Reports & Briefings

For brief overviews of how key technologies work and why they matter, see ITIF’s “Technology Explainer Series.”

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June 1, 2006
Turbo-Charging E-Government
Governments must think of themselves less as direct providers of e-government services and more as enablers of third-party integrators that tie together multiple agencies across multiple levels of government to package government services in user-friendly ways.
May 30, 2006
A "Third Way" on Network Neutrality
Rob Atkinson and Phil Weiser propose a three-part, "third way" solution that allows incumbent broadband providers to offer managed broadband services, provided that they also offer a basic and growing open, non-discriminatory "best-efforts" Internet service.
April 12, 2006
U.S. Continues to Tread Water in Global Broadband Adoption
This web-memo analyzes U.S. broadband performance compared to other nations and argues that the traditional excuses for poor U.S. performance do not hold.
March 7, 2006
Opening the Mail: A Postal System for the New Economy
A Rob Atkinson report on postal service reform from the Progressive Policy Institute.
June 1, 2002
The 2002 State New Economy Index
The State New Economy Index uses 21 indicators to measure the extent to which state economies are knowledge-based, globalized, entrepreneurial, IT-driven, and innovation-oriented.
July 1, 1999
The 1999 State New Economy Index
The inaugural State New Economy Index uses 17 indicators to measure the extent to which state economies are knowledge-based, globalized, entrepreneurial, IT-driven, and innovation-oriented.

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