Information Technology And Innovation Foundation
Recent News About Information Technology And Innovation Foundation
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In the lead-up to implementing stringent new digital privacy safeguards for their constituents earlier this spring, Oregon legislators contemplated a significant enforcement strategy — affording citizens the authority to legally challenge companies for breaches of privacy.
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The Affordable Connectivity Program (ACP), designed to provide broadband access to low-income consumers, faces depletion by 2024, potentially exacerbating the digital divide.
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A report by a policy analyst claims the U.S. lost its position as the leading influencer of policies affecting the digital economy, with Europe and China now taking the forefront.
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In a press release issued on July 17, 2023, the Information Technology and Innovation Foundation, the top think tank for science and technology policy, stated that drug price controls in non-OECD countries that are not the United States. Reduce biopharmaceutical research and development by more than $56 billion annually, depriving the world of 25 new medicines each year.
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This week, the Information Technology and Innovation Foundation Director of Broadband Joe Kane issued a news release announcing that the Affordable Connectivity Program is expected to run out of money in 2024.
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Despite making up only 5% of the number of vehicles on the road, medium and heavy-duty trucks (MHDTs) are responsible for 30% of the carbon emissions in the transportation industry, and a new report from the Information Technology and Innovation Foundation (ITIF) said research spending is insufficient.
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Information Technology and Innovation Foundation (ITIF) Vice President Daniel Castro has criticized the Federal Trade Commission's (FTC) announcement to take legal action against Amazon for allegedly tricking customers into signing up for its Amazon Prime service, saying the FTC was using bait-and-switch tactics.
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The ITIF, a think tank for science and technology policy, has released a report it says refutes nine points that critics often use to lobby for weaker intellectual property oversight.
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In the third action the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has taken against Facebook, the agency has proposed prohibiting the company from monetizing the data of minors, alleging that Facebook violated its 2020 privacy order. Daniel Castro, vice president of the nonprofit research institute Information Technology and Innovation Foundation (ITIF), said the FTC does not have the authority to implement such a ban.
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Robert D. Atkinson, president of the Information Technology & Innovation Foundation (ITIF), a nonpartisan research institute, said the U.S. should crack down on Chinese companies that use unfair practices by giving the U.S. International Trade Commission (USITC) more authority to ban imports from those companies.
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Amid all the observation about war in the Ukraine, President Joe Biden made promises during the March 1 State of the Union address to the nation's business community and advocates have responded to what he said.