Innovation and Technology Policy Center
The Innovation & Technology Policy Center (ITPC) was created to increase the prominence of issues of great significance to CAGW, many of which have been at the forefront of the organization’s work since it was established in 1984. The issues covered by the ITPC include, but are not limited to, aerospace, antitrust, biopharmaceuticals, broadband, information technology, intellectual property rights, privacy, spectrum, and telecommunications.
The ITPC reviews current laws and regulations at the federal and state levels of government since they affect the inventions and innovations of tomorrow, with a focus on ensuring that new technologies are created under light-touch regulatory regimes, rather than heavy-handed decrees.
The ITPC enables CAGW to take on special projects on issues related to its mission to reduce waste, fraud, mismanagement, and abuse in government.
The ITPC benefits from the leadership of Executive Director/CAGW Vice President for Policy and Government Affairs Deborah Collier and CAGW President Tom Schatz, who have a combined 78 years of experience in many of the issues that are included in the ITPC’s mission.
The Latest from ITPC
Agency CommentsCAGW Files Comments on Federal Trade Commission and Department of Justice Draft Merger Guidance
The draft merger guidance will reduce competition and impose burdensome requirements on businesses across all industries.
The WasteWatcherUSF Reforms Should Include Replacing Lifeline with ACP
The Council for Citizens Against Government Waste offered its views on Universal Service reform to Congress on August 24, 2023.
The WasteWatcherEastern Tennessee: Where Broadband Goes Bust
Government-owned broadband networks have failed across the country, but public utilities in Tennessee want to build them anyway.
The WasteWatcherA Disturbing Trend for Broadband Deployment
With $42.5 billion available for broadband deployment, funding should be available regardless of technology or vendor type.
The WasteWatcherDOD’s Cloud Services Contract Moves Forward
DOD moves forward with its $9 billion Joint Warfighter Cloud Capability multi-year, multi-vendor contract.
Op-EdsThe Disaster at Lina Khan’s FTC
FTC Chair Lina Khan's anti-capitalist views have upended more than 100 years of antitrust law enforcement.
The WasteWatcherGAO Duplication Report Offers Roadmap to Cut Government Waste
The GAO offers commonsense ways to reduce duplicative and wasteful spending.
The WasteWatcherNTIA Releases Broadband Funding to the States
Federal and state officials should work to use the BEAD funding wisely.
Op-EdsBoeing’s Starliner struggles vindicate space competition
Private firms operating under contract with the federal government have formed the new backbone of space commercialization and exploration.
The WasteWatcherBiden's Budget and the SMART Prices Act Will Devastate Drug Development
Pharmaceutical price controls in President Biden's budget and the SMART Choices Act will devastate drug development.
The WasteWatcherRecognizing Women’s Medical Innovations on World IP Day
Intellectual property rights must be protected to encourage future research and development of life saving cures.
The WasteWatcherCelebrating Creative Women on World IP Day
April 26, 2023 celebrates Women in IP, which should provide focus on protecting their intellectual property rights.
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