Whether it is lifting net neutrality regulations, allowing AI to reach its full potential to benefit mankind, educating policy makers about content moderation, clearing legacy regulations at the Federal Communications Commission, advocating for greater spectrum efficiency, or defending business practices that benefit consumers but are disliked by antitrust enforcers, CEI punches above its weight. Coalition activity, relationships with tech and telecom journalists, media appearances, policy events, Capitol Hill outreach, op-eds, and in-depth studies combine to make CEI influential in the tech and telecom policy area.
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The Scandalous Science Behind Nuclear Regulation
Nuclear power could be a game-changer for energy affordability, grid reliability, and carbon reduction. However, it’s been stifled for decades based on one deeply flawed…
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The CHIPS and Science Act: A potential regulatory issue
Industrial policy is back with a bang. The COVID-19 pandemic revealed vulnerabilities in global supply chains, prompting intense debates in Congress about government’s role in…
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Free the Economy podcast: Technology and politics with Corbin Barthold
In this week’s episode we cover bringing your parents to a job interview, the case against a universal basic income, and why…
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Issues in the News 1. HEALTH & SAFETY The SEC changes rules that would have hindered efforts to fight avian flu.
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Issues in the News<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = “urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office” /> 1. INTERNET A bug in…
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Video-game law lets parents shirk duty
Arnold Schwarzenegger acquired fame and fortune playing a slew of bloodthirsty meatheads. Now, as governor of California, he’s still trying to play action…
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Issues in the News 1. INTERNET Microsoft launches a new anti-virus service. CEI Expert Available for Comment: Vice President…
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Issues in the News 1. INTERNET New Orleans announces the development of a free, city-wide wireless network. CEI Expert Available…
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An analog armageddon?
Hollywood movies are replete with bad guys nefariously plotting to control the world, but these days, music and movie industry associations are looking awfully…
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Issues in the News 1. AUTOMOTIVE Ford Motor Co. CEO Bill Ford announces his company’s plans to focus on developing alternative…
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Issues in the News 1. RETAIL In preparation for day-after-Thanksgiving shopping crowds, Wal-Mart promises to match any competitor’s advertised price on…
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Issues in the News 1. INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY Sony is forced to withdraw dozens of CD titles from sale after its copyright…
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Issues in the News 1. HEALTH & SAFETY The European Parliament endorses a new system of regulation for chemicals. …
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Issues in the News 1. ENERGY The Senate Finance Committee approves a $5 billion windfall profits tax on the nation’s…
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Do-It-Yourself Legislation
The aftermath of hurricanes Katrina and Rita have proved a massive breeding ground for what former OECD Chief Economist David Henderson has termed…
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The UN’s War Against Innovation
The leadership of the United Nations is truly the gang that can't shoot straight. Even if the recent incidents of corruption and profiteering—exemplified…
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Letter Urging Congress to Introduce Video Competition
The Honorable Bill Frist Majority Leader United States Senate Washington, DC 20510 November 14, 2005 Dear Majority Leader Frist: Earlier this year, Sen. John Ensign…
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Issues in the News 1. INTERNET Tunisia, host of a United Nations summit on the future of the Internet,…
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U.S. to U.N. in Tunisia: Hands Off the Internet
<?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = “urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags” /> Contact: Richard Morrison, 202.331.2273 Washington, D.C.,…
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Issues in the News 1. INTERNET Time Warner and AOL announce a new venture to…
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Issues in the News 1. GLOBAL WARMING Fox News Channel announces an hour-long special dedicated to alarmist views on…
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Breaking Patents
The integrity of patents affects the future health of people the world over. Unfortunately, one of the world’s rising economic players is leading the charge…
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Issues in the News 1. ENERGY The House of Representatives considers legislation that would allow oil and gas exploration in…
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An Open Letter to Congress: Franchise Reform
Dear Member of Congress: Much has changed in the decade since Congress passed the 1996 Telecommunications Act. As Congress is considering changes and updates…
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Between the stacks – Google book engine needs ingenuity
What bookworm doesn’t love the idea of Google’s new project, Google Library? The ability to search the entire contents of the world’s greatest libraries online…
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Issues in the News 1. HEALTH AND SAFETY The European Union debates whether to proceed with a vote on a new program…
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Issues in the News 1. HEALTH AND SAFETY The President’s $7.1 billion plan to fight a possible avian flu pandemic…
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House Committee Releases Plan for Telecom Reform
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Issues in the News 1. TELECOM The House Committee on Energy and Commerce prepares for a substantial revision to the…
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FCC Initiates Process to Increase Video Competition
Contact: <?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = “urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office” /> Richard Morrison, 202.331.2273 …
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Issues in the News 1. TELECOMMUNICATIONS SBC and Verizon receive FCC approval for their multi-billion dollar merger. CEI Expert Available to…
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Congress Tweaks Patriot Act Provisions, Will Affect the Tech Industry
Congress is in the process of tweaking sixteen separate sections of the USA Patriot Act that were scheduled to sunset at the end of this…
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Issues in the News 1. LEGAL & CONSTITUTIONAL President Bush nominates Judge Samuel Alito to succeed Justice Sandra Day…
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Telecom Scores Merger Success — With Strings Attached
Washington, D.C., October 31, 2005—The Competitive Enterprise Institute welcomes the Federal Communications Commission’s decision approving the two major telecommunications mergers. Unfortunately, the conditions…
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Issues in the News 1. E-COMMERCE Online consumers are getting smarter about which websites they trust with their personal…
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Issues in the News 1. SUPREME COURT Harriet Miers withdraws her nomination to the U.S. Supreme Court. CEI Expert Available to…
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UNESCO to U.S.: Drop Dead!
