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Vice President Joe Biden begins a European trip today with meetings and events set for Germany, France, and the United Kingdom. The U.S. economic relationship with Europe is one of the issues at the top of the Vice President’s priority list, including likely discussions of an oft-discussed U.S.-European Union trade agreement. Michael Froman, the Deputy National Security Adviser for International [...]
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The importance of cybersecurity and the need for sound cybersecurity policies were highlighted at the confirmation hearing for former Republican Senator from Nebraska, Chuck Hagel, to be the next U.S. Secretary of Defense. Senator Hagel said that cybersecurity “represents as big a threat to security in this country as any one specific threat” and encouraged lawmakers to pass cybersecurity legislation. [...]
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With the greatest “collection of brainpower we’ve had under this roof in a long time,” President Obama at the White House today bestowed the nation’s highest honors for invention and discovery – the National Medals of Science and the National Medals of Technology and Innovation – on an incredibly talented group of men and women. The President noted that the accomplishments of these women and men are [...]
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There are critical choices facing Congress as members work to find solutions to the urgent fiscal challenges facing the nation. But, as they work toward answers, they should not sacrifice the foundation of America’s innovation economy – science, R&D, and education. And when it comes to “raising revenues” – Washington-ese for higher taxes – Congress needs to adopt a competitive, market-based approach [...]
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It’s been interesting to follow the back and forth today on corporate tax reform between the Business Roundtable (BRT) and the White House. It’s important to understand what was -- and wasn’t -- said. First, the BRT’s President, Governor John Engler, today put forward his organization’s 2013 policy priorities -- a plan titled, “Act for America’s Future.” In response to a question about what he has [...]
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This blog originally was published by The Daily Caller. ----- “This time it’s going to be different.” Have you heard that before? The Chicago Cubs faithful know what I am talking about. As did “Star Wars” fans after Episode One, as well as Zsa Zsa Gabor’s ex-husbands. And then there are those in the tech industry who for years have advocated for Congress to pass immigration reform. On Monday, eight [...]
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Inside the World Economic Forum’s (WEF) Congress Center, sheltered from the snow and ice of Davos, this year’s theme of “Resilient Dynamism” spurred some provocative conversations at Davos about cybersecurity. We are witnessing a technology upheaval of our society and economy. Though cybersecurity is now a “mainstream” topic with the Davos crowd, cybersecurity policy is still in its nascent stage. [...]
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Right after the President’s speech in Las Vegas today, ITI’s Dean Garfield was on Bloomberg TV with the Cato Institute’s Alex Nowrasteh and Bloomberg’s Hans Nichols. While a host tried to put Dean and Alex at odds with each other, it turns out that they agree on many of the bipartisan proposals put forward in the last couple of days. You can watch the interview on the Bloomberg TV website. Highlights [...]
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As we noted in yesterday’s blog post, the bipartisan Immigration Innovation (I-Squared) Act has been introduced in the Senate with five Republican and five Democratic sponsors. We appreciate the leadership of Senator Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., Marco Rubio, R-Fla., Chris Coons, D-Del., Jeff Flake, R-Ariz., Jean Shaheen, D-N.H., Dean Heller, R-Nev., Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., John [...]
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In watching the news reports on immigration reform throughout the day, one thing that has been missing from the discussion is any context for the legislative activities of the past couple of days. To fill that gap, I prepared an ITI Policy Brief that gives some political and policy background for the Senate’s bipartisan efforts with the principles and the Immigration Innovation (I-Squared) Act, and [...]
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