Competitiveness
TPS' Guide to Tech Policy at 2010 CES
Jan 5, 2010 | We're getting ready to head to Las Vegas this week for the 2010 International CES where we'll be co-hosting Read More
NTIA/RUS Decide on One More Round of Broadband Funding
Nov 10, 2009 | The two federal agencies in charge of the Recovery Act's $7.2 billion in broadband funding programs, USDA's Rural Utilities Service Read More
You're Invited: Tech Policy Summit @ CES
Nov 4, 2009 | Join us in Vegas! We're very excited to be partnering with the Consumer Electronics Association (CEA) to co-host a special Read More
FCC Proposes Net Neutrality Principles; Launches OpenInternet.Gov
Sep 21, 2009 | In a speech this morning at the Brookings Institution, Federal Communications Commission (FCC) chairman Julius Genachowski formally declared his intent Read More
Podcasts from Tech Policy Summit
Sep 14, 2009 | We received an inquiry from someone asking where to find the podcasts from our last Tech Policy Summit conference, Read More
U.S. CTO's Silicon Valley Visit
Aug 12, 2009 | Silicon Valley welcomed Aneesh Chopra to town last week for a series of events and meetings designed to introduce him to Read More
FCC Commissioners Sworn In; Broadband Workshops Starting
Aug 3, 2009 | Good news! It's official...After months of transitioning, there are once again five commissioners in place at the Federal Communications Commission Read More
Watch Live: Robert Scoble Interviewing CEA's Gary Shapiro
May 13, 2009 | Robert Scoble is on stage at Tech Policy Summit '09 right now, interviewing Gary Shapiro of the Consumer Electronics Association. Read More
At Tech Policy Summit '09
May 12, 2009 | The 3rd annual Tech Policy Summit is underway at the San Mateo Marriott and, while registration is closed, there are Read More
Agenda for TPS: Broadband Innovation and Tech Policy Summit '09
May 6, 2009 | There are only a few days left until the opening of TPS: Broadband Innovation conference and the 3rd annual Read More
OSTP Calls for Comments on Scientific Integrity
Apr 23, 2009 | On March 9th, President Obama issued a memorandum ordering the director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP), Read More
President Names Aneesh Chopra as National CTO
Apr 18, 2009 | After months of speculation about who would be selected as the nation's first Chief Technology Officer, news broke yesterday that Read More
FCC Kicks Off Effort to Develop a National Broadband Plan
Apr 8, 2009 | At its public meeting in D.C. earlier today, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) took the first step toward creation of Read More
White House Science Advisor Confirmed
Mar 20, 2009 | The wait for a new director at the White House's Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) is over. Dr. Read More
NTIA/RUS Seek Comment on Broadband Grants
Mar 12, 2009 | The National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) and the Department of Agriculture's Rural Utilities Service (RUS) have issued a notice Read More
Spending the Broadband Stimulus Dollars
Mar 10, 2009 | As might be expected, there were more questions than answers during today's inter-agency meeting on the broadband stimulus programs. Still, Read More
Stimulating Broadband Growth
Mar 10, 2009 | The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) issued a notice today inviting suggestions on how the FCC and U.S. Department of Agriculture Read More
White House Intros Commerce Secretary Nominee
Mar 5, 2009 | The White House released a video today to introduce the American public to President Obama's third (and, hopefully, final) pick Read More
LinkedIn CEO: "Let Our Startups Bail Us Out"
Mar 4, 2009 | In case you missed it, LinkedIn chairman and CEO Reid Hoffman, wrote an op-ed that appeared in The Washington Post yesterday in Read More
Join Us March 25th for a Breakfast Event Featuring Dr. Vint Cerf
Feb 18, 2009 | As we pre-announced earlier this week on Twitter, we are very excited to be hosting a new Tech Policy Read More
Are You Ready for Some Stimulus?
Feb 10, 2009 | Now that the U.S. Senate has voted 61-37 to pass the economic recovery legislation, the Senate and House of Representatives Read More
Microsoft CEO's Talk to House Democrats
Feb 9, 2009 | In a speech last Friday at the U.S. House of Representatives' Democratic Caucus Retreat, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer weighed in Read More
Who's on the "People to Watch" list?
