The Competitive Enterprise Institute Daily Update

Issues in the News

1. HURRICANE KATRINA

The House of Representatives finds failures in the response to Hurricane Katrina at all levels of government. 

CEI Expert Available to Comment: President Fred L. Smith, Jr. on the free market policies which could help rebuild and protect New Orleans. 

2. PRIVACY

A U.S. security firm experiments with implanted microchips to keep track of employees.

CEI Expert Available to Comment: Adjunct Analyst Jim Harper on the privacy debate over RFID chips. 

3. INTERNET

The Department of Homeland Security completes a mock “cyberattack” on government and industry computer systems. 

CEI Expert Available to Comment: Vice President for Policy Clyde Wayne Crews on the importance of market-driven technologies in providing cybersecurity. 

4. BUSINESS

A documentary attacking Wal-Mart attracts interest in Europe. 

CEI Expert Available to Comment: Adjunct Analyst Zachary Courser on the motives of Wal-Mart’s critics. 

5. HEALTH

The deadly form of bird flu virus is found in three new European countries. 

CEI Expert Available to Comment: Adjunct Fellow Dr. Henry I. Miller on the government regulations stalling effective vaccine deployment. 

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