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

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TAXPAYER WATCHDOG APPLAUDS TRADE GROUP'S PRO-MICROSOFT BRIEF

For Immediate Release Contact: Jim Campi

Curtis Kalin January 30, 2000

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TAXPAYER WATCHDOG GROUP PRAISES SETTLEMENT OF MICROSOFT SUIT

For Immediate Release

Curtis Kalin December 31, 1999

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CAGW’s Pork PatrolSM takes a closer look at fiscal 2000 academic pork

When it comes to pork-barrel spending, nobody feeds at the trough with more gusto than colleges and universities. Ivory towers often disguise some of the most ridiculous projects funded by the federal government. Here are just a few examples:

Curtis Kalin November 22, 1999

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CAGW’s Pork PatrolSM takes a closer look at fiscal 2000 VA-HUD Pork

Science and technology pork is always on the menu for appropriators flush with cash. This is especially unfortunate since the private sector, which stands to benefit the most from government giveaways, is usually capable of footing the bill on its...

Curtis Kalin November 2, 1999

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