Feb 4, 2009 | Ars Technica has just unveiled its picks for the 2009 Tech Policy "People to Watch" list -- check out the Read More
Commerce Secretary v.2
Feb 4, 2009 | Now that President Obama has ended the suspense about who will replace Governor Bill Richardson as the Commerce Secretary designate, Read More
Stimulus Spending and the Future of Innovation and Research
Jan 26, 2009 | The debate about Congress' economic recovery plan has been heating up, as legislators try to reach agreement on how much Read More
Eric Schmidt Talks Obamanomics with Jim Cramer
Jan 22, 2009 | Google's chairman and CEO Eric Schmidt made an appearance on Jim Cramer's CNBC show yesterday, this time to talk about Read More
Pew Report on the Stimulus Plan and Broadband Adoption
Jan 22, 2009 | What will it take to increase broadband adoption in the United States? It looks like the economic recovery bill will Read More
Inside the Transition's Tech, Innovation and Government Reform Team
Jan 19, 2009 | With less than a day to go until the Inauguration, the Obama-Biden transition team released a video introducing its Technology, Read More
Divvying up the Stimulus Dollars
Jan 16, 2009 | The Wall Street Journal described the economic recovery package released by Democratic House leaders yesterday as a "potential bonanza for Read More
FCC Chair Kevin Martin Heads to Aspen Institute
Jan 15, 2009 | With the focus already shifting to predictions of what the next Federal Communications Commission chairman (presumably Julius Genachowski) will do, Read More
Bringing Science Back
Jan 14, 2009 | As confirmation hearings for President-elect Barack Obama's nominees get underway, key picks on his energy and environment team have reiterated Read More
Gearing Up for 2009 & "Science We Can Believe In"
Dec 31, 2008 | I've been reminding myself to enjoy the slower-than-usual pace this week because there's no doubt that 2009 is going to Read More
Nevermind Who...What Will the National CTO Do?
Dec 30, 2008 | Like others, we are very curious to learn more about President-elect Barack Obama's pick for the nation's first Chief Technology Read More
Is D.C. "Killing" Silicon Valley?
Dec 23, 2008 | According to Silicon Valley author Michael S. Malone, the answer is an emphatic Yes. Mr. Malone, a journalist and author who Read More
News Breaks About Obama's Choice for Science Advisor
Dec 18, 2008 | The organizers of ScienceDebate 2008 applauded today's news that President-elect Barack Obama is planning to name Dr. John Holdren to Read More
Obama-Biden Introduce Energy Team, Emphasize Role of Science
Dec 15, 2008 | During today's press conference to announce members of their administration's energy and environment team, both President-elect Barack Obama and Vice Read More
Announcing the Tech Policy Predictive Market
Dec 10, 2008 | As we first mentioned on Twitter, we have been working on a new project in partnership with the Information Read More
Broadband, Tech to Play Key Role in Obama's Economic Recovery Plan
Dec 8, 2008 | The buzz over the weekend has been about President-elect Barack Obama's economic recovery plan to create 2.5 million new jobs. Read More
Treasury Secretary Named; Commerce, Others On Deck
Nov 24, 2008 | At a news conference in Chicago this morning, President-elect Barack Obama confirmed his decision to name Timothy Geithner as the Read More
Competitiveness and the 'Venturesome Economy'
Nov 24, 2008 | Ask 10 different people why the United States -- or, specifically, Silicon Valley -- is a good place to innovate, and Read More
Call for Nominations: People to Watch
Nov 18, 2008 | We are excited to officially announce the launch of the first 2009 Tech Policy Who's Who: People to Watch Read More
Calling for Cooperation Over Competitiveness
Nov 13, 2008 | Earlier this afternoon, Forrester Research vice president Navi Radjou tipped us off to a post he published in the Harvard Read More
Are Foreign Governments "Buying America's Brains?"
