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The Health Tech We Knew We Needed but Never Got Around to Having
According to the Kaiser Family Foundation, physicians say, by a margin of 2 to 1, that the increased use of heath information technology is a positive for overall quality of…
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Policy Prescriptions: Fiscal Discipline to Address Economic and Health Care Challenges in the Face of COVID-19
With all of the uncertainty surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic, we are continually analyzing the many policy proposals at all levels of government to address the current situation. Obviously, many of these…
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Communications and Technology Task Force: Policy Prescriptions to Address Economic and Health Care Challenges in the Face of COVID-19
Social distancing has Americans communicating and collaborating through increasingly different avenues of technology every day. Adapting to the increasing use of technology is pivotal during this pandemic. The Communications and…
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ALEC Files Amicus Brief in Google v. Oracle Supreme Court Case
Earlier today, the American Legislative Exchange Council filed a brief, amicus curiae, in the Google LLC v. Oracle America, Inc. copyright dispute. At the heart of the dispute is…
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Technical Standards are Public Policy, and Must Be Monitored by the States
Technical standards are public policy. Many people tune out at the very mention of standards, but they are part of the public policy world as their impact can be broad…
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Telehealth Could Deliver Better Care to ALS Patients
When I was 18 years old, my father was diagnosed with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) otherwise known as Lou Gehrig’s disease. I spent five months traveling with my dad…
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Filtering Out Counterfeits
You may be part of enriching the world’s largest global criminal enterprise. And if not you, there is a really good chance that someone in your immediate family…
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Solving a Perceived Privacy Problem: How the Market Reacts to Innovate Solutions in the Absence of Government Action
Markets innovate in the absence of government action. The Federal Communications Commission attempted to regulate Internet Service Provider (ISP) privacy during the Obama administration because it claimed that ISPs…
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Standards are Policy, and They Change the Way We Live
State legislators are keenly aware of the public policy choices they face every day. They are also well tuned to most of the public policy decisions that are made elsewhere,…
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Anna Parsons in The Hill
In her latest piece in The Hill, ALEC Policy Coordinator Anna Parsons writes that a ban of facial recognition technology in schools would be bad policy. The case of Lockport City…
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Violent Video Games Not to Blame for Mass Shootings
Mass shootings are horrific. They are indictments of man’s capability to do evil. They remind us about how much pain, loss, and damage a single person can inflict, when that…
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Innovative Ideas States Can Learn from Estonia
Estonia is a small Baltic country, nestled between the great powers of Europe. The ex-soviet state regained its independence in 1991, after being conquered numerous times. Estonia is now leading…
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Uber Choice for Workers
Almost a year ago, the Department of Labor published a report on “alternative work arrangements,” which for the most part meant an analysis of the “gig economy.” The gig economy…
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Free Market Principles Should Not End Where the Innovation Track Begins
Innovation always has detractors. Innovation inherently involves risk of failure and change. Change is hard, and generally, the status quo is comfortable. Taking a chance on something new, a product,…
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A Legal Analysis of Murphy v. Twitter
Earlier this week, a feminist from Canada sued Twitter in San Francisco. The lawsuit is limited in scope and thoroughly pled. The lawsuit brings three causes of action against…
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Government Should Stay in its Lane on Automated Vehicles
As Rich States, Poor States (the new 11th edition can be found here) shows, states vary greatly in their fiscal health and operations. Fortunately, many states strive to create…
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YouTube is Still a Private Platform, Prager University
If someone names his boat a rose, does the boat become a flower? If the manufacturer of the boat calls it a rose, is the boat a flower? Most people…
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Crying “Privacy” is Not Enough to Support a Lawsuit
A judge in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois handed down a decision that may impact future state, or even federal, privacy legislation. Through the…
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What Do Last Week’s Midterms Mean for the Tech Sector?
Last week’s midterm elections may loom large for technology policy. Since the Democratic Party achieved a majority in the United States House of Representatives, they may hold hearings and propose…
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Supreme Court to Hear Free Speech Case that May Impact Technology Companies and Social Media Platforms
The Supreme Court just announced that it will hear a case defining what is, or is not, a public forum. While the case specifically addresses public access cable…