There was a time when technology policy was a game of “inside baseball” played mostly by studious wonks from government agencies, legislative committees, think tanks, the business community, and other experts. They brought sober, technical expertise and took a methodical approach to...

Improving federal enterprise performance is a perennial topic, from Eisenhower's Hoover Commission, to Reagan's Grace Commission, to Clinton's Reinventing Government, to Bush's E-Gov Initiatives, to Obama's innovation efforts. But one major thing is different today. The challenge from the...

In some industries and markets, a small number of firms have exclusive access to particular datasets, and they exploit their market power to limit access to that data through both technical and administrative means without any legitimate business justification. In the real estate, financial...

The ideal fiscal stimulus measure not only creates jobs and drives economic activity in the short run but also boosts quality of life and economic growth in the medium and long run. Support for scientific research in the stimulus package accomplishes both goals. In this report, ITIF finds that...