Nov 13, 2008 | Dr. Prith Banerjee, SVP of Research at HP and a member of our Tech Policy Summit advisory board, pointed me Read More
Obama's Economic Advisory Team
Nov 7, 2008 | President-elect Barack Obama, who just concluded his first official press conference, met with his new economic advisory board earlier today Read More
Event Recap: What Does the Election Mean for Tech?
Nov 7, 2008 | Not surprisingly, there has been a lot of speculation in the last few days about what the election results might Read More
Is the U.S. Taking a Short-Sighted Approach to Innovation?
Oct 21, 2008 | With only two weeks to go until Election Day, Computerworld has published a series of articles about tech policy, including Read More
Prez Candidates on America COMPETES Act
Oct 20, 2008 | The Association for Women in Science and the Society of Women Engineers submitted a series of questions to both of Read More
Innovation 2008 Conference Underway
Oct 20, 2008 | ScienceDebate 2008, a grassroots coalition advocating for a presidential debate on science and technology issues, has teamed up with the Read More
Technology's Education Gap
Oct 10, 2008 | Dan Warmenhoven, CEO of Silicon Valley data management company NetApp (formerly Network Appliance), has written an editorial titled "Technology's Education Read More
Innovation Economics' Role in Keeping the U.S. Competitive
Sep 25, 2008 | BusinessWeek's chief economist Michael Mandel wrote a cover story for the September 22nd issue of the magazine titled "Can America Read More
Follow-up: Sen. McCain Answers ScienceDebate's Questions
Sep 15, 2008 | Earlier this month, we wrote about Sen. Barack Obama's answers to ScienceDebate 2008's 14 questions about the most pressing Read More
Focusing Attention on Innovation Policy
Sep 4, 2008 | Silicon Valley entrepreneur-turned-author Judy Estrin, who worked as CTO of Cisco Systems and currently sits on the boards of Disney Read More
Global IT Rankings Out: Denmark Keeps Top Spot
Apr 9, 2008 | The World Economic Forum (WEF) and INSEAD have released the results of the 2007-2008 Global Information Technology Report, its seventh Read More
Tech Policy Summit '08 Podcasts Available
Apr 8, 2008 | We're happy to report that the podcasts from the 2008 Tech Policy Summit, which took place at the Renaissance hotel Read More
Who Will Get H-1B Visas for FY 2009?
Apr 8, 2008 | Yesterday was the last day to submit H-1B visa applications for FY 2009 to the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services Read More
Sciencedebate 2008: Moving to May?
Apr 7, 2008 | With it looking less and less likely that any of the presidential candidates will accept the invite to participate Read More
Bill Gates' Visit to Capitol Hill
Mar 13, 2008 | During his testimony yesterday before the U.S. House of Representatives' Committee on Science and Technology, which celebrated its 50th anniversary, Read More
Companies Creating Home-Grown Engineers?
Mar 6, 2008 | There's an interesting article in today's Wall Street Journal about the lengths some companies are going to here in the Read More
New Data on CS Majors; Start of H-1B Season
Mar 5, 2008 | Data from the Computing Research Association (CRA) indicates that the number of undergraduates majoring in computer science at North American Read More
Program Uses Mobile Phones To Teach Math
Feb 4, 2008 | Qualcomm founder and chairman Dr. Irwin Jacobs was on CNBC earlier today talking about his company's $1 million investment in Read More
CCIA's Scorecard Rates Congress
Feb 4, 2008 | How did the U.S. Congress treat tech in 2007? According to the Computer and Communications Industry Association's (CCIA) recently released High Read More
President's State of the Union: Tech Highlights
Jan 29, 2008 | As a follow-up to our earlier post about the President Bush's State of the Union address, here is a summary Read More
State of the (Tech) Union?
