R Street’s Technology and Innovation policy program conducts research and advocacy around the public policy frameworks that govern both established and emerging technologies. Our goal is to push back against laws and regulations that impede economic progress or individual liberty, and to advance policy solutions that allow technology to move at the speed of innovation.
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Last week, a group of Democratic senators sent a letter to Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai asking him to review the fitness of a broadcaster to retain its broadcast…
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From SCOTUSblog:
Yesterday’s second argument was in WesternGeco LLC v. ION Geophysical Corp., in which the justices considered whether damages for infringement of a domestic patent overseas…
From Politico:
The worries on the right include concerns that European privacy rules would be burdensome to startups and small companies and that its provisions like the “right to erasure” —…
Testimony before the April 17, 2018
Dear Chairman Yoder, Ranking Member Ryan and Members of the Committee:
Thank you for considering my testimony. My name is Zach Graves, and I am the Director…
From InsideHealthPolicy:
Charles Duan, senior fellow and associate director of tech & innovation policy at the R Street Institute, likewise told IHP that while there is some motivation to…
From McClatchy DC:
“It’s a very small office, and the reports are largely driven by outside academics,” said Zach Graves, lead author of libertarian think tank R Street Institute’s report…
If there’s one constant in the Trump administration’s policy, it’s championing American companies over foreign competitors. So why is the administration arguing for a rule that would favor…
Telemedicine demonstrates that hypothetical concerns—imperfect diagnoses, loss of personal relationships—are fixed as the technology evolves or become unimportant as the technology…
Washington (April 16) – As medicine has progressed and changed over the years, one aspect of the practice has remained – doctors and patients must still, in general, see each other face to face….