Category: Policy

August 16, 2019

Talk to anyone in Trumpland, and you’ll hear that America is winning the trade war. “The economic burden is falling vastly more on them than on us,” proclaimed the President’s chief economic adviser Larry Kudlow in early August as the […]

August 14, 2019

Verizon has sued the City of Rochester, New York, in order to avoid paying fees for deploying 5G equipment and fiber lines. Verizon’s lawsuit, filed in US District Court for the Western District of New York on Thursday, claims that […]

August 13, 2019

HP Inc.-laptop maker Inventec Corp. said it will to shift production of notebooks for the U.S. market out of China within months, adding to the tech industry’s exodus as the world’s two largest economies escalate their trade war. Inventec will […]

August 9, 2019

President Donald Trump said Friday he has reassured the National Rifle Association that its views about the right to bear arms won’t be ignored in Washington’s response to recent mass shootings. Trump said he is talking with the NRA and […]

August 8, 2019

States struggling to manage their large technology projects often face similar issues in assessing the risk, optimal contract length or quality assurance of potential new services. A handbook released this week by 18F, a civic innovation office within the General […]

August 5, 2019

In the on-going saga of Trump’s trade war with China, emerging markets are getting the short end of the stick. Emerging markets (EM) net capital flows reached negative $35.8 billion in June, according to data from the Institute of International […]

August 2, 2019

The Federal Communications Commission today ordered cities and towns across the country to stop regulating broadband delivered over cable networks. The vote to approve Chairman Ajit Pai’s plan also limits the fees that municipalities can charge cable companies. This could […]

August 1, 2019

Former Vice President Joe Biden took it again on the chin but came ready to battle during the second presidential debate in Detroit Wednesday night as the Democratic frontrunner’s rivals attacked him from all sides. Before the debate began, 76-year-old […]

July 29, 2019

President Donald Trump renewed his attack on the Federal Reserve ahead of its meeting this week, complaining it “probably will do very little” to counteract actions by Europe and China to ease monetary policy and declaring “a small rate cut […]

July 26, 2019

The Fed is expected to cut interest rates for the first time in more than a decade Wednesday, a pre-emptive move as concerns rise about the impact of the trade wars and a slowing global economy. Friday’s July jobs report […]