Jan 28, 2008 | President Bush will deliver his State of the Union address to Congress tonight. And if past speeches are any indication, Read More
Guest Commentary: Mary Arnold, SAP
Dec 12, 2007 | The following editorial was written by Mary Arnold, Vice President for Government Relations at SAP America, and a member of Read More
13th Time Isn't the Charm for R and D Credit
Dec 7, 2007 | The Senate voted yesterday to approve a one-year extension of the R&D tax credit, which is set to expire on Read More
U.S. Ranks 1st in Overall Global Competitiveness
Oct 31, 2007 | Earlier today, the World Economic Forum, the international nonprofit known for its annual meeting in Davos, Switzerland, released the results of Read More
Tech Coalition Keeps Fighting for Immigration Reform
Oct 29, 2007 | "The demise of comprehensive immigration reform does not change [or] reduce the urgency for congressional action this year on skilled immigration Read More
Editorial: Education Shortage is a Myth
Oct 26, 2007 | Improving math and science education has been a core issue for U.S. tech companies who see a need for more Read More
Treasury Secretary Talks China
Oct 23, 2007 | Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson delivered a keynote this morning about America's economic ties with China at a D.C. conference on Read More
TechNet Leaders Gather at Summit in Berkeley
Oct 12, 2007 | Industry group TechNet held its annual Innovation Summit on the UC Berkeley campus yesterday. As in previous years, PBS Read More
Republicans Debate Economic Issues
Oct 10, 2007 | CNBC, MSNBC and The Wall Street Journal hosted a Republican presidential debate yesterday in Dearborn, Michigan that focused on Read More
Senate Hearing on Small Businesses and Broadband
Sep 27, 2007 | The U.S. Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship, chaired by Sen. John Kerry (D-MA), held a hearing yesterday on Read More
Congress Passes Competitiveness Bill
Aug 3, 2007 | Congress has voted in favor of competitiveness legislation that many tech industry associations have been backing. Both the House and Read More
Commerce Committee Backs Broadband Bill
Jul 20, 2007 | The U.S. Senate Commerce Committee, chaired by Sen. Daniel Inouye (D-HI) announced today that the full committee unanimously voted in Read More
TPS Advisors on TV
Jul 7, 2007 | Two of Tech Policy Summit's advisors,** James Fallows of The Atlantic Monthly and New America Foundation and Dr. Robert Atkinson Read More
The iPhone and SW Design in Silicon Valley
Jul 6, 2007 | On Monday, News.com's Charles Cooper asked a rhetorical question in his column: "Could the iPhone have been invented anywhere but Read More
WSJ:Silicon Valley Startups "Sour" on India
Jul 4, 2007 | Yesterday's Wall Street Journal (sub required) featured an article called "Some in Silicon Valley Begin to Sour on India" that Read More
Steven Levy on U.S. Broadband
Jul 2, 2007 | In this recent Newsweek article, Steven Levy writes about the current state, and the future, of broadband in the United Read More
Need for Speed?
Jun 26, 2007 | Communications Workers of America (CWA), a labor union affiliated with the AFL-CIO, has issued a report on Internet speeds in Read More
What's the Real Cost of Taxing Internet Access?
Jun 18, 2007 | It's a question more people are asking since, as we pointed out last month, the current moratorium on Internet access Read More
Follow-up Study on Immigrant Entrepreneurs
Jun 15, 2007 | In conjunction with the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation, researchers from Duke University and UC Berkeley have published a follow-up report Read More
Leading Tech CEOs Issue Report on Competitiveness
Jun 15, 2007 | The Technology CEO Council, which consists of the CEOs of Motorola, Dell, Hewlett-Packard, IBM, Applied Materials, Unisys, EMC and NCR, Read More
New Report Examines Broadband Rankings
Apr 25, 2007 | The Information Technology and Innovation Foundation (ITIF), one of Tech Policy Summit's 2007 partners, has issued a new report called Read More
H-1B "Surge" Makes History
Apr 5, 2007 | It only took one day for the U.S. government to reach its annual cap on H-1B visa applications -- the Read More
H-1B Visa Process Underway
