The Competitive Enterprise Institute Daily Update

Issues in the News

1. INTERNET

San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom announces a plan to build a city-wide wireless network, calling wi-fi access “a fundamental right.”

CEI Expert Available to Comment: Technology Counsel Braden Cox on why taxpayer-funded wi-fi networks are not in the public interest.

 

2. CORPORATE GOVERNANCE

The head of the agency charged with keeping corporate accounting honest announces his retirement.

CEI Expert Available for Comment: Special Projects Counsel Hans Bader and Fellow John Berlau on why the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board is an unconstitutional assault on government accountability.

 

3. E-COMMERCE

Security Management magazine cites CEI on cybersecurity and consumer privacy.

CEI Expert Available for Comment: Vice President for Policy Clyde Wayne Crews on the advantage of market-based solutions to cybersecurity concerns..