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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

Press Release

CAGW Still Searching for Answers on Los Angeles Email Contract

For Immediate Release:

Curtis Kalin December 7, 2011
The WasteWatcher

FCC Delivers a Turkey for Thanksgiving

Just in time for the Thanksgiving holiday, the Federal Communication Commission (FCC) is dropping a regulatory turkey on everyone’s doorstep. On November 20, 2011, the final rules of the “Open Internet Order,” also known as net neutrality, become...

Deborah Collier November 26, 2011
The WasteWatcher

Using Broadband Spectrum Auctions to Reduce the Deficit

As the White House, Congress and particularly the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction look for ways to reduce spending and enhance revenues, close scrutiny is being given to both the allocation of broadband spectrum and the use of voluntary...

Deborah Collier November 26, 2011
Press Release

CAGW PUBLISHES “CLOUD COMPUTING 201”

For Immediate Release:

Curtis Kalin November 20, 2011
Press Release

CAGW Begins Digging into Los Angeles Email Contract

For Immediate Release

Curtis Kalin October 25, 2011
Press Release

CAGW Begins Digging into Los Angeles Email Contract

For Immediate Release

Curtis Kalin October 25, 2011
Press Release

E-Mail Fails to Deliver

For Immediate Release

Curtis Kalin October 18, 2011
Press Release

E-Mail Fails to Deliver

For Immediate Release

Curtis Kalin October 18, 2011
The WasteWatcher

Getting Program Management Back on Track

After reviewing information technology (IT) program management at the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), Assistant Secretary for the Office of Information and Technology (OIT) Roger Baker decided to change the way VA manages IT development, and...

Deborah Collier October 14, 2011
The WasteWatcher

Hearing Highlights Benefits and Challenges to Cloud Computing

On September 21, 2011, the House Science, Space and Technology Subcommittee on Technology and Innovation held a hearing entitled “The Next IT Revolution? Cloud Computing Opportunities and Challenges.” Chaired by Rep. Ben Quayle (R-Ariz.), the...

Deborah Collier October 14, 2011
Press Release

CAGW PUBLISHES “CLOUD COMPUTING 101”

For Immediate Release

Curtis Kalin September 27, 2011
Press Release

CAGW REACTS TO FCC’S NEW NETWORK NEUTRALITY RULES

For Immediate Release

Curtis Kalin September 22, 2011

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