The Competitive Enterprise Institute Daily Update

Issues in the News

1. BUSINESS

Democrats in the House of Representative announce a legislative agenda for spurring innovation in the U.S. economy.

CEI Expert Available to Comment: Economics Policy Fellow John Berlau praises the plans for including reform of the Sarbanes-Oxley corporate accounting regulations.

2. INTERNET

Google prepares to offer online data storage for customers’ entire hard drives, raising privacy concerns.

CEI Expert Available to Comment: Vice President for Policy Clyde Wayne Crews on similar concerns aimed at Google’s Gmail service.

3. LEGAL

Congress passes an amended version of the USA Patriot Act.

CEI Expert Available to Comment: Economics Policy Fellow John Berlau on how some in Congress are trying to extend the anti-terror provisions of the Patriot Act to the war on drugs.

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