the need to build and power artificial intelligence (AI) data centers increases, support for nuclear energy is on the rise. Ensuring a stable and sufficient supply of energy is critical for the U.S. to remain the global leader in the development of new technologies. States are leading the way to aid in the effort […]
Welcome to This Week in Waste, a series by Citizens Against Government Waste (CAGW) that highlights how taxpayer dollars are being wasted in the federal, state, and local levels of government and effort to fight back against this spendthrift behavior. Missouri Senate Rejects Stadium Funding Bill In the final days of their session, the Missouri […]
World Intellectual Property (IP) Day is always an opportunity to reiterate the significance of the only property right protected in the Constitution. Celebrated every April 26, the festivities home in on a particular aspect of IP. The 2025 theme is “IP and Music: Feel the beat of IP.” Every nation has its own beat and […]
The imposition of state and local taxes on accessing and using the internet was supposed to be resolved, yet local governments continue to attempt to subvert this prohibition. The effort to prevent these taxes from being adopted began when the Internet Tax Freedom Act of 1998 (ITFA) established a moratorium on state and local internet access taxes, “bit taxes” levied on the amount of data streamed, and taxes on specific services such as email or messaging. ITFA also prohibited discriminatory transaction taxes on e-commerce vendors and their customers which would […]
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.
Intellectual property rights should be protected when artificial intelligence is used in creative works.
On August 1, 2024, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit extended the stay on the FCC’s latest net neutrality order.
The Fifth Circuit Court rocked the telecommunications world when it released its ruling on funding the USF.
