National Journal

... capacity for innovation is vital to our future competitive position,” Kerry, chairman of the Senate Commerce Communications Subcommittee, said at an event sponsored by the Wireless Innovation Alliance and the New America Foundation.

We're set to become “a planet that's a whole lot more crowded—with old people,” Phillip Longman, a senior research fellow on health policy at the New America Foundation, lamented in the September/October issue of Foreign Policy. ...

“There are frightening reminders of the need for deficit reduction from Europe,” says Maya MacGuineas, president of the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget. “You can't put this level of interest back in the bottle.” MacGuineas' plans, and those ...

“This alleged Iranian plot is certainly in-your-face and brazen, but I would caution against making the classic analytic mistake of 'mirror imaging' this by assuming Iran's Revolutionary Guard thinks like we do,” said Philip Mudd, a former senior ...

“The FCC's decision is just too weak,” Sean McLaughlin, executive director of Access Humboldt, said in a statement. “The rules do not provide the strong foundation needed for truly open, innovative networks. So we have a duty to challenge them in ...

The White House bill fails take sufficient pains to preserve these airwaves, says Michael Calabrese, a senior fellow at the New America Foundation on tech issues. He noted that other Democrats supported keeping some of these frequencies available. ...

Meanwhile, the idea Cantor floated last week that spending on relief from Irene should be offset with other spending cuts drew support on Tuesday from the nonpartisan Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget. "Many economists believe we'll need some ...

In addition to Free Press and Public Knowledge, Tuesday's letter was signed by Consumers Union, the Future of Music Coalition, Media Access Project, the National Hispanic Media Coalition, and the New America Foundation's Open Technology Initiative. ...

Sascha Meinrath, director of the New America Foundation's Open Technology Initiative, said the bill would help cut through the “Orwellian doublespeak” found in advertising for wireless services. But groups representing wireless carriers were not ...

Maya MacGuineas, president of the nonpartisan Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget, said she believes there is not enough time for the Biden group to work out a comprehensive plan before the debt ceiling needs to be raised. ...