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The common thread that runs through ITIF’s work is that public policy should almost always err on the side of spurring innovation instead of limiting or constraining it—and the conventional policy agendas of both the left and right are often ill-suited to the challenges and opportunities of today’s economy. ITIF believes that effective innovation policy requires policy innovation, which stems from disruptive new thinking that actively pushes back on stale thinking and faulty ideas.
The need for an expert resource such as ITIF is evidenced by the substantial impact it has in shaping tangible policy outcomes:
- The CHIPS and Science Act adopted a regional innovation hubs program based on one ITIF proposal and establishes a foundation for energy security and innovation based on another ITIF proposal.
- Mirroring an ITIF proposal, the U.S. Department of Energy created an Office of Clean Energy Demonstration (OCED) in December 2021 to deliver more than $20 billion provided by the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to support large-scale clean energy demonstration projects. The Biden administration later gave OCED an additional $5.8 billion under the Inflation Reduction Act for a new advanced industrial facilities deployment program.
- President Biden’s executive order to ensure a data-driven response to COVID-19 and future high-consequence public health threats echoed ITIF’s call to establish a pandemic data task force to identify key gaps in national data infrastructure that could undermine future responses, such as a lack of standards between state IT systems.
- President Trump’s executive order ended reliance on academic degrees as qualifications for federal jobs, as ITIF recommended in a report on why it is time to disrupt higher education by separating learning from credentialing.
- The OPEN Government Data Act, signed by President Trump in 2019, reflected the Center for Data Innovation’s call for comprehensive legislation to define the publication of open data as a permanent responsibility of the U.S. government.
- President Trump issued an executive order on artificial intelligence (AI), reflecting the Center’s advocacy for more federal action to support the U.S. AI industry.
- The Connected Government Act, signed into law by President Trump, addressed ITIF’s call to make government websites more mobile friendly, as described in its report, “Benchmarking U.S. Government Websites.”
- The Trump administration revoked India’s and Turkey’s duty-free access to U.S. markets under the Generalized System of Preferences, reflecting an ITIF recommendation for countering innovation mercantilism in developing countries.
- The Consumer Review Fairness Act, signed by President Obama, protected consumers’ right to post critical product reviews online by outlawing frivolous “gag clauses.” ITIF was a leading proponent and testified in the U.S. Senate in support of the legislation.
- The Manufacturing Universities program, included in the 2016 U.S. National Defense Authorization Act to pilot new approaches to engineering education, reflected ITIF recommendations and advocacy.
- ITIF reports and advocacy efforts helped inspire the Obama administration to create the S. Energy Department’s Office of Technology Transitions and a technology commercialization fund.
- The Revitalizing American Manufacturing Innovation Act, passed in the 2014 omnibus U.S. budget, stemmed from ITIF’s recommendations and advocacy, authorizing the Obama administration to establish a Network for Manufacturing Innovation, later known as Manufacturing USA.
- The Obama administration’s rural broadband strategy, funded by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, along with the Federal Communications Commission’s subsequent release of a National Broadband Plan, reflected ITIF’s 2008 recommendation to implement
a national broadband strategy. - ITIF’s advocacy also helped build support for the Recovery Act’s R&D funding
- President Obama established the White House position of Federal Chief Information Officer to plan federal IT investments and oversee federal technology spending, as ITIF recommended in a 2008 report.
- The High Court of New Delhi, India, relied heavily on ITIF research when it issued a judgment that created a new mechanism for rights holders to block access to websites involved in large-scale piracy.
- Governments from Singapore to Sweden have developed national innovation strategies based in significant part on a framework ITIF developed and promoted in its book Innovation Economics.
- The U.S. states of Connecticut, New York, and Rhode Island have developed innovation policies based on ITIF proposals.
Praise
“ITIF is able to play an important role in developing policy because they work on creative solutions to break through partisan gridlock. We can’t move our country forward unless we work together.”
— U.S. Sen. Chris Coons (D-DE)
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“ITIF has been invaluable in developing policy proposals for the country to keep leading in the global knowledge economy.”
— U.S. Sen. Todd Young (R-IN)
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“Now more than ever, technology and innovation are key drivers of every sector in the country—and that pace will only accelerate. I benefit from the high-quality information, analysis, and recommendations ITIF offers.”
— U.S. Rep. Darrell Issa (R-CA)
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“At a time when technology is advancing at a rapid rate, experts like the team at ITIF play an important role in promoting forward-looking, innovative solutions to complicated issues.”
— U.S. Rep. Suzan DelBene (D-WA)
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“Technology issues increasingly are at the heart of our most consequential policy debates. ITIF provides the invaluable service of breaking through the confusion to give policymakers high-quality information, analysis, and recommendations we can trust to foster the kind of innovation that will drive economic growth and social progress.”
— U.S. Rep. Anna Eshoo (D-CA)
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“ITIF has been a leader in advocating for policies that will help jumpstart research and development, promote new investment, and encourage innovation. I appreciate ITIF’s role as a national advocate on behalf of our country’s future economic security.”
— U.S. Sen. Mark Warner (D-VA)
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“Innovation and technology aren’t just the lifeblood of today’s economy, but tomorrow’s economy as well. They are the engines that will drive our nation and the world for generations to come. I commend ITIF’s commitment to those core principles.”
— Former U.S. Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-UT)
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“ITIF’s work at the intersection of technological innovation and public policy is critically important because it strengthens the very foundations of America’s economic and national security at a time when China is threatening both.”
— Michael Brown, Former Head of the DOD’s Defense Innovation Unit
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“The information technology revolution remains the key driver of prosperity growth. I am pleased that ITIF has been launched to help develop the kinds of ideas and policy proposals that will ensure America remains the global technology leader.”
— Former U.S. Rep. Fred Upton (R-MI)
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“You can always count on ITIF for rigorous analysis of complicated questions. Its conclusions are sensible and sound, because they’re based on hard evidence.”
— Aneesh Chopra, Co-Founder, Hunch Analytics, and Former U.S. Chief Technology Officer
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“In an environment that continually generates new questions and challenges for technology policymakers, ITIF provides needed in-depth, objective analysis and thoughtful recommendations.”
— Michael Kratsios, Head of Strategy, Scale AI, and Former U.S. Chief Technology Officer
