Solveig Singleton is a lawyer and served as CEI's senior policy analyst with its Project on Technology and Innovation. She is a popular and sometimes a controversial speaker at many industry and academic events. Ms. Singleton is the former director of information studies for the Cato Institute. Ms. Singleton also served as vice chair of publications for the Telecommunications and Electronic Media Practice Group of the Federalist Society for Law & Public Policy Studies from 1996-1999. Her articles have appeared in The Washington Post, The Philadelphia Inquirer, The Wall Street Journal, The Journal of CommerceInternet Underground, and Hot-Wired, as well as in many academic journals. She is the co-editor of two books, Regulators’ Revenge (1998) and Economic Casualties (1999). Her undergraduate degree is from Reed College, where she majored in philosophy. She then graduated cum laude from Cornell Law School and worked for two years at a telecommunications law firm.

recent op-eds & articles

Letter to John McCain on A La Carte Regulation of Cable
By Solveig Singleton, November 17, 2003

What’s Next for State PUCs?
By Solveig Singleton, October 31, 2003

If The Feds Regulate Mere Annoyances, What Will They Not Regulate?
By Solveig Singleton, March 16, 2003

Safer Strees Possible Without Red-Light Cameras
By Solveig Singleton, May 28, 2002

Zen And The Art Of Telemarketing
By Solveig Singleton, May 15, 2002

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recent studies

An Open Letter to Members of the Subcommittee on Antitrust, Competition Policy and Consumer Rights, Committee on the Judiciary,
By Solveig Singleton, March 8, 2004

Is Phone “Competition at the Crossroads?”: An Analysis of the Consumer Federation of America’s Local Competition Study
By Solveig Singleton, December 23, 2003

Review of the Commission’s Rules Regarding the Pricing of Unbundled Network Elements and the Resale of Service by Incumbent Loca
By Solveig Singleton, December 16, 2003

“FreeCiv” and its Discontents: Policy Lessons from Open Source Games: A Case Study
By Solveig Singleton, November 18, 2003

The Freedom Of Information vs. The Right To Privacy
By Solveig Singleton, May 24, 2002

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news release

Letter to Grover Norquist on Telecommunications Regulation
By Fred L. Smith, Jr., Solveig Singleton, February 25, 2004

General Accounting Office Reports on Cable TV Rates
By Solveig Singleton, October 24, 2003

Gattuso/Singleton Letter to Rep. Tauzin on Reciprocal Compensation
By James L. Gattuso, Solveig Singleton, September 13, 2000

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