The Competitive Enterprise Institute Daily Update

Issues in the News

1. TELECOM

eBay CEO Meg Whitman predicts that soon consumers will have access to phone service over the Internet for free.

CEI Expert Available for Comment: Technology Counsel Braden Cox and Vice President Clyde Wayne Crews, Jr. on why advancing technology is making the Federal Communications Commission increasingly irrelevant.

2. HEALTH & SAFETY

Public health officials from around the world meet in Canada to coordinate efforts aimed at stopping a flu pandemic.

CEI Expert Available for Comment: Fellow in Economic Policy John Berlau in The Wall Street Journal on why corporate accounting regulations could be slowing down efforts to stockpile doses of flu vaccine.

3. SUPREME COURT

The nomination of White House Counsel Harriet Miers appears to be stalled in the Senate.

CEI Expert Available to Comment: Special Projects Counsel Hans Bader on the lack of substance in most judicial nomination hearings.

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