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
CAGW Praises Rumsfeld for Scrutinizing Boeing Tanker Lease Deal
For Immediate Release
CAGW’s Pork PatrolSM takes another closer look at fiscal 2004 Consolidated Appropriations Act.
For Immediate Release
Mass. Taxpayers Hurt by Proposed Software Monopoly
For Immediate Release Contact: Mark Carpenter/Tom Finnigan
Connecticut Poised to Do the Right Thing
For Immediate Release Contact: Mark Carpenter/Tom Finnigan
No More Bad Apples: Legislation Would Prohibit N.Y. from Contracting with Fraudulent Companies
For Immediate Release
Watchdog Applauds Defense Department For Equitable Software Policy
For Immediate Release
CCAGW Urges Georgia Assembly to Decrease Spending, not Increase Taxes
For Immediate Release
California On the Brink of Another Costly Information Technology Disaster
For Immediate Release
CAGW TO CONGRESSMAN TAUZIN: STOP MEDDLING AT THE FCC
Citizens Against Government Waste today chided House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Billy Tauzin (R-La.) for improperly meddling in the Federal Communication Commission’s rule-making process.