Bartlett D. Cleland is a research fellow with the Institute for Policy Innovation.
Cleland represented IPI as a member of the Internet Safety Technical Task Force and contributed to its final report, released in January 2009. The Task Force was created in February 2008 at the request of 49 state attorneys general to identify effective tools and technologies to keep kids safe online.
He currently serves as private sector co-chair of the American Legislative Exchange Council’s Telecommunications & Information Technology Task Force. Cleland also serves on the Internet Education Foundation Board of Directors, which involves working closely with the Internet Caucus and such projects as GetNetWise, a project to assist parents in understanding the Internet and how to protect children on-line.
Cleland began his professional career in the human resources field with Lee Hecht Harrison as a consultant for executive outplacement. He went to
Innovation and the Paradigm Shift Right Before Our Eyes (Audio: Podcast)
IPI Resident Scholar Dr. Merrill Matthews, Senior Research Fellow Bartlett Cleland, and IPI President Tom Giovanetti discuss incremental innovation, critical mass and paradigm shifts in vaccine technology, smart phones, private space launch and other technologies.
Big Tech Companies Benefit Consumers, Monopolies Don't (Audio: Podcast)
Critics claim big tech companies like Amazon, Facebook and Google have become monopolies, and that the Federal Trade Commission should break them up—a sentiment shared by the new FTC chair. But IPI Research Fellow Bartlett Cleland explains that monopolies tend to limit choice and disregard consumer welfare, whereas these companies have greatly expanded choice and enhanced consumer welfare.
Chip In: Semiconductors, the Economy and National Security (Audio: Podcast)
The pandemic-induced global shortage of semiconductors has revealed just how dependent our economy and our lives are on these silicone chips. But as IPI Research Fellow Bartlett Cleland explains, it also underscores how vulnerable our national security is to these mostly foreign-manufactured chips.
Is Biden's Broadband Infrastructure Spending Future-Proofing or Foolishness? (Audio: Podcast)
In discussion with IPI President Tom Giovanetti, Research Fellow Bartlett Cleland discusses the current state of broadband infrastructure and explains why enormous new federal spending on broadband is unnecessary and likely harmful.
IPI Policy Basics: What Is Intellectual Property and Why Is it Important? (Audio: Podcast)
In honor of World IP Day, IPI President Tom Giovanetti and Research Fellow Bartlett Cleland discuss why intellectual property protection is important, and why IPI hosts annual World IP Day Policy Briefings.
Covid-19 and Governments' Response, Risk, and Implications (Audio: Podcast)
IPI President Tom Giovanetti is joined by Research Fellow Bartlett Cleland to discuss the government’s approach to Covid-19, how we manage relative risk, and policy implications such as the precautionary principle.
IPI Podcast: Internet Taxes and the Nexus Standard
The MFA and other Internet sales tax formulations would massively expand government power and burden small and medium-sized retailers with new tax-collection burdens. IPI’s Bartlett Cleland defines economic nexus and explains why the standard is so important.
What's Necessary For Security & What's Giving Government Too Much Power? (Audio: Interview)
In this interview with Steel on Steel’s John Loeffler, IPI research fellow Bartlett D. Cleland discusses the urgent need to protect U.S. critical infrastructure from domestic or foreign cyberattacks while balancing Americans’ right to privacy.
Tax Code for a Modern Economy: Part Two
Tax Code for a Modern Economy featured a panel of experts representing several industries who discussed the need to design a tax code from the ground up—one that is investment friendly with greater simplicity and which will stimulate economic growth going forward into the 21st century.
Tax Code for a Modern Economy: Part One
Tax Code for a Modern Economy featured a panel of experts representing several industries who discussed the need to design a tax code from the ground up—one that is investment friendly with greater simplicity and which will stimulate economic growth going forward into the 21st century.
Overdue for an Overhaul (Audio: Podcast)
IPI's Tom Giovanetti and Bartlett Cleland discuss why it's time to reform the U.S. tax code in order to compete in a 21st century global economy.
2013 Communications Summit: The Home of Tomorrow Today--Successes and Challenges for the Connected Home
Industry leaders interact in a panel on the connected home, focusing on opportunities and challenges, such as improving WiFi connectivity, security, innovation, and deploying new platforms.
2013 Communications Summit: Internet Tax Freedom Act--Back to the Future
The digital future stands threatened by multiple or discriminatory online taxes unless Congress makes permanent the Internet tax moratorium.
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