The Competitive Enterprise Institute Daily Update

1. REGULATION

Washington Post columnist Cindy Skrzycki cites CEI’s most recent regulatory study, Ten Thousand Commandments.

CEI Expert Available to Comment: Vice President for Policy Clyde Wayne Crews, Jr. on the higher-than-ever costs of federal regulation in the United States.

2. TELECOM

U.S. broadcasters accept a new deadline for giving up their current analog spectrum and moving towards digital TV signals

CEI Expert Available to Comment: Technology Counsel Braden Cox on the slow progress toward the digital transition.

3. TECHNOLOGY & INNOVATION

NASA prepares for the first space shuttle launch since the Columbia disaster.

CEI Expert Available to Comment: General Sam Kazman on the parallels between advances in private space travel and the potential for innovation in medical technology.