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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Utility Dive
Trump’s AI action plan calls for dispatchable resources and grid upgrades
Utility Dive cited CEI’s expert on AI Paige Lambermont, a fellow at the conservative Competitive Enterprise Institute, said, “Only so much of this can…

Civitas Institute
Current Antitrust Actions Endanger America’s AI Edge
“It does not do to leave a live dragon out of your calculations, if you live near one” writes J.R.R. Tolkien in The Hobbit. But that’s precisely…

News Release
CEI experts react to White House AI Action Plan
Today, the White House released “Winning the Race: America’s AI Action Plan”, a multi-faceted policy document intended to help the United States keep its…
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Study
Giving Chase in Cyberspace
Full Document Available in PDF In the debate over identity theft and online security, commentators…
Blog
Politics Nerds Rejoice
Students at my alma mater, Claremont McKenna College, have created a very wonky alternative to the season’s popular fantasy football leagues: fantasy Congress.
Blog
Maybe That’s Why the Lacrosse Scandal Disappeared from the News
Scientists at Duke University and Imperial College London have reportedly developed a cloaking device for solid objects. All of the relevant Romulan and Harry…
Blog
News of YouTube’s Death Has Been Greatly Exaggerated
An argument from Peter Hartlaub of the San Francisco Chronicle on why big business can never be cool, even when it acquires something that…
Blog
They’re Coming to Audit Your Avatar
Fox News this morning raises the alarming prospect of the IRS taxing financial transactions taking places in online virtual communities like Second…
Newsletter
The Competitive Enterprise Institute Daily Update
1. BUSINESS Wal-Mart expands discounts on generic drugs. CEI Expert Available to Comment: Adjunct Analyst Zachary Courser on why…
Blog
Decoy Files on P2P Sites Become Ad Vehicles
From The Wall Street Journal, via \. The unusual alliance demonstrates a new tack being taken by the music industry to deal with…
Newsletter
The Competitive Enterprise Institute Daily Update
Issues in the News 1. TECHNOLOGY Universal sues popular video-sharing websites, after signing a revenue sharing deal with YouTube.
Blog
Europe Takes a Stab at the Multimedia Revolution
Sometimes, a regulatory idea comes along that is so stupid and offensive, one assumes it couldn’t actually be real. “Who could possibly think this is…
Newsletter
The Competitive Enterprise Institute Daily Update
Issues in the News 1. SAFETY President Bush hosts a swearing-in ceremony for incoming Secretary of Transportation Mary E.
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The Competitive Enterprise Institute Daily Update
Issues in the News 1. HEALTH The FDA approves a new drug to treat severe cases of Alzheimer’s disease.
Blog
Why All of Human History Has Been Leading Toward Google
Former Random House editorial director Jason Epstein has an interesting take on Google’s place in history, and how the Google Library project could…
Newsletter
The Competitive Enterprise Institute Daily Update
1. INTERNET President Bush prepares to sign a bill effectively banning Internet gambling. CEI Expert Available to Comment: Vice…
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The Competitive Enterprise Institute Daily Update
Issues in the News 1. BUSINESS The Justice Department approves the merger of AT&T and BellSouth Corp., leaving the decision…
Blog
Assessing the Content of Google’s Character
To continue the Google-YouTube discussion begun by Peter, take a look at what some /. folks are saying about Google’s potential exposure to…
Newsletter
The Competitive Enterprise Institute Daily Update
Issues in the News 1. TECHNOLOGY Google buys Internet video pioneer YouTube for $1.65 billion.
Blog
Google Gets Good Marks as Internet Librarian
Google raised some doubts (some even from CEI) about copyright protection when they launched Google Library, but now the project is having just the…
Newsletter
The Competitive Enterprise Institute Daily Update
Issues in the News 1. TECHNOLOGY Google launches a new global initiative dedicated to promoting literacy. CEI Expert Available…
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Issues in the News 1. HEALTH Thousands of lawsuits against Merck & Co. swamp courthouses to meet the deadline…
Blog
Let It Ride While You Can
Sad news for online poker fans: Congress has effectively outlawed Internet gambling, as part of legislation widely expected to be signed into law by…
Blog
Masters of their own Domains
ICANN is moving toward greater autonomoy and away from direct ties to the U.S. Department of Commerce. As long as it doesn’t end up…
Blog
Sound Suggestion on Social Security Security
In what, for now at least, seems like good news, the president’s Identity Theft Task Force has recommended that the federal government…
Op-Eds
Aaron Sorkin VS. the Moralists
No one would ever accuse The West Wing of being anything but a defiantly liberal show. And in many ways, that was part…
Newsletter
The Competitive Enterprise Institute Daily Update
Issues in the News 1. TECHNOLOGY Social networking site MySpace prepares to expand operations into China. CEI Expert…
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The Competitive Enterprise Institute Daily Update
