IT & Data Innovation
Data is the lifeblood of the information economy and has an increasing bearing on the global competitiveness of industry and countries. In the past, people discussed comparative and competitive advantage of natural resources, labor and capital. Today, a new variable is of maximum importance: information. Policies supporting the spread of information are one of the most important resources benefiting economic and social growth, and innovation.
Artificial Intelligence
Transportation
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Education
Privacy
E-Government
Health IT
The Cost of Protecting Teens Online
Both state and federal legislators are actively pushing legislation designed to “protect our children online.” Of course, there is already a federal Children’s Online Privacy Act that regulates the online collection of personal information about children under 13...
Child Safety for the Virtual Era
Because of the response to COVID, a variety of local and state governments have required many of the nation’s children to attend class online. To try to maintain some sort of social contact many of those same kids are increasingly using electronic devices of various...
Washington’s ‘Knowledge Problem’ About Innovation, Technology and Google
Frequent antitrust interventions into the economy have thankfully been out of fashion in recent years. However, about once a decade Washington uses government’s biggest hammer against industry, antitrust law, in an effort to smash a disfavored company. This is one of...
Bartlett Cleland – Everything You Need to Know About California’s New Privacy Law
PRI Senior Fellow in Tech and Innovation Bartlett Cleland joins us to discuss the California Consumer Privacy Act, which took effect on July 1. He discusses the serious flaws with the new law and how it will impact consumers and business owners, looks ahead to...