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..