Issues in the News 1. TECHNOLOGY The White House appoints a new “Cybersecurity Czar” to oversee federal computer security…
Op-Eds
Credit card ricochet
“Partners in plunder.” That's how an intriguing new book describes the hidden relationship between big government and big business. <?xml:namespace prefix = o…
Op-Eds
The Ratings Game
It's a familiar experience for many moviegoers: You walk out of a theater scratching your head, wondering why a movie was given a…
Blog
Senators on 9/11 movie – “Public interest” is what makes us look good
No matter what anyone thought of the ABC’s “The Path to 9/11,” the actions of certain senators who objected to the miniseries should…
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The Competitive Enterprise Institute Daily Update
<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = “urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office” /> Issues in the News 1. TECHNOLOGY…
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Issues in the News 1. ENVIRONMENT A new study suggests a connection between global warming and stronger hurricanes.
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Issues in the News 1. Retail Politics The New York Times reports on Wal-Mart’s funding of research groups. CEI…
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Issues in the News 1. ENVIRONMENT Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger signs a bill to put mandatory caps on greenhouse gas…
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Op-Eds
Turning MySpace into TheirSpace
Like a coffee shop or a mall, the Internet has evolved into a digital “third place,” a location we visit not only for…
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The Competitive Enterprise Institute Daily Update
Issues in the News 1. INTERNET A new study by Nielsen NetRatings finds MySpace.com to be the web’s fastest growing brand.
Products
CEI Planet: July – August 2006
DOWNLOAD THE COMPLETE PLANET (PDF) “Two-Point-Eight-Trillion-Anything Is Scary” by P.J. O’Rourke…
Products
How the Market Can Steal Identity Thieves’ Thunder
This past June, a coalition of business leaders calling itself the Consumer Privacy Legislation Forum—representing such heavyweights as Eli Lily, Google, Microsoft, and Procter &…
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The Competitive Enterprise Institute Daily Update
Issues in the News 1. TOBACCO A federal judge finds cigarette companies at fault for deceptive marketing. CEI Expert Available…
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The Competitive Enterprise Institute Daily Update
Issues in the News 1. ENERGY Oil prices fall to early summer levels. CEI Expert Available to Comment: Director…
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Issues in the News 1. ENERGY High gas prices continue to fuel voter dissatisfaction. CEI Expert Available to…
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Issues in the News 1. GLOBAL WARMING Cities and states adopt global warming policies without federal mandates. CEI Expert Available to…
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Issues in the News 1. ENERGY Oil prices fall after a terrorist threat is stopped. CEI Expert Available to…
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The Competitive Enterprise Institute Daily Update
Issues in the News 1. ENERGY BP management was warned of infrastructure decay several years before the company’s shut down…
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The Competitive Enterprise Institute Daily Update
1. ENERGY Oil prices continue to fall after storm fears calm. CEI Expert Available to Comment: Warren Brookes Journalism Fellow…
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TRADE Australia helps lead attempts to revive the WTO’s Doha Round trade talks. CEI Expert Available to Comment: Adjunct Scholar Fran Smith…
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The Competitive Enterprise Institute Daily Update
<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = “urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office” /> Issues in the News 1. GLOBAL WARMING…
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The Competitive Enterprise Institute Daily Update
1. ENERGY The Senate votes to move forward with oil and natural gas drilling legislation. CEI Expert Available to Comment: Director of…
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The Competitive Enterprise Institute Daily Update
Issues in the News 1. INTERNET Microsoft faces a shareholder vote on its support for network neutrality legislation.
News Release
Statement on Regulation of Social Networking Websites
Washington, D.C., July 26, 2006—The House is scheduled to vote today on the Deleting Online Predators Act (DOPA), a bill that would restrict federal…
Newsletter
The Competitive Enterprise Institute Daily Update
Issues in the News 1. BUSINESS The House of Representatives votes to re-authorize the U.S. Export-Import Bank. CEI…
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Jessica Melugin
Director of the Center for Technology & Innovation
- Antitrust
- Innovation
- Media, Speech and Internet Freedoms

Clyde Wayne Crews
Fred L. Smith Fellow in Regulatory Studies
- Business and Government
- Consumer Freedom
- Deregulation

Fred L. Smith, Jr.
Founder; Chairman Emeritus
- Automobiles and Roads
- Aviation
- Business and Government