Last Thursday, the United States was sucker-punched by an international organization. A majority of countries belonging to the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and…
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Issues in the News 1. TELECOMMUNICATION The House Commerce Committee starts a discussion on legislation that deals with the transition from analog…
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Issues in the News 1. TELECOM Sen. Mike DeWine (R-OH) announces some of the elements of a new push…
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CEI Congressional Seminar: Tailoring Telecommunications Reform
Date: Friday, October 28, 2005<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = “urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office” /> Time: 12:00 – 2:00 pm <?xml:namespace prefix…
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Issues in the News 1. TELECOM eBay CEO Meg Whitman predicts that soon consumers will have access to phone…
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Bill Banning Bogus Gun Lawsuits Should Pass Constitutional Test
Contact:Christine Hall, 202.331.2273 Washington, D.C., October 20, 2005—The House passed a bill today banning lawsuits aimed at holding gun makers liable for…
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Issues in the News 1. TECHNOLOGY Video game makers sue California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger over age restrictions on games deemed…
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New Study Provides Outline for Telecom Reform
<?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = “urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags” />Washington, D.C., October 18, 2005—The rules that govern the telecommunications industry in the United States have…
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Communications without Commissions
Full Document Available in PDF U.S. communications is at an important inflection point.
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1. TELECOM Congress prepares to address major reforms to telecommunications policy. CEI Expert Available for Comment: Technology Counsel…
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Issues in the News 1. GLOBAL WARMING Researchers study the summer of 2005 for evidence that global warming is melting…
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Issues in the News 1. GLOBAL WARMING Global warming is being blamed for new data that says 2005 will be the hottest…
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Issues in the News 1. WETLANDS The U.S. Supreme Court agrees to hear two cases on federal wetlands regulation involving questions…
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Letter to Congress Regarding Digital TV Transition and Cable Multicasting
The undersigned organizations would like to express their strong opposition to proposals toextend “must carry” rules for cable operators to include the multiple streams of…
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Issues in the News 1. HEALTH & SAFETY Burger King’s operations in Britain decide to opt out of a scheme…
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The World Wide Web (of Bureaucrats)?
Kofi Annan, Coming to a Computer Near You! The Internet’s long run as a global cyberzone of freedom—where governments take a “hands off” approach—is in…
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Issues in the News 1. INTERNET San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom announces a plan to build a city-wide wireless network,…
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Issues in the News 1. ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY The U.S. House of Representatives approved the first major reform in 30 years to the…
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Issues in the News 1. LEGAL & CONSTITUTIONAL The Associated Press profiles Colorado State Treasurer Mark Hillman and…
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Issues in the News 1. ENVIRONMENT Legislation aimed at reforming the Endangered Species Act could be voted on in the…
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Lord of War Fires a Dud
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Statement on House Telecom Reform Proposal
<?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = “urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags” />Washington, D.C., September 23, 2005—The latest draft telecommunications bill from the House Energy & Commerce Committee…
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Issues in the News 1. HURRICANES Oil and gas facilities in the Gulf Coast are threatened by the approach of…
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Issues in the News 1. TRANSPORTATION The twin bankruptcy filings this week of Northwest Airlines and Delta Air Lines raise…
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Issues in the News 1. HURRICANE KATRINA New Orleans slowly begins to show signs of recovery.
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Issues in the News 1. HURRICANE KATRINA Speaker of the House Dennis Hastert suggests that New Orleans should not be rebuilt.
