Competitiveness

When Poles are Made Out of Reach So Too is Broadband Access for Many

by Bartlett Cleland | May 10, 2024 | Articles, Op-Eds & Blogs, Broadband, Competitiveness, Emerging Technologies, IEI post, Regulation

As May graduations give way to family summer vacations millions will hit the road to crisscross our sprawling country. Down those same stretches of vacationer crowded highways are millions of utility poles which serve as home to electric, traditional phone and...

Analyzing the Biden Administration’s Tech and Innovation Policy Agenda

by Bartlett Cleland | Jul 13, 2021 | Articles, Op-Eds & Blogs, Broadband, Competitiveness, IEI post, Online Speech, Regulation, Wireless

While it took a couple months for clarity to replace idle speculation, the Biden administration’s tech and innovation public policy agenda is increasingly clear. The forecast? Government with little chance of free markets. At his recent address to Congress President...

Closing the Laboratories Just as They Are Most Needed

by Bartlett Cleland | Jul 13, 2021 | Articles, Op-Eds & Blogs, Competitiveness, IEI post, Regulation, Taxes & Budget, Wireless

In 1932, progressive U.S. Supreme Court Justice Louis Brandeis popularized a phrase regarding the importance of the U.S. system of federalism. As he wrote, “…a single courageous State may, if its citizens choose, serve as a laboratory; and try novel social and...