Data Innovation

Feedback on the Data Governance Act
The DGA is a positive step forward in outlining a framework to enhance data sharing in the EU and promote data-driven innovation, however further clarification will be necessary to ensure data protection and competition laws do not prevent firms from sharing data, to safeguard trade with non-EU countries, and to prevent the public sector from charging excessive fees for data access.
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February 8, 2021
Feedback on the Data Governance Act
The DGA is a positive step forward in outlining a framework to enhance data sharing in the EU and promote data-driven innovation, however further clarification will be necessary to ensure data protection and competition laws do not prevent firms from sharing data, to safeguard trade with non-EU countries, and to prevent the public sector from charging excessive fees for data access.
February 8, 2021
Podcast: The Promise of Artificial Intelligence, With Steven Shwartz
Understanding what AI can do—and perhaps more importantly what it cannot—is critical for understanding the substantial benefits AI can bring to many sectors of the economy and society.
February 4, 2021
Comments to the European Commission on Health Data Spaces
The Center for Data Innovation welcomes the goals of the EHDS initiative and agrees that adopting measures to enable better data exchange will facilitate artificial intelligence (AI)-enabled healthcare applications in the EU and allow firms to pursue economies of scale across EU markets.
February 4, 2021
How Can Europe Enhance the Benefits of AI-Enabled Health Care?
ITIF's Center for Data Innovation hosted a discussion about what the healthcare sector needs to create a positive impact and increase innovation using AI.
January 26, 2021
Comments to the CFPB on Consumer Access to Financial Records
The Center for Data Innovation has filed comments with the U.S. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (the “Bureau”) on developing regulations to implement section 1033 of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, which provides for consumer access to financial records.
January 25, 2021
Who Is Winning the AI Race: China, the EU, or the United States? — 2021 Update
The United States still holds a substantial overall lead in AI, but China has continued to reduce the gap in some important areas and the EU continues to fall behind.
January 4, 2021
The Year Ahead: Twenty-Four Ways Congress and the Biden Administration Can Advance Good Tech Policy in 2021
If Washington wants to show voters that government is doing something more than simply saying no or being ideologically dug in, then lawmakers and the administration should work to advance a set of actionable technology policy measures that would grow the U.S. economy.
December 16, 2020
Book Talk on “Data Feminism” With Lauren Klein
ITIF's Center for Data Innovation hosted a conversation with Lauren Klein on her new book Data Feminism, co-authored with Catherine D’Ignazio.
December 7, 2020
How the United States Can Increase Access to Supercomputing
The United States has an imbalanced portfolio of high-performance computing resources that is failing to meet growing demand among artificial intelligence researchers. To fill the gaps, Congress should authorize at least $10 billion over the next five years for the National Science Foundation and the Department of Energy.
December 4, 2020
Three Lessons Biden Administration Should Take From DoD’s Data Strategy
The Pentagon’s data strategy, released in September, offers a model for building a data-centric organization with both a grounded foundation to support transformational change and a context-specific framework that brings the strategy to life.

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