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July 26, 2007
One Nation, Under the Spy Act
Online businesses (and these days, whose business isn’t online?) have to deal with a multitude of overlapping and competing e-marketing regulations, including CAN-SPAM, COPPA, the Lanham Act, state child e-mail privacy laws, adware regulations, FTC and FCC enforcements and advisories, and all of the relevant international laws.
July 24, 2007
Pursuing Free Trade Agreements and Fast-Track Authority
Support for free trade long has transcended party. Open international markets offer enormous economic benefits. However, four free trade agreements are now stuck before Congress, awaiting its approval, and the president's "fast track" negotiating authority expired on June 30. The Bush administration and Congress must work together to maintain America's leadership role in promoting the freedom of Americans
to trade.
July 24, 2007
The Right Way to Increase Oil Tax Revenue
You know the old saying that no good deed goes unpunished.
July 12, 2007
The Partnership for a Drug-Free Telecom Industry
Seventy-three years ago a system of subsidies called “separations and settlements” was created to move the U.
July 10, 2007
Millions of Shoes, and One Tax to Boot
One of the problems that arises when a government passes lots of laws—and here Congress is an overachiever—is that things change over time.
June 28, 2007
FTC Gets It Right on Net Neutrality
Yesterday, the Federal Trade Commission (FCC) issued a report on broadband competition, finding that there is no need at this point for new regulations—including so called “network neutrality” regulations—on broadband networks.
June 26, 2007
The Energy Bill: Higher Gas Prices and Lower Approval Ratings
With gas prices at uncomfortably high levels, politicians have been trying to make political points off them.
June 21, 2007
Your Long-Awaited ‘Net Tax May Be Here!
The return of Congress to Democrat control may finally bring Internet taxes to the U.
June 19, 2007
In Defense of FEMA (Kinda)
USA Today is reporting that the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) overpaid victims of Hurricane Katrina by $485 million.