Apr 3, 2007 | News.com's Declan McCullagh wrote yesterday about the "rush for H-1B visas" that began April 1st. As McCullagh explains, that is Read More
U.S. Drops in World Economic Forum Rankings
Mar 29, 2007 | The Geneva-based World Economic Forum released its annual Network Readiness Index (NRI) rankings yesterday and the No. 1 spot went Read More
ITIF's Digital Prosperity Report
Mar 14, 2007 | The Information Technology and Innovation Foundation (ITIF), one of our 2007 event partners, officially released its latest report yesterday titled Read More
China Approves Intel Fab
Mar 14, 2007 | In January, we blogged about a Financial Times report that Intel is planning to open a new fab in Dalian, Read More
Elizabeth Corcoran on Immigration in Silicon Valley
Mar 9, 2007 | In her latest Letter from Silicon Valley column, Forbes contributing editor Elizabeth Corcoran writes about "Silicon Valley's Immigration Problem." Corcoran, Read More
New Report Assesses R and D Growth
Jan 25, 2007 | According to The Wall Street Journal, a new research report by Battelle Memorial Institute and R&D magazine predicts a "small Read More
HBS on Immigration and Tech Transfer in China
Jan 23, 2007 | HBS Working Knowledge, a Web site run by Harvard Business School, features a Q and A with Asst. Professor William Read More
FT on the Tech Industry and China
Jan 17, 2007 | According to Financial Times, while Intel itself hadn't announced such plans, the chipmaker may be planning to build a fabrication Read More
Science and Tech Chair Reintroduces Education/Energy Bills
Jan 12, 2007 | The House Committee on Science and Technology Chairman Bart Gordon (D-TN) announced the re-introduction of several pieces of legislation from Read More
House Housekeeping: Science and Technology Committee
Jan 5, 2007 | With the start of the 110th Congress yesterday, Bart Gordon (D-TN) began his tenure as Chair of the House Committee Read More
Duke/Berkeley Researchers Release New Study on Immigrant Entrepreneurs
Jan 4, 2007 | In November, we blogged about the National Venture Capital Association's report on the number of tech startups founded by foreign-born Read More
Taiwan's Move Beyond Contract Manufacturing
Dec 26, 2006 | According to a Reuters article in Yahoo! News, electronics manfacturers like Dell, Hewlett-Packard, Motorola and Nokia are not only looking Read More
Defunding Could Cut TA and OTP
Dec 8, 2006 | Technology Daily points to a FCW.com article about possible funding cuts that would eliminate the Office of Technology Policy, the Read More
Study: Foreign-Born Entrepreneurs Play Key Role in Tech
Nov 15, 2006 | Technology Daily (sub required) points to a story in today's Boston Globe that highlights the role that foreign-born entrepreneurs play Read More
Survey Says: US Lagging on Next-Gen Internet
Nov 5, 2006 | FORTUNE magazine senior editor David Kirkpatrick (who will be one of the session hosts at Tech Policy Summit) reports on Read More
Op-Ed By Rep. Lofgren Blasts Congress' Lack of Action
Oct 31, 2006 | Cisco's High Tech Policy Blog links to an op-ed by Rep. Zoe Lofgren (D-CA) that appeared in the Mercury News Read More
Exclusive: Q and A with Rob Atkinson
Oct 23, 2006 | Earlier this month, we had the opportunity to spend some time speaking with Robert Atkinson, President of the Information Technology Read More
What Do China's Elite Think About China's Future?
Oct 5, 2006 | That's the question addressed in a News.com editorial today by Robert Holleyman, CEO of the Business Software Alliance (a Tech Read More
CRA Blog's Take on Competitiveness Legislation
Sep 29, 2006 | Earlier this week, the Computing Research Association's blog featured a post called "Innovation and Competitiveness: How'd We Do?" by CRA's Read More
Where Does US Rank in Global Competitiveness?
Sep 26, 2006 | CNNMoney.com reports that the World Economic Forum's 2006 global competitiveness rankings lists the U.S. as sixth overall -- falling from Read More
New Group to Study SEC Regulation and Competitiveness
Sep 13, 2006 | According to a press release issued yesterday, a new group called the Committee on Capital Markets Regulation has been formed Read More
ITIF Issues Report on R&D Tax Credit
Sep 7, 2006 | The Information Technology and Innovation Foundation (ITIF) -- one of Tech Policy Summit's event partners -- has published a new Read More