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Issues in the News 1. HURRICANE KATRINA Sen. Trent Lott calls on the federal and Mississippi state government to cut the…
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Issues in the News 1. NATURAL DISASTER Congress moves to provide $10.5 billion in aid to victims on Hurricane…
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Issues in the News 1. ENERGY The Bush administration moves to avert gas shortages in the wake of Hurricane…
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1. ENERGY The aftermath of hurricane Katrina raises oil and gas prices. CEI Expert Available to Comment: Director of Global Warming…
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Issues in the News 1. HEALTH & SAFETY Tempers run high in California at a public meeting over whether to…
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Issues in the News 1. E-COMMERCE Real estate company Remax announces the creation of an online database of homes for sale…
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Straight Scoop on E-waste
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Issues in the News 1. LEGAL & CONSTITUTIONAL The Wall Street Journal editorializes in favor of CEI’s lawsuit challenging the government-protected…
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Competition and the Telecom Marketplace
Holman Jenkins addresses one of the many sticking points for broadband deployment — cities and localities. Indeed, in today's communications landscape dominated by…
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Issues in the News 1. ENERGY CNN contrasts the current high gas prices in the U.S. with other nations…
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Issues in the News 1. LEGAL & CONSTITUTIONAL Democrats and Republicans alike eye the nomination of Judge John Roberts…
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Issues in the News 1. HEALTH & SAFETY The EPA proposes new regulations governing storage of radioactive waste at the proposed…
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Issues in the News 1. ENEGRY Crude oil prices hit a new record high. CEI Expert Available to…
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Issues in the News 1. NATURAL RESOURCES A summer wildfire in Washington state expands to 32,000 acres. CEI Expert Available…
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Issues in the News 1. HEALTH & SAFETY A new study raises concerns about the health effects on children of pesticides…
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1. BUDGET The highway bill currently before Congress is igniting the wrath of fiscal conservatives for being loaded with spending for questionable…
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Media Conference Call on CEI Legal Challenge to Tobacco Settlement
Washington, D.C., August 3, 2005—On Thursday, August 4, the Competitive Enterprise Institute will hold a conference call to discuss its constitutional challenge to…
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1. CONSTITUTIONAL & LEGAL CEI launches a lawsuit challenging the government-sponsored tobacco cartel created by the 1998 multi-state tobacco settlement. CEI…
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Issues in the News 1. INTERNATIONAL President Bush gives John Bolton a recess appointment to serve as U.S. ambassador to the…
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Issues in the News 1. ENERGY The Washington Post cites CEI on the pork-barrel spending in the recent energy…
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Issues in the News 1. TELECOM Congress prepares to consider a sweeping reform of telecommunications law. CEI Expert Available to…
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Reform FCC—Limit It!
<?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = “urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags” />U.S. communications policy is at an important inflection point. Cable, telephone and wireless companies aim to…
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Issues in the News 1. TRADE The U.S. House of Representatives approves the Central American Free Trade Agreement. CEI Expert…
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A New Hope for Free Markets in Telecom
Contact: Richard Morrison, 202.331.2273 Washington, D.C., July 27, 2005—Sen. John Ensign (R-NV) this morning announced wide-ranging legislation that would modernize U.S. telecommunications law…
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Issues in the News 1. TELECOM Senator John Ensign (R-NV) introduces major new legislation aimed at overhauling telecommunications law. CEI…
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Slicing Telecom the Right Way: Making a Real Market is the Best Cure for Monopoly
Mergers involving SBC and Verizon and a recent Supreme Court decision exempting cable-modem companies from open-access regulation have reignited fears of market domination…
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Issues in the News 1. TRADE Washington Post columnist Sebastian Mallaby makes the case for passage of the Central American Free…
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Issues in the News 1. HEALTH & SAFETY A new report by the Centers for Disease Control finds dramatically lower levels…
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The Nationalization of Basic Science
Full Document Available in PDF The National Institutes of Health (NIH)…
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Issues in the News 1. HEALTH & SAFETY Critics of industry-funded science point to alleged conflict-of-interest violations by NIH researchers. Many of…
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1. ENERGY Investors Business Daily quotes Marlo Lewis, Jr. on the folly of wind power mandates. CEI Expert Available…
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1. REGULATION Washington Post columnist Cindy Skrzycki cites CEI’s most recent regulatory study, Ten Thousand Commandments. CEI Expert Available to Comment:…
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Issues in the News 1. CIVIL LIBERTIES The House and Senate Judiciary Committees debate whether or not to reauthorize…
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Issues in the News 1. INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT The G8 nations propose a new aid package for Africa. CEI Expert Available…
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1. TECHNOLOGY In the wake of the US Supreme Court decision that P2P firm Grokster could be held liable for aiding digital piracy,…
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1. GLOBAL WARMING President Bush defends the U.S. position on global warming before the leaders of the G8 nations.
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Issues in the News 1. LEGAL & CONSTITUTIONAL Property rights activists organize and a Montana Congressman introduces legislation to counter the Supreme…
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Issues in the News 1. TECHNOLOGY The recording industry launches another round of lawsuits against users of peer-to-peer file…
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Issues in the News 1. ENERGY The Senate passes major new energy legislation. From CEI: Director of Global Warming &…
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Markets, not Mandates, Can Best Protect Copyrights
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A Toast to the Supremes
Full Document Available in PDF Cheers to the Supreme Court for its…
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Jessica Melugin
Director of the Center for Technology & Innovation
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Clyde Wayne Crews
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