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
The WasteWatcherWheeler’s UTOPIA: This Emperor Has No Case
In his April 30 remarks at the National Cable & Telecommunications Association’s conference in Los Angeles, Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman Tom Wheeler imperiously decreed: “I believe the FCC has the power – and I intend to...
The WasteWatcherFCC Chairman Takes another Stab at Controlling the Internet
In December 2013, House Committee on Energy and Commerce Chairman Fred Upton (R-Mich.), and Subcommittee on Communications and Technology Chairman Greg Walden (R-Ore.) announced that they would begin a review of the Communications Act of 1934 and...
The WasteWatcherGAO Report Shows Duplicative Spending on Software Licenses
Federal agencies are missing opportunities to save money in their software license purchases, according to a May 2014 Government Accountability Office (GAO) report. Citizens Against Government Waste (CAGW) has been following this issue for some...
Press ReleaseCAGW Releases Statement on 2014 GAO Report on Federal Software Licenses
For Immediate Release Contact: Alexandra Booze 202-467-5318 May 23, 2014
The WasteWatcherToo Big To Bail Out: The Trouble with Johnson-Crapo
There is a theory about the naming of legislation. Some titles are straight out of George Orwell’s “double-speak” dictionary. In other words (literally), whatever word is in the title usually means exactly the opposite of what the bill will do. ...
The WasteWatcherIRS Should Not Create Software That Already Exists
While very little gets done in Washington during an election year, deadlines must be acknowledged and addressed, such as the expiration of the Internet tax moratorium on November 1, 2014. Two days prior to that critical date, a lesser-known but...
Press ReleaseCCAGW Frustrated on FCC’s Ruling of Net Neutrality Proposal
For Immediate Release Contact: Alexandra Booze 202-467-5318 May 16, 2014
Press ReleaseCCAGW Weighs In On Spectrum Policy
For Immediate Release Contact: Alexandra Booze 202-467-5318 April 25, 2014
Press ReleaseCAGW: End IRS Mismanagement of Software Assets
For Immediate Release Contact: Alexandra Booze 202-467-5318 April 10, 2014
Press ReleaseCAGW Releases April WasteWatcher Report
For Immediate Release Contact: Alexandra Booze 202-467-5318 April 3, 2014
The WasteWatcherDon't Expand Government Broadband
On March 18, 2014, I had the opportunity to attend the Free State Foundation’s Sixth Annual Telecom Policy Conference. Keynoted by Commissioner Mignon Clyburn, former acting chairman of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), and Federal Trade...
The WasteWatcherCourt Rules on Net Neutrality
In 2005, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) issued a Broadband Policy Statement to define the principles of an “open Internet” in response to claims that Internet service providers were unfairly restricting access to content. The FCC...
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